This Privacy Policy governs
the www.PecanPoker.com website ("the
Site").
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect
your personal information on the Site, how
we protect such information, our processing
of and your choices concerning the use of
such information. Please read this Privacy
Policy carefully. For the purposes of this
Privacy Policy, "We", "Us"
and "Our" means PecanPoker.com.
This Privacy Policy represents Our current
data collection and usage practices. We will
from time to time review and revise these
practices. We will post any changes to this
Privacy Policy here. Please refer back to
this Privacy Policy on a regular basis. By
using the Site or any of the products, offerings,
features, tools or resources that we provide
on the Site, you agree to the terms of this
Privacy Policy as amended from time to time.
This Privacy Policy only applies to information
collected by the Site and/or through your
registration. We are not responsible for the
privacy of any information you reveal or post
in any public forum (e.g. message board or
chat room), or for the privacy practices of
websites that you may access via the Site
but which are operated or owned by third parties
Personal information is information about
you and that identifies you or can be used
to identify you (in conjunction with any other
information We have about you) e.g. your name,
e-mail address, address or telephone number
("Personal Information"). You may
browse certain pages of the Site without registering
with Us first. If you do so, We will not process
your Personal Information but may use your
non-personal information as set out below.
In addition to Personal Information, we may
collect and/or track information that by itself
cannot be used to identify or contact you,
e.g. demographic information (such as age,
profession or gender), domain names, computer
type, browser type and other anonymous statistical
data ("Non-personal Information").
We use Non-personal Information to help Us
understand who uses the Site and to improve
and market the Site.
We may collect your Non-personal Information
even where you choose not to register on the
Site. We do this by use of tracking tools
which consist of various Internet technologies
such as "cookies", "action
tags", "web bugs", ".gif
tags" and "JavaScript" (together,
"Tracking Tools"). Tracking Tools
are files or tools that are placed on your
computer in order to identify your Web browser
and your activity on the Site. Tracking Tools
enable us to develop a profile about your
preferences on the Site and to show you information
that you have indicated that you are interested
in. In this way, we can customize and improve
your experience on the Site.
You may disable cookies, if any, by using
the appropriate feature of your Web browser
software. If cookies are disabled, however,
you may not be able to benefit from all features
of the Site.
We may use your Personal Information for Our
own business purposes in connection with the
running of the Site, including for feedback
purposes, for the provision of services to
you, for marketing and promotion, for statistical
analysis of users' behaviour, for product
development and for content improvement. We
may also pass your Personal Information to
companies affiliated with Us and any authorized
agents and sub-contractors for the purposes
of carrying out the foregoing activities,
and to customer service agencies for research
and analysis purposes. In the event that Our
business is sold to or integrated with another
business your Personal Information may be
disclosed to Our advisers and any prospective
purchasers' advisers and will be passed on
to the new owners of the business. We will
not otherwise disclose any of your Personal
Information to third parties, except to the
extent necessary to comply with applicable
laws, rules or regulations. Certain of the
services provided or accessible through our
Site, in particular, the future gaming and
payment processing services may be regulated
by one or more government authorities. As
such, your Personal Information may be recorded
and passed to the relevant authorities. In
addition We may pass your Personal Information
to any relevant police or other investigatory
agency where We in our reasonable discretion
consider that We are required to comply with
a request from such agency.
We reserve the right to use your Personal
Information to contact you in relation to
your account status, changes to this Privacy
Policy, or any other policies or agreements
relating to your use of the Site.
We may also use Non-personal Information
for the purposes of monitoring Site usage
in order to help Us develop Our Site and the
services and for these purposes We may provide
Non-personal Information to third parties.
To ensure that your credit, debit or charge
card is not being used without your consent,
we will validate name, address and other personal
information supplied by you during the order
process against appropriate third party databases.
By accepting these terms and conditions you
consent to such checks being made. In performing
these checks personal information provided
by you may be disclosed to a registered Credit
Reference Agency which may keep a record of
that information. You can rest assured that
this is done only to confirm your identity,
that a credit check is not performed and that
your credit rating will be unaffected. All
information provided by you will be treated
securely and strictly in accordance with the
data protection acts in the geographical areas
that We conduct business.
