ValZarGaming's Privacy Policy

Protecting your privacy is very important to us. We want you to understand what information we collect and how we use it. We collect and use both public and nonpublic personal information in order to provide our users with a broad range of content and services. We treat your information with the utmost respect and in accordance with our Privacy Policy. We give transparency as to what information we collect and it can be modified or corrected at any time. If you have questions about this policy, how we collect or process your personal data, or anything else related to our privacy practices, we want to hear from you. You can contact us at any time by discord or email us at valzargaming@gmail.com at any time.

Cookies

When you use our website we receive some personal information from you like the type of device you’re using and your IP address. We require certain information to provide our services to you. When you choose to share information with us, we collect and use it to operate our services. For example, you must have an account in order to use our forums, congregated streaming page, and post comments on profile pages.

Log Data

We receive information when you view content on or otherwise interact with our services, which we refer to as “Log Data,” even if you have not created an account. For example, when you visit our websites, sign into our services, or interact with our email notifications, we may receive information about you. This Log Data includes information such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, the referring web page, pages visited, location, your mobile carrier, device information (including device and application IDs), search terms, and cookie information. We also receive Log Data when you click on, view, or interact with links on our services. We use Log Data to operate our services and ensure their secure, reliable, and robust performance. For example, we use Log Data to protect the security of accounts and to determine what content is popular on our services. We also use this data to improve the content we show you, including ads. We may use third party services such as Google Analytics that collect, monitor and analyze this type of information in order to increase our Service’s functionality. These third party service providers have their own privacy policies addressing how they use such information.

What Information We Collect and From Whom We Collect It

We may collect nonpublic personal information about you from the following sources:

Information we receive from you on applications or other forms;
Information about your transactions with us, our affiliates, or others; and
Information we receive from non-affiliated third parties, including social media websites and messenger applications associated with you.

Nonpublic personal information is nonpublic information about you that we obtain in connection with providing a product or service to you. In some states, personal information may also include your name. This information may be collected by electronic means as permitted by law or as expressly authorized by you.

As of 2/20/2023, we use an SQL database to store the following information with the exception of sections notated as [Deprecated] which are either no longer collected, no longer utilized, or have no purpose at this time. Some deprecated data that was once relevant to us but has since been deprecated may still be maintained if it is relevant to our security operations.

Collected at registration:

Account ID
Age (if provided) [Deprecated]
Account creation time
IP address [Deprecated]
Generated (true/false)

Collected automatically during usage:

Account modification time
Last visit time
Last IP logged
Last login time
Last logout time

Added by staff or system:

Username
Password [Deprecated]
Email [Deprecated]
Age [Deprecated]
Profile picture (custom uploads) [Deprecated]
User authentication level
Admin notes
Verified (true/false)
Approved (true/false)
In Absentia Alpha user (true/false)
Space Station 13 Administrator (true/false)
SS13 Approved (true/false)
SS13 verification token

Added by user or staff:

Profile signature
Profile biography
Profile picture [Deprecated] (This is now retrieved from Discord if an ID is linked)
Discord URL
Website URL
Twitter URL
Steam URL
Scrawlhaul URL [Deprecated]
Corleone URL [Deprecated]
Flair
SS13 Ckey (Byond.com account username)

What Information We Disclose and To Whom We Disclose It

Depending upon the product or service offered, we may disclose nonpublic personal information we collect to:

Persons or companies that perform services on our behalf.
Affiliates with which we have joint marketing agreements with as permitted by law.
A law enforcement or other governmental authority to prevent or prosecute fraud or other unlawful activities.

We do not disclose any nonpublic personal information about you to either our affiliates or non-affiliates, except as permitted by law. Our affiliates are companies with which we share common ownership or cooperation agreements with. Nonpublic personal information about you from social media or one of our affiliates may be retained by that organization and disclosed to other persons.

Your Right to Verify Accuracy of Information We Collect

Keeping your information accurate and up to date is very important to us. You have the right to contact us to request reasonable access to your nonpublic personal information. You may not access your personal information that relates to and is collected in connection with or in reasonable anticipation of a claim or a criminal or civil proceeding. If you believe the information we collected about you is inaccurate, you have the right to request that we amend, correct, or delete it. We will notify you of our decision, give you our reasons, and you will have the right to file a concise statement of dispute with us if you do not agree. Your statement will be made part of our file and sent to persons or organizations that received your information in the past and in the future as required by law.

