Website Terms of Service

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In addition to our rules governing player conduct, the USS Wolff has several other policies which cover all visitors to our site.

Age Restricted Content

The USS Wolff is an 18+ rated game and as such contains some content that may not be suitable for minors. By accessing this site, you are agreeing that you are over the age of 18, or have parental consent to view this site.

Copyright

The Startrek Universe is owned by Paramount and used here under "fair use" provisions set down under US & Canadian law. Non-original materials used on the USS Wolff are borrowed, with permission, from various online and offline sources and as such may not be taken from the Wolff site without permission from the original rights holder(s). If you wish to use the material please contact the original rights holder for their direct permission.

Characters & protected NPC's created for the USS Wolff are the property of the creating player. Writing posted to the site (including but not limited to solo posts, joint posts, personal logs, whether completed or in progress) are considered the property of the USS Wolff simm and her owner. Original content on the Wiki is copyrighted to the site owner under a Creative Commons license as noted at the bottom of every page.

Privacy Policy

The USS Wolff collects the following personal information from players.

  • Name
  • Email Address
  • Timezone
  • Date of Birth
  • Instant Messenger Accounts

All personal information collected by the website can be found in the personal control panel on the site. With the exception of an email address and date of birth, all items noted above are optional but encouraged as they ease communication between players. All logged in users have access to the above noted

For all visitors to the site, the following information is collected:

  • IP Address
  • Browser
  • Page(s) Accessed

The above information is collected for the purposes of securing the site against intruders as well as generating website statistics to better understand who is accessing the site, from where, and with which browsers. This information is not made available to anyone other then the site owner and the server administrator and will not be made public except in aggregate through website stats program such as Aw-Stats or Webalizer (among others). If a visitor to the site uses the contact form, name and email address are also collected for the purpose of the communications.

The USS Wolff will never sell or disclose any of the information collected to outside parties unless required by legal action, and only the minimal amount of information required will be disclosed to satisfy the legal demand.

Cookie Policy

The USS Wolff does not use cookies on the site with the exception of:

  • Session cookies required to log into the site.
  • Optional cookies that are required if the user wishes to have their login saved across multiple sessions.

SPAM Policy

The USS Wolff maintains private mailing lists for the internal use of it's players. At no other time will the USS Wolff website and/or email system send out unsolicited emails. If you do receive an unsolicited email that appears to come from this site, please contact the Webmaster through our contact page here.

Emails sent through these mailing lists do not fall under US CAN-SPAM or Canadian CASL as the primary purpose of those lists is not commercial in nature but part of the gaming process on the USS Wolff.

COPPA Compliance Statement

In accordance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA), the USS Wolff does not permit players to join who are under the age of 13 years old.