Information Collection and Use
Auracore MediaWorks is the sole owner of the information collected on this site, and that of our online media publication, GamingExcellence. Your privacy on the Internet is of the utmost importance to us. At Auracore MediaWorks, we want to make your experience online satisfying and safe.

Because we gather certain types of information about our users, we feel you should fully understand our policy and the terms and conditions surrounding the capture and use of that information. This privacy statement discloses what information we gather and how we use it.

Information Collected and Tracked
Auracore MediaWorks gathers two types of information about users.

Information that users provide through optional, voluntary submissions. These voluntary submissions are used when registering for an account, to receive electronic newsletters, to participate in our message boards or forums, to email a friend, and from participation in polls and surveys, and contests. The information provided may be used for trends and demographics analysis, under no circumstances is personally identifiable information made available to third parties.

Information Auracore MediaWorks gathers through aggregated tracking information derived mainly by tallying page views throughout our sites, and analyzing trends and . This information allows us to better tailor our content to readers' needs and to help our advertisers and sponsors better understand the demographics of our audience. Because Auracore MediaWorks derives its revenue mainly from sponsorships and advertising, providing such aggregated demographic data is essential to keeping our service free to users. Under no circumstances does Auracore MediaWorks divulge any information about an individual user to a third party.

Optional Voluntary Information
We offer the following services, which require some type of voluntary submission of personal information by users.

User Registration
By registering for an account on GamingExcellence, users are given access to post messages on our forums, as well as an opportunity to participate in contests and giveaways. During registration, the user is required to supply a username, password, and contact information for the purposes of our demographic analysis.

"E-mail This to a Friend" Policy
Our site users can choose to electronically forward a link, page, or documents to someone else by clicking "e-mail this to a friend". The user must provide their email address, as well as that of the recipient. This information is used only in the case of transmission errors and, of course, to let the recipient know who sent the email. The information is not used for any other purpose.

Polling
We may offer interactive polls to users so they can easily share their opinions with other users and see what our audience thinks about important issues. Opinions or other responses to polls are aggregated and are not identifiable to any particular user. Auracore MediaWorks may use a system to "tag" users after they have voted, so they can vote only once on a particular question. This tag is not correlated with information about individual users.

Surveys
Auracore MediaWorks may occasionally conduct user surveys to better target our content to our audience. We sometimes share the aggregated demographic information in these surveys with our sponsors, advertisers and partners. We never share any of this information about specific individuals with any third party.

Public Forums
Please note that information that is disclosed on our forums becomes public. Use caution in disclosing any personal information.

Children
Consistent with the Federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA), we will never knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. All users must be at least 13 years of age to register for an account.

Usage Tracking
Auracore MediaWorks tracks user traffic patterns throughout all of our sites. This usage information may be correlated with information about individual users to determine trends and patterns. However, personally identifiable information is never disclosed to any third party. This helps us continue to build a better service for you.

Cookies
We may place a text file called a "cookie" in the browser files of your computer. The cookie itself does not contain Personal Information although it will enable us to relate your use of this site to information that you have specifically and knowingly provided. But the only personal information a cookie can contain is information you supply yourself. A cookie can't read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites. Auracore MediaWorks uses cookies to track user traffic patterns (as described above). Our advertising system delivers a one-time cookie to better track ad impressions and click rates.

You can refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser. If you've set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies, you will receive the warning message with each cookie. You do not need to have cookies turned on to use this site. However, you do need cookies to register an account and login to our user system.

Use of Information
Auracore MediaWorks uses any information voluntarily given by our users to enhance their experience in our network of sites, whether to provide interactive or personalized elements on the sites or to better prepare future content based on the interests of our users.

When we use tracking information to determine which areas of our sites users like and don't like based on traffic to those areas. This helps us continue to build a better service for you. We track search terms entered in Search function as one of many measures of what interests our users.

Auracore MediaWorks creates aggregate reports on user demographics and traffic patterns for advertisers, sponsors and partners. This allows our advertisers to advertise more effectively, and allows our users to receive advertisements that are pertinent to their needs. Although we may correlate the usage patterns of individual users for trend analysis, an advertiser or sponsor will never know that a specific user clicked their ad. We will not disclose any information about any individual user except to comply with applicable law or valid legal process or to protect the personal safety of our users or the public.

Sharing of the Information
Auracore MediaWorks uses the above-described information to tailor our content to suit your needs and help our advertisers better understand our audience's demographics. This is essential to keeping our service free. We will not share information about individual users with any third party, except to comply with applicable law or valid legal process or to protect the personal safety of our users or the public.

Security
Auracore MediaWorks takes security measures to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of information placed under our control. Our security and privacy policies are periodically reviewed and enhanced as necessary and only authorized individuals have access to the information provided by our customers.

Opt-Out Policy
We give users options not to participate in certain interactive areas, which completely alleviates the need to gather any personally identifiable information from our users

Disclaimer
Auracore MediaWorks and GamingExcellence contains links to other sites. Auracore MediaWorks is not responsible for the content or privacy practices of these sites.

Your Consent
By using this site, you consent to the collection and use of this information by Auracore MediaWorks. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.