Association for Games & Puzzles International (AGPI) Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy was approved by the AGPI Board of Directors on 13 November 2021.
Introduction
This AGPI Privacy Policy is established according to paragraph C.3 of the AGPI Charter . The AGPI is committed to protecting the privacy of its members and visitors to its websites. Updates to the Privacy Policy will be posted on the main AGPI website, gamesandpuzzles.org.
Collection and Use of AGPI Member Information
The AGPI collects personal information voluntarily provided by members, such as name, organization, address, telephone number, and email address. The organization uses this information to send publications and other communications to members, and to conduct other official business of the association.
The AGPI publishes a Membership Directory that includes member contact information and additional information voluntarily provided by each member, such as game and puzzle interests. The Membership Directory is provided to members for authorized use only. All members in good standing are authorized to use information in the Membership Directory solely for personal purposes that comply with the AGPI Code of Ethics and are consistent with the AGPI Charter and Bylaws.
Members may request that they not be listed in the Membership Directory or that specific information be omitted from it.
A member may request that information in the member’s AGPI record be corrected or deleted by contacting the AGPI Membership Chair at the following email address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; or via the Membership Chair’s contact points listed in the AGPI Membership Directory.
Members may apply to the AGPI Membership Chair requesting authorization for using membership contact information when publicizing a nonprofit activity not sponsored by the AGPI that is consistent with the AGPI Charter. The AGPI President or a Board member designated by the President reviews and determines the disposition of such requests.
The AGPI does not sell, rent, lease, or otherwise release its membership information to third parties, except as noted in the Third-Party Relationships section of this policy. The AGPI may, upon review and authorization by the Board of Directors, contact members on behalf of external organizations regarding offerings that may be of interest so long as they are consistent with the AGPI Charter. In those cases, personal information (such as name, address, telephone number, email address) is not transferred to any third party.
The AGPI may disclose member information if required to do so by law, such as by warrant or court order, or to protect the rights of the AGPI and its property.
Collection and Use of Information on Official AGPI Websites
AGPI currently maintains the following official AGPI websites: the main website at gamesandpuzzles.org and the specialized gamecatalog.org website. As with many websites, general connection information is automatically collected and logged when a user visits an AGPI website and browses its pages. This information may include the user’s IP address, web browser type and version, domain name, access time, referring website address, and pages visited on the websites. AGPI uses this information for preparing general statistics regarding access to the website and specific pages and improving the utility of the AGPI website for members and other visitors.
Be aware that information contained in posts by authorized members and visitors on the AGPI’s public online forums may be available for subsequent access by any Internet user, and may be indexed and cached by search engine bots and crawlers that are not controlled by the AGPI.
Each AGPI website includes links to external websites that are controlled by other organizations and individuals. The AGPI is responsible only for website content provided directly on its official websites, unless otherwise noted on specific web pages. The AGPI is not responsible for material provided on other websites, except as noted in the section, AGPI Presence on Websites Not Controlled by the AGPI.
Cookies
Each AGPI website may use cookies to help maintain a consistent user experience throughout the website. A cookie is a file stored by a web browser when certain web pages are visited, and may be used during a browsing session or between visits to the AGPI website. Cookies associated with an AGPI website can only be accessed by the web server hosting that AGPI website and only when an AGPI web page is visited.
You may opt to accept or decline cookies within your web browser. Generally, browsers will accept cookies unless you intervene. If you choose to decline cookies, some features of the AGPI website may not operate as intended.
AGPI Presence on Websites Not Controlled by the AGPI
The AGPI maintains an official presence on a number of non-AGPI websites, including social media sites, in support of the statement of purpose in its Charter.
Members and nonmembers may elect to participate voluntarily in AGPI-sanctioned pages and channels present on these websites. Any information in public posts to these pages and channels may be republished in other AGPI-sanctioned pages, channels, and publications, unless the posting person or organization expressly indicates otherwise.
A list of current websites on which AGPI maintains a sanctioned presence is available upon request via email to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Use of Information in Official Publications
The AGPI’s official magazines and newsletters are posted online and are available for public viewing. These include the current AGPI Quarterly, its predecessors, and any successors. These magazines may contain personal information voluntarily submitted by members for incorporation in each publication.
The AGPI’s Membership Directory is not posted online and is not available for public viewing or use.
Members may voluntarily post information about themselves in the members-only section of an AGPI website. Such information is visible only to other authorized AGPI members[RT7] .
Third-Party Relationships
The AGPI contracts with service providers to perform functions including printing and mailing publications and processing financial transactions. The AGPI provides those companies only the information they need to perform contracted services. These companies are trusted to maintain the confidentiality of AGPI information and are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose.
AGPI maintains a relationship with 2checkout.com to provide online services for payment of membership and other fees to AGPI.
A list of additional service providers is available upon request via email to:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Security of AGPI-Collected Information
The AGPI protects the security of information provided and collected. The AGPI maintains such information on computers that operate in a controlled, secure environment.
Contact Information
The AGPI welcomes comments regarding this Privacy Policy. If you have any questions or comments regarding the AGPI Privacy Policy, or believe that the AGPI has not adhered to this Privacy Policy, please contact the AGPI at the following email address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
AGPI Refund Policy
If you are not 100% satisfied with your purchase, within 120 days from the purchase date, we will fully refund the cost of your order.
