Except for the trusted services that we use for hosting our site, managing our newsletter (MailChimp), processing payments (PayPal, Shopify), publishing ads (Google), analyzing traffic (Google Analytics), no outside party will have access to your personal information unless you publish it yourself by adding it to a blog comment for example. We do not share personal information or email lists with third parties beyond those specifically named, and then only for the purposes required to perform the intended function (such as processing the payment, subscribing to the newsletter, or using the website). See below for more specifics.

When we say “We” or “Our” we also mean our associates, employees, partners, affiliates, and subsidiaries who help us run this website and deliver the Content to you. On this page we will explain

• What personal information is collected (or not collected)

• How the information is used

• Who has access to the information

• Our email newsletter opt-in and opt-out policy

• Guidelines for children’s privacy

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Email Subscriptions

Online visitors who choose to receive periodic email announcements provide their name and email address through subscribing to our MailChimp.com newsletter service. This service uses a confirmed opt-in subscription process, to prevent a person from subscribing someone without their permission. View the MailChimp privacy policy. Anyone who wishes can choose to be removed from our mailing list at any time, by using the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the newsletter(s), or contacting BoardGaming.com directly and asking to be removed.

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​Information Used to Improve User Experience

In some cases, we may collect information to help improve your experience using our site. This might include completing polls, rating pages or content that you like, submitting your comments (more on that below), submitting a search, or sending us feedback and suggestions via email or surveys.

We may share personal customer information with our agents, representatives and trusted service providers for the purpose of assisting us in delivering our website content.

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Demographic information that you provide via surveys or through the creation of your BoardGaming.com profile may be used for marketing and targeting purposes. This information might include age, number of children, marital status, profession, interests, and/or favorites. This information would be used to help us know how best to tailor our content to your interests. Demographic information may be shared with advertisers, but only on an aggregate basis (meaning statistics like 70% of our users are female).  The information shared with advertisers cannot be used to identify you.

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Occasionally we may run surveys or contests in which the user can optionally include their email address or other information. This allows us to contact them if needed to notify them of the results of the contest or response to a question asked in a survey.  Otherwise, all information collected via surveys would only be shared or published on an aggregate basis (like 70% of our users prefer X).

We do not collect sensitive personal information such as race, religion, or political affiliations. And we definitely do NOT collect sensitive information such as birthdates and social security numbers.

It is unlikely to happen, but we may have to share personal customer information with law enforcement officials in the investigation of alleged unlawful activities related to the use of our site. We will have no legal liability for these types of disclosures.

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Payment Processing

Online visitors who wish to make donations or purchase a product or membership from our web site will be asked to provide their name, email address, mailing address, phone number, and credit card number and expiration date. All credit card transactions occur over a secure connection protected through encryption such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol. In some cases we may use PayPal.com, or we may use Shopify.com for our main shopping area. We do not store credit card information. We keep a record of sales, including names, email addresses, and mailing addresses, to ship products, provide technical assistance or process refunds.

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Cookies

Our site uses cookies to manage your session on our site. They may be used to let you save your username or password to make it easier for you log in and to recall your information for subsequent visits. A cookie is a small piece of information stored on your computer, but is not stored on our website. You can remove cookies from your computer via your browser (typically accessed via your browser’s settings or tools menu).

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Site Usage Statistics

This section is pretty much the same as every other website out there, so continue to read if you must, but know that this is very standard.

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Our server keeps a log of site usage statistics which involves keeping track of numbers of hits on various pages, IP addresses, browser types, access times, and the sites from which a visitor is referred. For example, if you find our site through a search engine, our logs will show that a visitor clicked through to our site from that search engine. Such information is used to verify the effectiveness of marketing efforts. It may also be used to help interested parties determine the number of visitors who find our site through their sites. In other cases, site statistics are provided to potential advertisers and link partners. These statistics cannot be used to identify an individual, since they do not include any personal information.

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We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, click here.

• Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our website.

• Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads on this site based on your visit to our site and other sites on the Internet.

• You may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.

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Public Comments

This site may allow comments to be added by users. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these comments becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.

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Email You Send Us

Email messages sent to us are considered public statements. Unless you state in your email that you do not wish the email to be published, we may publish the message (including the author’s name unless you tell us not to) in whole or in part. We will not publish the author’s email address or other personal information that may be included in the email. We would normally ask your permission before publishing any email that you might send us, but we are not obligated to. We would never knowingly publish a child’s name.

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Children’s Guidelines

Children’s privacy is a major concern to us. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If we learn that we have personal information on a child under the age of 13, we will delete that information from our systems. We encourage parents to go online with their kids. Here are a few tips to help make a child’s online experience safer:

• Teach kids never to give personal information, unless supervised by a parent or responsible adult. This includes name, address, phone, school, etc.

• Know the sites your kids are visiting and which sites are appropriate.

• Look for Web site privacy policies.

• Know how your child’s information is treated.

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Check out the FTC’s site for more tips on protecting children’s privacy online.

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External Links

We link to many other websites, but we are not responsible for the privacy policies on other websites.

Privacy Policy Revisions

We may occasionally revise this policy by updating this page. We encourage you to visit this page periodically to see how BoardGaming.com is protecting your privacy.

Contacting Us

If you have any questions or comments about our privacy policy, we can be reached via email.