Nintendo Australia Pty Ltd Web Site Privacy Policy
Nintendo Australia Pty Ltd (Nintendo) respects the privacy of online visitors and regards the security
of their personal information as being of the highest priority.
Nintendo is not a party to an approved privacy code, but complies with the National Privacy Principles
(NPP’s) in the Privacy Act 1988 (Act) in relation to the collection, use, security of and access to
personal information.
There are no exemptions under the Act which apply to collection of personal information on this web site.
Please read this policy carefully before you use this website or provide any personal information. This policy
complies with the Act. However, it does not necessarily comply with all of the requirements of the laws of other
countries. Accordingly, if you are a visitor from outside Australia it is recommended that you not provide
personal information to this site.
What information is collected?
When you register on this website you will be asked to provide personal information (as defined in the Act).
Nintendo only collects personal information from our online visitors on a voluntary basis and only during
(1) contest registration; (2) newsletter registration; (3) surveys; (4) registration for games or special
game-specific promotion participation. Personal information collected may include your name, nickname, e-mail
address, mobile phone number, and birth date. We do not generally require this information to obtain access to
our site; however, there may be some areas of the site that you will not be able to access unless you register.
For example, "Members Only" areas will require you to register before you can access these areas.
Nintendo also may collect demographic information from visitors, such as age, gender, geographic location,
game genre interests, what platforms you own and store you usually purchase from. This information helps us
improve our Online offerings and allows us to tailor information to your preferences.
Nintendo does not collect “sensitive information” (as defined in the Act).
What happens to the information provided?
The information you provide will allow us to alert you to new products,
features and enhancements; special offers; upgrade opportunities;
and contests and events of interest. Such announcements are delivered
via e-mail if you opt-in to this service. Nintendo does not sell
personal information that we collect. However, from time to time,
we are approached by companies and organizations that provide products
or services that we believe may be of interest to you, and we may
send out notices on behalf of these companies. We see this as a
value-added service helping you to find useful products or services.
We strive to limit use of the information you provide to those offers
that we think you would appreciate receiving. You may opt out if
you do not wish to receive such information.
We may use your personal information for internal demographic
studies, so we can improve our web sites and products to better
meet our visitors' needs. In some cases, we may enhance and /
or merge your personal information with data collected from other
sources. In the event we enhance and/or merge your personal information
with data collected from other sources, we will take reasonable
steps to maintain the integrity and quality of that personal information.Nintendo
occasionally uses outside agencies for market research, and may
provide these companies with your personal information. These
companies will be directed to follow Nintendo's privacy practices
in handling this information.
A special note about children 13 years old and under
Nintendo encourages parents and guardians to spend time online
with their children. We urge parents to instruct their children
to never give out their real names, addresses or phone numbers,
without permission, when using the Internet. We recognise a special
obligation to protect personal information obtained from young
children. In order for children 13 years old and under to participate
in online activities that require registration, we require prior
permission from a parent or guardian (opt-in). If consent is not
received after 30 days (and a follow up e-mail after 20 days)
then information provided by the child be deleted and the child
will be advised accordingly.
What about cookies?
This web site may use cookies to keep track of your choices, or
to keep track of the fact that you have signed in so you don't
have to continually enter your username and password.
Also, we use cookies to deliver content specific to your interest
and for other purposes. (Cookies are small files downloaded to
your computer to track movements within web sites.) Most browsers
are automatically set to accept cookies. You can disable cookies
or set your browser to alert you when cookies are being sent.
However some areas will not function properly if you do so. There
are many sources for additional information about Internet cookies,
and we encourage anyone concerned about the use of cookies to
do more research on the topic so you can make an informed decision
about accepting them from any site.
What about Web beacons?
In addition to cookies, Nintendo uses a common Internet technology
called "Web beacons" (a.k.a. "Web bugs," "action
tags," "pixel trackers," or "clear GIFs")
on some of its sites. Web beacons are small graphic images placed
on a Web page, Web-based document, or in an e-mail message that
are designed to allow us or a third party to collect certain information
and monitor user activity on our sites. Web beacons are invisible
to the user because they are typically very small (only 1-by-1
pixel) and the same color as the background of the Web page, document
or e-mail message. We do not use Web beacons to collect or to
link to personal information. We may use Web beacons to collect
non-personal information such as the IP address of the computer
that the Web beacon is sent to, the URL of the page the Web user
comes from, and the time the Web beacon is activated (such as
when you view the Web page, advertisement, or e-mail that contains
the Web beacon). We may also use Web beacons to display e-mails
in the appropriate HTML or text format. From time to time, we
may permit third parties to place Web beacons on our sites or
in e-mails sent on our behalf for purposes of collecting the same
types of information specified above, but these Web beacons do
not collect and are not linked to personal information either.
E-mail correspondence to Nintendo
Nintendo will respond to e-mail correspondence if such correspondence
includes a return e-mail address. Because an e-mail address is
personal identifying information, Nintendo protects the privacy
of the sender by limiting access to these e-mail messages and
keeping them in a secure e-mail system. Most e-mail messages are
deleted after they are responded to, however in certain cases
hard copies or data from certain e-mail correspondence may be
kept on file. Any such copies will also be stored in a secure
location, and information from these messages will not be used
for marketing purposes. In the event that Nintendo becomes legally
obligated to disclose information obtained from consumers on its
web site to another pursuant to legal or administrative process,
Nintendo will take all reasonable steps to redact personal information
from the data where possible.
Removal from Nintendo's e-mail list
If you do not want Nintendo to send you e-mail you can unsubscribe
via selecting the unsubscribe option when you receive an email from
Nintendo or by unsubscribing via the unsubscribe option in the registration
section. If you have opted-in and at a later date you choose to
have your name removed from our e-mail database, you can do so from the
Members section.
Nintendo reserves the right to unsubscribe details when an email address supplied is invalid.
Safeguarding your personally identifiable information
We will only collect personally identifiable information to the
extent deemed reasonably necessary to serve our legitimate business
purposes, and we will maintain appropriate safeguards to ensure
the security, integrity and privacy of the information you have
provided. In addition, we will take reasonable steps to assure
that third parties to whom we transfer any data will provide sufficient
protection of that personal information.
Review and correction of information
If for any reason you are concerned that the personal information maintained by Nintendo is not correct,
or would like access to your information please change contact details yourself on the site or call
Nintendo on (03) 9730 9900 and we will review or update your information as appropriate.
By using this site, you signify your assent to that Policy. If
you do not agree to this policy, please do not use this site.
We reserve the right to make changes in this policy. Please check
back from time to time to ensure you are aware of any changes
in our privacy practices. Your continued use of our site will
signify your acceptance of these changes.
If you would like a copy of this policy or have any questions,
complaints or comments regarding it, please contact Nintendo at
804 Stud Road, Scoresby, Victoria, 3179, ph (03) 9730 9900
