How we protect your data
Goal Or No Goal! is a multiplayer online soccer game operated by Sleepy Giant Entertainment, Inc. and its affiliates and partners, hereinafter collectively referred to as "We" "Our" or "Us".
This Privacy Policy discloses to you the kinds of information we may gather about you when you play the online game Goal Or No Goal! (the "Game") and visit our website http://www.gongonline.com or its subdomains (collectively the "Website"). This Privacy Policy also discloses how and when we may disclose this information to others and how you can control the use of this information.
Please take a few moments to read this Policy. By accessing the Website and playing the Game, you agree to accept the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy and are aware that our policies may evolve in the future as indicated below.
Information Collection
We receive and store any information you enter on our Website or provide to us in any other way. You can choose not to provide us with certain information, but then you may not be able to take advantage of many of our special features.
We do not collect personal information from visitors who identify themselves as under the age of 13 except where we receive verifiable parental consent or in those limited circumstances where we believe that such collection is permitted under applicable law.
We collect the following types of information from our users:
Registration: Before you can play the Game or use certain community features on the Website, you must register on the website here. As part of the registration form, we require select personal information (including your birthday and e-mail address).
User Profile: To allow you to express yourself beyond just the information collected during registration, we enable you to provide additional information, such as a bio, favorite URLs, and instant messaging IDs. In addition, you may be allowed choose a custom avatar in your profile.
Logging: The Game and Website also logs non-personally-identifiable information including IP address, profile information, aggregate user data, and browser type, from users and visitors to the site. This data is used to manage the Website, track usage and improve the Website and Game services. This non-personally-identifiable information may be shared with third-parties to provide more relevant services and advertisements to users. User IP addresses are recorded for security and monitoring purposes. We also log game play data.
Email Communications
We periodically send emails to users. Users who no longer wish to receive updates or notifications may choose not to by selecting 'Do not send me notification emails' in the user profile 'Account Settings'. Users who do not wish to receive newsletters may choose not to by selecting 'Do not send me newsletters' in the user profile 'Account Settings'. All notification emails and newsletters also include the above instructions for opting-out of those communications in the future.
Cookies
Cookies are used to store and track various types of information about website visitors. A cookie is a small piece of data that our web service sends to your browser and that is stored on your computer's hard drive. Cookies help us gather useful information such as estimates about the size of our audience, what features of our website are visited most etc. We never share or provide any personal identifiable information based upon the use of cookies to any other party.
The "help" portion of the toolbar on the majority of browsers will direct you on how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to command the browser to tell you when you receive a new cookie, or how to fully disable cookies. We recommend that you leave the cookies activated because cookies allow you to use some of this Website's coolest features.
Some of our business partners, like our advertisers, may use cookies on our Website. We have no access to, or control over, these cookies.
Links
The Website contains links to other sites. We are not responsible for the privacy policies and/or practices on other sites. When linking to another site a user should read the privacy policy stated on that site. Our privacy policy only governs information collected on our Website.
Blogs, Message Boards and Public Forums
Please be aware that whenever you voluntarily post public information to blogs, forums, or any other website feature, that information can be accessed by the public and can in turn be used by those people to send you unsolicited communications.
Sharing Your Information
Because the Game and Website enable users to discover and share information with one another, information about the people who use the Game and Website is an integral part of the experience. Rest assured that we neither rent nor sell your personal information to anyone and that we will share your personal information only as described below.
Our Personnel: Only employees who need personal information to perform a specific job (for example, a customer service representative) are granted access to it. All of our employees are kept up to date on our privacy and security practices.
Business Transfers: In some cases, we may choose to buy or sell assets. In these types of transactions, user information is typically one of the business assets that is transferred. Moreover, if we, or substantially all of our assets, were acquired, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred.
Protection of Us and Others: We may release personal information when we believe in good faith that release is necessary to comply with a law; to enforce or apply our Terms of Use and other policies; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of us, our employees, our users, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
User Profile Information: Information collected during registration and subsequent visits, such as your username and location, may be displayed to other users in your User Profile. The User Profile is the area on the Website where we allow you to tell other users about yourself and your interests. You may control what personal information is displayed in your User Profile by visiting the Privacy Settings section of your User Profile.
User Directory: The e-mail address that you submit upon registration will be searchable, but not viewable, by other users who know you by your email address, unless you choose to opt out of this feature. This is primarily so that other users can find you to establish friendship through the Game and Website. You may opt-out of this feature by visiting the Privacy Settings section of your User Profile.
API: We may allow third parties access to all Game and Website data this is already publicly available through the Website. We will keep private any passwords and blog settings.
Syndication: We allow for the RSS syndication of all of its public content within the Website.
Partners: We provide the information to trusted partners who work on behalf of or with us under confidentiality agreements. These companies may use your personal information to help us communicate with you about offers from us and our marketing partners. However, these companies do not have any independent right to share this information.
