PRIVACY POLICY

This Privacy Policy applies only to personal information collected on the websites where this Privacy Policy is posted, and does not apply to any other information collected by NAMCO BANDAI through any other means.

This Privacy Policy applies to the collection, use, and sharing of personal information collected as of the date that this Privacy Policy is posted.

This Privacy Policy applies only to information submitted and collected online, and does not apply to information that may be collected by NAMCO BANDAI offline. This Privacy Policy applies only to websites maintained by NAMCO BANDAI, and not to our international affiliates, or any websites maintained by other entities to which we link. NAMCO BANDAI is therefore not responsible for the content or activities provided on those websites.

Finally, the terms of this Privacy Policy are subject to all applicable laws.

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We don't require personal information to access our website. However, if you prefer not to disclose personal information, you may not be able to enjoy certain features of our website. Personal information is information that identifies you and may be used to contact you.

Children

We don't knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. We take kids privacy seriously, and encourage parents to play an active role in their children's online experience at all times.

Information You Provide to Us

We will collect personal information from you when you use certain features on our website. For example, we collect personal information from our guests to:

1. register for our website
2. subscribe to our newsletter
3. participate in polls, surveys, and questionnaires
4. participate in contests, sweepstakes, or other promotions
5. use e-cards, wish lists, and tell-a-friend features
6. purchase a product at one of our online stores
7. register a product that you have purchased
8. receive customer or technical support
9. administer your account
10. provide information of interest to you and communicate with you

Typically, this information includes:

1. name
2. e-mail address
3. telephone number, and
4. mobile number
5. home address
6. birth date
7. credit card information
8. prize winners may also be required to provide a Social Security number for tax purposes

Online Store

Visitors purchasing goods and services from our online store may need to provide a valid credit card number and expiration date, in addition to name, mailing address, billing address, phone number and e-mail address. Our online store may employ third-party contractors whose privacy policy may vary from our own. Please see the NAMCO BANDAI online store for more information.

Additionally, we may also collect other types of non-personal information (known as demographic information) such as your age or date of birth, gender, hobbies, occupation, platform preferences, and other game ownership information. This demographic information may be associated with your personal information.

Information Collected Through Technology

We collect information through technology to make our websites more interesting and secure. For example, when you come to one of our websites, we collect your IP address. An IP address is often associated with the portal through which you enter the Internet, like your ISP (Internet Service Provider), your company, or your university. Standing alone, your IP address is not personally identifiable. At times, we also use IP addresses to collect information regarding the frequency with which our guests visit various parts of our websites. We may combine this information with your personal information.

Cookies

Our websites also use cookies. Cookies are pieces of information that a website sends to your computer while you are viewing the website. We and other companies use cookies for a variety of purposes. For example, when you return to one of our websites after logging in, cookies provide information to the website so that the website will remember who you are. You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You can do this through your browser (like Internet Explorer, Firefox or Safari) settings. Each browser is a little different, so look at your browser Help menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies. If you turn cookies off, you won't have access to many features that make your web experience smoother, like the features mentioned above, and some of our services may not function properly.

Web Beacons

Our websites use a variety of technical methods for tracking purposes, including web beacons, bugs or tags. Web beacons are small pieces of data that are embedded in images on the pages of websites and in our email communications. We also use these technical methods to analyze the traffic patterns, such as the frequency users visit various areas of our websites. These technical methods may involve transmitting information either directly to us or to another entity authorized by us to collect information on our behalf. We also use these technical methods in HTML e-mails that we send our guests to determine whether our guests have opened those e-mails or clicked on links in those e-mails. The information from use of these technical methods may be collected in a form that is personally identifiable.

Network Advertisers

There may also be advertisements that are managed and placed on our websites by third parties. These companies are called “network advertisers”. Network advertisers who may place advertisements on our websites may also use cookies and web beacons to collect non-personal information when you click on or move your cursor over one of their banner advertisements. You may not realize this information is being collected. In some cases, we may have access to information from web beacons and cookies used by network advertisers on our sites and this information may permit us to identify other sites that you have visited that are also associated with the network advertiser.

Finally, once you've clicked on an advertisement or third party logo and have left our websites, our Privacy Policy no longer applies and you must read the privacy policy of the advertiser to see how your personal information will be handled on their website.

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Whatever the purpose may be, we will only collect information to the extent reasonably necessary to fulfill your requests and our legitimate business objectives.

NAMCO BANDAI Activities and Updates

The personal information you provide will allow us to services like newsletter subscription, e-cards, updates on special events, game news, and e-mail announcements of interest to our users, and to provide you with product support and customer services. You may opt-in to allow NAMCO BANDAI to share your personal information with companies and organizations that provide products or services that we believe may be of interest to you. To opt out of further communications from a marketing partner or sponsor with whom your information has been shared, please contact that partner directly.

E-Cards and “Tell-a-Friend”

When using our e-cards, we delete both sender and recipient email address information after the e-card is sent. If you choose to use our referral service to “tell a friend” about a NAMCO BANDAI product or site, we will ask you for your friend’s name and e-mail address. We will send your friend an e-mail on your behalf inviting him or her to visit the site or check out our product. NAMCO BANDAI may store your friend’s name and e-mail address for a short period of time for the sole purpose of sending this email and for redundancy checking, to be sure that your friend does not receive multiple copies of the same e-mail message. We do not keep or use this information for any other purpose.

