The Dropshock Web sites consisting of Dropshock.com and halowars.dropshock.net are operated by the The Dropshock Brigade or its suppliers. This Privacy Statement applies to the Dropshock Web Site you are currently viewing and describes what information is collected and used on this Web site. By using the Dropshock Web Sites, you consent to the data practices described in this Statement.

Collection of your Personal Information
The use of the Dropshock Web Sites does not require you to disclose any personal information. However, the sites offer you the opportunity to register for an account, which permits you to use additional features offered on the Dropshock Web Sites, including Dropshock Communities, Forums and the Dropshock Store. Should you choose to register for an account you will be asked for personal information such as your name and e-mail address. You may also be asked for additional personal information should you choose to subscribe to newsletters.

If you are a subscriber of the Xbox Live service, your Gamertag, nicknames and statistics such as high scores may be displayed on Dropshock.net; and your online presence will be visible to users here.

The Dropshock Brigade may collect information about your visit, including the pages you view, the links you click and other actions taken within the site. We also collect certain standard information that your browser sends to every website you visit, such as your IP address, browser type and language, access times and referring Web site addresses.

Use of your Personal Information
Dropshock.net uses the personal information it collects on the Dropshock Sites to operate the sites and deliver the services you have requested. For example, when you subscribe to a Dropshock.net newsletter, we use your e-mail address to send you the newsletter(s) you have requested.

Dropshock.net may disclose your personal information, without notice 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 The Dropshock Brigade, or its suppliers and publishers; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of The Dropshock Brigade or its suppliers and publishers; and, (c) protect the personal safety of The Dropshock Brigade personnel or leaders, users of Dropshock products or services, or members of the public, and (d) protect the integrity of the online community on the Dropshock Web Site.

Personal information that you provide on Dropshock.net may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which Dropshock.net or its affiliates, subsidiaries, suppliers, publishers or agents maintain facilities. By using the Dropshock Web Sites, you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country.

Dropshock.net keeps track of the pages on this Web site that our customers visit, in order to determine which areas of the site are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Dropshock.net to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Control of your Personal Information
Dropshock.net may send out periodic e-mails informing you of technical service issues, product surveys, new feature announcements and other news about Dropshock.net and other related products and services. These e-mails are considered essential to the provision of the service you have requested. You will not be able to choose to unsubscribe to these mailings, as they are considered a part of the service you have chosen.

Security of your Personal Information
The Dropshock Brigade is committed to protecting the security of your personal information. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. For example, we store the personal information you provide on computer servers with limited access that are located in controlled facilities.

If you choose to create a profile on a Dropshock Web Site you will be required to select a password. This password can be changed once you have logged into the service. It is your responsibility to keep your password confidential. Do not share this information with anyone. If you are sharing a computer with anyone you should always choose to log out before leaving the Dropshock Web Site to protect access to your information from subsequent users.

Use of Cookies
Dropshock uses cookies to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the web server that you have returned to a specific page, so that when you visit the site again, the experience will be personalized. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to set your computer to accept cookies from the Dropshock Web Sites, you may also to choose to be logged into the site automatically. This selection is stored in a cookie. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Dropshock Web Sites or the other Web sites you visit.

Use of Web Beacons
The Dropshock.net Web site pages may contain electronic images known as Web beacons – sometimes called single-pixel gifs – that allow Dropshock.net to count users who have visited those pages and for other related Dropshock.net Web Site statistics – (e.g., determine the popularity of certain content and help The Dropshock Brigade to provide the content users want, verify system integrity, etc.). Web beacons are not used to access your personal information on Dropshock.net’s web sites and services; they are a technique Dropshock.net utilizes to compile aggregated statistics about usage of the Dropshock.net Web Sites.

Communities and Forums offered on this Web site
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Dropshock.net Communities, Forums, Messages or other public online forums, this information may be collected and used by others. We recommend you be cautious in giving out personal information to others in these public online forums.

Changes to this Statement
This Privacy Statement applies only to the Dropshock.net Web Sites and not other companies or organizations to which we may provide links from this Web site. Dropshock.net will occasionally update this Privacy Statement. When we do, we will also revise the “last updated” date at the top of the privacy statement. For material changes to this Statement, Dropshock.net will notify you by placing prominent notice on the Web site. We encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Statement to be informed of how Dropshock.net is protecting your information.

Contact Information
Dropshock.net welcomes your comments regarding this Privacy Statement. If at any time you believe that the Dropshock.net Web Sites have not adhered to this Privacy Statement, please notify us and we will use all commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and correct the problem.

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