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Privacy Policy and Terms
Mission
-- Privacy -- Warranties -- Disclaimers -- Copyrights
There are a couple of things
we would like you to know about how we do business and what
our terms and conditions are for use of this site, its content
and services:
- Our mission
is to provide all types of poker enthusiasts with quality,
inexpensive poker-related jewelry. To the best of our knowledge,
all information you will find on this site is accurate.
We can not guarantee that this material, or these services,
is going to produce specific results.
- To bring
you reputable, cost-effective products and services, we
network with a variety of business professionals. We endorse
these professionals and guarantee their work -- and your
satisfaction. In any case, PokerBling's entire liability
under or arising out of your use of this content or these
services shall be limited to the amount paid for the content
and/or services. Delivery of all fee-based services are
governed by separate agreement.
- We respect
your privacy. We do not sell or share our customer list.
All inquiries are kept confidential, as is all information
you may share with us about yourself. We will obtain your
permission in advance before we forward any information
about you to third parties.
- There are
inherent dangers in the use of any software or content found
on the Internet, and we caution you to make sure that you
completely understand the risks before retrieving any software
or content on the Internet. Please Note: Unless specifically
noted by each link, PokerBling may have no direct affiliation
with the Web sites linked to and does not necessarily endorse
these sites, nor have they endorsed PokerBling. We believe
these sites to be run by reputable companies and to contain
accurate and useful information. However, the software,
links and content found on these sites is not under our
control and therefore we cannot make any representations
regarding the quality, safety or suitability of this material.
- Almost
all the content on this site is protected under copyright
laws. If we don't own it, someone else does. If you would
like to cite any of this information or re-use it for any
purpose other than originally intended, we are happy to
give you permission, or help you seek permission for content
we do not own, upon receiving a written inquiry. In most
cases, you will be given clearance to use this content if
you acknowledge the source.
- PokerBling
is a for-profit enterprise. The content and services contained
herein were created or assembled at considerable time and
expense. We aim to make you successful, and to do so, we
will only work with people who respect and value our knowledge,
time, and services.
and now, a few words from our attorney...
- Upon notice
published on PokerBling, we reserve the right to modify
the Terms and Conditions or the Acceptable Use Guidelines,
amplify them, and/or modify the prices of our content and
services, as well as discontinue or change the content and
services offered. Your continued use of PokerBling content
and services following such notification will be deemed
acceptance of the modification.
- By using
this site, or information linked from this site, you understand
that PokerBling cannot and does not guarantee or warrant
that files available for downloading through the Service
will be free of infection or viruses, worms, Trojan horses
or other code that manifest contaminating or destructive
properties. You are responsible for implementing sufficient
procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements
for accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining
a means external to the Service for the reconstruction of
any lost data. You assume total responsibility and risk
for use of the service and the Internet. PokerBling does
not make any express or implied warranties, representations
or endorsements whatsoever (including without limitation
warranties of title or non-infringement, or the implied
warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular
purpose) with regard to the service, any merchandise, information
or service provided through the service or on the Internet
generally, and PokerBling shall not be liable for any cost
or damage arising either directly or indirectly from any
such transaction. It is solely your responsibility to evaluate
the accuracy, completeness and usefulness of all opinions,
advice, services, merchandise and other information provided
through the Service or on the Internet generally. PokerBling
does not warrant that the content or service will be uninterrupted
or error-free or that defects in the content or service
will be corrected. The Service and the software are provided
on an "as is, as available" basis.
- IN NO EVENT
SHALL PokerBling BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
PUNITIVE OR OTHER CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT
LIMITATION, LOST PROFITS) ARISING OUT OF OR IN RELATION
TO THIS AGREEMENT OR YOUR USE OF OR YOUR INABILITY TO USE
STARTUP-BIZ'S CONTENT OR SERVICES. STARTUP-BIZ'S ENTIRE
LIABILITY AND YOUR EXCLUSIVE REMEDY SHALL BE AT STARTUP-BIZ'S
OPTION. EITHER RETURN OF THE FEES PAID FOR ANY CONTENT OR
SERVICES, OR REPLACEMENT OF CONTENT AND SERVICES TO YOUR
SATISFACTION. However, some jurisdictions may not allow
a limitation on liability for negligence that causes death
or personal injury, and PokerBling limits its liability
in such jurisdiction only to the degree allowed by the applicable
laws.
- You may
not use PokerBling content or services for illegal purposes,
or in support of illegal activities. PokerBling reserves
the right to cooperate with legal authorities and/or injured
third parties in the investigation of any suspected crime
or civil wrong. Activities which are prohibited as potentially
illegal include, but are not limited to:
- Unauthorized
copying of copyrighted materials including, but not limited
to, digitization and distribution of content available on
or from PokerBling.
- Exporting
software or technical information in violation of U.S. export
control laws.
- Posting
or transmitting charity requests, petitions for signatures,
chain letters or letters relating to pyramid schemes. Posting
or transmitting any advertising, promotional materials or
any other solicitation of other users of the Service for
goods for services except in those areas (e.g., a classified
bulletin board) that are designated for such purposes.
- Threatening
bodily harm or property damage to individuals or groups.