Forums and Message Boards

If you register for access to our forums or message boards, we will use your personal information to enable you to view and post messages on the boards. You should understand, however, that community forums, blogs, and message boards are tools that allow you to communicate with members of the online community. So whenever you give out personal information in public areas, that information can be collected and used by people you don’t know.

Operational Uses and Service Providers

We may also use your personal information for other purposes such as “Operational Uses.” For example, we may use your information to send you administrative communications either about your account with us or about features of our websites, including any changes to this Privacy Policy.

We occasionally employ other companies to perform services necessary to our internal operations. For example, we have partnered with other companies to personalize our web pages, process credit card transactions, analyze customers' interaction with our website, and process consumer surveys. We also provide postal addresses to the U.S. Post Office or express mail courier services for delivery purposes. While providing their services, these companies may access your personally identifying information. Where these companies are storing and/or maintaining personal information received from us they have agreed to use secure methods

Business Information

For practical reasons, we treat personal information submitted to us in a business capacity different from information we receive in a non-business capacity. Personal information submitted to us in a business capacity (e.g. resumes, event sponsorship, etc.) may be shared with third parties, depending on the nature of the inquiry.

Purchase or Sale of Businesses

From time to time, we may purchase a business or sell one or more of our businesses and your personal information may be transferred as a part of the purchase or sale. If we purchase a business, the personal information received with that business would be treated in accordance with this Privacy Policy, if it is practicable and permissible to do so. If we sell a business, we will include provisions in the selling contract requiring the purchaser to treat your personal information in the same way required by this Privacy Policy (including any amendments to this Privacy Policy). The provisions of this paragraph will also apply if we are sold as part of bankruptcy proceedings.

Disclosures Required By Law and Disclosures to Help Protect the Security and Safety of Our Websites and Others

Please note that we may disclose any information as permitted or required by law, when we believe in good faith that it is necessary:

1. to protect your safety or security, including the safety and security of your property, or to protect the safety
2. to protect the security of our websites or third parties,
3. in order to enforce our Terms of Use, contest, sweepstakes, promotion, or game rules
4. as required by law (e.g., court order or subpoena)

Aggregate Information

We may also take your personally identifiable information and make it non-personally identifiable. We do this either by combining it with information about other individuals (aggregating your information with information about other individuals), or by removing characteristics (e.g., your name) that make the information personally identifiable to you. This process is known as de-personalizing your information. Given the non-personal nature of this information, no restrictions apply under this Privacy Policy on our right to de-personalize your personal information. We may use de-personalized information in any way and share it with third parties without your consent.

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You have control over the personal information you submit to us. If you create an account and later decide to remove your personal information from our database, you may do so by logging in to your account and choosing the “Edit Profile” link on the global navigation bar. You may also e-mail us at privacy@namcobandaigames.com. Additionally, if you may opt out of receiving certain e-mails from us (such as newsletters) by clicking the unsubscribe or opt-out link at the bottom of the e-mail message.

Your California Privacy Rights

Beginning on January 1, 2005, California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits our customers who are California residents to request certain information regarding its our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send an e-mail to caprivacy@namcobandaigames.com or write us:

NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc.
Attn.: Privacy Policy Administrator
4555 Great America Parkway, Suite 201
Santa Clara, CA 95054
(408) 235-2000
caprivacy@namcobandaigames.com

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The security and confidentiality of your information is extremely important to us. That's why we have technical, administrative, and physical security measures in place to protect your personal information from unauthorized access and improper use. We also review our security procedures periodically to consider appropriate new technology and updated methods. But, despite our reasonable efforts, no security measure is ever perfect or impenetrable.

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If you create a user account, you can access and update the contact information you gave us during registration (that is, your e-mail address or any other information that would directly enable us to contact you), by accessing your online profile or e-mailing us at privacy@namcobandaigames.com

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If you have questions or wish to send us comments about this Privacy Policy, please e-mail or contact us at:

NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc.
Attn.: Privacy Policy Administrator
4555 Great America Parkway, Suite 201
Santa Clara, CA 95054
(408) 235-2000
privacy@namcobandaigames.com

Any personal information you provide to the above e-mail and postal mail addresses will not be used to send you promotional materials, unless you request it.

NAMCO BANDAI is a licensee of the ESRB's Privacy Online Program. If you believe that we have not properly responded to your inquiry, please contact ESRB at http://www.esrb.org/privacy/contact.jsp:

ESRB
Attn.: Director, Privacy Online
317 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor
New York, NY 10017
212-759-0700
privacy@esrb.org

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We may amend this Privacy Policy at any time. If we make any material changes in how we collect, use, or share your personal information, we will prominently post notice of the changes on the websites covered by this Privacy Policy. Any material changes to this Privacy Policy will be effective 30 days following our posting of notice of the changes on the Websites covered by this Privacy Policy.

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