We respect your privacy

Please closely read the following Privacy Policy and our Terms & Conditions of use which will govern your use of this software and all pokerfan.com services. Please note that our Terms & Conditions & Privacy Policy may be changed at any time. Any changes become effective when posted here or at pokerfan.com.

At pokerfan.com, we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. We have created this Privacy Policy to let you know what information we collect when you visit the pokerfan.com web site and online service (collectively, the "Service"), why we collect this information and how we use the collected information. This Privacy Policy is governed by our Terms and Conditions of Use posted at www.pokerfan.com/terms.htm. This Privacy Policy does not govern other Websites that we maintain. By using the Service, you consent to the data practices prescribed in this Privacy Policy. We may periodically make changes to this Privacy Policy that we will include on this page. It is your responsibility to review this Privacy Policy frequently and remain informed about any changes to it, so we encourage you to visit this page often.

1. Information Collected.

   We consider information that may be used to identify an individual, including, but not limited to, first and last name, credit card information, home or other physical address, email address, phone number or other contact information to be "Personal Information." You may be asked to provide Personal Information when you use our web site, register for an account or to use our services, download our software, correspond with us by email, or provide us with feedback regarding this web site or our products and services. The Personal Information that we collect may include: contact information, shipping information, billing information, transaction history, web site usage preferences, and feedback regarding our products and services. In addition, when you interact with the Service, our servers keep an activity log unique to you that collects the information including: source IP address, time of access, date of access, web page(s) visited, language use, and type of browser used. This is not considered Personal Information. In general, you can visit the pokerfan.com website without telling us who you are and without revealing any Personal Information about yourself. We do not collect Personal Information about you on the Service unless you voluntarily provide it to us.

2. Means of Collecting & Processing Data.

   We may automatically collect certain data as discussed above and receive Personal Information about you where you provide such information through the Service or other communications and interactions with pokerfan.com. We may also receive Personal Information from online vendors and service providers that refer you to the pokerfan.com website. In addition, we may engage the services of third-party service providers to provide technical support,, process your online transactions and maintain your online accounts. We will have access to any information you provide to such vendors, service providers and third-party e-commerce services so that we can process your transactions, maintain your accounts, meet certain business requirements and provide you with promotional offers and information regarding pokeran.com and our products and services. We use this Personal Information to process your transactions and support your use of the Service. Subject to clauses 3 & 4 below. This information may be disclosed only to our staff and to third parties involved in the completion of your transactions or in support of your use of the Service.

3. Information Use.

   We use the Personal Information we collect from you to deliver the products and services you purchase, and to provide customer support, to process any of your online transactions, to answer your questions, and for any other purpose related to the operation of the Service and the programs, products and services offered on the pokerfan.com website. Your Personal Information may also be shared with our affiliates, subsidiaries or agents for technical support and to process transactions you initiate on the Service and deliver the products and services you purchase. From time-to-time, we may request information from you via surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary, and, therefore, you have the choice of whether or not to disclose such information. Information requested may include contact information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip code, age level). By accepting any contest prize or winnings from us, you consent to use of your name and likeness for advertising and promotional purposes without additional compensation, except where prohibited by law. Unless you have elected not to receive promotional information, we may also use your Personal Information (including your email address) to provide you with information regarding our products, services and promotions. Personal Information as well as any other information collected on the Service may be disclosed to our staff, affiliates and/or agents so that they can contact you regarding our products, services, or promotional offers, respond to your requests, provide certain services to you and operate the Service. We will not sell, lease or share your Personal Information except as set forth in this Privacy Policy.

4. Certain Excluded Disclosures.

   We may disclose your Personal Information as set out in our Terms and Conditions of Use (of the pokerfan.com website), if requested to do so by legal authorities or required to do so by law, or if we believe in good faith that such action is necessary to: (1) conform to applicable laws or to comply with any legal process served on us, the PokerFan.com website or the Service; (2) protect and defend our rights or property; or (3) act to protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public. If we should ever file for bankruptcy or be acquired by a third party, merge with a third party, sell all or part of our assets, or otherwise transfer substantially all of our relevant assets to a third party, we are entitled to sell or share the Personal Information and all other information you have provided through the Service to such third party.