From time to time We may provide information
that We have gathered about you to Our customer
service agencies for research and analysis
purposes so that We can monitor and improve
the services We provide. We may contact you
by post, e-mail or telephone to ask you for
your feedback and comments on Our services.
If you do not want to be contacted for your
views, please let Our customer services department
know.
We and Our affiliated companies may also
wish to provide you with information about
special features or offers on the Site or
any other service or products which We think
may be of interest to you. If you do not want
to receive this information, please let Our
customer services department know.
Upon request We will provide you with a summary
of all Personal Information held about you
which we are required by law to disclose.
Any such access request may be subject to
a fee to meet Our costs in providing you with
details of information We hold about you.
We have put in place various security
procedures to try to ensure that the information
you have provided to Us remains confidential
and is protected from loss, misuse, unauthorized
access, disclosure, alteration or destruction.
We also have technical measures in place
so that whenever you undertake any financial
transactions through Our Site (including engaging
in future gaming), this will take place over
a secure link which will encrypt the information
whilst it is travelling over the Internet.
Furthermore, any communications with banking
or credit providers through Our Site will
similarly be encrypted. Firewalls are used
to block unauthorized traffic to the servers
and the actual servers are located in a secure
location which can only be accessed by authorized
personnel.
Please note that while We have tried to create
a secure and reliable site for users, the
confidentiality of any communication or material
transmitted to/from Us via the Site cannot
be guaranteed.
If any of the information that you have provided
to Us changes, for example if you change your
e-mail address, name or payment details or
if you wish to cancel your registration, please
let Us know the correct details by sending
an e-mail to Our customer services department.
We welcome your views about the Site and our
Privacy Policy. If you would like to contact
Us with any queries or comments please send
an e-mail to Our customer services department
at info@PecanPoker.com.
This Privacy Policy will be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of Florida
whose courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction
in any dispute or claim arising out of or
relating to this Privacy Policy, save that
we have the right, at Our sole discretion,
to commence and pursue proceedings in alternative
jurisdictions.
PecanPoker.com
or its licensors. You may not modify, publish, participate
in the transfer or sale of, create derivative works
from, or in any way exploit this information, except
as permitted by law, such as under fair use. While
we use all efforts to include accurate and up-to-date
information, PecanPoker.com makes no warranties
or representations as to its accuracy. PecanPoker.com
does not assume liability or responsibility for
any errors or omissions in the content of the Service.
6.2 Trademarks. The trademarks, logos, and all
other content are considered the "Trademarks"
displayed on the Service are registered and unregistered
Trademarks of PecanPoker.com or others. Nothing
contained on the Service should be construed as
granting, by implication, estoppels or otherwise,
any license or right to use any Trademark displayed
on the Service without the written permission of
PecanPoker.com or such third party that owns the
Trademark displayed on the Service. Misuse of Trademarks
displayed on the Service, or any other content on
the Service, except as provided in this Agreement,
is strictly prohibited. In doing so be advised that
PecanPoker.com will enforce its intellectual property
rights to the fullest extent of the law, including
pursuit of criminal prosecution or civil litigation
where appropriate.
6.3 User Communication. All communication or material
you transmit to PecanPoker.com by electronic mail
or other, including any data, questions, comments,
etc. is and will be treated as, non-confidential
and non-proprietary. Anything you transmit or post
may be used by PecanPoker.com or its affiliates
for any purpose, including, but not limited to,
broadcast, posting, reproduction, disclosure, transmission,
and publication. Furthermore, PecanPoker.com is
free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques
contained in any communication you send to PecanPoker.com
for any purpose whatsoever including, but not limited
to, manufacturing, developing and marketing products
using such information, without additional compensation
to you.
7.1 Code Of Conduct. It is PecanPoker.com's desire
to maintain a friendly environment for its players.