Contact Information
If you have any questions or comments regarding the AGPI Refund Policy, or believe that AGPI has not adhered to this Refund Policy, please contact AGPI at the following address:
AGPI Refund
3379 Americo Dr
West Palm Beach FL 33417 USA
AGPI Customer Service Information
Founded in 1985, the Association for Games & Puzzles International (AGPI), is the world’s foremost organization dedicated to the collection and preservation of games and puzzles. As an international, nonprofit association, the AGPI is chartered to conduct research and explore the history of games and puzzles from ancient times up to the present, and to disseminate information about games and puzzles to the broadest audience possible, including the general public, the media, libraries, museums, scholars, and others.
The AGPI provides a variety of membership benefits. These include a year’s subscription to the Association for Games & Puzzles International Quarterly (four issues each year), an annual convention and periodic regional events (requiring separate registration fees), a members-only exclusive email list, and a dedicated AGPI website, www.gamesandpuzzles.org.
Membership to the organization is paid on an annual basis. The AGPI does not provide refunds to members for annual membership fees already paid.
Members who have questions or related requests may submit them to the AGPI either by email to:
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
or by postal mail to:
AGPI
3379 Americo Dr
West Palm Beach FL 33417 USA
or by telephone to:
+1-207-783-8732
during customer service hours: 5 pm to 8 pm Eastern Time, Monday through Friday
Please allow 2-4 weeks for responses.
FAQ
What is the AGPI?
The AGPI is the only international organization for collectors and researchers who share a common interest in the history and preservation of games and puzzles of all sorts.
Games and puzzles, from the earliest times to the current day, offer an exceptional view into national and world cultures and their evolution over time. The AGPI, through its many activities, is largely responsible for the recent rise in the popularity of collecting old games and puzzles. Many AGPI members write articles and books about games and puzzles, participate in exhibits and shows, and continually share their knowledge and enthusiasm for games and puzzles of all kinds. Whatever your interest in games and puzzle collecting, joining the AGPI will enhance your knowledge and enjoyment.
AGPI members range from novice collectors to some of the world’s foremost experts on games and puzzles and their history. Members may not be individual collectors at all, but many represent museums, game manufacturers, publishers, and research institutions. AGPI members collect from just a few games to several thousands of games or puzzles, and their collections cover a wide variety of themes. Collectors in other fields belong to the AGPI to acquire games that are cross-collectible in their area of interest. Whether your interest is primarily in games or whether it centers on related pastimes such as puzzles, tops, blocks, toys, or marbles, the AGPI offers you many opportunities to network and broaden your knowledge and your collections.
How often do we meet?
Our annual convention offers a weekend of fun with a healthy dose of learning! Seminars, workshops along with member and invited presentations improve your expertise as you enjoy the weekend’s activities. A game and puzzle auction, sales, and trading, and evenings of networking with fellow members are all part of these yearly gatherings at sites around the USA (plus a few outside the States!). AGPI presents Outstanding Achievement Awards at our conventions to people (not just members) who have distinguished themselves in the fields of games, jigsaw puzzles, and/or mechanical puzzles. The AGPI also hosts regional and local meetings periodically that focus on specific areas of interest in smaller group settings.
What periodicals do we publish?
Four times a year we publish the AGPI Quarterly. The Quarterly includes a broad range of articles on games, jigsaw puzzles, mechanical puzzles, and the companies and makers of them… plus book reviews, new product reviews, announcements of events, member advertisements, and many other topics. The Quarterly is professionally published in full color.
What are the benefits of AGPI membership?
- Share your interest with collectors, researchers, preservationists, museums, players, inventors, authors and manufacturers who are among your fellow AGPI members!
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The regularly published newsletters cover member activities, contain feature articles and offer in-depth research information as well as international news.
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The Annual Convention includes guest speakers, workshops and seminars, panel discussions, “Show & Tell,” an auction, and game buying and selling.
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Regional meetings held in various parts of the country during the year encourage wider membership participation and often explore specific areas of interest.
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The AGPI’s Archives provides access to game company catalogs and to copies of instructions for thousands of games. The Archives also house research information, and books and articles written about games and puzzles.
What is the history of the AGPI?
Out of the shared interests of a small roster of dedicated game and puzzle collectors, our organization was founded in 1985 by Bruce Whitehill and originally was called the American Game Collectors Association (AGCA). The AGCA was originally dedicated to the collection and preservation of American games and to the study of American game history. Thirty-one charter members gave the AGCA the strength and impetus to hold its first convention just eight months after the organization’s inception. Game and puzzle collectors and researchers have been members since we were founded.
In 1999, we changed our name to the Association of Game and Puzzle Collectors (AGPC) to reflect our members’ interests in both games and puzzles.
In 2016, we changed our name to the Association for Games & Puzzles International (AGPI) to reflect our international nature.
Since its modest beginnings, the AGPI has grown steadily, building upon each success, and now engages hundreds of members in the pursuits of gathering and interpreting games and puzzles and their history.
How do I join the AGPI?
Annual membership in the Association for Games & Puzzles International costs $40 in the U.S., $50 in Canada, and $70 overseas (by airmail). Membership includes receipt of the AGPI Quarterly and the Membership Directory… plus the opportunity to attend conventions and access an incredible network of collectors and knowledgeable researchers.
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