5. Access.

   If you are interested in confirming the accuracy of the Personal Information we have collected about you, or if you would like to update your Personal Information or delete your Personal Information, you may contact us at any time by sending an email to legal@PokerFan.com. If you have any complaint regarding our use of your Personal Information, you may send it through our customer service available by email at legal@PokerFan.com. If requested, we will change any information you have provided to us or mark any information to prohibit future use. You may "opt out" of receiving any promotional communications either by choosing to opt out where such option is made available on the PokerFan.com website or the Service or in an email you receive from us, or at any time by sending an email to legal@PokerFan.com.

6. Cookies.

   Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer when you visit certain web pages that record your preferences. We use cookies to track use of the PokerFan.com website. We also may use cookies to improve the Service and make it easier for you to use. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but if you prefer you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the PokerFan.com website.

7. Consent to Use of Anti-Cheating Software.

   Our software package used to access and use the PokerFan.com service ("Service") contains certain features designed to detect use of automated programs that enable artificial (non-human) intelligence to play on our site. Use of such "bot" software programs violates our Terms and Conditions of Use, and is detrimental to other players. By installing our software and using the Service, you consent to our software performing the functions described in this section. Our software may perform any or all of the following functions in order to detect the use of illicit automated programs and ensure that we maintain a "cheat free" environment for all users: (1) scan your list of active software applications while you are using the Service, (2) scan your list of active processes while you are using the Service, (3) scan the files in your PokerFan.com-related program folders to ensure that only "non-hacked" versions of our software are being used. If any of the foregoing processes reveals a suspect application or process, our software may (1) scan the files associated with the suspect application or process and compile a composite mesh (i.e. a profile that characterizes the files associated with the application or process) to be matched against profiles for known illicit automated programs, and (2) capture a screenshot of your desktop, and transmit these to PokerFan.com for review. Our software will not perform any random search of large portions of your hard drive or other files, and will not transmit any information to us or to any third party other than the information necessary to identify use of illicit automated program as described above. Our software will not alter any files or information on your computer, and will not interfere with the operation of any of your applications. You may terminate use of our software at any time by uninstalling the PokerFan.com software package.

8. Security.

   We understand the importance of information security and the techniques needed to secure information. We store all of the Personal Information we receive directly from you in a password-protected database residing within our secure network behind active state-of-the-art firewall software. The PokerFan.com website and the Service support SSL Version 3 with 128 bit encryption.

9. Protection of Children.

   The Service is not intended for or directed to persons under the age of 18. Any person who provides their information to us through any part of the Service represents to us that they are 18 years of age or older. It is our policy to endorse the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (US) and to use our best efforts to comply with that Act.

10. International Transfers.

    Personal Information collected on the Service may be stored and processed in any country in which we or our affiliates, subsidiaries or agents maintain facilities, and by using the Service, you consent to any transfer of information outside of your country.

11. Third-Party Practices.

    We cannot ensure the protection of any information or images that you provide to a third-party website that links to or from the PokerFan.com website or any information collected by any third party administering our affiliate program or any other program, since these third-party websites are owned and operated independent of us. Any information collected by these third parties is not governed by this Privacy Policy but by the privacy policy, if any, of such third party. If you have questions about a third party's information practices, please read its privacy policy. We assume no responsibility or liability whatsoever for the practices, actions or policies of such third parties, and we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such websites.

12. Legal Disclaimer.

    The Service operates "AS-IS" and "AS-AVAILABLE," without liability of any kind. We are not responsible for events beyond our direct control. Because of the complex and constantly changing nature of our technology and business, we cannot guarantee nor do we represent that there will be error-free performance regarding the privacy of your Personal Information, and we will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential or punitive damages relating to the use or release of Personal Information.

13. Consent to Privacy Statement.

    By using the Service, you agree to this Privacy Policy. This is our entire and exclusive Privacy Statement and it supersedes any earlier version. Our Terms and Conditions of Use at http://www.PokerFan.com/terms.htm take precedence over any conflicting provision of this Privacy Policy. We may occasionally update this Privacy Statement. We encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Policy at http://www.PokerFan.com/terms.htm. Your continued use of the Service constitutes your agreement to this Privacy Policy and any updates.

Credit Card Useage Policy

1. All credit card transactions are charged in US dollars.
2. All players using a credit card to deposit at PokerFan.com agree to complete any reasonable verification requirements to prove that they are the authorized cardholder.

