Effective Date: October 17, 2008
This privacy policy (“Policy”) is applicable to the YouthSportsFan website
located at http://www.youthsportsfan.com
(the “Web Site”) and all associated products and services available
on the Web Site (the “YouthSportsFan Services”). This Policy summarizes
YouthSportsFan’ data collection policies and practices on the Web Site.
This policy does not apply to the practices of companies that YouthSportsFan does
not own or control, or to people that YouthSportsFan does not employ or manage.
What Information We Collect/How We Use It
We store and use the information you give us in accordance with the terms of this
Policy. Personal information including your first and last name, mailing address,
birth date, zip code, gender, the category of your user membership (e.g., coach
or athlete), email address, cell phone number, username, and password may be collected
via the Web Site. These categories of information are required when you register
on the Web Site.
When you register for additional YouthSportsFan Services on the Web Site, additional
personal information may be collected. We use this additional data to personalize
your YouthSportsFan experience. By obtaining and using this information, we can
provide you with the most timely, relevant and individualized service according
to your preferences and interests. In addition, we may receive information
about you from other sources and add it to your personal information.
When you register with the Web Site, YouthSportsFan also records your decision to:
(1) receive email updates from your favorite school; (2) receive email updates from
YouthSportsFan; and (3) have a third-party sponsor contact you to provide information
regarding their product or services.
In some instances we may include certain links in our emails that will allow us
to monitor whether you access specific content or advertisements contained in that
email. When you click on one of these links, we will record that click and
certain activities on the web page associated with that link. We use this
information to conduct internal research on our users' demographics, interests,
and behavior related to our email advertisements and content, and to better understand
and serve you.
We use log files to track system activity and maintain our systems. Log data
includes IP addresses, browser type, referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time
stamp, and number and nature of clicks through our Web Site. We use this information
to analyze usage patterns, observe trends, administer the Web Site, track user movements
in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.
Log files are not linked to personally identifiable information.
We may use your submitted email address to compare our member list to lists received
from other companies, in an effort to avoid sending identical messages to our members.
We use information collected on the Web Site in the following ways:
- to provide you with personalized information via electronic delivery and/or direct
mail;
- to send you targeted advertising via electronic delivery and/or direct mail;
- to contact you for feedback and surveys via electronic delivery and/or direct mail;
- to send you general and administrative information about your YouthSportsFan membership
via electronic delivery and/or direct mail;
- to provide your contact information to YouthSportsFan marketing partners whose offer(s)
you have selected to receive in order for them to send you special offers via electronic
delivery, telemarketing and direct mail; and
- to share your contact information if you select to have such information shared
with schools or third parties.
Agents
We may employ other companies and individuals to perform certain functions on our
behalf. Examples include sending direct and electronic mail, removing duplicate
information from customer lists, analyzing data, and providing marketing analysis.
These agents have access to member personal information as needed to perform their
functions for YouthSportsFan, but we do not permit them to use it for other purposes.
Cookies
We use cookies to, among other things, save your password so you don't have to re-enter
it each time you visit the Web Site and to deliver personalized content. Many web
browsers are automatically set to accept cookies. You may change your browser settings
to either reject cookies or notify you when a cookie is about to be placed on your
computer. Please note, however, that rejecting cookies while visiting the Web Site
may result in certain parts of the Web Site not operating correctly or as efficiently
as if they were allowed. For example, if you are a YouthSportsFan member,
you may need to enter your username and password each time you visit the Web Site.
We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads on our behalf. These companies
may employ cookies and action tags (also known as single pixel gifs or web beacons)
to measure advertising effectiveness. Any information that these third parties collect
via cookies and action tags is completely anonymous.
Third-Party Ad Servers
Most advertisements you see on the Web Site are served to your web browser by YouthSportsFan.
However, YouthSportsFan allows other companies, called ad networks, to serve advertisements
within the Web Site or through YouthSportsFan Services. Ad networks include third
party ad servers, ad agencies, ad technology vendors and research firms. We
only authorize our third-party ad networks to employ anonymous cookies for ad delivery
and anonymous targeting. Our third-party ad servers do not collect, nor do we give
them access, to any personally identifying information about you.
YouthSportsFan may also include a file, called a web beacon, from these ad networks
within pages served by YouthSportsFan to assist with auditing, research and reporting
for advertisers.
