Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy is applicable to the “BLITZPOKER” website and applications (together, the “Company”) managed by Esperanza Gaming Pvt Ltd. (“Network Provider”). , the Company provides users with free to play and pay to play poker games and other related services in relation thereto (“Services”) through the Company.

The terms ‘Company’ or ‘us’ or ‘we’ refer to the operators of the Platform. The term ‘you’ or “User” refers to the user or viewer of our Platform.

The Company respects the privacy of its Users and is committed to protect it in all respects, with a view to offer an enriching and holistic internet experience to its Users. The Services on the platform require you to register and create an account through a unique player ID, secret password and other optional numeric authentication methods. The information about the User is collected by Company as (i) information supplied by Users; and (ii) information automatically tracked during User’s navigation on the Platform.

Before you submit any information to the Platform, please read this Privacy Policy for an explanation of how we will treat your Personal Information (as defined hereinafter). By using any part of the Platform, you consent to the collection, use, disclosure and transfer of your Personal Information for the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy and to the collection, processing and maintenance of this information. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Platform. Your use of any part of the Platform indicates your acceptance of this Privacy Policy and of the collection, use and disclosure of your Personal Information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Purpose and Usage:

To register for the Platform, Users would be required to provide certain information for the registration process as applicable, which may include, but not be limited to:
1.Player ID
2. Password
3. Email address
4. Date of birth
5.Telephone Number
6.Postal/Contact Address
7.PAN Number

In the course of providing you with access to the features and Services offered through the Platform and to verify your identity, you may be required to furnish additional information.

The information as supplied by the Users enables us to improve the Platform and provide you the most user-friendly experience. The Company may also share such information with affiliates and third parties in limited circumstances, including for the purpose of providing Services requested by you, complying with legal process, preventing fraud or imminent harm, and ensuring the security of our Company and Services.

Personal Information

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, “Personal Information” means any information that may be used to identify you and that is not otherwise publicly available, including, but not limited to, your first and last name, player ID or screen name, home or other physical address and an email address, phone number or other contact information.

The Company may collect Personal Information from you when you register for any of the Services from the Platform or otherwise voluntarily provide such information. The Company may also use your name, email address and mobile phone number to send updates about tournaments/games/contests/promotions offered on the Platform. You should let us know if you would like to unsubscribe from these communications at any time in the manner described in any such communication.

Any Sensitive Personal Information (“SPI”) collected by the Company in the course of providing the Services, such as your password and financial information (such as bank account details or credit card numbers) shall not be disclosed without your express consent, save as otherwise set out in this Privacy Policy or the Platform Terms and Conditions or as provided in any other agreement between the Company and you or as required by law. It is clarified that this condition shall not apply to publicly available information, including SPI, in relation to you on the Platform.

Disclosure/Sharing:

The Company may also share information as provided by you and data concerning usage of the Platform with third party service providers engaged by the Company, for the purpose of data analytics or other similar purposes, improving the Services and helping the Company serve you better. By using the Platform, you hereby expressly agree and grant consent to the collection, use and storage of this Personal Information by the Company. The Company reserves the right to share, disclose and transfer Personal Information collected hereunder with its own affiliates. In the event the Company sells or transfers all or a portion of its business assets, consumer information may be one of the business assets that are shared, disclosed or transferred as part of the transaction. You hereby expressly grant consent and permission to the Company for disclosure and transfer of information to such third parties. Further, the Company reserves the right to disclose Personal Information as obligated by law, in response to duly authorized legal process, governmental requests and as necessary to protect the rights and interests of the Company.

Use of Cookies:

To improve the effectiveness and usability of the Platform for our Users, we use “cookies”, or such similar electronic tools to collect information to assign each visitor a unique random number as a User Identification (User ID) to understand the User’s individual interests using the identified computer. Unless the User voluntarily identifies himself/herself (e.g., through registration), the Company has no way of knowing who the User is, even if we assign a cookie to the User’s computer. The only Personal Information a cookie can contain is information supplied by the User. A cookie cannot read data off the User’s hard drive. The Company’s advertisers may also assign their own cookies to the User’s browser (if the User clicks on their ad banners), a process that the Company does not control.

The Company’s web servers automatically collect limited information about User’s computer’s connection to the Internet, including User’s IP address, when the User visits the Platform. (User’s IP address is a number that lets computers attached to the Internet know where to send data to the User — such as the web pages viewed by the User). The User’s IP address does not identify the User personally. The Company uses this information to deliver its web pages to Users upon request, to tailor its Platform to the interests of its users, to measure traffic within the Platform and let advertisers know the geographic locations from where the Company’s visitors come.

