Chess4Life Privacy and Terms of Use Agreement



1. Acknowledgement and acceptance of terms

Chess4Life is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Statement sets forth our current privacy practices with regard to the information collected when you or your computer interacts with our website. By accessing any Chess4Life website (“Website”), you acknowledge, and agree to terms of this Chess4Life’s Privacy and Terms of Use Agreement (“Agreement”) and consent to Chess4Life collecting information and use practices described in this Agreement. Chess4Life reserves the right to revise this Agreement at any time for any reason.

2. Participating Merchant Policies

The Website offers links to other websites, including vendor sites. Since Chess4Life does not have control over the policies or practices of participating merchants and other third parties, Chess4Life does not assume any responsible for the privacy practices or contents of those sites. We recommend and encourage you to always review the privacy policies of merchants and other third parties before you provide any personal information or complete any transaction with such parties.

3. Information We Collect and How We Use It

Chess4Life, LLC collects certain information from and about its users three ways: directly from our Web Server logs, the user, and with Cookies.

a. Web Server Logs

When you visit the Website, Chess4Life may track information to administer the site and analyze its usage. Examples of information Chess4Life may track include:

  • Your Internet protocol address.
  • The kind of browser or computer you use.
  • Number of links you click within the site.
  • State or country from which you accessed the Website or the location of the servers from which you access the Website.
  • Date and time of your visit.
  • Name of your Internet service provider.
  • Web page you linked to our site from.
  • Pages you viewed on the site.

b. Use of Cookies

Chess4Life may use cookies to personalize or enhance your user experience. A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. For example, if you personalize a web page, or navigate within a site, a cookie helps the site to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. Hence, this simplifies the process of delivering relevant content and eases site navigation by providing and saving your preferences and login information as well as providing personalized functionality.

Chess4Life reserves the right to share aggregated site statistics with partner companies, but does not allow other companies to place cookies on the Website unless there is a temporary, overriding customer value (such as merging into chess4life.com a site that relies on third-party cookies).

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies. If you reject cookies by changing your browser settings then be aware that this may disable some of the functionality on the Website.

c. Personal Information Users

Visitors to the Website can register to purchase services. When you register, it will request some personal information such as name, address, email, telephone number or facsimile number, account number and other relevant information. If you are purchasing a service, we will request financial information. Any financial information we collect is used only to bill you for the services you purchased. If you purchase by credit card, this information may be forwarded to your credit card provider. For other types of registrations, we will ask for the information relevant to that transaction. You may also be asked to disclose personal information to us so that we can provide assistance and information to you. For example, such data may be warranted in order to provide online technical support and troubleshooting. By providing information to Chess4Life on the Website, you agree to allow Chess4Life to store that information. Chess4Life Online may occasionally feature age appropriate advertisements. By accessing Chess4Life website you agree to allow Chess4Life to use your personal information for the purposes stated in this Agreement and advertising on the Website.

With regard to the information Chess4Life stores, it agrees that it will not disclose personally identifiable information it collects from you to third parties without your permission except to the extent necessary to:

  • fulfill your service requests for services.
  • protect Chess4Life and its officers and employees from liability,
  • respond to legal process or comply with law, or
  • facilitate a merger, acquisition, or liquidation of the company.

4. Accessing Web Account Information

Chess4Life will provide you with the means to ensure that personally identifiable information in your web account file is correct and current. You may review this information by logging in and viewing your user profile.

5. Security Policy

Chess4Life uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software to protect your payment and personal information. SSL software is the industry standard and among the best software available today for secure commerce transactions. It encrypts all of your personal information, including name and address, so that it cannot be read over the internet. Chess4Life will not store your payment details.

6. Payment

Payments to Chess4Life through the Website are managed through PayPal. PayPal is considered an industry leader in reliability and security. All prices featured on the Website are in US dollars. Any online services purchased through the Website are on a subscription basis and will auto renew until cancelled by the subscriber. You can cancel any subscription service through the website or by contacting Chess4life at kids@chess4life.com.

7. Refund Policy

All Chess4life Online purchases are final and will not be refunded.

8. Changes to this Statement

Chess4Life has the discretion to occasionally update this Agreement. You are encouraged to periodically review this Agreement to stay informed. Your continued use of the service constitutes your agreement to this Agreement and any updates.

9. Limitations of Liability

Chess4Life liability is limited to the amount you paid for services received from Chess4Life. You expressly understand and agree that Chess4Life and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, employees, agents, and partners shall not be liable to you for any damages above the amount you paid for services. You expressly agree that you are not entitled to seek damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use, data or other intangible losses, resulting from the use or the inability to use the service or any other matter relating to the service. You understand that the service is offered “as is” and “as available.”

10. Trial Period & One Account Condition

You agree to only establish a single account in the system per user and to use the free trial period only one time per user account. You further agree not to use the account of another user for any reason.

11. Communication from Chess4Life

Chess4Life reserves the right to send you information over email which could include service announcements, promotions, information relating to your subscription, new feature announcements, news, or other information. These communications may revise your engagement with Chess4Life Online. If you disagree with any revision to your agreement communicated to you via email or other electronic method of communication, your sole remedy is to unsubscribe from the service as outlined in the terms of the agreement.

12. Code of Conduct

By using the website, you agree to follow Chess4Life’s online Code of Conduct. Any failure to adhere to the Code of Conduct may result in immediate termination of your Chess4Life Online account. Chess4Life Online Code of Conduct:

  1. You agree not alter the Chess4Life Online website in any way including the manipulation or alteration of the site or its content.
  2. You agree not to use any account other than your own.
  3. You agree to play games yourself based on your own skill and understanding without the input of an outside person, service, or tool.
  4. You agree not to interfere with the delivery of the Chess4Life Online service in any way.
  5. You agree not to use the site for any act prohibited by law.
  6. You agree not to defame, abuse, harass, use offensive language, threaten, or otherwise cause harm to Chess4Life employees, officers, customers, or others using Chess4Life services.
  7. You agree not to upload content to the site unless permitted in writing by Chess4Life.
  8. You will not take or use any of Chess4Life’s materials, videos, training material, or other intellectual property for any purpose other than for your personal learning and development.

13. Site Content

Chess4Life has developed, at significant cost, all site data, content, videos, challenges, code, exercises, games, training materials, coaching materials, curriculum content, business processes, trade secrets, client lists, student lists, client information, and many other materials that are not generally known to the public (referred to Confidential Information). You acknowledge and agree that Confidential Information is a valuable, special and unique asset of Chess4Life. You agree not to collect, take, record, or use content developed for Chess4Life for any purpose other than your personal learning and development.

14. Contacting Us

If you have questions regarding our Privacy Statement, its implementation, failure to adhere to this Privacy Statement and/or our general practices, please contact us at kids@chess4life.com.