Last Revised: 4/23/2020

The Adventure Begins understands how important your privacy is. As a result, we try to be clear about how and where we’ll use your information to contact you throughout our site. Additionally you can visit most of our website without providing personal information about yourself, but should you choose to provide information we want you to understand how we use it.

 

PRIVACY POLICY

 

This Privacy Policy discloses the privacy practices for the https://shop.theadventurebeginstx.com/, https://theadventurebeginscomicsandgames.com/, and any other websites or media associated with The Adventure Begins Comics, Games, & More and various related services (together referred to as the "site"). A Hobbit’s Hole, LLC d/b/a The Adventure Begins Comics, Games, & More and its respective subsidiaries and affiliated companies, the provider of the site (referred to as "us" or "we"), is committed to protecting your privacy online. Please read the information below to learn the following regarding your use of this site.

 

You acknowledge that this Privacy Policy is part of our site Terms of Use, and by accessing or using our site, you agree to be bound by all of its terms and conditions. If you do not agree to these terms, please do not access or use this site. In order to use the site, you must be at least 18 years of age or the minimum age of consent in your applicable jurisdiction of use ("Minimum Age"). The site is not intended for users under the Minimum Age without supervision of a parent or legal guardian who agrees to be bound by this Privacy Policy. By continuing on the site you hereby affirmatively represent that (a) you are at least the Minimum Age in your applicable jurisdiction; (b) you have the consent of your guardian(s) to use the site if you are under the Minimum Age; (c) you have all the applicable rights and authority to grant The Adventure Begins the rights granted in this Privacy Policy; and (d) you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy. Our policy is that we do not knowingly collect, use or disclose Personally Identifiable Information about visitors that are under 18 years of age.

 

Our site is intended for a general audience, but we do run children’s events from time to time that customers may sign up for online. If you are signing up a child under 18 years of age for any event or game, we request that YOU ONLY PROVIDE INFORMATION UNDER YOUR NAME AS A PARENT OR GUARDIAN. By submitting the information, you consent to our collection of your child’s information for internal use. We will not disclose the information to any third party outside of the online services we use to collect such information and any explicitly named third party company who may be involved in running the event in question when needed.

 

In order to comply with the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, the Child Online Privacy Act, and other applicable las and regulations, we may require you to sign a related form that will require you to provide us with a valid I.D. to hold on file that verifies you are at least 18 years of age, submit information on behalf of your child, and confirm that your child has your permission to attend. If you do not submit the event related form, all related signup information from the child and adult will be deleted. If you would ever like to review the information, delete information, stop online collection of, or prevent further use of known information at any time, please just email us at [email protected] ATTN: Children’s Privacy Policy.

 

We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time. Such changes, modifications, additions or deletions shall be effective immediately upon notice thereof, which may be given by means including, but not limited to issuing an E-mail to the E-mail address listed by registered users and posting the revised Policy on this page. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to maintain a valid E-mail address as a registered user, review this site and this Policy periodically and to be aware of any modifications. Your continued use of the site after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by the modified Policy.

 

1. Types of Information Collected

 

In order to better provide you with our numerous services, we collect two types of information about our users: Personally Identifiable Information and Non‑Personally Identifiable Information. Our primary goal in collecting information from you is to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience while using our site.

 

Personally Identifiable Information: This refers to information that lets us know the specifics of who you are. When you engage in certain activities on this site, such as registering for a membership, ordering a product or service, submitting content and/or posting content in discussion forums or other public areas, entering a contest or sweepstakes, filling out a survey, or sending us feedback, we may ask you to provide certain information about yourself by filling out and submitting an online form. It is completely optional for you to elect to engage in these activities, however, we may ask that you provide us personal information, such as your first and last name, mailing address (including zip code), E-mail address, employer, job title and department, telephone and facsimile numbers, and other personal identifying information. When ordering products or services on the site, you may be asked to provide a credit card number. Depending upon the activity, some of the information we ask you to provide is identified as mandatory and some as voluntary. If you do not provide the mandatory data with respect to a particular activity, you will not be able to engage in that activity.

 

Certain services can only be offered if you provide Personally Identifiable Information to us, and if you choose not to provide us with such required Personally Identifiable Information, we may not be able to offer you our services. This includes third party services we use to manage information such as, but not limited to, Manage Comics, Lightspeed, & Thryv. These services may require you to register and set up an account that includes Personally Identifiable Information that will be used for The Adventure Begins.

