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Last Revised June 2007
PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND THE RELATED TERMS
OF SERVICE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS WEBSITE.
RuckusProductions and its subsidiaries
(collectively “Ruckus Productions”) respect the privacy concerns
of all users. Protection of personal and sensitive
information is paramount. This Privacy Policy discloses
what type of information is collected, the method used
to collect it and how Ruckus Productions utilizes the information
to better serve all interested parties. Your use of any
Ruckus Productions website constitutes acceptance of this Privacy
Policy and any other applicable terms. The Terms of
Service for this website are hereby incorporated by
reference.
Children
Protecting the privacy
of children is especially important. We recognize the
importance of safeguarding the privacy of children and
encourage parents to check and monitor their children’s
use of online activities regularly. The Ruckus Productions
website supports and complies with the Children’s Online
Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) and other laws. The
Ruckus Productions website is not aimed at nor intended for
children under the age of 13. If you are under the age
of 13, please do not use the Ruckus Productions website. Our
website does not accept registration from children under
the age of 13. No personally identifiable information
(as defined in the COPPA, 15 U.S.C. Section 6501) is
purposefully or knowingly collected from children under
the age of 13 by Ruckus Productions without parental consent.
Every user hereby agrees that all information you
provide, including but not limited to age, shall be
truthful and correct. Ruckus Productions will not condition a
child’s participation in an online activity on the child
providing more personally identifiable information than
is reasonably necessary for participation in such
activity.
Information We Collect
Ruckus Productions
gathers, analyzes and/or stores personal information
generally by way of four different sources: (1) the
personal information voluntarily submitted by visitors
when using or registering to use our services; (2) the
personal and contact information visitors voluntarily
provide when participating in any contests, sweepstakes
and/or other promotions; (3) through merchandise
purchase or pre-order transactions; and/or (4) by
analyzing data through mechanisms that identify site
usage, browser types, IP servers, etc. Ruckus Productions strives
to provide our visitors with information relevant to
their particular desires, needs and/or concerns. The
information we gather helps us to better serve our
purpose.
General Data
General data
includes information about you such as your name,
address, email, and preferences. This information is
generally gathered when you voluntarily submit the
information to Ruckus Productions for purposes of, including but
not limited to, registering for newsletters and/or
contests or because you wish Ruckus Productions to provide you
with our products, services or information. Such
information allows Ruckus Productions to personalize your
experience and helps Ruckus Productions better understand the
demographics of our audience.
Cookies
A cookie is a small piece
of information sent to your computer’s browser, which is
stored on the hard drive of your computer. There are two
kinds of cookies Ruckus Productions operates: those that are
“session” oriented and those that are “expiration”
oriented. Session cookies delete from your computer at
the moment you close your browser. Conversely,
expiration cookies can be programmed to expire at any
time; therefore when you close your browser, the cookie
will remain on your hard drive until its expiration.
Should you wish to be notified of, or to accept or
decline cookies from being stored on your hard drive,
please refer to your internet help directions.
To better provide you with excellent service, we may
use cookies to remember information about your
activities on our website. For example, cookies can
track merchandise you’ve ordered, can save your password
for effortless login or can remember your preferences
for a more tailored visit.
Sensitive Information
There are
two ways sensitive information (e.g. credit card
numbers) may be obtained. When a visitor makes a
purchase, his/her information may be sent directly to a
third party authorization center that will relay to
Ruckus Productions whether to proceed with the transaction. The
information is not at all stored in our system. The
second way is when a visitor pre-orders merchandise. In
this case, the information is sent to a non-public
server and stored until the transaction is complete.
Ruckus Productions uses all possible efforts to ensure the
safety of your sensitive information. No website,
internet transmission, computer system or wireless
connection is completely secure. Ruckus Productions cannot
guarantee that unauthorized access, hacking, data loss,
or other breaches will never occur. Your use of the
Ruckus Productions website is at your own risk. Ruckus Productions urges
you to take steps to keep your information safe by
memorizing your password or keeping it in a safe place
(separate from your account information), logging out of
your account, and closing your web browser.
Whenever you give Ruckus Productions sensitive or confidential
information, Ruckus Productions will take commercially reasonable
steps to protect the information by establishing a
secure connection with your web browser. Ruckus Productions uses
the Security Socket Layer (“SSL”), an industry standard
security protocol for encrypting sensitive information.
Unless otherwise specified herein or on the site where
you make a purchase, credit card numbers are used only
for payment processing and are not retained for
marketing purposes.
Non Identifying
Information
Ruckus Productions gathers and analyzes
non-identifying user information such as Internet
Protocol (“IP”) addresses and browser types for
statistical purposes only. Your IP address is an
identifying number that is automatically assigned to
your computer by your Internet Service Provider. This
number is identified and logged automatically in our
server log files whenever you visit the Site, along with
the time(s) of your visit(s) and the page(s) that you
visited. Collecting IP addresses is standard practice on
the internet and is done automatically by many websites.
In order to better aim our application efforts, we may
record and tally information for the purpose of,
including but not limited to, measuring our traffic and
determining the origin of the audience.