Because your web browser must request these advertisements and web beacons from
the ad network's servers, these companies can view, edit or set their own cookies,
just as if you had requested a web page from their site. If you want to prevent
a third-party ad server from sending and reading cookies on your computer, currently
you must visit each ad network's web site individually and opt out (if they offer
this capability). Please contact us if you would like additional information
regarding the specific third-party ad networks used on the Web Site.
Disclosures
YouthSportsFan may disclose information about you and your use of the Web Site and
the YouthSportsFan Services if YouthSportsFan believes such disclosure is reasonably
necessary: (i) to comply with the law or legal process; (ii) to protect or defend
the rights or property of YouthSportsFan or others; (iii) to enforce the YouthSportsFan
Terms of Use or this Privacy Policy; and (iv) to respond to claims that the content(s)
of a communication violates the rights of another. In addition YouthSportsFan
may share or transfer information about you and that you provide to YouthSportsFan,
to one or more third party entities pursuant to a sale, merger, assignment, joint
venture or other transfer or disposition of a portion, or all of, the assets or
stock of YouthSportsFan or its affiliated entities, or as otherwise provided herein.
Security
YouthSportsFan takes every reasonable precaution to protect our users’ information.
When you submit sensitive information via our service, your information is protected
both online and off-line. We have physical, electronic, and procedural
safeguards to protect personal information about you. However, we cannot guarantee
that communications between you and YouthSportsFan will not be intercepted by others
and that information stored on our servers will be free from unauthorized access.
While we have taken reasonable precautions to protect this information, you should
always use discretion in what information you send to us and not expect that such
information will be absolutely free from intrusion. If you have any questions
about the security of our service, please contact us.
Children
YouthSportsFan is committed to the safety of children. Children under the
age of 13 may not register or participate in any of the YouthSportsFan Services.
If children under 18 elect to register in any of the YouthSportsFan Services, they
should ask a parent for permission before sending any information to the Web Site.
We will not request or knowingly collect any personally identifiable information
from a child under 13.
Reports
We periodically prepare analyses and reports reflecting visitor and member use of
the Web Site and YouthSportsFan Services for our internal use as well as for a limited
number of our business partners. These reports include aggregate (non-personal)
information about YouthSportsFan members, and in certain instances, visitors to
the Web Site. The information in these reports will not identify you individually.
Our business partners who have access to these reports will not be able to contact
you from the information contained in the reports.
Referral Program
As part of our referral program, you can provide contact information including the
name, the particular school of interest, and e-mail address of your friends and
family whom you think would like to receive YouthSportsFan e-mails and use the YouthSportsFan
Services. The users referred to us receive sample YouthSportsFan e-mails,
but do not become members until they confirm their interest in the service.
Links
You should be aware that when you are on the Web Site or when you receive emails
sent as part of YouthSportsFan Services, you could be directed to other sites beyond
our control. This includes links from advertisers, sponsors and partners that
may use the Web Site's logo. These other web sites may send their own cookies to
you, independently collect data or solicit personal information and may or may not
have their own published privacy policies. If you visit a site that is linked
from our Web Site or a YouthSportsFan’ email, you should consult that site's
privacy policy before providing any personal information.
Sweepstakes and Contests
We may conduct sweepstakes and contests on the Web Site in which we may ask you
for additional information. We use and treat this information in accordance with
the terms of this Policy.
Changing Your Status
As a convenience to our members, we provide a number of different opportunities
to review and change information in your profile and to unsubscribe from YouthSportsFan
Services entirely. For example, you can go to the Web Site and log into your profile
page to make any desired changes. To have all of your personally identifiable
information removed from our database, send an e-mail request to
feedback@youthsportsfan.com. Please be advised that by requesting that
your data be removed from our database, you will be unsubscribed from YouthSportsFan
Services.
Notification of Changes and Your Acceptance of the Privacy Policy
By using this Web Site, you signify your agreement to the terms of this Policy.
If there are material changes to our privacy policy or if we decide to use personally
identifiable information in a manner different from that stated when it was collected,
we will post a link to our revised privacy policy on our home page so our users
are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances,
if any, we disclose it. Your continued use of this Web Site shall constitute
your acceptance of any revised privacy policy.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Policy, please contact us at:
feedback@youthsportsfan.com