The Passively Multiplayer Online Game

PMOG Privacy

Describing your rights as you play PMOG

PMOG is a game built around web surfing trails. If you install PMOG, and surf the web, we index the URLs you surf to give you points and to render PMOG game events.

What We Do Not Track

We do not track or index secure URLs (URLs starting with https://, like bank web sites and webmail).
We do not capture the contents you write into web windows: we do not capture usernames and passwords, blog updates, email messages or web form typings, unless those bits are passed in a URL.

What We Look At and Store

We collect information through forms on our web site, and a web browser extension, to process for our game. Collecting this information allows us to provide you with a nuanced and efficient internet play experience. We collect the following types of information from the players of PMOG:

Information you provide to us directly:

We store your email and an encrypted version of your password as your login details.
We also store any other personal details that you fill out on our profile page, such as gender, forename, surname, age, country and timezone. We store any photos you upload to your profile as well.

Automatically Gathered Information:

We store a list of other players that you interact with, these being your acquaintances, allies and rivals. We also store a copy of any message you send and receive using the PMOG messaging system. We store a record of your actions in the game: tools used, datapoints earned, missions taken, comments left, ratings made, forum posts and missions made.
Through our PMOG web browser extension, we look at each URL you surf and we check that specific URL for the presence of an in-game tool.
Then we store those URLs in a database to render out your badges.

Password, Login and Cookies

When you log in to pmog.com, we install a web browser cookie to allow you to return to our site easily without re-entering your login information.
We also use cookies for tracking web site visit statistics.
Our browser extension will save your password and login if you so choose. If you are on a shared computer, we recommend you log out of pmog.com or the extension when you are finished with your play session.

Control the Display and Use of Your Information

You can visit your , and adjust at your options. The default setting is for players to play a full-featured public PMOG, where your profile information is visible to anyone playing the game, and anyone who surfs to the url for your profile. You can play so only friends can see your profile, or you can hide your profile completely (essentially playing PMOG alone).
Our PMOG web browser extension allows you to manage the data we collect from you. Using the Pause button, you can elect to stop sending us data, and stop receiving PMOG game events as you surf. In addition, you can uninstall the PMOG browser extension. In that event, your player profile would still sit on our servers; however your profile would cease to be updated with your web trails.
Finally, if you wish, you can completely erase your identity from our system; it's your data and you can choose to remove it. There is a button for removing your surf history, or your entire profile from PMOG, on your privacy settings page.

How We Share Data

PMOG turns daily use of the web into an ongoing social game, and information from players of PMOG is integral to this experience. We only share your personal information as follows:

Employees of GameLayers or authorized contractors and consultants may have access to user information in the course of their work on PMOG.
In the event of a transfer of ownership of PMOG, GameLayers, or its assets, another entity could come in control of our databases. In this event, we will contact our players to let them know before their data is subject to a different privacy policy.
GameLayers may disclose player data in limited circumstances if we believe in good faith that doing so would: comply with legal process, prevent fraud or imminent harm, and/or help ensure the integrity of PMOG.
We may share player information through our API for external developers to expand PMOG functionality. This information sharing would be subject to the privacy controls on player profiles.

Effective Date

This Privacy Policy is effective as of 14 January, 2008, and last updated on 11 March 2008.

Questions?

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, you may email help at pmog d0t com, or contact GameLayers via mail at 1 Lombard Street, Suite 303, San Francisco, CA 94111, or by fax: (415) 236-6272. Review our various Contact Options.