// post survey data to the GameHouse New Data-Gathering end-point
function postGhnewDataGathering(data, logname, location) {
    if (data !== null && logname !== null && location !== null) {
        // make sure the default fields are correctly set
        data.g_websiteid = 'zylom-classic';
        data.logname = logname;
        data.location = location;
        // contentType must be `text/plain` otherwise the POST request will cause a
        // "preflight request" to be submitted which will be blocked by the GHNew app
        // See: https://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/cors/#toc-handling-a-not-so-simple-request
        $.ajax({
            type: 'POST',
            url: 'https://eventhub.gamehouse.com/gathering/insertwrd',
            data: JSON.stringify(data),
            async: false,
            contentType: 'text/plain;charset=UTF-8'
        });
    }
}