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Privacy Policy

Last Updated October 28, 2009

Welcome to Battle Defenders, a social networking game. Battle Defenders is operated by dango, Inc. and its affiliates ("us," "we" or "the Company"). Battle Defenders includes software available through social networking sites (“SNS Apps”) and running on the Company’s server, content, related documentation, information on Battle Defenders, and information and content made available by users to each other through the Battle Defenders application (collectively, the “Service”).

Your privacy is important to us and, as described in this Privacy Policy, we have designed the Service to protect information about you from unauthorized disclosure to others. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use and, in certain circumstances, share your personally identifying information. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully, and if you have any questions, feel free to contact us.

By accessing and using Battle Defenders or other related services operated by the Company (collectively, the "Services"), you agree to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Services.

Information Collected Through Our Services

We gather two basic types of information through the Services: personally identifiable information that identifies a person as an individual ("Personal Information") and non-personally identifiable information, which includes aggregated information, demographic information, IP addresses and any other information that does not reveal a person's specific identity ("Non-Personal Information").

  1. 1. Personal Information. You do not have to provide Personal Information to use VD Defenders. However, you may need to provide certain Personal Information to use some of our other Services. For example, when you sign up with the Company, you establish a personal account for storing your gaming history. In order to establish your account, we will need　your social networking site’s account’s login information. Further, if you wish to participate in future planned services, you may be asked to enter your email addresses to participate in sharing services.

  2. 2. Non-Personal Information. When you visit and interact with the Services, we and our service providers and business partners may collect Non-Personal Information from sources such as server log files, social networking account information, environmental variables (such as your email address, computer type (Windows or Macintosh), screen resolution, OS version, Internet browser, and Internet browser version) and from scanning navigational data to collect Non-Personal Information about our users in order to help us deliver better service and user experience. Such Non-Personal Information could include the web site you were on before coming to the Company, IP addresses, or areas of site being clicked on most frequently. We and our service providers (including ad servers, outbound email vendors, affiliate vendors, social networking services and search engine advertising agencies, and providers of web analytics tools) and business partners may also use "cookies" as well as so-called "pixel tags," "web beacons," "clear GIFs" and other similar technologies to help us deliver better service and user experience and to facilitate your ongoing access to and use of our Services. Cookies are small data files stored by your web browser on your computer's hard drive. If you do not want information collected through the use of cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows you to automatically decline cookies, or to be given the choice of declining or accepting the transfer of a particular cookie, or cookies from a particular website, to your computer. To learn more about cookies, please visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/. You may find more information about opting out of most third-party service cookies at www.networkadvertising.org or other related sites. If you choose to reject all cookies, you may not be able to access the Services.

How We Use the Information We Collect

Personal Information. We may use Personal Information in the following ways:

  1. 1. Fulfillment of Requests. We may use Personal Information to fulfill the purpose for which such Personal Information was provided (e.g., to fulfill your purchase or other transaction).

  2. 2. Administrative Communications. From time to time, we may send you service announcement updates with important information about the Company via our social networking partners of via email. Service announcements may contain information vital to your account, so members may not unsubscribe from service announcements.

  3. 3. Other Communications. We may notify you via email or through the mail about new features, products and promotions.

  4. 4. Testimonials. Testimonials are used to show benefits to certain programs the Company offers. The Company always seeks consent prior to posting any testimonial in which Personal Information is included.

  5. 5. Customer Service. Any Personal Information obtained through your contact with our Customer Service team or communications with us, such as chat or emails, may be recorded to help us provide better service.

  6. 6. Internal Business Purposes. We may also use Personal Information about you for our internal business purposes, such as data analysis, audits and so forth.

Non-Personal Information. Because Non-Personal Information does not personally identify you, we may use such information for any purpose. In addition, we reserve the right to share Non-Personal Information, which does not personally identify you, with third parties, for any purpose. For example, we might tell our business partners that a certain percentage of our customers live in California, while a different percentage live in Tokyo. In some instances, we may combine Non-Personal Information with Personal Information (such as combining your name with your geographic location). If we do combine any Non-Personal Information with Personal Information, the combined information will be treated by us as Personal Information hereunder as long as it is so combined.

Protecting Your Content

The Company is designed to give you the ability to control who may view any associated information stored in your the Company account. We seek not to make your Content publicly accessible, except by your explicit action, or as otherwise noted in this Privacy Policy.

Security

The Company seeks to have reasonable security measures in place to help protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or data storage system can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, although we strive to protect Personal Information about you, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us through or in connection with the Services or that is stored by us. You acknowledge and agree that any information you transmit through the Services or upload for storage in connection with the Services is so transmitted or stored at your own risk. If you have reason to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure (for example, if you feel that the security of any account you might have with us has been compromised), you must immediately notify us of the problem by contacting us in accordance with "Contact Us" below (note that if you choose to notify us via physical mail, this will delay the time it takes for us to respond to the problem).

Third Party Sites

The Services may contain links to third party websites and social networking applications. These linked sites are not under our control and we are not responsible for the privacy practices or the contents of any such linked site, or any link contained in any linked site. We provide such links only as a convenience, and the inclusion of a link on Battle Defenders does not imply endorsement of the linked site by us. If you provide any Personal Information through any such third party website, your transaction will occur on such third party's website (not the Services) and the Personal Information you provide will be collected by, and controlled by the privacy policy of, that third party. We recommend that you familiarize yourself with the privacy policies and practices of any such third parties. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS PRIVACY POLICY DOES NOT ADDRESS THE PRIVACY OR INFORMATION PRACTICES OF ANY THIRD PARTIES.

Contact Us

Please contact us to communicate any questions or concerns.