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Your privacy on the Internet is of the utmost importance
to us. Because we gather certain types of information about
the users of Sportsreporter.com, we feel you should fully
understand the terms and conditions surrounding the capture
and use of that information. This privacy statement discloses
what information we gather, how we use it, and how to correct
or change it.
Questions regarding this statement should be directed to
webmaster@sportsreporter.com.
Information Sportsreporter.com gathers and tracks:
Registration
Anyone who participates in interactive activities on Sportsreporter.com
may be asked to register for a free guest ID and password
or to complete subscription registration for a member ID and
password. We use customer contact information from this registration
form to send the user information about our company and promotional
material from some of our partners. Financial information
that is collected is used to bill the user for products and
services. The customer's contact information is also used
to contact the visitor when necessary for customer service
reasons. Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see
the opt-out section below. Unique identifiers, such as ID
and passwords, are collected to verify the user's identity
and for use as account numbers in our record system.
Children Under the Age of 18
We do not currently collect any personally identifiable information
from children under the age of eighteen. Under certain circumstances,
visitors may be asked to submit a screen name as a means of
identifying communications to Sportsreporter.com. Children
of any age should always ask a parent for permission before
sending personal information to anyone online. If in the future,
Sportsreporter.com collects personally identifiable information
from children, it will do so in compliance with the Children's
Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (is U.S.C. 6501 et seq.)
IP Address
We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our
server, and to administer our Web site. Your IP address is
used to help identify you and your shopping cart.
Cookies
A cookie is a small data file that certain Web sites write
to your hard drive when you visit them. A cookie file can
contain information such as a user ID that the site uses to
track the pages you've visited. But the only personal information
a cookie can contain is information you supply yourself. Generally,
cookies work by assigning a unique number to the user that
has no meaning outside the assigning site. A cookie can't
read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created
by other sites. This random number lets us keep track of "how
many" times customers are doing specific things - like
visiting our site each month - without really knowing who
those customers are. We also use cookies to keep track of
your shopping cart and to make sure you don't see the same
ad repeatedly. We use cookies to deliver content specific
to your interests and to save your member ID. Additionally,
after you've entered your member ID and password during a
session on our service, we save that information so you don't
have to re-enter it repeatedly during that session.
Users should be aware that Sportsreporter.com cannot control
the use of cookies or the resulting information by advertisers
or third parties hosting data for Sportsreporter.com. If a
user does not want information collected through the use of
cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that
allows the user to deny or accept the cookie feature; however,
users should note that cookies may be necessary to provide
the user with certain features (e.g., customized delivery
of information) available on the Sportsreporter.com website.
Order Forms
Sportsreporter.com uses an order form for customers to purchase
products and services. If you place an order at a store hosted
by Sportsreporter.com we will collect information from you,
including your credit card and contact information. This information
will be used by the merchant to bill the user for products
and services. Contact information from the order form will
also be used to ship orders, to contact a user for customer
service related issues, and to send the user information about
our company, and on occasion, promotional material from some
of our partners. Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings;
see the choice/opt-out section below.
Surveys
Our online surveys asks visitors for their Sportsreporter.com
email address and demographic information. Demographic and
profile data is also collected at our site. We use this data
to tailor our visitor's experience at our site, showing them
content and promotional offers that we think they might be
interested in, and displaying the content according to their
preferences. This information is shared with advertisers only
on an aggregate basis.
We may use contact data from our surveys to send the user
information about our company and promotional material from
Sportsreporter.com or some of our partners. Users may opt-out
of receiving future mailings; see the choice/opt-out section
below.
Contests
We run contests on our site in which we ask visitors for a
Sportsreporter.com ID and password. We use contact data from
our contests to send users information about upcoming contests
and promotional offers. On occasion we will email customers
promotional material from some of our partners. The customer's
contact information is also used to contact the visitor when
necessary for winner notification and prize delivery confirmation.
The majority of the contests that we offer are hosted on the
Sportsreporter.com site; however, there may be cases in which
a third party sponsor will host the contest and collect user
information. In those cases, we urge users to review the privacy
statement of the third party site. Users may opt-out of receiving
future mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below.
Use of Information
All of the information we collect, both what you tell us and
what we collect through the use of cookies, is "aggregated"
- meaning that the information from many users is grouped
together in a way that does not disclose the personal information
of any particular user. We may use this aggregated information
to evaluate which products and services are successful and
which ones are not, and in order to evaluate which new services
we should make available on our Web site. We may use only
the anonymous click stream data to help our advertisers deliver
better targeted advertisements. Sportsreporter.com will not
disclose any information about any individual user except
to comply with applicable law or valid legal process.
There may be cases in which some of your personal information
may be used by Sportsreporter.com to target e-commerce promotions
and telemarketing activities. In addition, it may be shared
with third parties who assist Sportsreporter.com in producing
its Web sites or provide a service to Sportsreporter.com's
users.
General Privacy Information
Sportsreporter.com contains links to partners, advertisers
and third party Internet sites and services who may collect
data in connection with sweepstakes, promotions, e-commerce,
etc. They each have separate privacy and data collection practices,
independent of Sportsreporter.com. Sportsreporter.com has
no responsibility or liability for these independent policies
or actions and is not responsible for the privacy practices
or the content of such Web sites.
Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily and publicly
disclose personal information on any online service or Web
site - for example on message boards, through email, or in
chat areas - that information can be collected and used by
others. In short, if you post personal information online
that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited
messages from other parties in return. Furthermore, while
we strive to protect your personal information, Sportsreporter.com
cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you
transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. You are solely
responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your passwords
and/or any account information. Please be careful and responsible
whenever you're online.
Security
Sportsreporter.com utilizes a variety of security measures
to maintain the safety of your personal information. All user
contact information is contained behind a "firewall"
and only accessible by a limited number of employees who have
special access rights to production systems. Passwords and
credit card numbers are encrypted in Sportsreporter.com's
secure database which is also located behind a firewall. All
sensitive/credit information supplied by users is transmitted
via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then encrypted
in Sportsreporter.com's databases as stated above.
To Cancel Subscription
Sportsreporter.com gives users the following option to no
longer receive our service.
You can call the following telephone number: 1-800-305-9604
Change/Modify
Sportsreporter.com gives users the following options for changing
and modifying information previously provided.
Call the following telephone number: 1-800-305-9604
Contacting Us
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the
practices of Sportsreporter.com, or your dealings with this
Web site, you can contact webmaster@sportsreporter.com or
write to:
SPORTS REPORTER INC
Sportsreporter.com
527 Third Avenue, Suite 327
New York NY 10016
Send questions and comments via the contact page
Or call us at 1-800-305-9604
Copyright © 2004, Sportsreporter.com
The information at this site is for news and entertainment
purposes only.
Use of this information in violation of federal, state, or
local laws is prohibited.
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