An exclusive gaming industry community targeted
to, and designed for Professionals, Businesses
and Students in the sectors and industries
of Gaming, New Media and the Web, all closely
related with it's Business and Industry.
A Rich content driven service including articles,
contributed discussion, news, reviews, networking, downloads,
and debate.
We strive to cater for cultural influencers,
technology decision makers, early adopters and business leaders in the gaming industry.
A medium to share your or contribute your ideas,
experiences, questions and point of view or network
with other colleagues here at iVirtua Community.
Our aim in collecting personal information
is to provide you with the best and most useful content and services.
Several of the services and features that we offer on our sites
require you to provide us with information as a condition of usage.
These include access to subscription-only areas, the ability to
post opinions or other content, participation in sweepstakes or
contests, subscriptions to print magazines and email newsletters
and participation in message boards.
Information we Collect.
We collect personally identifiable information, such as your name,
email when you provide it to us. From time to time, we may also
collect other sensitive information such as your job title, gender,
username. We may also receive information about you from other sources
and add it to the information you provided to us.
Information that we do not collect.
Passwords are not viewable by any employee as they are fully encrypted,
and they cannot be retrieved. We do not collect or process any information
regarding payment, bank details or credit/debit card numbers. This
is handled by the independent organization PayPal.
We use the information we gather
the following purposes:
To customize the advertising and the content you see;
To optimize site features and content through reviewing members
submitted details.
We do not treat your details on an individual basis, and your confidentiality
is respected.
Cookie Policies
Your Internet browser has a feature called cookies, which stores
small amounts of data on your computer about your visit to any of
our sites. You do not need to have cookies turned on to visit most
of our sites, although active participation in certain areas of
our sites may require cookies. Cookies alone tell us nothing about
who you are unless you specifically give us personally identifiable
information, in which case we use the information to enhance your
services in the ways described below. By adjusting your settings
on your browser, you may elect not to allow cookies to be collected.
For Your Information...
We will not sell or rent your information to third parties for marketing
purposes and will only disclose your information in accordance with
our Privacy Policy and/or with your permission. If you engage in
illegal activity while using iVirtua Forums or any of its services,
we may provide your personal information to authorities in an effort
to enforce our terms and conditions and to help keep our community
safe.
Other Organizations
PayPal is used for all of our Safe, Secure, and fast Transactions.
We do not deal with your payment Details.
We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information
as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary
to protect our rights and/or to comply with a judicial proceeding,
court order, or legal process served on our Web site.
Children's privacy and COPPA in
the US
We do not allow under 14s to join the site, and do not allow COPPA
Applications. i.e. Under 14s are not allowed to join even with parental
consent.
Although we are based outside the US, We operate our network of
sites in compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection
Act and do not permit registration by, and will not knowingly collect
or use personally identifiable information from, anyone under 13
years of age. This requirement is clearly posted during the registration
process.
Passwords and Security of your account
Your password is ciphered (a one-way hash) so that it is secure.
However, it is recommended that you do not reuse the same password
across a number of different websites. Your password is the means
of accessing your account at iVirtua Community, so please guard
it carefully and under no circumstance will anyone affiliated with
iVirtua Community, iVirtua or another 3rd party, legitimately ask
you for your password. Should you forget your password for your
account, you can use the "Send me a new password" feature provided
by the iVirtua Community software. This process will ask you to
submit your user name and your email, then the iVirtua Community
software will generate a new password to reclaim your account.
Questions, concerns or comments.
If you have any questions, concerns or comments regarding our privacy
policies please email ivirtua@ivirtua.co.uk