Akoha Privacy Policy

We, Akoha Inc. (“Akoha”), recognize that your privacy is important. This Privacy Policy covers Akoha’s collection and treatment of personal information while you are on Akoha’s website and use Akoha’s services, for example by playing games. This Privacy Policy also covers Akoha’s treatment of any personal information that Akoha’s business partners share with Akoha. It does not apply to the practices of third parties that Akoha does not own or control, or to individuals that Akoha does not employ, manage or control, including without limitation, any Akoha affiliates or business partners.

By visiting the Akoha website, submitting information or using any of our services, you are accepting the practices outlined in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, do not use our site or services.

1. Collection and Use Of Personal Information

Personal Information. The Akoha website is available to registered and unregistered users. To provide our full range of services, we require users to register and open an account, and at that time you will be asked for some personal information such as your name and e-address. To use certain Akoha services, you may be asked for additional personal information such as your age, gender and country of origin. You may decline to provide personal information to any of our requests; however you may be unable to use certain features of our site or services as a result. Once you register with Akoha and sign in to our services, you are not anonymous to us.

Internal Use. Akoha uses the personal information that we collect to give you access to our site and to set up and personalize our services for you. We may also use the information to contact users about new features, for service announcements or administrative messages, or to notify you of promotions and events. Akoha restricts the internal communication of users’ personal information to its employees and consultants who need to know that information to operate, develop or improve our services. These individuals are bound by confidentiality obligations.

Third Parties. Akoha may share your personal information with trusted business partners to provide a product or service you have requested. When we share such information with these trusted business partners, we require that they agree to process such information based on our instructions and subject to appropriate confidentiality and security measures. Akoha will not otherwise share your personal information with other persons or entities unless in the specific circumstances detailed in “Exceptions” below or unless it has obtained your consent to do so. Other third parties, such as users or other content providers, may provide content for the Akoha site but they are not permitted to collect any information, nor does Akoha share user information with these parties.

Exceptions. Akoha will not review, share, distribute, print, or reference any information it collects except as follows:

• Individual records may at times be viewed or accessed only for the purpose of resolving a problem, support issue, or suspected violation of the Terms of Service, or as may be required by law.
• When you send email or other communications through Akoha, we may retain these communications to process your inquiries, respond to your requests and improve our Services.
• If Akoha has reason to believe that it is necessary to share information (i) in order to investigate, prevent or take action against illegal activities or in situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, (ii) in order to respond to warrants, subpoenas, court orders or legal process or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims, or (iii) as otherwise required or permitted by law.

2. Cookies

What Are Cookies. When you interact with the Akoha site, our Web server sends a cookie to your computer. Cookies are files that Web browsers place on a computer's hard drive and are used to tell us whether users and visitors have visited the Site previously. Standing alone, cookies do not identify you personally. They merely recognize your browser. Unless you choose to identify yourself to Akoha, either by responding to a promotional offer or opening an account, you remain anonymous to Akoha. There are two types of cookies that we may use: session and persistent-based. Session cookies exist only during an online session. They disappear from your computer when you close your browser software or turn off your computer. Persistent cookies remain on your computer after you've closed your browser or turned off your computer. They include such information as a unique identifier for your browser.

Akoha’s Use of Cookies. Akoha uses session cookies containing encrypted information to allow the system to uniquely identify you while you are logged in. This information allows Akoha to process your online transactions and requests. Session cookies help us make sure you are who you say you are after you've logged in and are required in order to use the Akoha services. Akoha also uses persistent cookies, which only Akoha can read and use, to identify the fact that you are an Akoha user or prior Akoha website visitor (as the case may be). This cookie allows the site to recognize you the next time you sign on, and to avoid asking you for the same information again; it also allows you to manage your user profile. We are especially careful about the security and confidentiality of the information stored in persistent cookies. For example, we do not store account numbers or passwords in persistent cookies. Users who disable their Web browsers' ability to accept cookies will be able to browse our website but will not be able to successfully use our services.

Third Party Cookies. We may from time to time engage third parties to track and analyze non-personally identifiable usage and volume statistical information from visitors to Site to help us administer the Site and improve its quality. Such third parties may use cookies to help track visitor behavior. Such cookies will not be used to associate individual website visitors to any personally identifiable information. All data collected by such third parties on behalf of Akoha is used only to provide us with information on site usage and is not shared with any other third parties.

3. Collection and Use of Other Information

Akoha may also collect certain non-identifying information from visitors and users of its site, such as Internet addresses, web requests, browser type, browser language and the time and date of the requests. This information is logged to help diagnose technical problems. It also helps Akoha learn about the geographical distribution of site users and the technology used to access the site, to constantly improve the quality of our services. This information is not linked with any personal information except where necessary to provide you with our services. Akoha may also track and analyze non-identifying aggregate usage and volume statistical information from visitors and customers and provide such information to third parties.

4. Third-Party Sites

The Site may contain links to other web sites. Akoha is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these other web sites. Users and visitors will need to check the policy statement of these others web sites to understand their policies. Users and visitors who access a linked site may be disclosing their private information. It is the responsibility of the user to keep such information private and confidential.

5. Security

The information we collect, including your personal information, is stored and processed on Akoha’s servers in the United States of America and Canada. Our site has security measures in place to help protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration of the personal information under our control. When our site is accessed using a browser, Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology protects information using both server authentication and data encryption to help ensure that your data is safe, secure, and available only to you. Akoha also implements an advanced security method based on dynamic data and encoded session identifications, and hosts the site in a secure server environment that uses a firewall and other advanced technology to prevent interference or access from outside intruders. Finally, Akoha provides unique user names and passwords that must be entered each time a user logs on. These safeguards help prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the appropriate use of information. However, you are also responsible for maintaining your account identification and password confidential.Despite the use of these precautions and technologies, it is possible for internet-based communications to be intercepted or subject to unauthorized access, lost, misused, disclosed, modified, forged, destroyed or targeted by cyber attacks. Therefore, Akoha cannot and does not warrant that any information it stores will be safe from such an interference or other security problem.

6. Opt-Out Policy

Akoha offers its visitors and customers a means to choose how we may use information provided. If, at any time after registering on the Akoha website or using any of our services, you change your mind about receiving information from us or about sharing your information with third parties, send us a request specifying your new choice. Simply send your request to support@akoha.com.If we propose to use your personal information for any purposes other than those described in this Privacy Policy, we will provide you with the ability to opt out of this use for new purposes.

7. Correcting and Updating Your Information

If you need to update or change registration or other personal information, you may do so by editing your user profile. To update a user profile, log on to Akoha and select Profile to add or update information.

8. Changes to the Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may change from time to time. An announcement will be posted on the Akoha site when this occurs, at least 30 days prior to the change taking effect. In addition, if the changes are substantial changes, we will notify you by sending a notice to the primary e-mail address specified in your Akoha account. Continued use of our site and services following the effective date of the change constitutes your confirmation of acceptance of the amended Privacy Policy. Each version of this Privacy Policy will be identified by its effective date, and we will keep prior versions of this Privacy Policy in our archives.

Additional Information

Questions regarding this Privacy Policy or the practices of this site should be directed to Akoha by e-mailing such questions to support@akoha.com or by regular mail addressed to Akoha Inc., Suite 615, boul. St-Laurent, Montreal, Québec, Canada H2W 1Y5, attention: Community Manager.

Effective Date: June 22, 2010