Clarion Gaming, publisher of Gaming Industry Media, also known as Interactive Gaming News ("GIM"), maintains the privacy of personal information provided by all GIM readers. This privacy policy outlines our commitment to protecting your privacy rights. We will not share your personally identifiable information outside of the Clarion Gaming unless you "opt in" to having your personally identifiable information shared with a company that is not affiliated with us. All websites carrying GIM headlines or publishing any GIM material are not subject to this privacy policy.

Information We Collect
Upon registering as a paid GIM subscriber, as a subscriber to one of our mailing lists or as a purchaser of a service or product sold on our sites, we will collect personally identifiable information from you that may include your name, age, address, e-mail address, credit-card number and telephone number.

Website Usage Information
We automatically collect IP addresses and website usage information from you when you visit our Web site. This information helps us evaluate how our visitors and subscribers use and navigate our site on an aggregate basis, including the number and frequency of visitors and subscribers to each Web page, and the length of their visits.

We may use information in the following ways:
--For the purposes for which you specifically provided the information including, for example, to enable us to process, validate and verify subscriptions.
--To send you e-mail notifications about our new or existing products and services, special offers, or to otherwise contact you.
--To allow us to personalize the content based on personal characteristics or preferences.

We may disclose and use personally identifiable information in special circumstances where it is necessary to enforce our Terms of Use (for example, when necessary to protect our intellectual property rights). We may also disclose or use your personal information when we, in good faith, believe that the law requires us to do so.

Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that is sent by a website and stored on your hard drive or temporarily in your computer's memory. We use cookie technology to help visitors and subscribers move quickly through the GIM site. When you log on as a subscriber, we may pass cookies to your computer. Cookies do not damage files or allow anyone to access your personally identifiable information.  They simply allow us to recognize repeat users, track usage behavior, and facilitate your access to and use of our site.

Security
The personally identifiable information we collect about you is stored in limited access servers. We will maintain safeguards to protect the security of these servers and your personally identifiable information.

Policy Modifications
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page. If this privacy policy changes in the future, we will not use the personal information you have submitted to us under this privacy policy in a manner that is materially inconsistent with this privacy policy, without
your prior consent.  This statement and the policies outlined here are not intended to and do not give you any contractual or other legal rights.

Comments and Questions
If you have any questions, comments or concerns about our privacy policy, you may contact us at editor@gaminindustrymedia.com.

This policy was last updated on July 9, 2008.