- Making
fraudulent offers of products, items, or services originating
from PokerBling or its affiliates accounts.
- Attempting
to access the accounts of others set up on PokerBling, or
attempting to penetrate beyond security measures of our
or other systems (referred to as hacking) whether or not
the intrusion results in corruption or loss of data.
- Posting
or listing articles which are off-topic according to the
description of the group or list or send unsolicited mass
e-mailings to more than twenty-five (25) e-mail users, if
such unsolicited mailings provoke complaints from any of
the recipients.
- Forging
any message header, in part or whole, of any electronic
transmission, originating or passing through PokerBling
services.
- Distributing
viruses to or from PokerBling systems.
- Disrupting
any PokerBling newsgroup, chat room or discussion group
with frivolous, excessively vulgar or repetitious postings.
- Posting
or transmitting any message anonymously or under a false
name.
- Posting
or transmitting any message which is libelous, defamatory
or which discloses private or personal matters concerning
any person.
- Posting
or transmitting any message, data, image or program which
is indecent, obscene or pornographic.
- Interfering
with other users' use of the Service.
- Posting
or transmitting any message which is harmful, threatening,
abusive or hateful. It is not the Service's intent to discourage
you from taking controversial positions or expressing vigorously
what may be unpopular views; however, PokerBling reserves
the right to take such action as it deems appropriate in
cases where the Service is used to disseminate statements
which are deeply and widely offensive and/or harmful.
Privacy Policy for PokerBling
PokerBling is committed to your privacy and online security.
We have agreed to disclose our policy and practices and have
them reviewed and audited for compliance by [Name of Third
Party Certification, such as TRUSTe, OPA, BBB]. You can expect
to find the following information in this site’s privacy policy:
- What information
this site gathers/tracks about you.
- What this
site does with the information it gathers/tracks.
- With whom
this site shares the information it gathers/tracks.
- This site's
opt-out policy.
- This site's
policy on deleting or deactivating your name from our database.
Privacy
Policy for PokerBling
We have a firm commitment to privacy. You should know that PokerBling
gathers data only from registered users; we do not
gather and store information about visitors to the site. The
following discloses the information gathering and dissemination
practices for PokerBling.
IP Address and Cookies
We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server,
and to administer our Web site. Your IP address is used to gather
broad demographic information. Our site uses cookies to keep
track of your orders. We use cookies to deliver content specific
to your interests and to save your password so you don't have
to re-enter it each time you visit our site.
Personal Information
Some of the content you may access on this site is protected
by copyright law. In order to be granted permission to use
this copyrighted material, you must submit accurate, current,
and true information about yourself and your intended use
of the material. When you register and when you place an order
for certain items, we ask you to give us the following Personally
Identifiable Information:
- contact
information (such as name and email address)
- unique
identifiers (such as an PokerBling account number or social
security number)
- and financial
information (such as an account or credit card number)
We will also maintain records of your transactions with the
PokerBling system, including
- records
of product and services you purchased
- records
of your use of the PokerBling web site
We use your personal information in the following ways:
- to process
your order
- to process
your payment
- to send
your order to you
- to get
in touch with you when such contact is necessary and is
related to the purposes of the PokerBling system
- unique
identifiers are used to verify your identity and as account
numbers in our record system.
- financial
information that is collected is used to bill you for product
and service purchases
- to monitor
the use of our system and look for ways to improve our services
We may disclose your contact information to others as follows:
- The PokerBling
system provides its users with the ability to obtain software
and content licenses from publishers. Each publisher may
require that PokerBling disclose to it the names and other
identifying information of the users to whom the publisher’s
rights or permissions have been granted. PokerBling does
not control the use of such information by publishers.
- PokerBling
will disclose such information when required to do so by
law or as requested by government or law enforcement authorities
Security
We recognize that security has become a critical issue for
Internet users. PokerBling takes precautions to protect the
integrity of your information and to avoid loss, theft, misuse
or alteration. PokerBling uses industry-standard, commercially
available technology, such as firewalls and SSL (Secure Socket
Layer) Encryption, to protect your registration and online
transaction information. To check the security of your connection,
look at the upper right-hand corner of your browser window
after accessing the server. If you see a closed lock then
your information will be encrypted as it is transmitted.
Public Forums
This site may make chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or
news groups available to its users. Please remember that any
information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public
information and you should exercise caution when deciding
to disclose any personal information.
Children's Guidelines
PokerBling will NOT knowingly:
- collect
online contact information from anyone under the age of
13 without prior parental consent or parental notification,
which will include an opportunity for the parent to prevent
use of the information and participation in the activity.
- collect
personally identifiable offline contact information from
anyone under the age of 13 without prior parental consent.
- distribute
to third parties any personally identifiable information
from anyone under the age of 13 without prior parental consent.
- give anyone
under the age of 13 the ability to publicly post or otherwise
distribute personally identifiable contact information without
prior parental consent within the children’s educational
section of the web site.
- entice
by the prospect of a special game, prize or other activity,
anyone under the age of 13 to divulge more information than
is needed to participate in the activity.
Links
This site contains links to other sites. PokerBling
is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content
of such Web sites.
Contacting the Web Site
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the
practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site,
you can contact:
469.424.3099
info@pokerbling.com
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