 

Non‑Personally Identifiable Information: This refers to information that does not by itself identify a specific individual. We gather certain information about you based upon where you visit on our site in several ways. This information is compiled and analyzed on both a personal and an aggregated basis. This information may include the Web site's Uniform Resource Locator ("URL") that you just came from, which URL you next go to, what browser you are using, and your Internet Protocol ("IP") address. A URL is the global address of documents and other resources on the World Wide Web. An IP address is an identifier for a computer or device on a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol ("TCP/IP") network, such as the World Wide Web. Networks like the Web use the TCP/IP protocol to route information based on the IP address of the destination. In other words, an IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you are surfing the web, allowing web servers to locate and identify your computer. Computers require IP addresses in order for users to communicate on the Internet.

 

2. Collection Methods and Use of Information

 

We do not collect any Personally Identifiable Information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. You provide certain Personally Identifiable Information to us when you (a) register for our services and register your E-mail address with us; (b) enter sweepstakes or contests sponsored by us or one of our partners; (c) sign up for special offers from selected third parties; (d) send E-mail messages, submit forms or transmit other information by telephone or letter; or (e) submit your credit card or other payment information when ordering and purchasing products and services on our site. We may also collect information from you at other points on our site that state that such information is being collected.

 

In addition, we may also collect, or our third party ad server and/or content server may collect, certain Non‑Personally Identifiable Information. This information is ultimately stored in the form of store categories, and, in some cases, specific URLs. We use your IP address to diagnose problems with our servers, software, to administer our site and to gather demographic information. Our third party ad servers will also provide us with summary, but not individual, reports that will tell us how many ads were presented and clicked upon at our site.

 

We will primarily use your Personally Identifiable Information to provide our services to you, as required by our agreements with you. We will also use Personally Identifiable Information to enhance the operation of our site, fill orders, improve our marketing and promotional efforts, statistically analyze site use, improve our product and service offerings, and customize our site's content, layout, and services. We may use Personally Identifiable Information to deliver information to you and to contact you regarding administrative notices. We may also use Personally Identifiable Information to resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems and enforce our agreements with you, including our Site Terms of Use and this Private Policy.

 

USE OF GOOGLE ANALYTICS

 

Please be advised that The Adventure Begins utilizes Google Analytics in its Site, and as such, this Privacy Policy is subject to all of the terms of service of Google Analytics. You may find more information about how Google Analytics collects and processes data at "How Google uses data when you use our partners' sites or apps" (www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/).

 

3. Release of Information

 

We do not sell, trade, or rent your Personally Identifiable Information to others. We do provide some of our services through contractual arrangements with affiliates, services providers, partners and other third parties. We and our service partners use your Personally Identifiable Information to operate our sites and to deliver their services. For example, we must release your credit card information to the card‑issuing bank to confirm payment for products and services purchased on this site; release your address information to the delivery service to deliver products that you ordered; and provide order information to third parties that help us provide customer service.

 

We will encourage our service partners to adopt and post privacy policies. However, the use of your Personally Identifiable Information by our service partners is governed by the privacy policies of those service partners, and is not subject to our control.

 

Additionally, our site may enable you to post information to be accessed by others through our comments. Third-party advertisers featured on The Adventure Begins may also collect tracking information in a different manner than is set out in this Privacy Policy. When you do so, other visitors may collect your data and attempt to contact you off the site. The Adventure Begins will not be held liable for any offsite communications that result from your posting of personal information on our site. If you do not wish to be contacted offsite by other The Adventure Begins visitors, do not share your personal information in the content when leaving a comment. Please note: Although you are required to provide your e-mail address in the specified field when entering a comment, your e-mail address will only be available to The Adventure Begins website administrators and will not be publicly visible.

 

Occasionally we may be required by law enforcement or judicial authorities to provide Personally Identifiable Information to the appropriate governmental authorities. We will disclose Personally Identifiable Information upon receipt of a court order, subpoena, or to cooperate with a law enforcement investigation. We fully cooperate with law enforcement agencies in identifying those who use our services for illegal activities. We reserve the right to report to law enforcement agencies any activities that we in good faith believe to be unlawful.

 

We may also provide Non‑Personally Identifiable Information about our customers' sales, traffic patterns, and related site information to third party advertisers, but these statistics do not include any Personally Identifiable Information.

 

4. Updating and Correcting Information

 

We believe you should have the ability to access and edit the Personally Identifiable Information that you have provided to us. You may change any of your Personally Identifiable Information in your account online at any time by linking to your account in accordance with instructions posted elsewhere on this site. You may also access and correct your personal information and privacy preferences by writing us at:

 

The Adventure Begins

525 Woodland Square Blvd., Suite 130

Conroe, TX 77384

[email protected]

 

Please include your name, address, and/or E-mail address when you contact us.

