Privacy Policy

Darkside Entertainment Limited respects your privacy

This Privacy Policy applies to our web site playmarbles.co.uk; it explains what information we collect through the Site, how we use that information, and what choices you have.

The Play Marbles site contains links to other web sites. This Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of any companies or individuals that Darkside Entertainment Limited does not control, or any web sites that you link to from the Play Marbles site. You should use caution and review the privacy policies of any sites that you visit from ours to learn more about their information practices.

Please take a few moments to read this agreement. By accessing the Play Marbles site, 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.

Personal Information

  • Non-Account Activity. You can look at images on the Play Marbles site without having a Play Marbles Account. You can also contact us without having a Play Marbles Account.
  • Account-Related Activity. Certain other activities on Play Marbles, such as uploading images, posting comments, flagging images, or taking part in competitions, require you to have a Play Marbles Account. We ask for some personal information when you create a Play Marbles Account, including your email address and a password, which is used to protect your account from unauthorised access. A Play Marbles Account allows you to access many of our services that require registration.
  • Usage Information. We may record information about your usage, such as when you log in to Play Marbles and what images you may view. We collect this information so that we can provide our users with better and more interesting content.
  • Content Uploaded to Site. Any personal information or content that you voluntarily disclose online (in the forums, within your images or accessible information on your profile pages, etc.) becomes publicly available and can be collected and used by others.

Uses

  • If you submit personally identifiable information to us through the Play Marbles Website, we use your personal information to operate, maintain, and provide to you the general and personalised features and functionality of the Play Marbles Website, and to process any flagging activity or correspondence you send to us.
  • Your account name (not your email address) is displayed to other Users when you upload images or send messages through the Play Marbles Website and other Users can contact you through messages and comments. Any content that you submit to the Play Marbles Website may be redistributed through the internet and other media channels, and may be viewed by the general public.
  • We do not use your email address or other personally identifiable information to send commercial or marketing messages without your consent except as part of a specific program or feature for which you will have the ability to opt-in or opt-out. We may, however, use your email address without further consent for non-marketing or administrative purposes (such as notifying you of major Play Marbles Website changes or for customer service purposes).
  • We may use both your personally identifiable information and certain non-personally-identifiable information (such as anonymous user usage data, cookies, IP addresses, browser type, clickstream data, etc.) to improve the quality and design of the Play Marbles Website and to create new features, promotions, functionality, and services by storing, tracking, analysing, and processing user preferences and trends, as well as user activity and communications.
  • We may use cookies, clear gifs, database entries and log file information to
    • store information so that you will not have to re-enter it during your visit or the next time you visit the Play Marbles Website;
    • provide custom, personalized content and information;
    • monitor the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns;
    • monitor aggregate metrics such as total number of visitors, pages viewed, etc.;
    • track your entries, submissions, and status in promotions, sweepstakes, and contests.

How we share information

Play Marbles does not share your Personally Identifiable Information with third parties

Your Choices

  • You may, of course, decline to submit personally identifiable information through the Play Marbles Website, in which case you can still explore the Play Marbles Website, but Darkside Entertainment Limited may not be able to provide certain services to you. The privacy notices of those services govern the use of your personal information associated with them.
  • You may update or correct your personal profile information and email preferences at any time by visiting your profile page.

Publicly posted information

  • If you register as a member of the Play Marbles Site and make postings to forums, please remember that anything you post is publicly available. The user name you have chosen during the registration process is visible to all users of the Site. If you visit another member’s user page, your user name will appear on that page. Your user profile, and the information you choose to include in your profile, will also be available to other users of our forums and to visitors that access your personal user page. Play marbles does not control, and is not responsible for, the use of any information or content that you have exposed to the public through your use of the Play Marbles Sites.
  • If you have uploaded contest art pursuant to the Submissions Agreement, you have also authorized Play Marbles to use your name and biographical materials publicly for advertising and promotional purposes.

Updates

  • We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time as our services change and expand. If we update this Privacy Policy, we will notify you about significant changes by sending a notice to the email address specified in your account or by posting a notice of such changes on the play marbles site. Unless otherwise provided, the revised terms will take effect on the date they are posted. Once such changes become effective, your continued use of the Site will signify your acceptance of the new Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, or any revised Privacy Policy, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the Site.