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INFORMATION GEARBOX COLLECTS
Personal information is information that identifies, relates to or could reasonably be linked with you or your household, and may include information that can be used to contact you online or offline (such as your name, postal address, telephone number, and email address), account and payment information (such as your credit card details, as collected via our third-party payment providers), and unique technical information (such as device and network identifiers).
Gearbox collects personal information in three ways: (i) personal information you provide us on a voluntary basis; (ii) personal information we collect automatically when you use our Online Services; and (iii) personal information we receive from other third parties. Each of these will be described in more detail throughout this Privacy Policy.
When you submit personal information to Gearbox, it will usually take the form of:
• Registration for or on our Online Services, including creating a SHiFT account;
• Subscribing to newsletters or alerts;
• Posting in or commenting on our message boards, forums, blogs, chat rooms, or other Online Services;
• Purchasing products or services through or on our Online Services;
• Using “tell a friend,” “email this page,” or other similar features;
• Requesting technical support or otherwise contacting us with a question, comment or complaint;
• Downloading demos, programs, or Publishing from or on our Online Services;
• Participating in polls, surveys, and questionnaires;
• Participating in our Playtesting Community; or
• Otherwise through use of our Online Services, including console products, where personal information is required for use and/or participation.
The types of information collected in connection with the activities listed above can vary depending on your activity. The information we collect may include your:
• first and/or last name;
• e-mail address;
• residential address;
• telephone number;
• photographic images, if uploaded by user;
• credit card information, if provided to our third-party payment processors for purchases;
• purchase data, if a purchase is made;
• shipping information, if provided for purchases;
• country;
• game device identifier;
• screen name; or
• demographic information (age, gender, date of birth, marital status, race, level of education, etc.), if you choose to provide it in profiles, surveys or forums, such as in an application to become one of our playtesters.
Prize winners may be required to provide additional information for prize fulfillment.
In addition, we may automatically collect information about your network or devices, such as your hardware configuration, language preferences, device or console ID, device type, gaming service ID, Publishing products played, MAC address, mobile carrier, mobile advertising and other unique identifiers, browser information, location information (including approximate location derived from IP address), Internet service provider, and IP address. We may also receive information about your gameplay without any additional notice to you or actions taken by you. This may include game achievements, game scores and performance, and other information and statistics regarding your usage of the Online Services. Information about gameplay may be collected while you are offline and transmitted to Gearbox when you next connect to the Internet through your console, handheld, mobile device, computer, or other gaming platform.
We may combine information we collect automatically or receive from third parties with the personal information you provide to us voluntarily, as described in the sections below.

SPECIAL NOTES ABOUT CERTAIN INFORMATION GEARBOX COLLECTS
Third-Party Platforms. You may be able to login through or connect certain third-party accounts to your account with us. For example, you will see this option when you create or log into your SHiFT account. When you use these third-party accounts, you are subject to the respective terms and conditions of each third-party platform. You may be able to connect and interact with and share game information with your friends and network from that third-party account. You may also be able to make purchases through or earn rewards (subject to applicable program terms) from that third-party account. The third party may also share certain information with us, which may include your name, third-party account ID, email address, friends list, and other public profile information.
Public Information Including Message Boards, Forums, Blogs, Comments, and Profiles: We strongly encourage you not to disclose any personal information while using our Online Services or use personal information to identify yourself while using our Online Services (for example when selecting a screen name). Any personal information, including photos and video, that you disclose in public areas of our Online Services, such as on a message board, chat room, comment field, or profile page, will be in the public domain and is not subject to privacy protections. Even if it were later removed, other users would have had access to it and could have read, collected, copied, and otherwise used it without your consent or knowledge. If your screen name contains your real name or email address, that information will be made publicly available on leaderboards and elsewhere. Ultimately, you are responsible for any information or content you post using our Online Services, but we strongly discourage you from disclosing any personal information in public areas.
E-mail Correspondence: We may provide e-mail addresses or forms to which you can send us questions or comments, or which you can use to request customer support. In the process of receiving and responding to such requests, we may collect personal information about you, such as your e-mail address, other contact information you provide, or any other personal information contained in the body of your e-mail message. We only use the information for the purpose of responding to your questions and/or comments or to provide customer support and otherwise improve our products and Online Services. In most cases, your message is deleted immediately after we’ve resolved your inquiry; however, in some instances, copies of your requests may be kept on file for our records, for legal and/or quality control purposes, or to provide ongoing support services you have requested. If we obtain actual knowledge that the person with whom we’re communicating is a child (as defined under applicable law), we promptly delete the child’s e-mail address and messages, except where we are required to retain it under applicable law.
In addition to responding to your email correspondence and sending you information you have requested via our email lists, we send activation emails and other transactional emails to your e-mail address as necessary. If you do not wish to receive such messages, you have the option to deactivate your account.