Our Security Procedures

We restrict access to nonpublic personal information and only allow disclosures to persons and companies as permitted or required by law to assist in providing content or services to you. We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect your nonpublic personal information. Should your relationship with us end, we will maintain and only disclose your nonpublic personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Your Content

In certain areas of the website, you can choose to upload content that will be publicly displayed. Please be thoughtful when choosing to do so, since content available online is easily shared and captured. If you choose to share content on the website, you warrant and represent that you are the owner of the content or you are permitted to use the content in such manner. You may not post any content to the website that you do not own or are not permitted to use. ValZarGaming respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects you to do the same. By submitting any content, you grant to ValZarGaming a nonexclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, sublicensable, royalty-free license to use, store, display, publish, transmit, transfer, distribute, reproduce, create derivative works of, and publicly perform such content for any purpose related to the website and the services provided through the website. ValZarGaming will review all content submitted prior to public posting on the website. If approved, the content will be posted within a reasonable timeframe. ValZarGaming may refuse to post any content for any reason whatsoever. For example, ValZarGaming may not approve content that contains offensive language, is not relevant to the original post, or is a commercial endorsement. Also, ValZarGaming may remove any content for any reason whatsoever. This means that even if your content was initially approved by ValZarGaming, ValZarGaming may remove it at a later date. If you choose to upload content to the website, you agree to indemnify and hold ValZarGaming harmless from any and all liability, damages or expenses whatsoever due, directly or indirectly, to any cause of action arising out of any content posted by you. Other services we provide may have additional rules and regulations that are specific to that particular service and will be accessible to you in such sections. This same policy also extends to our other services and communities wherever applicable unless otherwise stated such as our officially affiliated Discord guild, hosted servers, databases, chat services, and data transport technologies.

Termination

You may stop using the website and services at any time. ValZarGaming may suspend or terminate the website at any time at ValZarGaming's discretion and without notice. ValZarGaming may also terminate, limit or suspend your access to the website for any reason at any time and without notice. For example, ValZarGaming may terminate your access to this website if you are not complying with these Terms or if ValZarGaming determines that you are a repeat infringer of third-party intellectual property rights.

Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA")

ValZarGaming respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects you to do the same. Per the DMCA, ValZarGaming will respond expeditiously to claims of copyright infringement on its site or services if submitted to ValZarGaming's Copyright Agent as described below. Upon receipt of a notice alleging copyright infringement, ValZarGaming will take whatever action it deems appropriate within its sole discretion, including removal of the allegedly infringing materials. If you believe that your intellectual property rights have been violated by ValZarGaming or by a third party who has uploaded materials to the Site, please provide the following information to ValZarGaming's designated Copyright Agent listed below:

A description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you claim has been infringed;
A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the site or other service;
An address, telephone number, and e-mail address where ValZarGaming can contact you and, if different, an e-mail address where the alleged infringing party, if not ValZarGaming, can contact you;
A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorized by the copyright owner or other intellectual property rights owner, by its agent, or by law;
A statement by you under penalty of perjury that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright or intellectual property owner or are authorized to act on the owner's behalf;
Your electronic or physical signature.

ValZarGaming may request additional information before removing any allegedly infringing material. In the event ValZarGaming removes the allegedly infringing materials, ValZarGaming will immediately notify the person responsible for posting such materials that ValZarGaming removed or disabled access to the materials. ValZarGaming may also provide the responsible person with your e-mail address so that the person may respond to your allegations. ValZarGaming reserves the right to terminate, limit or suspend any user's access to the site and other services in the event of repeated infringing activity. If you believe that a user of this website is a repeat infringer, please follow the above instructions to contact ValZarGaming's Copyright Agent. Please include sufficient information to assist ValZarGaming in determining that the user repeatedly engaged in infringing activity.

ValZarGaming's designated Copyright Agent is:
Timothy J. Frank
valzargaming@gmail.com
708-316-8649

International Visitors

ValZarGaming's services extends worldwide, and ValZarGaming welcomes visitors to the website from across the world. ValZarGaming's operations are, however, located in the United States and its policies and procedures based on United States law. If you are located outside of the United States, you consent to the transfer, storage and processing of your information, such as registration information or email addresses, in the United States. Additionally, if you are accessing the website from a country embargoed by the United States, you agree to not engage in any commercial activities, including financial transactions, using or through the website.

Miscellaneous

ValZarGaming's or your failure to exercise any right provided for in these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of any rights under these Terms. If any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable, such unenforceability will not affect the validity of the remaining provisions. You may not assign any of your rights under these Terms. ValZarGaming may assign its rights under these Terms in whole or in part at any time without your consent. No agency, partnership, joint venture, or employment is created as a result of these Terms.

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