Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes our practices (Board Games Inc., doing business as BoardGames.com) regarding the collection, use and disclosure of the information we collect from and about you when you use BoardGames.com, PlayCrate.com any of our other web-based service (collectively referred to as "Properties"). We take our obligations regarding your privacy seriously and have made every effort to draft this Privacy Policy in a manner that is clear and easy for you to understand.

By accessing or using BoardGames.com, PlayCrate.com or any other Property owned by Board Games Inc, you agree to this Privacy Policy.

Collection and Use of Information

We collect personal information, such as your name and email address, when you register for an account on BoardGames.com, PlayCrate.com or any other Properties. You may also provide us with optional information such as a photograph, reviews, etc. Your user name, email address and any optional profile information that you elect to associate with your account is referred to herein as your “Profile Information.”

Credit Card Processing

We will utilize a third party credit card payment processing company to collect payment information, including your credit card number, billing address and phone number. We do not store your payment information.

Email Communication

We may use your email address to send you BoardGames.com related notices (including any notices required by law, in lieu of communication by postal mail). We may also use your email address to send you announcements and information about other products or services (including third party services) that you may be interested in (together, the “Marketing Messages”). You may opt-out of receiving Marketing Messages at any time by following the instructions provided in the Marketing Message.

Even if you are not a registered user of BoardGames.com, if you email us we may retain a record of such email communication, including your email address, the content of your email, and our response.

If you choose to use our invitation service to invite a friend to BoardGames.com, we will ask you for that person’s contact information, which may include their email address or their social network identity, and automatically send an invitation. BoardGames.com stores the information you provide to send the invitation, to register your friend if your invitation is accepted, and to track the success of our invitation service.

Information We Collect Automatically

We use technologies like cookies and pixel tags to provide, monitor, analyze, promote and improve BoardGames.com and associated web properties. For example, a cookie is used to remember your user name when you return to BoardGames.com and to improve our understanding of how you interact with BoardGames.com. You can block cookies on your web browser; however please be aware that some features of Boardgames.com may not function properly if the ability to accept cookies is disabled.

Log Files

When you use BoardGames.com or other Properties, our servers automatically record certain information in server logs. These server logs may include information such as your web request, Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, referring / exit pages and URLs, number of clicks and how you interact with links on BoardGames.com, domain names, landing pages, pages viewed, mobile carrier, and other such information. Log files help us to monitor, analyze, improve and maintain BoardGames.com and to diagnose and fix any BoardGames.com related issues.

Device Identifiers

When you access BoardGames.com using a mobile device, we collect specific device information contained in your mobile device’s “device identifier.” This device identifier includes information such as the type of device you are using, its operating system, and mobile network information, which may include your mobile phone number. We may associate this device identifier with your BoardGames.com account and will use data associated with your device identifier to customize our services to your device and to analyze any device-related issues.

Location Information

We may collect and process information about the location of the device from which you are accessing BoardGames.com. Location data may convey information about how you browse BoardGames.com and may be used in conjunction with personally identifiable information. You can disable location based services in settings associated with the BoardGames.com; however please be aware that some features of BoardGames.com may not function properly if location services are turned off.

You Information on Properties

We will display your Profile information on your profile page and elsewhere on BoardGames.com and other Properties in accordance with the preferences you set in your account. You can review and revise your Profile information at any time. If you elect to use a third party application to access BoardGames.com, then we may share or disclose your account and Profile information and your Content with that third party application as directed by you. Please remember that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such third parties so you should make sure you trust the application and that it has a privacy policy acceptable to you.

Sharing With Trusted Service Providers

We may utilize trusted third party service providers to assist us in delivering our services. For example, we may use third parties to help host our services, send out email updates, or process payments. These service providers may have access to your information for the limited purpose of providing the service we have contracted with them to provide. They are required to have a privacy policy and security standards in place that are at least as protective of your information as is this Privacy Policy. We may also store personal information in locations outside the direct control of Board Games Inc. (for instance, on servers or databases co-located with hosting providers).

Sharing Information with Law Enforcement

We may disclose your information (including your personally identifiable information) if required to do so by law or subpoena. We may also disclose your information to our legal counsel, governmental authorities or law enforcement if we believe that it is reasonably necessary to do so in order to comply with a law or regulation; to protect the safety of any person; to address fraud, security or technical issues; or to protect BoardGames.com’s rights or property.

Aggregate Information

We may disclose aggregate non-personally identifiable information (such as aggregate and anonymous usage data, platform types, etc.) about the overall use of BoardGames.com publicly or with interested third parties to help them understand, or to help us improve, BoardGames.com.

Change of Ownership

If the ownership of all or substantially all of our business changes, we may transfer your information to the new owner so that BoardGames.com can continue to operate. In such case, your information would remain subject to the promises and commitments contained in this Privacy Policy until such time as this Privacy Policy is updated or amended by the acquiring party upon notice to you.

How We Protect Your Information

The security of your information is important to us. When you enter sensitive information (such as a credit card number, Personal Identifiable Information) as part of our service, we encrypt the transmission of that information using industry-standard encryption. BoardGames.com uses commercially reasonable and industry-standard physical, managerial, and technical safeguards to preserve the integrity and security of your information.

Your Choices About Your Information

You may, of course, decline to submit personally identifiable information through BoardGames.com, in which case BoardGames.com may not be able to provide certain services to you. You may update or correct your account information at any time by contacting support.

Web Property Comments and Reviews

Information you provide in comments to our blogs or in reviews for our products are public and may be read, collected, and used by others who view those products or blogs. Your posts will remain even after you delete your profile.

Children’s Privacy

Our service is not directed to persons under 13. Board Games Inc. does not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from anyone under the age of 13 or knowingly allow such persons to register for an account on BoardGames.com. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under age 13 without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information. If you believe that we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us.

International Data Transfer

We may transfer information that we collect about you, including personally identifiable information, to affiliated entities, or to other third parties (as provided herein) across borders and from your country or jurisdiction to other countries or jurisdictions around the world. If you are located in the European Union or other regions with laws governing data collection and use that may differ from U.S. law, please note that you are transferring information, including personal information, to a country and jurisdiction that does not have the same data protection laws as your jurisdiction, and you consent to the transfer of information to the U.S. and the use and disclosure of information about you, including personal information, as described in this Privacy Policy.

Links to Other Web Websites

We are not responsible for the practices employed by websites linked to from within BoardGames.com or other Properties, nor the information or content contained therein. Please remember that when you use a link to go from BoardGames.com to another website, our Privacy Policy is no longer in effect and your activities on that third party website is subject to such third party website’s own rules and policies.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

If we change our Privacy Policy, we will post those changes on this page to keep you aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances we may disclose it. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

For questions about these or any BoardGames.com or PlayCrate.com terms or policies, contact us through our contact page.