Privacy Policy

We currently operate the following web sites (the "Sites"): www.vortexstratergieslimited.uk/ In addition, we own other domain names that may redirect to the home page and/or content-specific "subsites" of Vortex Strategies Limited. As we progress, we may add new Sites that may not be listed above, but they will provide a link to this Policy and will be governed by its terms.

All personal information we collect is voluntarily provided by you, the user. If you decide to provide us with your personal information (e.g., name, email address, and mailing address) we will only collect the personally identifiable information which is needed to fulfill your use of our services and our legitimate business objectives. If you refuse to divulge your personal information when requested, you may not be able to access certain areas of the Site (such as our forum boards and communities). We will never sell your personal information to any third party.

In order for you to sign-up and register with Vortex Strategies Limited, we require that you supply us with an existing and truthful email address, state and country of residence, zip/postal code, birth date, gender and real name. Although some areas may allow you to visit as a guest and remain anonymous, you may not be able to access all content and features without prior registration. Additionally, you may be asked to select a user or member name and password to be addressed by within the community, as well as additional optional personal information (such as a photograph or avatar).

To participate in some of our sweepstakes, contests, surveys, and other promotions, you may be asked to provide additional personal information such as your mailing address. In each such case, no new personal information will be collected from you without your consent. This information may be collected by Vortex Strategies Limited or by third parties such as co-sponsors or vendors for the promotion. Vortex Strategies Limited's use of any such information will be governed by the terms of this Policy.

As a company, Vortex Strategies Limited may send out information via email to alert our registered users of upcoming news or information. A membership is typically required to receive emails from our company. Other ways to receive news or information from our company is by specifically doing so during special occasions. We may also, except where prohibited by law, provide services where you can send a newsletter to a friend. This may require you to submit additional information such as your friend's email address. We will not use this information for any other purpose, and both parties can request removal from our mailing list at any time.

Issues related to Guest Services, technical support, and billing issues, etc. may also require you to provide us with personal information (such as your real name, email address, street address, etc.) so that we may address your inquiries and other situations properly.

While playing or using any services and technologies operated by Vortex Strategies Limited, or by using any additional communication features, whether on our sites or in our games, your IP address (your Internet Protocol Address from which you use to access any of the services mentioned above) will be stored for our records. Our services may include "patches" or "updates" to our games and other online services. When this happens a routine check will be administered to ensure you have the latest version of the applicable game or service. This information exchange may be logged for troubleshooting and security purposes.

Vortex Strategies Limited allows for the online submission of resumes and applications. Please be advised that certain information (including personal information) contained in a job applicant's resume or otherwise submitted to Vortex Strategies Limited in a business capacity may not be subject to the terms of this Privacy Policy. However, the information gained from your resume will only be used for the purpose of accepting and evaluating your submission for employment and corporate activities.

Vortex Strategies Limited may collect non-personal information when you use our services such as demographic, general, and/or aggregate data. This information will not be linked and/or released with your personal information, without your consent. This type of information that we may collect has been provided to us by you, the user, while submitting surveys, polls, etc. Other non-personal information we may collect may be aggregated anonymous information about site usage and customer activity patterns for internal purposes, including to improve the quality of the services we provide.

Vortex Strategies Limited web sites, and some services and advertisements on such sites, may contain "cookies." A cookie is a piece of data that is sent to your browser, which will store the cookie on your computer — if your browser accepts cookies. In order to use our sites we may require you to have cookies accepted, such as to log in or use other online services. Clear gifs (also known as "web beacons") may also be used to assist in the delivery of those cookies.

Vortex Strategies Limited may also use third party cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies to deliver advertising and to compile anonymous, aggregated statistics about our website traffic and usage. These technologies help us understand how users interact with our sites so we can continue to improve user experience.

Any and all personal information which we collect for a particular purpose will only be saved and used for said purpose, unless you have agreed to allow us to use it for another purpose as disclosed on our site or as described in this Policy. If and when you provide your personal information, Vortex Strategies Limited may disclose the information to other companies that we have partnered with in order to provide you with the assistance or service which you have requested. In such cases, those companies are required to maintain confidentiality of your information and are not allowed to use it for any other purpose.

We may also disclose personal information if required to do so by law, or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with applicable laws, respond to a court order, judicial or other government subpoena, or warrant, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Vortex Strategies Limited, its users, or others.

Occasionally, Vortex Strategies Limited may provide or supply hyperlinks to a third party web site. This Policy does not apply to any third party web site, whether or not a link is provided by us, so we encourage you, the individual, to review all applicable policies of all such sites carefully, as your rights will be governed by those third party policies and not by Vortex Strategies Limited's.

Additionally, there may be unauthorized third party sites that may be providing services, games, or content that appear to be, or which purport to be, provided by Vortex Strategies Limited. We have no control over those sites and do not endorse them. We are not responsible for the actions of such sites or their operators.

In the event that you need to update your account information, personal identifiable information, or wish to no longer receive news or updates via email, you may do so by emailing Vortex Strategies Limited at support@vortexstratergieslimited.uk or by locating the Account Management page, found on a related service web site.

If you choose to have your personal information removed from our active databases, we will do so within a reasonable time after your request and we will take reasonable steps to ensure that the information is no longer accessible or usable by Vortex Strategies Limited or its partners, subject to any applicable laws or legitimate business requirements to retain such information.

Vortex Strategies Limited respects and complies with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act and all other applicable laws and regulations concerning children and the Internet. Our Sites and services are not directed at persons under the age of 13 (children). Vortex Strategies Limited does not provide memberships to nor will knowingly collect, maintain, or disclose personal information of those who do not meet the minimum age requirement (except as may be required by applicable law).

If we learn that we have inadvertently collected personal information from a child under the age of 13, we will delete that information from our records as quickly as possible. Please contact us at support@vortexstratergieslimited.uk if you believe we may have collected information from a child under 13.

Vortex Strategies Limited encourages parents and guardians to spend time online with their children to become familiar with the types of content available on the Internet, including our online games. If you are a parent or guardian who has discovered that your child has submitted his or her personal information without your permission or consent, Vortex Strategies Limited will take reasonable steps to remove that information from the Vortex Strategies Limited database at your request.

To make such a request, please contact us at support@vortexstratergieslimited.uk with your child's name and the information you would like removed. We will respond within a reasonable timeframe.

While Vortex Strategies Limited takes precautions against possible security and privacy breaches in its web sites and customer databases, no web site or Internet transmission is completely secure. Therefore, Vortex Strategies Limited cannot guarantee that unauthorized access, hacking, data loss, or other breaches will never occur. Your use of the Vortex Strategies Limited sites and services is at your own risk.

Vortex Strategies Limited urges you to take steps to keep your personal information safe by memorizing your password or keeping it in a safe place (separate from your account information), logging out of your account after each session, and keeping your log-in credentials private at all times. We will never ask you for your password in an email, phone call, or instant message.

In addition to this Policy, your rights and obligations concerning our web sites, services, and online games are governed by the applicable web site terms of service, the applicable game's end user license agreement and/or terms of use, and other applicable policies, guidelines, and requirements. When you register to use our services, please review each such agreement carefully, as you are to be bound by each such agreement if you are to use the respective service.

Vortex Strategies Limited reserves the right to change this Policy at any time by notifying registered users via e-mail of the existence of a new Policy and/or posting the new Policy on the Vortex Strategies Limited sites. All changes to the Policy will be effective when posted, and your continued use of any Vortex Strategies Limited site or service after the posting will constitute your acceptance of, and agreement to be bound by, those changes.