Privacy Policy
Introduction
At Athlipedia our most important asset is our relationship
with you. Therefore, we are committed to safeguarding the
privacy of the personally identifiable information we
collect from you via this website (the “Site”).
Your information is yours and we respect that. This policy
outlines the types of information Athlipedia collects about
you and how that information is used. The policy applies to
all current and former members of Athlipedia. This policy
may be revised from time to time, so please revisit this
page often to remain fully informed of our policies.
We take precautions to ensure the information we collect
about you is protected and is accessed only by authorized
individuals and organizations. Specifically, we follow
generally accepted industry standards to protect the
personally identifiable information submitted to us, both
during transmission and once we receive it. No method of
transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic
storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, while we strive
to use commercially acceptable means to protect your
personally identifiable information, we cannot guarantee its
absolute security.
Because we know how important security and privacy is to
you, Athlipedia operates under the following principles when
handling your personal information: We allow you to create a
screen name that is not your real name, providing you
control of identifying information within the Athlipedia
community. As a registered user, you may provide Athlipedia
with the credentials to access your user account (i.e. user
ID, password, and information necessary to access your
account), we will never access your accounts for any other
purpose than to provide the services as you have requested.
You can de-activate your account for any reason at any time
and we will delete all of your personally identifiable
information from our servers. We will not keep a copy of
your personally identifiable information for any purposes
upon account deactivation except as may be required by law
or to otherwise protect legal rights.
We use secure server software (SSL) and firewalls to protect
your information from unauthorized access, disclosure,
alteration, or destruction. Further, our employees and third
party service providers have access to your nonpublic
personal information only on a "need to know" basis.
Finally, we internally audit our business practices and
procedures, examining confidentiality standards and
information access in order to protect your personal
information.
What Information We Collect
Personally Identifiable Information
When you browse the non-password protected portions of our
Site, you do so anonymously; no personally identifiable
information is collected. When you sign up to become a
registered user of Athlipedia we request that you provide to
us your name, address and email address, as well as your
initial profile, such as your athletic stats, pictures, and
teams you play on.
You may also choose to supply personal
information (e.g., how many teams you play on, your
preferred methods of training and studying, etc.) and a
profile description. Once you register with Athlipedia and
sign in to our Site, you are not anonymous to us. We may use
the Registration Information to open a ‘premium’ account
with us, to provide services that may be useful to you and
to contact you.
Our Site also permits you to contact us via email and our
Contact Us form. Whenever you
send an email via our Site or through the
Contact Us form, you will be
providing us with your name, email address and any
information you choose to include in the text of your
message. For example, you may choose to provide your mailing
address or other information necessary or helpful for us to
address your query or concern.
In addition, as a registered user of our Site, we collect
and maintain information about your membership activity.
This activity includes your requests for contacts to
coaches, executed transactions, friends, history, comments,
subscriptions to other members as well as ratings of other
members’ postings, thoughts, collaborations, and comments
and their ratings of you (as well as additional information
and data). We publish this information and knowledge based
on this information on our Site and we use this information
to provide the services you have requested.
Personal Information You Provide, or Direct Us to Collect
from Others, to Use our Service
We also collect personal information from
you in two other general ways:
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Personal information you directly
provide or input as you use the Athlipedia Site; and
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Personal information we gather with your
permission from third party websites and Internet services
that you register on our Site.
For example, once you are a registered
user of our Site, you may register your profile account
through our Site by providing the user ID, password and
other information necessary to access such account
(“Verification Information”). We will collect the
transactional information regarding your profile account to
display it to you on the Site. This information may include
your statistics, pictures, and your past and future college
and high school contacts, to name a few.
Athlipedia limits its use of your personal information to
the purposes for which it has been collected and as we
describe in this Privacy Policy. Except as necessary to
carry out your requests, Athlipedia uses this information
only on an aggregate, non-personal basis.
