OrangeShark.com is a member based
skill games tournament site. Our members are the most valuable
part of our business. We establish trust in our members by
ensuring that all members find OrangeShark.com a fair and unbiased
place to play, a place to have fun playing game, and a site where their
personal information is secure and private. The below document
describes the Privacy Policy we extended to our members and visitors
who visit OrangeShark.com.
OrangeShark.com Privacy Policy
OrangeShark.com (herein referred to as “this site”, “OrangeShark.com”
or “Orange Shark” or “we”) is fully owned and managed by Orange Shark,
a USA based company. Visitors on this site and members on this site
will be herein referred to as “you”, “your”, “users”, “visitors” or
“members”. By visiting this site, interacting with this site and
its content, playing any of the games, and becoming a member, you agree
to the Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. |
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What types of information do we collect?
User information is collected in different parts of this
site. The following describes overview of what is
collected.
Personal Information (herein referred to as “Personal Information”):
is personally identifiable information about you as an individual
collected through this site. This information can include your full
name, address, email address, telephone number, date of birth, sex,
your picture, Paypal account information, credit card information
social security number (for USA citizens filing Form 1099) and any
other information that identifies you as you.
General Information (herein referred to as “General information”):
this includes your computer hardware, your computer’s IP address, your
internet provider, downloaded files, operating system, web browser,
geographic point of connectivity, player rating and activity level,
winnings, cash payouts, communication with this site via email, mail,
chat, support request and phone.
Anonymous Information (herein referred to as “Anonymous Information”):
is information collected through this site which does not identify you
as a specific individual. This information includes data regarding your
game play pattern, your deposit preferences, your buddy list, your
advertisement views and your account balance. |
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Where information is collected and how it is used?
The below section details where we collect user information.
Areas where information is collected and is not mentioned below also
fall under this section of privacy policy by default.
OrangeShark.com invitation page: On these pages users are
able to input their email address and password to access their address
book. Once the email account is accessed, the user can view and
select contacts in their address to which they want this site to send
an invitation email on their behalf. During this process, we save
the user’s full name to include in the emails sent to their address
book contact list; we save the user’s contact list for emailing; and we
do not save the user’s email passwords.
Registration and Sign up pages:
On these pages users will be required to enter their personal
information, a user name and other items in order to create an account
with us.
Deposits: During deposits, users
will be required to enter their personal information, including credit
card and it’s billing address and if needed the user’s Paypal
information.
Sponsor Offers: Users
can choose to interact with Sponsor Offers on our site. Sponsors
are advertiser who credit user’s with funds in their account in
exchange user submitting their personal information and other
information. During this interaction, the user approves us to input the
user’s personal information into the sponsor requested data
fields. The sponsor may also request additional information from
the user. Sponsor’s have their own Privacy and Terms of usage
policy. We recommend you review their policies before interacting
with them. It is the user’s responsibility to review the sponsors
privacy terms and terms and conditions before completing the Sponsor’s
required information request to the user.
Internal Marketing:
From time to time, OrangeShark.com will email to users or present to
users additional registration data, conduct a survey, newsletters,
information and conduct phone reviews and opinion session.
General Emails:
User will receive emails from OrangeShark.com regarding their account,
account status updates, customer support emails, account balance and
finance emails, buddy request emails, entry fees, provide user
requested information, challenge status, and challenge emails.
Form 1099:
This applies to visitors and members from areas under jurisdiction of
USA. All USA tax payers are required by the IRS (Internal Revenue
Service) to report your total winnings on OrangeShark in any given
calendar year reach a total of $600.00. When this amount is
reached in your account, OrangeShark will request that you submit your
social security number in order to send you a Form 1099. Failure
to provide your social security number at that time will prevent you
from participating in game challenges.
Legal Compliance:
We comply with all regulations and laws of USA. If requested by
legal authorities, we will hand over personal information of the user.
Other uses:
OrangeShark may use user’s full name, username, email id,
feedback/suggestions and address for internal marketing
promotions. We hide or mask certain information to keep the
user’s information safe. |
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Where is the information held?
OrangeShark collects stores and uses information it stores in protected servers based in USA.
Unsubscribing from emails sent by OrangeShark:
Users
can unsubscribe from any single or multiple emails sent by OrangeShark.
To unsubscribe please follow the unsubscribe link on the bottom of any
of our emails. Your request is processed immediately. No further
mailings will be sent to you. Please note, on the
unsubscribe page, you may be given options to unsubscribe for 1 or many
different types of emails we send. You will only be unsubscribed
from the one you selected. |
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Technology Used by OrangeShark
SSL:
SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer. This is an encryption
technology used by OrangeShark to secure user’s information during
transmission of certain personal information. Unfortunately, no
data transmission over the Internet can be assured to be absolutely
secure. Accordingly, we cannot guarantee the security of any
information transmitted over the Internet.
Cookies:
are pieces of data files stored in your computer’s “temporary internet
files” folder. This technology is completely safe and almost every site
on the internet uses them. These are used by OrangeShark.com to
track user’s site behavior, fraud tracking, for anonymous data
collection, and for tracking used to improve our site’s performance for
individual users. |
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Viewing and reviewing your Personal Information?
Users can view and edit their personal information by logging into
their OrangeShark account, then clicking on My Account and My
Info. We request user’s input valid and accurate information in
this page. Fraudulent or incorrect information can result in
customer support issues, proper crediting of deposits and other issues. |
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Online Chat Rooms and Profiles
You may choose to disclose information, including personal information,
about yourself in our online chat rooms, message boards, user
“profiles” for public view or in similar forums on our sites.
Information that you disclose in any of these forums is public
information, and there is no expectation of privacy or confidentiality
there. You should be aware that any personally identifiable information
you submit there can be read, collected, or used by other users of
these forums, and could be used to send you unsolicited messages. We
are not responsible for the personally identifiable information you
choose to submit in these forums. Please see our Terms of Service on
this point and for other guidelines about posting content on our web
sites. |
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How to protect your account and personal information:
Keeping your account login private:
don’t share your account information with anyone. Your account
contains your personal information and might contain cash
balances. This should be kept secure.
Log Out:
when not using the software, log out of it. Others may be able to
access your account if you leave yourself logged into your account. |
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Other Privacy Policies:
Links to Third Party Web Sites and Third Party Advertisements
This site may contain hyperlinks to other Internet web sites or third
party advertisements. We are not responsible for the privacy practices
of such web sites, advertisers, or third parties, or for the content of
such sites or advertisements. It is possible that these links or
advertisements, themselves, may be used by third parties or others to
collect personal or other information about visitors to this site. It
is solely the visitor's obligation to review and understand the privacy
practices and policies of these other Web sites and of these
advertisers and third parties. |
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Changes in Privacy Policy
This site updates its Privacy Policy and Terms from time to time.
The users of this site will not be notified regarding these
changes. It is the user’s responsibility to check from time to
time to see if there are any revisions to this Privacy Policy. Any such
change, revision, update or modification will be effective immediately
upon posting on this site. |
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Questions or Concerns:
We hope the above Privacy Policy was clear and gave you a better
understanding of how you information is used and how we keep it
safe. If you have any further concerns or questions, please click
on the following link to access our contact page.
Contact Us: http://games.orangeshark.com/contact_us.php
Thank You,
OrangeShark Staff |
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