PRIVACY NOTICE

Catalyst Game Labs (“CGL”), is committed to protecting your privacy. CGL is located at Catalyst Game Labs 113 Cherry St #93897 Seattle, Washington 98104-2205 and is a subsidiary of the InResMedia, Inc. This privacy notice applies to the CGL website, CGL gameline websites, information collected by those sites and by telephone and email. This privacy notice governs data collection and usage by CGL for product sales, tournaments, contests, sweepstakes, and related services; it does not apply to other online or offline sites, products or services. Personal information of all users may be collected, used and disclosed as described below. This privacy notice does not apply to third party websites or companies that are not owned or operated by CGL.

How we collect your Personal Information
The following are categories of sources from which information may be collected:

  • Directly from you and other consumers through your interactions with and use of our websites or services. For example, we collect personal information as a condition of registering for an account on the website, such as a Retailer Account. We may also collect personal information when you contact us, fill out a form, or post/comment on our blogs and community forums.
  • When you, or on behalf of a Retailer, make an online purchase of a game or other product.
  • Through our games and mobile apps. For example, if you play our games, we may record your actions in the game in order to track your progress or in-game purchases;
  • Through other online platforms when you sign-in with one of our partners;
  • Through automated technologies, online browser tools, and other technologies that can determine your location using your device, as well as cookies, and pixel tags (see the “Automatic Information” section below for more information);
  • From our third party service providers, business partners, mailing companies, and research organizations; and
  • From government agencies or public records.
  • We may augment the personal information you provide to us with other information that we validly collect from public sources or third parties.


Personal Information we collect
As an e-commerce and community website, CGL collects the following personal information (“PI”) from its website visitors:

  • Name
  • E-mail address
  • Home or work address
  • Telephone number
  • Commercial information (such as product purchases)
  • Financial information (such as Credit Card and/or other payment methods)
  • Internet or other electronic activity (such as IP address, Cookies, web browser)


Use of your Personal Information
Generally, your PI will be used to provide you with the services you have requested. CGL does not offer financial incentives for the use of PI. Below are the purposes for which we may use your PI:

  • Fulfillment of Requests and Responding to Inquiries. For example, PI collected by CGL from an Online Store Account (see Terms of Use on the CGL website for definition) is used for the purpose of billing, shipping, and completing your online purchases.
  • Improve Services. CGL may use PI for our internal business purposes, such as developing new products, enhancing our websites and apps, and improving our products, services, and offerings.
  • Marketing Communications. CGL may use PI to inform you of other products and services available from CGL and its affiliates. CGL may also contact you via surveys or other means to conduct research about your opinion of current services or potential new services that may be offered. In those cases, your PI is not disclosed to a third party by CGL. For information on how to unsubscribe from these communications, please see the “Unsubscribing from Announcements – Opt-out Policy” section below.
  • Protection and Security. CGL may use personal information to protect the security and integrity of our websites or systems, and for the protection of CGL, our users, and others.
  • Legal and Regulatory. CGL may access and/or disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on CGL; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of CGL, including its websites; or (c) act under extenuating circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the CGL websites or the public.


With whom do we share your Personal Information
CGL shares PI about you to provide you with the services you have requested. CGL has not disclosed and/or sold personal information to third parties for a business or commercial purpose in the preceding 12 months. However, CGL may share your personal information with the following entities:

  • Affiliated Entities. This includes our subsidiaries and company affiliates that are required to use your information consistent with this privacy notice.
  • Third Party Service Providers. CGL occasionally hires other companies to provide limited services on its behalf, such as handling the processing and delivery of mailings and packages, providing customer support, processing transactions, conducting surveys or performing statistical analysis of our services. We will only provide those companies the PI they need to deliver the service. Such service providers would be under an agreement to maintain the confidentiality of your information and be prohibited from using that information for any other purpose. We use common carriers to deliver packages and mailings.
  • Business Transfers or Assignments. In the event CGL is engaged in any proposed purchase, merger or acquisition of any part of a business, the purchase or sale of our business, or as part of any bankruptcy proceedings, data and PI is generally one of the transferred assets.
  • Law Enforcement, Emergencies; Compliance. We may disclose PI about to comply with any applicable law, regulation, and/or legal process or governmental request. We may disclose PI to protect CGL’s rights or interests, including enforcement of our Terms of Use.
  • At your direction. We may use and disclose your PI as you otherwise consent, including by your acceptance of this privacy notice. Additionally, if you enter a contest, sweepstakes or other promotion, the rules may include applicable provisions related to the sharing of PI.


Automatic Information
"Automatic Information" is information automatically collected by our webserver (which may be hosted by a third party) or third-party services (such as Google Analytics) that your web browser automatically makes available to us whenever you visit our website.

We receive and store certain types of Automatic Information whenever you access our websites or interact with us. This includes "Cookies." A "Cookie" is a small text file that is sent to your browser and provide a means for websites to recognize you and keep track of preferences. Among other things,Cookies help us identify returning users and maintain your user session, so you do not have to log in each time you access the site from the same computer.