 

You can also call us at (936) 273-3223 and we will be in touch as soon as possible.

 

We encourage you to promptly update your Personally Identifiable Information if it changes. You may ask to have the information on your account deleted or removed; however, because we keep track of past transactions, you cannot delete information associated with past transactions on this site. In addition, it may be impossible to completely delete your information without some residual information because of backups.

 

5. User Choices on Collection and Use of Information

 

We may, from time to time, send you E-mail regarding our products and services. In addition, if you indicated upon registration that you are interested in receiving offers or information from us and our partners, we may occasionally send you direct mail about products and services that we feel may be of interest to you. Only The Adventure Begins (or agents working on behalf of The Adventure Begins and under confidentiality agreements) will send you these direct mailings and only if you indicated that you do not object to these offers. If you do not want to receive such mailings, simply tell us when you give us your personal information. Or, at any time you can easily edit your account information to no longer receive such offers and mailings.

 

You also have choices with respect to cookies, as described below. By modifying your browser preferences, you have the choice to accept all cookies, to be notified when a cookie is set, or to reject all cookies. If you choose to reject all cookies some parts of our site may not work properly in your case.

 

“DO NOT TRACK”

 

California law requires us to let you know how we respond to web browser Do Not Track (DNT) signals; we do not respond to them at this time.

 

6. Security of Information

 

At our site you can be assured that your Personally Identifiable Information is secure, consistent with current industry standards. The importance of security for all Personally Identifiable Information associated with our user is of utmost concern to us.

 

Personal information that you provide that is not Personally Identifiable Information also resides on a secure server and is only accessible via password. Since this information is not accessible from outside The Adventure Begins you will not be asked to select a password in order to view or modify such information.

 

In order to most efficiently serve you, credit card transactions and order fulfillment are handled by established third party banking, processing agents and distribution institutions. They receive the information needed to verify and authorize your credit card or other payment information and to process and ship your order.

 

Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your Personally Identifiable Information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations of the Internet which are beyond our control; (b) the security, integrity and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this site cannot be guaranteed; and (c) any such information and data may be viewed or tampered with in transit by a third party.

 

7. Cookies

 

When you use our site we will store cookies on your computer in order to facilitate and customize your use of our site. A cookie is a small data text file, which a Web site stores on your computer's hard drive (if your Web browser permits) that can later be retrieved to identify you to us. Our cookies store randomly assigned user identification numbers, the country where you are located, and your first name to welcome you back to our site. The cookies make your use of the site easier, make the site run more smoothly and help us to maintain a secure site. You are always free to decline our cookies if your browser permits, but some parts of our site may not work properly in that case.

 

We may use an outside ad serving company to display banner advertisements on our site. As part of their service, they will place a separate cookie on your computer. We will not provide any third‑party ad server with any of your Personally Identifiable Information or information about your purchases. We and our third party ad server will collect and use Non‑Personally Identifiable Information about you, such as your IP address, browser type, the server your computer is logged onto, the area code and zip code associated with your server and whether you responded to a particular ad. Other advertisers may also place banner ads on our site in the same manner as above, but we will not disclose any Personally Identifiable Information to them.

 

8. Privacy Policies of Third Party Sites

 

Except as otherwise discussed in this Privacy Policy, this document only addresses the use and disclosure of information we collect from you. Other sites accessible through our site have their own privacy policies and data collection, use and disclosure practices. Please consult each site's privacy policy. We are not responsible for the policies or practices of third parties. Additionally, other companies which place advertising on our site may collect information about you when you view or click on their advertising through the use of cookies. We cannot control this collection of information. You should contact these advertisers directly if you have any questions about their use of the information that they collect.

 

9. Miscellaneous Privacy Issues

 

You should also be aware that when Personally Identifiable Information is voluntarily disclosed (i.e. your name, E-mail address, etc.) in the discussion forums or other public areas on this site, that information, along with any information disclosed in your communication, can be collected and used by third parties and may result in unsolicited messages from third parties. Such activities are beyond our control and this Policy does not apply to such information. Any submissions to chat rooms or other public areas on this site are accepted with the understanding that they are accessible to all third parties. If you do not want your comments to be viewed by third parties, you are advised not to make any submissions. Ultimately, you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your password and/or account information. Please be careful and responsible whenever you're online.