iCast Sports Corporation Privacy Policy
PRIVACY
POLICY
The iCast Sports network of websites
including iCast Sports.com, iCast Sports.net, and the individual official team websites
(“Site”) operated by iCast Sports Corporation (collectively referred to as the "Network
Sites") are committed to safeguarding your privacy. This privacy policy ("Policy")
describes the information we may collect, how we may collect and use it, with whom
we may share it, and certain other privacy issues, including the precautions we
take to protect your privacy.
Before submitting information to any
Network Site, please read this Policy. Use of any part of iCast Sports.com, iCast
Sports.net, and the individual official team websites, indicates your acceptance
of this Policy and agreement to the collection and use of your personal information
in accordance with the Policy. Please note that this Policy applies only to personally
identifiable information collected on Network Sites. It
does not apply to information
collected or obtained by iCast Sports Corporation or its partners through other
means.
The following are the types of information
we may collect:
Information You Provide Us
Personal information you provide us,
such as a user ID and password, name, email address, telephone number, physical
address, birth date, gender, zip code or other information may be collected via
the Site.
Site Usage Information
We may receive and store certain types
of information whenever you visit the Site. For example, we may collect click-stream
data and your IP address.
Email Communications
When you open emails from the Site,
we may receive a confirmation noting you opened the email, if your computer supports
such capabilities. We also may keep track of which emails we send you and which
emails you may receive from our partners, subsidiaries and affiliates. Additionally,
we keep a record of what types of emails you have opted to and not to receive.
Information from Other Sources
We may add information from other
sources to your personal information.
We may collect information from you
in different areas on the Site, including but not limited to those described below:
Registration
You may be asked to complete a registration
form and provide personally identifiable information, including a user ID and password,
to access certain features on the Site, including, but not limited to, Newsletters,
Contests, Forums, store purchases, or other subscription-based or free services.
Newsletters and Site Emails
We may offer free newsletters to share
information with you about the Site, school, iCast Sports, our partners, affiliates
and subsidiaries, or our advertisers and sponsors. You may receive a newsletter
either by registering for a specific newsletter or in conjunction with a special
feature or membership for which you have registered on the Site. You may cancel
your free email subscription by following the instructions provided on the Site
or, in some instances, in the designated area of certain newsletters or emails.
Contests or Sweepstakes
We may operate contests and sweepstakes
through the Site, which may require registration. Your personally identifiable information
may be used to contact you for winner notification, prize delivery confirmation
or other related purposes. We may ask your permission to allow us to post publicly
some of your information on the Site, such as on a winner's page, in the event you
win a contest or sweepstakes. We will not post your information without your permission.
In some instances, a third party advertiser or sponsor may operate or host a contest
or sweepstakes on the Site, and collect your information. In those cases, when we
are not the operator or host of the contest or sweepstakes, we have no control over
the information collected and accordingly urge you to review the advertiser's or
sponsor's privacy policy applicable to the contest or sweepstakes before participating.
Surveys or Voting
From time-to-time we may request personally
identifiable information from you via surveys or voting polls. Participation is
voluntary and you will have the opportunity to decide whether or not to disclose
information. At times, you may have to register to vote or to take part in a survey.
Cookies
As with many websites, the Site uses
standard technology called "cookies," which are small data files transferred to
your computer when you allow your browser to accept cookies. Cookies automatically
identify your Web browser to the Site whenever you visit the Site, and make the
Site easier to use by saving your passwords, purchases, and preferences. By tracking
how and when you use the Site, cookies help us determine which areas are popular
and which are not. Many improvements and updates to the Site are based on data obtained
from cookies. Accepting cookies allows you, among other things, to personalize your
experience on the Site. Cookies may also allow the Site to present to you advertising
which may be of interest to you. If you do not want information collected through
the use of cookies, you generally can opt out of providing this information by turning
the cookies off in your browser; however, some areas of the Site may not provide
you with a personalized experience if you disable the use of cookies.
IP Addresses and Click-stream Data
We may collect IP addresses and/or
click-stream data for purposes of system administration and to report aggregate
information to our advertisers and sponsors. An IP address is a number automatically
assigned to your computer whenever you access the Internet. Our computers identify
your computer by its IP address. When you request Web pages from the Site, our computers
log your IP address. Click-stream data is information collected by our computers
when you request Web pages from the Site. Click-stream data may include such information
as the page served, the time, the source of the request, the type of browser making
the request, the preceding page view and other such non-personal information. This
data helps us understand how visitors arrive at the Site, what type of content is
most popular, what type of visitors in the aggregate are interested in particular
kinds of content and advertising, and the like.
Transaction Information
If you order any information, buy
any products or subscribe to any services offered on our Site, including but not
limited to the official team stores, we may ask you to complete an order form that
requires certain information, including payment information such as a credit card
number and expiration date as well as general contact, billing and shipping information.
We will use this information to complete the transaction, i.e., to deliver the information,
products or other services you ordered, and to collect payment. For your protection,
all such information is collected and stored through encrypted means.
Personally identifiable information
will not be sold or otherwise transferred on an individual basis to unaffiliated
third parties without the approval of the user at the time of collection. As a user,
you will have the opportunity to indicate whether you would like to "opt out" of
receiving promotional and/or marketing information about other products, services
and offerings from the school, iCast Sports and/or any third parties.
The Site reserves the right to perform
statistical analyses of user behavior and characteristics in order to measure interest
in and use of the various areas of the site and to inform advertisers of such information
as well as the number of users that have been exposed to or clicked on their advertising
banners. We do this to offer more targeted products and services to you and to customize
and enhance your online experience on the site. We will not provide individual data
but will provide only aggregated data from these analyses to third parties, unless
you consent to such use.