Wherever possible, there will be a link to this privacy policy on every Website page where personal information might be displayed, collected, or stored. You should also be aware that some websites that link to our site may also collect personal information about you (see "Cookies" section above). We cannot make any representations regarding the information privacy practices of those websites.
Correcting, Updating or Removing Information
You may modify or remove any of your personal information at any time once you have signed in with your ID and password. Simply click on the "My Account" link and make your desired changes.
Keeping Your Information Secure
You are asked to choose a user ID and password when you join our Game and Website. Your password is known only to you unless you disclose it to others. We highly recommend that you do not disclose your password to any third party. Also, if there are others who use your computer, you should always sign-out/log out of the site and close your browser when you are done using the Internet. We use the security hardware, software and operating procedures, designed to protect the privacy of your personal information stored in the Game and Website computer systems. However, no data that is transmitted over the Internet can be guaranteed 100% secure in transmission nor safe from theft or illegal acquisition even from Game and Website computers.
Additional Information Regarding Children Under 13 Years of Age.
We are committed to providing a fun, entertaining, and safe Website for people of all ages. We are dedicated to safeguarding any personal information collected online and to helping parents and children learn how to exercise control over personal information while exploring the Internet. To this end, we make every attempt to ensure that our privacy policy and our information practices adhere to the U.S. Department of Commerce's Safe Harbor Principles.
We will obtain verifiable consent from a parent or guardian of a player under 13 before the player will be permitted to register for an account. When registering, the player is asked to provide his/her age, email address and the email address for his/her parent or guardian. We send an email to the parent or guardian notifying the parent or guardian that the player under 13 has begun the registration process. The email from us will contain a link back to the Website where the parent or guardian can grant the player under 13 permission to complete registration. The parent or guardian will also receive a separate password to access, review and modify their child's account and profile provided via email.
We will use e-mail addresses submitted by children to send a one-time account activation code and to respond to specific requests, (e.g., to send a game challenge, allow them to enter a contest, or provide parental notice).
We do not store email addresses of children under the age of 13.
Certain activities and features are not available to children under the age of 13 without a parental permission. For general information regarding what activities are not available to users under the age of 13 without parental permission, please click here.
We may collect additional information including computer information, gender, state/province, zip/postal code, and country, and we may ask additional questions regarding personal preferences on a number of topics through opt-in surveys. As noted above, we will not condition participation in an online activity on the disclosure of more information than is reasonably necessary to participate in the activity. We do not share children's personal information with outside third parties not bound by this Privacy Policy.
If you have any questions about our children's privacy practices, you may e-mail us at 
privacy(at)gongonline(dot)com.
If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under the age of 13, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. We recommend that minors between the ages of 13 and 18 ask and receive their parents' permission before playing the Game, using the Website or sending information about themselves or anyone else over the Internet.
Data Security.
During sessions in which you give us information such as credit card numbers, we may encrypt your transmissions using SSL ("Secure Sockets Layer") technology. We keep any personally identifiable information you provide us on servers that are protected by firewalls and other technological means against intrusion or unauthorized access. They are located in a physically secure facility, and only our employees and agents with a need to know the information are given access. While no amount of security can give a perfect guarantee, you can have a high degree of confidence that the personally identifiable information you give us is protected from unauthorized access and use. We rely on you to select passwords that cannot be easily guessed and to safeguard those passwords from disclosure.
Conditions of Use, Notices, and Revisions.
We will notify our users, by e-mail or by posting a notice on our website, when we make any significant changes to our Privacy Policy that affect the use of any personally identifiable information we collect. Your continued use of our website will constitute acceptance of the changes and the existing privacy policy. In instances where we ask for your personally identifiable information and we tell you the data we are collecting on that page will be shared with unaffiliated third parties, and in cases where a user of the Game or Website opts-in to share his/her information with third parties, those disclosures and opt-ins will override anything to the contrary in this Privacy Policy. In addition, we reserve the right to make minor changes to our Privacy Policy at any time without any notice to you other than posting any such changes in a revised Privacy Policy on the Website. We encourage you to periodically review our Privacy Policy to be sure you are familiar with the most current version. The Policy will include the most recent date in which any revision has been made. Please note that this Privacy Policy is also incorporated, by reference, into the Game and Website Terms of Use.
Contact Information
If you have any questions about this privacy statement and if you cannot satisfactorily resolve it through the use of the website, you can write to us by email at privacy(at)gongonline(dot)com.
If you object to any sharing of your personal information that may be permitted under this policy, you may do so by writing us at the above address. We will take reasonable steps to accommodate your requests as they relate to our commercial practices. In some instances, honoring your requests may interfere with or preclude your ability to use the website or may require us to terminate our relationship with you.
