Privacy Policy

Our Privacy Policy was last updated on June 27, 2022.  

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your informationwhen You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collectionand use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. We may collect personal identification information from You in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when You visit our site, register on the site, place an order, and in connection with other activities, services, features, or resources we make available on our Site. You may be asked for, as appropriate, name, e-mail address, mailing address, phone number, credit card information. You may, however, visit our site anonymously. We will collect personal identification information from You only if You voluntarily submit such information to us. You can always refuse to supply personal identification information, except that it may prevent them from engaging in certain site related activities. 

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation 

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. Thefollowing definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

 

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

•       "Account" means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.

•       "Company" (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to Chess Wizards, Inc. 

•       "Country" refers to Chess Wizards, Inc., United States of America.

•       "Cookies" are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.

•       "Device" means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cell phone or a digital tablet.

•       "Personal Data" is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.

•       "Service" refers to the Website.

•       "Service Provider" means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. Itrefers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the

Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used.

•       "Usage Data" refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).

•       "Website" refers to Chess Wizards, accessible from www.chesswizards.com

•       "You" means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

  

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

•       Email address
•       Browser name
•       First name and last name
•       Phone number
•       Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
•       Usage Data
•       Type of computer and technical information about Users means of connection to our site
•       Operating system and the internet providers utilized and similar information

 

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.

Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browsertype, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically,including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data. 

We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information.Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service. The technologies We use may include:

•       Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our Service. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies.
•       Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, forexample, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).

Cookies can be "Persistent" or "Session" Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser.

 

We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below: 

•       Necessary / Essential Cookies Type: Session Cookies Administered by: Us

Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services. 

•       Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies

 

Type: Persistent Cookies Administered by: Us

Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.

•       Functionality Cookies Type:Persistent Cookies Administered by: Us

Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You witha more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences every time You use the Website.

•       Tracking and Performance Cookies Type: Persistent Cookies Administered by: Third-Parties

Purpose: These Cookies are used to track information about traffic to the Website and how users use theWebsite. The information gathered via these Cookies may directly or indirectly identify you as an individual visitor. This is because the information collected is typically linked to a pseudonymous identifier associated with the device you use to access the Website. We may also use these Cookies to test new pages, features or new functionality of the Website to see how our users react to them.

For more information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding cookies, please visit our Cookies Policy or the Cookies section of our Privacy Policy.

 

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

•       To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.
•       To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data Youprovide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.
•       For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service.
•       To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application's push notifications regarding updates or informativecommunications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
•       To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.
•       To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.
•       To run a promotion, contest, survey or other site feature: To send You information they already agreed to receive about topics we think will be of interest to them. 
•       To process payments: We may use the information from You, that you provide to us, when placing an order only to provide services to that order. We do not share this information without outside parties to the extent necessary to provide the service. 
•       To personalize user experience: We may use information in the aggregate to understand how our users as a group use the services and resources provided on our site. 
•       For business transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us about our Service users is among the assets transferred.
•       For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing and your experience.
•       To send periodic emails: We may use the email address to send You information and updates pertaining to their order or other related services and issues. It may also be used to respond to Your inquiries, questions, and/or other requests. If You decide to opt-in to our mailing list, You may receive emails that may include company news, updates, related product or service information, etc. If at any time You would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, we include detailed unsubscribing instructions at the bottom of the email. 

 

We may share Your personal information in the following situations: 

•       With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, for payment processing, to contact You.
•       For business transfers: We may share or transfer Your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of Our business to another company.
•       With Affiliates: We may share Your information with Our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include Our parent company and any other subsidiaries,joint venture partners or other companies that We control or that are under common control with Us.
•       With business partners: We may share Your information with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services or promotions.
•       With other users: when You share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside.
•       With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.

 

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

 

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other placeswhere the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.

The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.

 

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

We do not sell, trade, or rent Your personal identification information to others. We may share generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any personal identification information regarding visitors and users with out business partners, trusted affiliates and advertisers for the purposes outlined above. We may use third party service providers to help us operate our business and the site or administer activities on our behalf, such as sending out newsletters or surveys.

 

Business Transactions

If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We willprovide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Law enforcement

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Other legal requirements

The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

•       Comply with a legal obligation
•       Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
•       Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
•       Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public
•       Protect against legal liability 

Security of Your Personal Data

We adopt appropriate data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of your personal information, username, password, transaction information and data stored on our site. 

Our website is scanned on a regular basis for security holes and known vulnerabilities in order to make your visit to our site as safe as possible. For example, we use regular Malware Scanning. Your personal information is contained behind secured networks and is only assessable by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems and are required to keep the information confidential In addition, all sensitive/credit information you supply is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology. All transactions are processed through a gateway provider and not secured or processed on our servers.  

The security of Your Personal Data is important to us, but remember, that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

 

Detailed Information on the Processing of Your Personal Data

The Service Providers We use may have access to Your Personal Data. These third-party vendors collect, store, use, process and transfer information about Your activity on Our Service in accordance with their Privacy Policies. 

Analytics

We may use third-party Service providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.

•       Google Analytics

 

Children's Privacy

The Service may contain content appropriate for children under the age of 13. As a parent, you should know that through the Service children under the age of 13 may participate in activities that involve the collection or use ofpersonal information. We use reasonable efforts to ensure that before we collect any personal information from a child, the child's parent receives notice of and consents to our personal information practices.

We also may limit how We collect, use, and store some of the information of Users between 13 and 18 years old. In some cases, this means We will be unable to provide certain functionality of the Service to these Users. If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent,We may require Your parent's consent before We collect and use that information.

We may ask a User to verify its date of birth before collecting any personal information from them. If the User isunder the age of 13, the Service will be either blocked or redirected to a parental consent process.

 

Information Collected from Children Under the Age of 13

The Company may collect and store persistent identifiers such as cookies or IP addresses from Children without parental consent for the purpose of supporting the internal operation of the Service.

We may collect and store other personal information about children if this information is submitted by a child with prior parent consent or by the parent or guardian of the child.

The Company may collect and store the following types of personal information about a child when submitted by a child with prior parental consent or by the parent or guardian of the child:

•       First and/or last name
•       Date of birth
•       Gender
•       Grade level
•       Email address
•       Telephone number
•       Parent's or guardian's name
•       Parent's or guardian's email address

 For further details on the information We might collect, You can refer to the "Types of Data Collected" section of this Privacy Policy. We follow our standard Privacy Policy for the disclosure of personal information collected from and about children.

 

Parental Access

A parent who has already given the Company permission to collect and use his child personal information can, at any time:

•       Review, correct or delete the child's personal information
•       Discontinue further collection or use of the child's personal information

To make such a request, You can write to Us using the contact information provided in this Privacy Policy.

 

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, Youwill be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

 

Changes to this Privacy Policy 

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

By using this site, you signify your acceptance of this policy, if you do not agree to this policy, please do not sue our site. Your continued use of the site following the posting of changes to this policy will be deemed your acceptance of those changes.  

We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page. 

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:

•       By visiting this page on our website:www.chesswizards.com
•       By sending us an email: office@chesswizards.com
•       Chess Wizards, Inc., 4450 N. Central Ave., Chicago, IL 60630
•       Phone: (866) 949 - 4386