Last Updated on August 1st, 2018
1. Introduction
1.1 CiD Clan, ("CiD Clan" or "CIDCLAN.NET" or "CiD Clan and Gaming Community" or "Company" or "Community" or "Clan" or "we" or "us" or "our") is committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website and service users ("users" or "you").
1.2 This policy applies where we are acting as a data controller with respect to your personal data, in other words, where we determine the purposes and means of the processing of that personal data.
1.3 Terms of Service. Use of the Community Service is subject to the terms of our Terms of Service through our online form, which is hereby incorporated and made part of this Privacy Policy. By using the Community Service, you agree to be bound by our Terms of Service.
1.4 Your use of the Community Service is subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Privacy Policy (the "Privacy Policy").
1.5 We continually strive to find new ways to enhance your experience with the Community Service and we may modify this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our privacy practices. You are encouraged to review this Privacy Policy periodically and to check the "Last Updated" date at the top of the Privacy Policy for the most recent version. If we make changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you here, by email, or by means of notice through the Website, the Application, or any other part of the Company Service.
2. How we use your personal data
2.1 We may process data about your use of our website and services ("usage data"). The usage data may include your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views and website navigation paths, as well as information about the timing, frequency and pattern of your service use. The source of the usage data is our analytics tracking system. This usage data may be processed for the purposes of analyzing the use of the website and services. The legal basis for this processing is your consent or our legitimate interests, namely monitoring and improving our website and services.
2.2 We may process your account data ("account data"). In the event you register to use the Service, the account data may include your name and email address and phone information. The source of the account data is you. The account data may be processed for the purposes of operating our website, providing our services, ensuring the security of our website and services, maintaining back-ups of our databases and communicating with you. The legal basis for this processing is your consent or our legitimate interests, namely monitoring and improving our website and services.
2.3 We may process information that you post for publication on our website or through our services ("publication data"). The publication data may be processed for the purposes of enabling such publication and administering our website and services. The legal basis for this processing is your consent or our legitimate interests, namely monitoring and improving our website and services.
2.4 We may process information contained in any inquiry you submit to us regarding goods and/or services ("inquiry data"). The inquiry data may be processed for the purposes of offering, marketing and selling relevant goods and/or services to you. The legal basis for this processing is your consent or our legitimate interests, namely monitoring and improving our website and services.
2.5 We may process information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our email and cell phone text notifications and/or newsletters ("notification data"). The notification data may be processed for the purposes of sending you the relevant notifications and/or newsletters. The legal basis for this processing is your consent or our legitimate interests, namely monitoring and improving our website and services.
2.6 We may process mobile phone information that YOU provide to us for the purpose of website site functionality. CiD Clan is NOT liable for any Data and Phone Charges to you by your phone provider/carrier.
2.7 In the event that your mobile phone information has been provided and/or given to us by someone else in the Community, CiD Clan maintains that it is NOT liable for any Data and/or Phone Charges to you by your phone provider/carrier.
2.8 We may process information contained in or relating to any communication that you send to us ("correspondence data"). The correspondence data may include the communication content and metadata associated with the communication. Our website will generate the metadata associated with communications made using the website contact forms. The correspondence data may be processed for the purposes of communicating with you and record-keeping. The legal basis for this processing is your consent or our legitimate interests, namely monitoring and improving our website and services.
2.9 In addition to the specific purposes for which we may process your personal data set out in this Section 2, we may also process any of your personal data where such processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.
2.10 Please do not supply any other person's personal data to us unless we prompt you to do so.
3. Providing your personal data to others
3.1 We do not disclose your personal data to others outside of the registered CiD Clan Community unless legally bound to do so.
4. About cookies
4.1 A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.
4.2 Cookies may be either "persistent" cookies or "session" cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.
4.3 Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
4.4 We may use cookies for the following purposes:
4.5 If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our website.
5. Analytics
5.1 We continuously improve our websites and our products, and we utilize different third-party web analytics tools to help us do so. We are interested in how visitors use our websites, our desktop tools, our mobile applications, what they like and dislike, and where they have problems. Our products, desktop tools and mobile applications use analytical tools to understand feature usage patterns, to enhance and improve your product experience and offer you specific usage tips and guidance. In connection with normal business operations, as well as to increase functionality and enhance your user experience, this usage information may be linked to personal information that we have about individual users. We maintain ownership of this data and we do not share this type of data about individual users with third parties.
This information is used solely to assist us in maintaining a more effective and useful websites and products for our users. This data will not be shared with third parties without your prior consent or unless required by law.
6. Your rights
6.1 By your use and/or participation in CiD Clan, this Community, this Community Service, and all associated Services and Applications you agree to not hold CiD Clan or the Community at all liable in any manner for any reason.
6.2 By your use and/or participation in CiD Clan, this Community, this Community Service, and all associated Services and Applications you grant CiD Clan complete access and rights to any and all information provided by you to CiD Clan.
7. Children
7.1 The Community and the Community Services are not directed to people under the age of eighteen (18). If you become aware that your child has provided us with personal information without your consent, please contact us at the email address listed below. If we become aware that a child under eighteen (18) has provided us with personal information, we take steps to remove such information and terminate the child's account.
8. Retaining and deleting personal data
8.1 We may retain your personal data where such retention is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.
For additional inquiries about the privacy of your information or anything else, you can contact us by emailing us at cid@cidclan.net
