Privacy Statement: The policies below are applicable to InternetMatter.net and any other site(s) on the World Wide Web portion of the Internet, owned and operated by InternetMatter.net InternetMatter.net collects personal identifying information during registration. This information is used to confirm entries, and to selectively show you advertisements. In addition, registration is required and information is collected in certain portions of the site where guests provide content submissions and suggestions, or participate in interactive online activities (i.e. community postings, voting, chat, games, bulletin boards, etc.). InternetMatter.net may use such information to track compliance with our rules, or for content improvement and feedback purposes (to the extent that it is explained when guests provide the information). The personal information you provide to us may be combined with other personally identifiable information (such as demographic information, or purchasing history) that is available from our records and other sources. This information will be used to make our future marketing efforts more efficient. Our marketing partners, to bring you offers of interest, may also use it. If you prefer that we do not share your name and address with marketing partners, please email webmaster@InternetMatter.net. InternetMatter.net may use registration information for marketing and promotional purposes, so that we may send you information from a sponsor, or one of our marketing partners. We will share with them your email address and the information described above, so that they can send you offers for products and services that may be of interest to you. Every email sent to you by one of our marketing partners will include a description of our simple "opt out" process, which enables you to stop receiving future email. InternetMatter.net is not available to persons under the age of 18. No information should be submitted to, or posted at, any InternetMatter.net website by guests under 18 years of age without the consent of their parent or guardian. We encourage parents and guardians to spend time online with their children and to participate and monitor the interactive activities of their children. All registrants receive an email confirming their registration at InternetMatter.net. You may at any time cancel or modify your registration with InternetMatter.net. ABOUT IP ADDRESSES: InternetMatter.net collects IP addresses for the purposes of system administration and to report aggregate information to our advertisers. An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you are "surfing" the Web. Web servers (the large computers that "serve up" Web pages) automatically identify your computer by its IP address. When a player requests pages from InternetMatter.net websites, our servers log the player's IP address. We do not link IP addresses to anything that would identify you personally. This is for logging purposes, but you remain anonymous to us. COOKIES: The InternetMatter.net Online Cookies Policy: What are cookies? Cookies are small pieces of information that a website transfers to an individual's hard drive for record-keeping purposes. Cookies make Web-surfing easier for you, by saving your registration, passwords, and references while you are at our site. The use of cookies is an industry standard, you will find them at most major websites. By "looking" for a cookie our server can determine whether or not you have already registered to play. Cookies help our server to know when you are playing so that you do not need to register each time you play. Cookies also help us to serve you better. Through the use of cookies, we can better understand the types of information that interest you, thus providing more of what you like and want from InternetMatter.net. SOME EXAMPLES OF HOW WE USE COOKIES: A cookie lets our computers remember that you have registered, thus allowing us to speed up your future activities at our site. Think of it as a membership card. Similarly, the cookie tracks which of our sponsors you have visited so that we can constantly introduce you to new and interesting sponsors. Use of cookies to do the record keeping, saves you the trouble of entering information over and over again. If you decline cookies, you may have difficulty playing, and it may adversely impact your InternetMatter.net experience. WHAT InternetMatter.net COOKIES DON'T DO: We never use cookies to retrieve information from your computer that was not originally sent in a cookie. Except as described below, we do not use information transferred through cookies for any promotional or marketing purposes, nor is cookie information shared with any third parties whatsoever. We do not use cookies to identify specific individuals, except for registration information (where a cookie allows you to enter InternetMatter.net many times every day without re-registering each time). You may get cookies from our advertisers. InternetMatter.net does not control these cookies, and these cookies are not subject to the InternetMatter.net cookies policy. The use of advertising cookies sent by third-party servers is standard in the Internet industry. Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. If you would prefer, you can set your browser to refuse cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. However, InternetMatter.net may not function properly for you, if you refuse our cookies. YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS: By using this site, you agree to the InternetMatter.net Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our site. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of this policy at any time. Please check this page periodically for changes. Your continued use of the InternetMatter.net site following the posting of changes to these terms will mean that you accept those changes. You can send an email to us with any further questions. InternetMatter.net respects your privacy. If you have any questions about this policy please email us at webmaster@InternetMatter.net.