   As a verification procedure, some PokerFan.com credit card deposits may actually be charged to your card as a random amount below the actual value of your deposit. We may then ask you to provide us with this random amount (in $US) to verify the amount of the transaction, proving that you have access to the credit card statement and are most likely the authorized card owner. For example if a player submits a $100 deposit, we may actually charge the credit card $99.86, but deposit $100 to the player's PokerFan.com account. We will then ask the player exactly how much was charged to the card, and if they look at their statement they should be able to tell us the correct answer of $99.86.

3. Some credit card deposits may not be charged to your card immediately. As a fraud protection measure, in certain circumstances we will only pre-authorize a charge to your card and then the settle the transaction when we are satisfied that it is a legitimate charge. Many banks also have processing delays, especially if a charge is submitted on a weekend. It is not unusual to see delays of up to 5-10 days between when you submit a transaction to your PokerFan.com account and the charge actually appears on your credit card statement.
4. Players are emailed a transaction receipt for every credit card deposit made at PokerFan.com. Please keep a copy of these transaction receipts for your records.
5. Details of your PokerFan.com credit card transactions are displayed in the history tab of the cashier within the PokerFan.com software, and are also displayed on the player ledger page of the player admin.
6. PokerFan.com uses various billing companies and merchant accounts to process credit card transactions. Some of these companies are listed below for player reference.
   1. Wirecard AG. Voigtstra�e 31 10247 Berlin Deutschland.
   2. Gateway Financial Services Ltd 150 Eglinton Ave East, Suite 306, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
   3. Webtrade.net-the-Payment.Company-GmbH An der Welle 4, 60322 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
   4. SpaceCard Inc. U12 Gamma Commercial Complex, #47 Rizal Highway cor. Manila Avenue, Subic Bay Freeport, Olongapo City Philippines, Visa Business ID 100-34792
   5. These merchants do not take nor accept any responsibility if the cardholder is not satisfied with the services offered by PokerFan.com.
7. Refund & Cancellation Policy - Players who make a deposit to a PokerFan.com account are under no obligation to make a purchase or play any games. You may request a refund at any time by sending an email to support@PokerFan.com. Where possible, PokerFan.com will cancel the transaction or refund directly to the credit card used to make the account deposit, but in some cases we may not be able to do this due to credit card processing regulations. In the event that we are not able to cancel a transaction or refund directly to a credit card, a refund sent directly to a nominated bank account, or via check NETELLER or Click2Pay will be offered. Some verification from the cardholder may be required in the event that we are not able to refund directly to a card.
8. If you should have any queries related to a credit card transaction, please contact us. Most issues and questions regarding the use of credit cards, often arise due to a players lack of knowledge of transaction processing procedures. We will always help wherever possible.
9. Remember that credit card fraud is not a game. If you dispute valid transactions at PokerFan.com we will track you down, prosecute you and recover all debts in full along with related fines and fees. It is against the law to dispute valid transactions and even if your bank allows you to reverse a transaction it does not mean you are legally authorized to do so.

   If, in PokerFan.com's sole determination, you are found to have cheated or attempted to defraud the Games, other players, or PokerFan.com in any way including but not limited to game manipulation or payment fraud, or if you make untrue and/or malicious comments with regard to the PokerFan.com's operation in any media or forum, PokerFan.com reserves the right (and you authorize the PokerFan.com) to publicize your actions together with your identity and e-mail address, as well as to circulate this information to other online gaming sites, banks,credit reporting agencies, credit card companies, law enforcement departments and other appropriate agencies. PokerFan.com may close any accounts, and forfeit account balances, that you have at PokerFan.com or at any other Company website, casino and/or business. Further, in the event of you disputing a credit card transaction made at PokerFan.com as being unauthorized, or made in a 'card not present' environment, PokerFan.com may charge an administration & recovery fee of up to $US 500.00 per disputed transaction if it is deemed by PokerFan.com that the transaction was authorized and legitimate. PokerFan.com may also engage the services of debt collection agencies to recover from you the amount of any disputed transactions or chargebacks, administration and recovery fees, and other associated credit card processing fees or fines.

PLEASE PRINT THIS PAGE AND STORE FOR YOUR FUTURE REFERENCE. IN ADDITION, WE SUGGEST THAT YOU PRINT AND STORE ALL TRANSACTION RECEIPTS AND GAME RULES AS APPLICABLE TO YOUR ACTIVITIES.

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PokerFan.com can be contacted by email to legal@PokerFan.com
Ingenic Ltd, a PokerFan.com associated billing company can be contacted by mail at Glacis Road, Suite 2, Portland, Gibraltar.