»iONvideogames respects the privacy rights of our visitors and is committed to protecting the information we collect about you online. Below is our Privacy Policy, which covers only www.ionvideogames.com, www.nisesomi.com, www.seganation.com, www.obnoxiousjerks.com and any subdomains of said domains (ex. forums.ionvideogames.com).

»Special Note to non-US visitors:
Visitors to iONvideogames from outside of the United States are advised that iONvideogames’ Privacy Policy is intended to meet the laws and requirements of the United States, which may not necessarily be the same as the laws and regulations of your home country. iONvideogames recommends that you NOT provide personal information if you are not a resident of the United States. Any information that you provide to iONvideogames online will be treated in accordance with the laws and regulations of the United States.

»Personal Information iONvideogames Collects:
In order to give you the best experience on our site, iONvideogames may collect various types of information about you, including personal, demographic, and aggregate information.Personal information is information that can be directly associated with a specific person such as a user’s name, nickname, address, or e-mail address. Demographic information is anonymous information, which may include age/date of birth, gender, geographic area, hobbies, interests, occupation, and favorites. Demographic information is not considered personal information unless it is linked to personal information about a specific user. Aggregate information is data we collect about a group or category of services or users from which individual identities have been removed.

We may ask users to submit personal or demographic information in connection with activities such as registration and login, e-mail newsletters, contests, and e-mail correspondence. The types of information requested for each activity and the ways the information may be used are described below.

»Online Registration and Login:
If you wish to register with us online, you will be required to create a username and password as well as submit information such as your email address. We may also ask you for demographic information such as your gender, and location. The information submitted to us during this registration process may be used to personalize content or to provide you access to certain members-only areas of our site (ex. our Forums).

The ability to login is available only to those users that have already registered and created a password during an earlier visit to our site. To login, you must submit your username and password. This information is collected so that we can easily retrieve, via a cookie, your preferences.

»Online Store(s):
iONvideogames uses outside vendors for all of it’s stores, and does not sell any goods or services directly, and thus our Privacy Policy does not govern such providers of goods and services.Please visit the sites below for their Privacy Policies.

*CafePress
*Amazon.com

»Cookies, User Tracking:
Cookies… Cookies are small text files that a Web site places on your hard drive whenever you visit the site. These files identify your computer and record your preferences and other data about your visit so that when you return to the site, the site knows who you are and can personalize your visit. Cookies may be linked to personal information about you and are used to prevent you from having to reenter your registration data (ex., username and password) at each visit to our site (ex. our Forums). In addition, we may use the information collected by cookies for other purposes, such as helping us determine how to improve our sites by seeing which areas, features, and products are most popular; thus personalizing the site. [np]Most browsers are automatically set to accept cookies, however, you can disable cookies or set your browser to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you turn off cookies, portions of the site may not perform correctly.

Log Files and IP Addresses… iONvideogames maintains log files, which contain Internet Protocol (”IP”) addresses. An IP address is a numeric address that is assigned to your computer by your Internet Service Provider. Normally, we do not link IP addresses to personal information. In general, we only use log files to monitor traffic on our Web sites and to troubleshoot technical problems. In the event of abuse, however, we may block certain IP addresses. If required for legal purposes and to abide with the laws of the United States, we may link an IP with personal information.

Collecting / Sharing… Information you provide on our website is collected by iONvideogames for internal use only. iONvideogames does not and will not share your personal information with any third party without getting your consent prior to the sharing of such information. The sharing of your information may be required for certain activities on iONvideogames, such as for a contest, where your full legal name, date of birth, email address and complete mailing address may be required to enter said contest. For such contests, please see the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy for the individual contest. If the contest is being operated by a third party, it will be clearly marked in all materials related to said contest.

Children Under 13… iONvideogames will not knowingly accept personal information from any individuals under the age of 13. We do not encourage children to be allowed to ’surf’ the internet alone. Parents need to take an active role in any activities their child is performing on a computer, console, or any other device connected to the internet.

We apologize, but unfortuneately, we do not currently have the means to support a Parental Consent Form for activities that require registration on our site, and thus personal information as described above may be collected of any and all visitors to iONvideogames until further notice.

Safeguards… iONvideogames maintains reasonable safeguards in an effort to ensure the security, integrity and privacy of the personal information we collect. iONvideogames does not own, nor operate the server(s) that host the websites mentioned in this Privacy Policy, and thus cannot guarantee the security of any information provided by visitors.For information on the security of our server(s), please visit CiHost.

IONVIDEOGAMES IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FOLLOWING: OUT-OF-DATE OR ‘BROKEN’ LINKS TO SITES OUTSIDE OUR DOMAIN THAT MAY BE CONTAINED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY; CONTENT OF ANY SITE REACHED VIA ANY LINK, POP-UP WINDOW, BROWSER SCRIPTING LANGUAGE OR ANY OTHER MEANS, FROM ANY SITE OR PAGE HOSTED BY DOWNTOWN HOST, OR ANY CONTENT CONTAINED WITHIN OR LINKED TO WITHIN OUR FORUMS; TYPOGRAPHICAL, SPELLING, SERVER, OR ANY OTHER FORM OF ERROR.

We reserve the right to make changes in this policy. If we make such changes, we will post them in this Privacy Policy as well as change the “date last modified” found at the top of this Policy. Please check back from time to time to ensure you are aware of any changes in our privacy practices.