Privacy Policy
This statement discloses the privacy practices for Webstakes.com. Our goal is to keep you informed of special offers and products that match your interests and enhance your life, but your participation in any offer, survey, promotion, or contest is completely optional.
What Personally Identifiable Information of yours is collected
When you visit Webstakes.com, you will be asked to provide certain information about yourself (e.g., contact and demographic information) during our one-time registration process, which will take place automatically the first time you visit our Web site. Upon completing our registration process you will become a member of Webstakes.com. We use this information to learn more about you, so we can provide you with the content and information most attuned to your interests. You must be at least 13 years of age to become a member of Webstakes.com (see "Children" section below).
COOKIES
To enable many of the features available at Webstakes.com, we assign "cookies" to your Internet browser. A cookie is a small text file that contains a unique identification number stored on your computer. Cookies by themselves cannot be used to find out the identity of any user. This unique identification number automatically identifies your browser - but not you - to our computers whenever you interact with Webstakes.com. Only when you agree to provide personally identifiable information directly to Webstakes.com through our registration form will we be able to know anything about you other than the random number that our server computers originally assign to your browser.
Webstakes.com uses "cookie" technology to make your visits more convenient for you. We use cookies to give you the option of saving your email address so you don't have to enter it repeatedly when you are entering different sweepstakes and contest offered on Webstakes.com and to identify where you came from and if you've been to Webstakes.com before. These are set so we may better customize your experience on Webstakes.com for your future visits. You are free to reject or "Not Accept" the placement of some or all of our cookies, but you will not be able to auto-enter your email address, participate in our instant win games or customize your future visits.
There is a lot of confusion about cookies, how they are used, and what they can do. Cookies only contain information that the server computer "knew" in the first place, and can only be read by the serving domain that placed them. For instance, if XYZ.com (a fictitious company) utilizes cookies, Webstakes.com's servers can't read their contents nor can XYZ.com's servers read ours. Cookies are an essential part of how the Internet works today, and allow server computers to recognize your computer's browser when you return. If you have ever visited a Web page that automatically provides personalized content without you having to "sign in," such as your own stock portfolio, this is almost certainly being accomplished with a cookie. Since cookies are only text files, they cannot "run" on your computer and have no ability to search your computer for other information, or transmit it to anyone.
What Organization is collecting the information
The data you provide to Webstakes.com is collected by Online Games Inc. Webstakes.com is a web site owned and operated by Online Games Inc..
How the information is used
The personal profile information you submit to Webstakes.com remains your property, but by submitting that information you grant Webstakes.com the right to use that information for marketing purposes. Webstakes.com may also use such information to fulfill prizes, track compliance with our rules, or for content improvement and feedback purposes.
Our services have been designed to enable personalized content to those members who wish to receive it. The majority of the services that are provided for free at Webstakes.com are the result of advertising revenues. Our ability to provide enhanced services and content to our members is dependent on our ability to provide venues for our advertising partners that reach specific demographic segments of our member base. The better job Webstakes.com does in providing a mechanism for advertisers to reach specific sub-segments of our members, the more revenue we can generate from advertising and that ultimately is what allows you to get to the wealth of free content that is available at Webstakes.com.
Below is a description of the uses of the information that we collect and how our visitors and advertisers benefit from such uses:
- If you win a prize offered at Webstakes.com, we'll use the information you supplied to contact you in connection with the applicable sweepstakes, contest or instant win game. We'll probably also congratulate you on winning!
- We pay attention to what our members do and do not use on our service and modify our content appropriately.
- We provide personalized content in the form of enabling our members to auto-enter their email address to enter sweepstakes or play instant win games.
- Through our Webstakes.com newsletters and email service, we will send members outbound email communications on information we think they will find useful, including information about new products and services from selected partners. It is our policy to never send messages to our members who have asked us not to do so through our unsubscribe process. In every email from Webstakes.com or other selected company, we will remind you of your option to change your preferences regarding receipt of future email communications.
How the information is shared
We may share, rent or sell the personal information that you supply to us and we may join together with other businesses to bring selected retail opportunities to our members. These businesses may include providers of direct marketing services and applications, including lookup and reference, data enhancement, suppression and validation. In addition, Webstakes.com reserves the right to release current or past member information in the event Webstakes.com believes that the membership is being or has been used in violation of the Rules or to commit unlawful acts, if the information is subpoenaed, if Webstakes.com is sold or acquired, or when Webstakes.com deems it necessary or appropriate. By agreeing to these terms, you hereby consent to disclosure of any record or communication to any third party when Webstakes.com, in its sole discretion, determines the disclosure to be appropriate.
What choices are available to you regarding collection, use and distribution of the information
Webstakes.com offers you the ability to control your information and the email communications that you receive. First, as mentioned earlier, the consumer always has the final word on whether Webstakes.com - or any Internet company - knows who you are. It is your choice to share personally identifiable information with Webstakes.com and we encourage you to consider only sharing information with any site on the Internet if you receive true value in exchange for that information transfer and if you respect the privacy practices of the company.
If you do choose to share personally identifiable information with Webstakes.com, you can control whether we contact you or share the information with third parties, either through our unsubscribe process or updates to your information.Webstakes.com will always give you a chance to unsubscribe to any email communication from us - clear directions for doing so will appear in any email message we send to you.
Webstakes.com reserves the right to send a one-time registration confirmation email, and occasional Service Alert messages to our members to inform them of specific changes that may impact their ability to use a service they have previously signed up for, regardless of whether they have opted in or out to receive emails from us. And finally, we also reserve the right to contact you if compelled to do so as part of a legal proceeding or if there has been a violation of our Terms and Conditions of Use. However, we will not contact you to market a new or existing service if you have asked us not to do so.
What kind of security procedures are in place to protect against the loss, misuse, or alteration of information under the company's control
Webstakes.com operates secure data networks protected by industry standard firewall and password protection systems. Our security and privacy policies are periodically reviewed and enhanced as necessary, and only authorized individuals have access to the information provided by our members.
How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information
Webstakes.com believes strongly in providing you with the ability to access and edit the personally identifiable information that you have provided to us. To deactivate your account, please unsubscribe here.
Third-Party Links
For your convenience Webstakes.com contains links to third-party Web sites that are not owned or controlled by us. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these other Web sites. We encourage you to note when you leave Webstakes.com and to read the privacy statements of these other Web sites. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected through Webstakes.com.
Information Collected by Third Party Advertising Companies
Our advertising is currently served by third party advertising companies which deliver a cookie to you so the ads you see can be tracked and ensures that you are not shown the same ad too many times. Since the third party advertising company only tags your computer with a number, they know nothing about who you are. Webstakes does not provide these third party advertising companies with any personally identifiable information. However, these companies may use non-personally identifiable information about your visits to Webstakes and other sites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, click here.
Children
You must be at least 13 years of age to register and use Webstakes.com and at least 18 years of age to be eligible to win prizes on Webstakes.com. If you are under 13, you will not be allowed to register with Webstakes.com. Webstakes.com has implemented this policy and technology to comply with the Federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA).
Contacting Webstakes.com
Webstakes.com respects your privacy and uses the information you provide us with integrity and full disclosure. If you ever feel this policy has been broken, let us know. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of Webstakes.com, or your dealings with us, please contact us by email to privacy@webstakes.com or by postal mail to: Webstakes.com, 904 Sylvan Ave, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632, Attn: Customer Service Dept.