In addition, the Site reserves the
right to contact a subscriber regarding account status, changes to the subscriber
agreement and other matters that relate to the underlying service and/or the information
collected, regardless of whether the user
has opted out of promotional activities
on the site.
At times, we may share your personally
identifiable information with others for various purposes. The following outlines
the ways in which your information may be shared with others:
Agents: We employ other businesses, certain services and individuals
to perform functions on our behalf. Examples include order fulfillment, e-mail deployment,
removing repetitive information from customer lists, Site and data analysis, marketing
assistance, credit card payments, and customer service. These entities only access
the personally identifiable information to perform their functions, but may not
use the information for other purposes.
Promotional Offers: We may email you offers on behalf of
other partners. When we do this, we do not give that partner your name and address.
If you do not want to receive such offers, you may opt out in response to the email.
Aggregate Information: We may share aggregate information
such as demographics and Site usage statistics with advertisers, sponsors or other
organizations. When this type of information is shared, the other parties do not
have access to your personally identifiable information.
Opt-in and Opt-out Programs: Throughout the Site you may be presented
with opportunities to receive special offers from third parties. An opt-in/opt-out
message will ask you if you would like your information to be shared. If you do
choose to have your information shared, all third parties who have access to personally
identifiable information must abide by the current Site privacy Policy. However,
we are not responsible for the privacy practices of these other companies, and you
should review the privacy practices of such Web sites prior to providing your personally
identifiable information.
Partners Subsidiaries and Affiliates: We may share your information (including,
without limitation, personally identifiable information) with partners, subsidiaries
and affiliates of iCast Sports.
Business Transfers: The Site or iCast Sports may be sold
along with its assets, or other transactions may occur in which your personally
identifiable information is one of the business assets transferred. In such a case,
your personally identifiable information, which we have gathered, may be one of
the business assets transferred.
Legal Process: In the event we are required to respond
to subpoenas, court orders or other legal process your personally identifiable information
may be disclosed pursuant to
copyright such subpoena, court order or legal process,
which may be without notice to you.
Chat Rooms, Forums, and Message
Boards
The Site may make chat rooms, forums
and message boards available to its users. While you are required to register with
the site for access to these areas, you are not required to provide any personal
information when using these areas but you may choose to do so. If you post personal
information online, it will be publicly available and you may receive unsolicited
messages from other parties. iCast Sports cannot ensure the security of any information
you choose to make public in a chat room, forum, or message board. Also, we cannot
ensure that parties who have access to such publicly available information will
respect your privacy. Please exercise caution when deciding to disclose personal
information in these areas.
Links to Other Web Sites
This Policy applies only to this Site.
When you are on the Site you could be directed to other sites beyond our control.
For example, if you "click" on a banner advertisement, you may be taken to a different
Web site. This includes links from advertisers, sponsors and others that may use
the Site's logo as part of a co-branding agreement. 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 Website
that is linked to our Site, you should consult that site's privacy policy before
providing any personal information.
This Site incorporates reasonable
safeguards to protect the security, integrity, completeness, accuracy and privacy
of the personal information that we may collect and we have put into place reasonable
precautions to protect such information from loss, misuse and alteration, such as
Secure Sockets Layer or "SSL" and firewalls, to ensure that your information is
secure and confidential. Certain personally identifiable information, such as credit
card information, is transferred to our computers utilizing encryption software.
Only those employees who need access to your information to carry out business functions
are allowed access. Our security policies are reviewed periodically and revised
as required. Many areas on the Site require a password. We recommend that you do
not share your password with anyone.
It is important to recognize that
whatever you transmit or disclose online could be collected and used by others or
unlawfully intercepted by third parties. No data transmission over the Internet
can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. While we strive to protect your information,
we cannot warrant the security of any information you transmit to us.
The Site is a general audience site.
We do not currently collect any personal information from children under the age
of thirteen. If in the future, the Site knowingly collects personally identifiable
information from children, we will do so in compliance with the Children's Online
Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (15 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.) including, without limitation,
obtaining necessary parental consents.
The Internet offers many entertaining
and educational opportunities for children. Parental guidance and supervision is
necessary to ensure a safe and rewarding online experience. A number of interactive
features on the Site require registration to participate or will require registration
in the future to participate (e.g. site registration/customization, promotions).
In many cases, users may be required to enter their
first and last name, age, zip
code and e-mail address. In some cases, users will be required to select a special
user name to be used as an identifier for the feature and must also enter a password
and a secret hint that will help us verify their identity if they forget their password.
If the Site determines that a person is under the age of thirteen, based on the
information provided during the registration process, that person will not be permitted to register for features requiring the submission of personal information, in accordance
with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998(15 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.).
Children who indicate that they are under thirteen years old will not be able to
make credit card purchases or participate in interactive features on the Site that
involve the collection and retention of personal information and they will not be
contacted about special offers or promotions.
The Site works with (and may provide
links to) third party sites. Such third parties may permit children under the age
of thirteen to register for these features on their sites in accordance with their
respective privacy policies. For more information, please review the privacy policies
of each respective third party site.
By using this Site, you agree to the
terms of this Policy. All modifications or updates will be posted
on the Site. If
at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different
from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify you by email or some
other means. Your continued use of the Site constitutes your acceptance of such
revised privacy policy. If you do not agree to this privacy policy, please do not
use our site.
If your personally identifiable information
(such as your address) changes, or if you no longer desire to access our Site, you
may correct, update or remove the personal data you have provided to us by emailing
iCast Sports at support@icastsports.com
with your request. If you have any questions about this privacy policy or the privacy
practices of this Site, you can contact us at
support@icastsports.com or at:
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