Susurration.net Privacy Statement
(Last Updated July 01, 2009)
The web site Susurration.net and all pages within it are operated by independent parties. The collaboration of members behind Susurration.net, or Susurration.net itself, may be referred to as Susurration, Whisper, or Whisper Game Studios. This Privacy Statement applies to Susurration.net as a whole and describes what information is collected and used on this Web site. By using Susurration.net, you consent to the data practices described in this Statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
The use of Susurration.net does not require you to disclose any personal information. However, the sites offer you the opportunity to register for an account, which permits you to use additional features offered on Susurration.net, including forums, private messages, and high scores in the games offered here. Should you choose to register for an account you will be asked for personal information such as your name and e-mail address. You may also be asked for additional personal information, though any optional information need not be given unless you choose to provide it.
Whisper may collect information about your visit, including the pages you view, the links you click and other actions taken within the site. We also collect certain standard information that your browser sends to every website you visit, such as your IP address, browser type and language, access times and referring Web site addresses.
Use of your Personal Information
Whisper uses the personal information it collects on Susurration.net to operate the sites and deliver the services you have requested.
We reserve the right to hire other companies to provide limited services on our behalf, such as answering customer questions, fulfillment requests and performing statistical analysis of our services. We will only provide those companies the information they need to deliver the service, and they are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose.
Whisper may disclose your personal information, without notice if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Whisper; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Whisper or its suppliers and publishers; and, (c) protect the personal safety of Whisper employees or agents, users of Whisper products or services, or members of the public, and (d) protect the integrity of the online community on Susurration.net.
Personal information that you provide on Susurration.net may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which Whisper or its affiliates, subsidiaries, suppliers, publishers or agents maintain facilities. By using Susurration.net, you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country.
Whisper may keep track of the pages on this Web site that our customers visit, in order to determine which areas of the site are the most popular. This data may be used to deliver customized content and advertising within Whisper to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
Control of your Personal Information
Susurration.net may send out periodic e-mails informing you of technical service issues, product surveys, new feature announcements and other news about Whisper and other related products and services. These e-mails are considered essential to the provision of the service you have requested. You will not be able to choose to unsubscribe to these mailings, as they are considered a part of the service you have chosen.
Security of your Personal Information
Whisper is committed to to protecting the security of your personal information. We use extended measures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. However, the information we store is located on a server maintained by Bluehost. Whisper does not have direct physical access to these servers. As such, Whisper is not responsible for the physical integrity and privacy of these servers or the information on them.
If you choose to create a profile on Susurration.net, you will be required to select a password. This password can be changed once you have logged into the service. It is your responsibility to keep your password confidential. Do not share this information with anyone. If you are sharing a computer with anyone you should always choose to log out before leaving Susurration.net to protect access to your information from subsequent users.
Use of Cookies
Whisper uses cookies to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the web server that you have returned to a specific page, so that when you visit the site again, the experience will be personalized. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to set your computer to accept cookies from Susurration.net, you may also to choose to be logged into the site automatically. This selection is stored in a cookie. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of Susurration.net or the other Web sites you visit.
Communities and Forums offered on this Web Site
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Whisper Forums, Messages or other public online forums, this information may be collected and used by others. We recommend you be cautious in giving out personal information to others in these public online forums.
Changes to this Statement
This Privacy Statement applies only to Susurration.net and not other companies or organizations to which we may provide links from this Web site. Whisper will occasionally update this Privacy Statement. When we do, we will also revise the "last updated" date at the top of the privacy statement. For material changes to this Statement, Whisper will notify you by placing prominent notice on the Web site. We encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Statement to be informed of how Whisper is protecting your information.