Below are the terms and conditions for our website, and the privacy policy covering your rights. If you have any comments, please use our suggestion form to contact us. To sign up for our services apply now.

Terms and Conditions

1. Anyone in the world may browse this site.
   
2. Only registered users who have logged in may participate in games and other programs.
   
3. You may register, watch as a guest, or provide feedback only if you are over 13 years old.
   
4. You guarantee information you provide as part of the registration process is true.
   
5. Offensive or illegal behavior will not be tolerated.
6. If you violate any of the above conditions, you may not use this website or the tools and games it provides.
   
7. We try to make the site available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
   
8. We try to make the software work as described on the website.
   
9. We make no guarantee that the site will be available or the software will work.
   
10. We may change these terms and our privacy policy at any time by modifying this webpage.
    

Privacy Policy

We require registration to participate in our games and programs. Once you have registered, your visits are no longer anonymous if you log in with your username and password. The log in process uses a cookie so that we can present your username to other members during chat and games. We will track the following information about you while you are logged in and using the website:

1. User name, full name, email address, preferred language, country of residence, homeland and birth year as indicated during registration.
   
2. Any information that you volunteer during the registration process.
   
3. Internet address, browser type, Java VM version, screen size, modem speed, and other attributes that may help us debug problems you encounter using our software.
   
4. Any information provided as part of a customer service request.
   
5. Usage statistics such as frequency of visits, length of visits, and other similar measures.
   
6. Actual game play and ranking statistics.
   
7. Chat messages may be logged for an indefinite period of time.
   

You have the following rights in regards to the information we collect about you:

1. You may view your own information any time you are logged in.
   
2. You may edit any of the information you provided during the registration process.
   
3. Statistics, browser usage, and other diagnostic information may be viewed by you, but may not be modified.
   
4. Registration, login and access to your personal information is only available by supplying a user name and password.
   
5. Employees of the 5x5 Communications Network may view the information associated with your user name.
   
6. Your individual information will not be sold, shared, or otherwise revealed to non-employees unless we are forced by legal action to provide it.
   
7. Third parties, such as advertisers and registered users, will be allowed to view aggregate (100 or more users) statistics about our registered users and their usage of the website.
   
8. The entire database of individual information may only be transferred to a new owner if this entire website is purchased and all existing services at the time of purchase are maintained for one year from the date of purchase.
   

Advertisements, advertisers, and ad agencies may track you anonymously. Be aware that the following actions can occur because of advertisements:

1. Advertisers and/or their agencies may use cookies or other devices (which 5x5 has no access to or control over) as a means of monitoring your interaction with their advertisements.
   
2. Our software may analyze your individual registration and/or collected information to determine which ads to display to you.
   
3. Advertisers and/or their agencies may request ads be shown only to users with certain characteristics (e.g. users aged 18-25), however, we will not provide your individual information to them.
   
4. Clicking on or otherwise interacting with an ad may cause your Internet address or other information to be transmitted to the advertiser and/or the advertising agency, which may allow them to guess your characteristics based on their ad campaign characteristics.
   
5. We may use methods to circumvent your use of ad blocking software.
   
6. We may collect statistics about the ads you view, the ads you interact with, and the frequency or duration of these events. This information will only be shared in aggregate.
   
7. We will attempt to provide options for users to pay for service to avoid having to view advertisements while playing games or using our software.