External Links
Ruckus Productions may
contain links to, or advertisements about, non-Ruckus Productions
websites. Other sites may also reference, advertise, or
link to Ruckus Productions websites. Ruckus Productions does not endorse
or sponsor other websites, is not responsible for the
privacy practices or the content of non-Ruckus Productions sites,
expressly disclaims any statements or assertions made on
such websites, and denies all liability associated with
your use of, and the content on, such other websites and
advertisements.
Consent to Processing in the United
States
By providing any personally
identifiable information to Ruckus Productions, all users,
including, without limitation, users in the member
states of the European Union, fully understand and
unambiguously consent to this Privacy Policy and to the
collection, storage and processing of such information
in the United States.
Sharing Information
Ruckus Productions
does not buy or sell consumer information. We use and
disclose information as explained in this policy and as
required by law. In certain instances we may need to
disclose user information to third parties relating to
contest/sweepstakes requirements and/or winner
verification. In this case, the user is given the option
to receive additional materials from these companies.
You have the choice to either accept or decline the
invitation.
California Privacy Rights
A
California resident who has provided personal
information to a business with whom he/she has
established a business relationship for personal,
family, or household purposes (“California customer”) is
entitled to request information about whether the
business has disclosed personal information to any third
parties for the third parties’ direct marketing
purposes. In general, if the business has made such a
disclosure of personal information, upon receipt of a
request by a California customer, the business is
required to provide a list of all third parties to whom
personal information was disclosed in the preceding
calendar year, as well as a list of the categories of
personal information that were disclosed.
However, under the law, a business is not required to
provide the above-described lists if the business adopts
and discloses to the public (in its privacy policy) a
policy of not disclosing customer’s personal information
to third parties for their direct marketing purposes
unless the customer first affirmatively agrees to the
disclosure, as long as the business maintains and
discloses this policy. Rather, the business may comply
with the law by notifying the customer of his or her
right to prevent disclosure of personal information and
providing a cost free means to exercise that right.
As stated in our Privacy Policy, we do not share
information with third parties for their direct
marketing purposes unless you affirmatively agree to
such disclosure -- typically by opting in to receive
information from a third party that is participating in
a sweepstakes or other promotion on one of our sites. If
you do ask us to share your information with a third
party for its marketing purposes, we will only share
information in connection with that specific promotion,
as we do not share information with any third party on a
continual basis. To prevent disclosure of your personal
information for use in direct marketing by a third
party, do not opt in to such use when you provide
personally identifiable information on one of our sites.
Please note that whenever you opt in to receive future
communications from a third party, your information will
be subject to the third party's privacy policy. If you
later decide that you do not want that third party to
use your information, you will need to contact the third
party directly, as we have no control over how third
parties use information. You should always review the
privacy policy of any party that collects your
information to determine how that entity will handle
your information.
California customers may request further information
about our compliance with this law by e-mailing info@RuckusProductions.com.
Please note that we are only required to respond to one
request per customer each year, and we are not required
to respond to requests made by means other than through
this e-mail address.
Newsletter
Newsletters are
periodically sent to users who have previously
registered to receive such material. The information
obtained during registration (e.g. email address) is
securely stored to achieve a more tailored relationship
with Ruckus Productions. At any time, user can “unsubscribe” to
this service.
Forums/Message Boards
All
forums/message boards have a disclaimer stating that
Ruckus Productions retains the right to control conversations
through our message boards. By this we mean controlling
profanity, extreme erotica, illegal use, etc. By using
our forums/message boards, you are voluntarily giving us
the right to publicize the contents of your
interactions. Please do not use our forums/message
boards if you do not wish your interactions to be
public.
Survey/Polls
Periodically
visitors may be asked to participate in surveys and/or
polls. Participation is completely voluntary. Data
collected from these surveys are analyzed for
statistical purposes only.
Sweepstakes/Contests
Ruckus Productions
may periodically run promotional sweepstakes and/or
contests. Participation is completely voluntary.
Additional information is generally required for
purposes like, including but not limited to, determining
eligibility and contacting potential winners. Guidelines
explaining Ruckus Productions’s policies with respect to
Sweepstakes/Contests are always posted along with
sweepstakes information.
Revisions to Privacy Policy
By
using the Ruckus Productions website, you signify your agreement
to this Privacy Policy, as it may be amended and/or
revised at any time. If you do not agree to this Privacy
Policy, please do not use the Ruckus Productions website.
Ruckus Productions reserves the right to change and/or amend this
policy at any time without notification, which Ruckus Productions
may provide to you by any reasonable means including,
but not limited to, posting the revised policy on the
Ruckus Productions website. Please note that you will always be
able to determine if this Privacy Policy has been
amended or updated since your last visit to our website
by referring to the “Last Revised” legend at the
beginning of this Privacy Policy. Your continued use of
the Ruckus Productions website subsequent to changes to the
Privacy Policy will mean that you accept and agree to
the revisions. For any questions, suggestions, or
concerns please email info@RuckusProductions.com.
This Privacy Policy, including all revisions and amendments
thereto, is governed by the laws of the State of California,
without regard to its principles of conflicts of
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