While PecanPoker.com is not responsible for the
conduct of any player, PecanPoker.com does reserve
the right to refuse, suspend or revoke its Service
if PecanPoker.com believes a player is in violation
of the PecanPoker.com Code of Conduct ("Code
of Conduct"). A violation of the Code of Conduct
may include, without limitation, any the following
actions:
7.1.1 Collusion or cheating with another Player
of any form
7.1.2 Agreeing to take any action when there is
another Player all-in.
7.1.3 Revealing a Player's down cards before a
hand is complete.
7.1.4 Needlessly stalling the action in a game.
7.1.5 Selling or dumping play chips or PecanPoker.com
points for cash.
7.1.6 Attempting in any way to induce a Player
to leave a game to play in another.
7.1.7 Verbally threatening any Player or employee
of PecanPoker.com.
7.1.7 Using profanity or obscene language.
7.1.8 Making statements that could unfairly influence
the action in a game.
7.1.9 Chatting in any language other than English
during game play (trivial exceptions will be made)
7.1.10 Begging other Players for play chips or
PecanPoker.com points.
7.1.11 Advertising websites or other commercial
services.
7.1.12 Typing words, characters or phrases that
make it difficult for others to use the chat feature
[flooding, abusive content, player abuse or any
content deemed inappropriate by PecanPoker.com].
7.1.13 Spamming tables with announcements of private
tournaments or sit-and-go events.
7.1.14 Coaching Players or suggesting how others
should play their hand with respect to another Player's
hands; or transmitting any data, conversation or
any other information that may be interpreted as
defamatory, offensive, slanderous or rude.
7.1.15 PecanPoker.com reserves the right to make
decisions in the interest of fairness and the Player's
previous chat history with PecanPoker.com. The decision
of PecanPoker.com is final. In the event a Player
is reporting a violation of the Code of Conduct,
please include the table and hand numbers to indicate
when and where the violation or problem took place.
YOU AGREE THAT PecanPoker.com IS NOT RESPONSIBLE
FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES ARISING
FROM USE OF THE SERVICE, OR DAMAGE, LOSS, OR INJURY
RESULTING FROM USE, ACCESS, OR ATTEMPTED USE OR
ACCESS OF THE SERVICE. YOU FURTHER AGREE THAT PecanPoker.com
IS NOT LIABLE FOR DAMAGE, LOSS, OR INJURY CAUSED
BY DOWNLOADING INFORMATION FROM THE SERVICE. YOU
AGREE THAT PecanPoker.com IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY
DAMAGE TO YOUR PERSONAL COMPUTER, ANY DAMAGE, LOSS,
OR CORRUPTION OF DATA.
ALL SERVICES AND GOODS PROVIDED ON THE SITE ARE
PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF
ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING,
BUT NOT LIMITED TO, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE,
THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.
NO PERSON AFFILIATED WITH, OR CLAIMING AFFILIATION,
WITH THE SITE HAS AUTHORITY TO EXTEND ANY WARRANTIES.
PecanPoker.com will bring all members several offers
from its affiliates, partners and other entities
or individuals. These offers are beyond the direct
control of PecanPoker.com. Points earned through
the fulfilment of these offers are of no cash value
and cannot be redeemed except where indicated by
the company making the offer for such redemption.
Gifts shall mean any non-cash item, which can be
either physical or virtual (electronic format).
10.1 Any gifts offered by third parties are delivered
directly to the members's postal address by the
party making such offers and PecanPoker.com accepts
no liability or offers no warranty to any aspect
of such transactions.
10.2 When points are redeemed for gifts, the transaction
is solely between the vendor of the gift and the
member. You will indemnify PecanPoker.com from any
disputes arising out of such transactions.
10.3 While PecanPoker.com will make every attempt
to ensure that the gifts offered are of good quality,
no warranty is made to the quality, suitability,
delivery times, condition, physical attributes or
any other aspect of that gift.
10.4 Where indicated, a delivery charge may be applicable
to any gifts delivered to a member by PecanPoker.com
or its parters and affiliates.
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