Making Privacy Rewarding! Re-Visited

07/07/2011

At Zynga we take user privacy seriously.  As part of our commitment to user privacy we strive to make it easier for players to learn more about the types of information we collect, how it is used and what their choices are for that information.

In that spirit, we are excited to announce the launch of Zynga’s latest privacy initiative,PrivacyVille.  PrivacyVille is a game-like tutorial that rewards players for learning more about our privacy practices and provides easy access to additional privacy resources.

We created PrivacyVille by leveraging our creative and gaming talents to build a more accessible (and rewarding!) privacy education experience.  PrivacyVille is modeled after our most popular game, CityVille, and provides a brief tutorial covering important sections of ourPrivacy Policy, as well as helpful resources about controlling your information online. 

PrivacyVille offers something that we believe is a first of its kind--we directly reward players for learning about privacy.  You don’t need to be connected to Facebook or be registered as a Zynga player to tour PrivacyVille. However, if you are a Zynga player, you will have the option to connect to Zynga’s RewardVille and claim zPoints that can be used to redeem unique virtual items across our top titles as a reward for walking through PrivacyVille.

While PrivacyVille is not intended to be a substitute for our Privacy Policy or Privacy Center (which we hope you will review), our goal is to provide you with a fun and rewarding way to learn about our key practices, and information and resources that will assist you with general online privacy.

Now read, click, collect rewards, and have fun!

Check it out now at:Zynga.com/privacy

Weekly Timer FUBAR

In Zyngaland it was time for the weekly timer of the Family Progression feature to reset and all the players were eager to start earning more Family experience. This don't always go as expected and the weekly timer expired but did not reset. You can't even tell what's going on with it. If you haven't mastered all the tasks on the Gold Level, you still work on them and get experience.

The issue has been addressed on the Zynga forums and Cerulean Master plans on telling "the team".

Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Ummm, The Forum Posts: 6,508

Thanks for bringing this up. I'll let the team know. CM __________________

Mean while the Daily Timer is working fine. Zynga should take this as a sign from above that the Weekly Timer is bad news and will continue to cause them and the players problems.

If you feel the Daily Timer is a better way to go, please go here and like this Get Satisfaction thread. The more likes the greater the odds that Zynga will take notice. It doesn't always work but it can't hurt to try before the big nerf of the Daily Timer happens.

Article written by Jennifer Patterson, Creator of the MW Loot Lady Blog, The Mafia Wars Loot Lady Facebook Fan Page and Co-Host of The Informant Podcast.