In addition to Cookies, our webserver automatically recognizes and/or collects (when possible) certain information, such as your web browser and IP address. An "IP Address" is a number assigned to your computer when you connect to the Internet.

We may use such Automatic Information for purposes of system administration, to improve design and content and in the aggregate to analyze website usage and/or to assess the traffic to the website.

Our websites may have Google Analytics enabled. To find out how Google Analytics collects and processes data, read "How Google uses data when you use our partners' sites or apps" (located at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites)

Note: when you use our website, some browsers have Do Not Track (“DNT”) features that allow you to tell a website not to track you. CGL does not honor the DNT signals. Please be aware that limiting the ability of website technologies may limit your experience. If you would like additional information about online tracking and various opt-out mechanisms, please see https://youradchoices.com/

Because we link to social media sites, and from time to time may include third-party advertisements, other parties may collect your personally identifiable information about your online activities over time and across different web sites when you visit our website.]

Please note that not all tracking will stop even if you delete cookies.

Unsubscribing from Announcements – Opt-out Policy
CGL offers its customers choices for the collection, use and sharing of PI.

From time to time, we send announcements by e-mail: news about coming games, important changes in our websites or services, special offers, etc. You may choose to completely turn off these announcements at any time by going to your profile and update the "I agree to receive newsletters and offers from Catalyst and its partners" checkbox in the Subscriptions section. If you are not logged in to your account, you may also use the Unsubscribe page and enter the e-mail address that you used for your Account. Please note that if you unsubscribe, you will be removed from our mailing list for marketing messages but you may still receive e-mails from us for other reasons, such as to complete a purchase you requested or to deliver updated terms of service. If you change your mind later, you may turn the announcements back on by returning to your profile and update the "I agree to receive newsletters and offers from Catalyst and its partners" checkbox in the Subscriptions section.

Children and Minors
CGL does not direct services to or collect PI of individuals under the age of sixteen (16) and we do not sell the PI of minors. If you are under age 16, please do not submit personal information to us. If you are a parent and become aware that your child has provided us with information, please contact us using one of the methods specified below and we will work with you to address this issue.

Updating Your Personal Information
If you wish to review, update, correct or delete certain PI yourself, you may also do that in to your profile and you can find help at https://store.catalystgamelabs.com. If you completely delete all of your PI, then your Account may become deactivated.

Security of your Personal and Financial Information
CGL is committed to protecting the security of your personal and/or financial information. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal and/or financial information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. For example, we store the personal and/or information you provide on computer systems with limited access that are located in secured facilities, use industry standard practices for data security and use payment provider Authorize.net.

Keep in mind that there is no such thing as perfect security.

Limitation of Liability.
NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL ANA BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT MAY ARISE FROM A CLAIM OF BREACH OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages. In such jurisdictions, our liability is limited to the greatest extent permitted by law, or $100, whichever is less.

Your Rights
Depending on your jurisdiction, applicable law may entitle you to certain rights and choices as it pertains to your personal information, including the right:

  • To know the categories and/or specific pieces of Personal Information collected about you, the categories of sources from which the personal information is collected, the business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling Personal Information, and the categories of third parties with whom your Personal Information was shared;
  • To request deletion of personal information;
  • To opt-out of the sale of personal information if applicable; and
  • To non-discrimination based on the exercise of your privacy rights.


Exercising Your Rights
To exercise any of your applicable rights above please contact us at the following email address randall@catalystgamelabs.com to submit a request. As mentioned above, if you wish to review, update, correct or delete certain PI yourself, you may also do that in to your profile and you can find help at store.catalystgamelabs.com

In order to process your request, your identity must be verified. We reserve the right to verify your identity in connection with any requests regarding PI to help ensure that we provide the information we maintain to the individuals to whom it pertains, and allow only those individuals or their authorized representatives to exercise rights with respect to that information. If you are an authorized agent making a request on behalf of a consumer, we may require and request additional information to verify that you are authorized to make that request.

We reserve the right to deny your request if we cannot verify your identify. Where we deny your request in whole or in part, we will inform you of the denial, provide an explanation of our actions, and the reason(s) for the denial.

CGL will not restrict or deny you access to our services because of choices and requests you make in connection with your personal information. You may exercise any of the applicable rights described in this section by contacting us. We will promptly respond to all applicable requests.

Changes
We reserve the right to change this privacy notice from time to time. Changes to our privacy notice shall become effective on the date when they are posted, and will not affect any dispute arising prior to the effective date of the change.

Contact Us
If you have any questions or comments about this privacy notice or the ways in which CGL collects and uses your PI or your choices and rights regarding such use, please do not hesitate to contact us at:

Email: randall@catalystgamelabs.com
Postal Address:
Catalyst Game Labs
113 Cherry St #93897
Seattle, Washington 98104-2205

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