Links:

The Company also includes links to other websites. Such websites are governed by their respective privacy policies, which are beyond the Company’s control. Once the User leaves the Company’s servers (the User can tell where he/she is by checking the URL in the location bar on the User’s browser), use of any information provided by the User is governed by the privacy policy of the operator of the site which the User is visiting. That policy may differ from the Company’s own. If the User can’t find the privacy policy of any of these sites via a link from the site’s homepage, the User may contact the site directly for more information. The Company is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites.

Security Procedures:

All information gathered on the Platform is securely stored within Company-controlled database. The database is stored on servers secured behind a firewall; access to such servers being password-protected and strictly limited based on need-to-know basis. However, we understand that as effective as our security measures are, no security system is impenetrable. Thus, we cannot guarantee the security of our database, nor can we guarantee that information you supply will not be intercepted while being transmitted to us over the Internet. Further, any information you include in a posting to the discussion areas will be available to anyone with Internet access. By using the Platform, you understand and agree that your information may be used in or transferred to countries other than India.

Company also believes that the internet is an ever-evolving medium. We may periodically review from time to time and change our Privacy Policy to incorporate such future changes as may be considered appropriate, without any notice to you. Our use of any information we gather will always be consistent with the policy under which the information was collected, regardless of what the new policy may be. Any changes to our Privacy Policy will be posted on this page, so you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, how we store it and under what circumstances we disclose it.

Advertising:

When Company presents information to its online advertisers — to help them understand our audience and confirm the value of advertising on the Platform — it is usually in the form of aggregated statistics on traffic to various pages within our Platform.

When you register with Company, we contact you from time to time about updating your content to provide features which we believe may benefit you.

Several deceptive emails, websites, blogs etc. claiming to be from or associated with Company may or are circulating on the Internet. These emails, websites, blogs etc. often include our logo, photos, links, content or other information. Some emails, websites, blogs etc. call the user to provide login name, password etc. or that the user has won a prize/ gift or provide a method to commit illegal/ unauthorized act or deed or request detailed personal information or a payment of some kind. The sources and contents of these emails, websites, blogs etc. and accompanying materials are in no way associated with Company. For your own protection, we strongly recommend not responding to emails or using websites, blogs etc. We may use the information provided by you to Company, including your email address or phone number, to contact you about the Services availed by you on the Platform or to inform you of our Services.

Conditions of Use:

THE COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THIS PLATFORM, IT’S SERVERS, OR EMAIL SENT BY US OR ON OUR BEHALF ARE VIRUS FREE. COMPANY WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS PLATFORM, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO COMPENSATORY, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOSS OF DATA, GOODWILL, BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY, INCOME OR PROFIT, LOSS OF OR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY AND CLAIMS OF THIRD PARTIES.

Retention of Data:

Your personal information may be retained and may continue to be used until: (i) the relevant purposes for the use of your information described in this Privacy Policy are no longer applicable; and (ii) we are no longer required by applicable law, regulations, contractual obligations or legitimate business purposes to retain your personal information and the retention of your personal information is not required for the establishment, exercise or defense of any legal claim.

Protection of Minors

The Services provided by the Company are not intended for or directed to minors or persons under the age of legal consent. Any person who provides us with Personal Information represents to us that they are 18 years of age or over the age of legal consent in their jurisdiction, whichever is higher. We reserve the right to access and verify any information submitted by or collected from you. If we become aware that a minor has attempted to or has submitted, we may not accept this information and may take steps to remove such information from our records.

Consent to use of Anti-Cheating Software

The Company’s software package contains certain features designed to detect use of automated programs that enable artificial (non-human) intelligence to play on our Platform. By installing our software and using the Services, you consent to our software performing the functions described in this section. The Company’s 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:

Scan your list of active software applications while you are using the services;
Scan your list of active processes while you are using the Services; and
Scan the files in your Services and site-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 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. Our software will not perform any random search of large portions of your hard drive, equipment or files, and it will not transmit any information to us or to any third party other than the information you provide to us.

Applicable Law and Jurisdiction:

By visiting this Platform, you agree that the laws of the Republic of India without regard to its conflict of laws principles, govern this Privacy Policy and any dispute arising in respect hereof shall be subject to and governed by the dispute resolution process set out in the Terms of Use for the Platform available at: Terms of Use Subject to the foregoing, the courts in Mumbai shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any disputes arising under this Privacy Policy.
Updating Information:
You will promptly notify Company if there are any changes, updates or modifications to your information. Further, you may also review, update or modify your information and user preferences by logging into your Profile page on the Platform.

Contact Us:

Any questions or clarifications with respect to this Privacy Policy or any complaints, comments, concerns or feedback can be sent to Company via email at: support@blitzpoker.com