Spiralmatrix is committed to protecting your privacy. This Spiralmatrix Privacy Statement applies to data collection and usage on Spiralmatrix sites and services.

Spiralmatrix is a general audience web site, intended for users of all ages. Personal information of all users is collected, used and disclosed as described in this Privacy Statement. This Statement contains a section with specific details regarding personal information collected from children. Click here to read more.

Collection of your Personal Information

At some sites, Spiralmatrix collects personal information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Spiralmatrix may also collect demographic information, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

If you choose to sign up for a paid subscription service we will collect additional personal information, including your credit card number and billing address, in order to create a account.

Spiralmatrix services request that you create a social nickname, which is the name you will be known by to others in those public places. You may select a different social nickname at any time. You can also choose to create an optional public profile, containing information about yourself - such as your personal website. Any information you choose to enter in your public profile will be visible to other users of Spiralmatrix; and when you interact with other users (for example, sending an Spiralmatrix telegram message to another Spiralmatrix account or interacting in an Spiralmatrix world), a link to your public profile may be displayed. Please keep in mind that if you disclose personal information through Spiralmatrix, this information may be collected and used by others. Spiralmatrix cautions you against providing personal information to strangers online, which they may use for illegal or harmful purposes.

Spiralmatrix keeps track of the pages our customers visit within Spiralmatrix, in order to determine what Spiralmatrix sites and services are the most popular.

Spiralmatrix also collects certain information about your computer hardware and software. This information may include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses.

Certain Spiralmatrix services may be co-branded and offered in conjunction with another company. If you register for or use such services, both Spiralmatrix and the other company may receive information collected in conjunction with the co-branded services.

Use of your Personal Information

Spiralmatrix collect and use your personal information to operate Spiralmatrix and deliver the services you have requested. These services may include the display of customized content and advertising based upon the information Spiralmatrix has collected. Spiralmatrix does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Spiralmatrix also uses your personal information to inform you of other products or services available from Spiralmatrix. Spiralmatrix may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Spiralmatrix does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Spiralmatrix may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your personal information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party.

We occasionally hire other companies to provide limited services on our behalf, such as handling the processing and delivery of mailings, providing customer support, processing transactions, or performing statistical analysis of our services. We will only provide those companies the personal information they need to deliver the service. They are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information and are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose.

Spiralmatrix may access and/or disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Spiralmatrix or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Spiralmatrix, including its family of Web sites; or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Spiralmatrix services or members of the public.

Personal information collected on this site may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which Spiralmatrix or its affiliates, subsidiaries or agents maintain facilities, and by using this site, you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country.

Collection and Use of Children's Personal Information

Spiralmatrix offers a special Spiralmatrix Kidz area that is specifically designed for children.

The rest of Spiralmatrix is intended for users of all ages. Children may visit these general audience areas of Spiralmatrix and provide personal information, which will be collected, used and disclosed as described is this Privacy Statement. Some, but not all, Spiralmatrix sites require users to provide age information.

Please note that if you grant consent for your child to use such general audience communication services your child will be able to communicate with other users of all ages. Before providing consent, please be aware that such services will give your child the ability to disclose personal information (e.g. name, address, e-mail, phone numbers) on his or her own. We encourage you to talk with your children about communicating with strangers and disclosing personal information online.

When an Spiralmatrix service knows that a user is a child, it will not condition the child's participation in an activity, such as a game or a prize drawing, on the provision of more personal information than is reasonably necessary to participate in that activity. Additionally, you have the right, subject to verification that you are the child's parent, to change or revoke the consent choices you have previously made for Spiralmatrix services and to review or request the deletion of your child's personal information. You may send such requests, or any questions you have about Spiralmatrix's practices with regard to personal information about your child, by clicking here to send e-mail or by sending postal mail to the address in the "Contact Information" section of this Statement.

Use of Cookies

Spiralmatrix uses "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. For example, if you personalize Spiralmatrix pages, or register with Spiralmatrix sites or services, a cookie helps Spiralmatrix to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, preferred email address, and so on. When you return to Spiralmatrix, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Spiralmatrix features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of theSpiralmatrix services or Web sites you visit.

Use of Web Beacons

Spiralmatrix Web pages may contain electronic images known as Web beacons - sometimes called single-pixel gifs - that allow Spiralmatrix to count users who have visited those pages and to deliver co-branded services. Spiralmatrix may include web beacons in promotional e-mail messages or Spiralmatrix Newsletters in order to count how many messages have been opened and acted upon.

Web beacons collect only a limited set of information including a cookie number, time and date of a page view, and a description of the page on which the Web beacon resides. Spiralmatrix Web pages may also contain Web beacons placed there by third parties in order to compile aggregated statistics and to help determine the effectiveness of our joint promotional or advertising campaigns. Spiralmatrix prohibits web beacons from being used to access your personal information.

Use of Third Party Ad Networks

The majority of the online banner advertisements you see on Spiralmatrix Web pages are displayed by Spiralmatrix.

In addition, Spiralmatrix allows other companies, called third-party ad servers or ad networks, to display advertisements on Spiralmatrix Web pages. Some of these ad networks may place a persistent cookie on your computer. Doing this allows the ad network to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement. In this way, ad networks may compile information about where you, or others who are using your computer, saw their advertisements and determine which ads are clicked on. This information allows an ad network to deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. Spiralmatrix does not have access to or control of the cookies that may be placed by the third-party ad servers or ad networks.

Enforcement of this Privacy Statement

If you have questions regarding this statement, you should contact Spiralmatrix via e-mail .

Changes to this Statement

Spiralmatrix will occasionally update this Privacy Statement to reflect company and customer feedback. if there are material changes to this Statement or in how Spiralmatrix will use your personal information, Spiralmatrix will prominently post such changes prior to implementing the change. Spiralmatrix encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Spiralmatrix is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Spiralmatrix welcomes your comments regarding this Privacy Statement. If you believe that Spiralmatrix has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Spiralmatrix by telephone, e-mail, or postal mail.

Spiralmatrix Privacy
Spiral Matrix UK HQ
20 Graham Road
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR2 5AW
Telephone +44 (0)8707606154
Fax +44 (0)8707606154

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