Technical and Other Information
When you visit our platform, we may collect information
through “cookies” or other similar Web tools to enhance the
user experience. Cookies are small strings of text that are
sent by our Site to your browser on your computer’s hard
drive. Cookies enable us to recognize you when you return to
our Site, to maintain your Web session while you browse
throughout the Site, as well as help us provide you with a
better, more personalized experience. Our cookies are not
tied to personally identifiable information. Most web
browsers automatically accept cookies, but it is possible to
change your browser setup so that it does not accept
cookies. However, rejecting cookies may prevent you from
taking advantage of certain portions of our Site.
In addition, when you are browsing our Site, Athlipedia
automatically receives and records information on our server
logs from your browser including your IP address, Athlipedia
cookie information and the pages you request. We use this
information to improve the functionality and usability of
our services. Our log files are not tied to personally
identifiable information.
How We Use the Information We
Collect
Communications from the Site
We will send you strictly service-related announcements on
rare occasions when it is necessary to do so. For instance,
if our Site is temporarily suspended for maintenance, we
might send you an email. Generally, you may not opt-out of
these communications, which are not promotional in nature.
Customer Service
Based upon the personally identifiable information you
provide us during the registration process, we will send you
a welcoming email to verify your username and password. We
will also communicate with you in response to your
inquiries, to provide the services you request, and to
manage your account. We will communicate with you by email
or telephone, in accordance with your wishes.
Information Sharing and Disclosure We Do Not Reveal Any
Personally Identifiable Information
We will not publish any personally identifiable information
(e.g. name, email address or contact information) on our
platform or Site for others to view, without your
permission, unless you choose to post it yourself on the
Site.
We Do Not Reveal Any Verification Information
We do not publish any verification information anywhere.
This is used solely in order to retrieve your personal data
and profile, and is kept in strict accordance with our Terms
of Use.
You Choose to Whom You Want to Make Your Performances
Public
You may choose to whom you provide authorization to explore
your networking opportunities with colleges and coaches, if
any: your Virtual Sports Advisory Team members and/or for
all Athlipedia's members. Other registered users will be
able to search for, access and review this information.
Should you elect to make your academic or
additional preferences public to all Athlipedia's registered
users, summary information including recent activity
information may be made available to non-registered users
and accessible by search engine technologies.
We Do Not Rent or Share Any Personally Identifiable
Information
Athlipedia does not rent or share any personally
identifiable information with third parties that are not our
agents or service providers, except as described in this
privacy policy or, otherwise, with your permission.
We May Provide Your Information If
Legally Required
Athlipedia may be required to provide your information under
the following circumstances: in response to subpoenas, court
orders, or legal process, or to establish or exercise our
legal rights or defend against actual or threatened legal
claims. In addition when we believe it is necessary to share
information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action
regarding illegal activities or activities which we believe
give rise to legal liability to us, our members or third
parties, suspected fraud, situations involving potential
threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of
Athlipedia’s terms of use, or as otherwise required by law.
Links to Other Sites
Our Site may reference or provide links to other websites
that are not owned or controlled by Athlipedia. Please be
aware that Athlipedia does not control, nor are we
responsible for, the privacy policies or information
practices of such other websites. This privacy policy
applies only to information collected by this platform.
Invite-A-Friend
Our Site empowers you with insights into your athletic
information and enables you to connect with other athletes,
parents, coaches, and fans by providing the names and email
addresses of others whom you would like to invite to our
Site. This information is used only to send your invitation
and reminders.
If you choose to use our referral service to tell a friend
about our Site, we will ask you for your friend’s name and
email address. We will automatically send your friend an
email inviting him or her to visit our Site. Athlipedia
stores this information for the sole purpose of sending this
one-time email and tracking the success of our referral
program.
Amending Your Account Information
Accuracy of Information
We are committed to keeping accurate and up-to-date records
to help ensure the integrity of the services we offer. It is
your responsibility, however, to ensure that such
information is accurate, complete and up-to-date. If you
identify an inaccuracy, or need to make a change to any
personally identifiable information you have provided to us,
please update the information directly on our Site.
Alternatively, you may Contact Us to have such information
changed. If you believe any information to be erroneous, you
can contact Athlipedia and we will endeavor to verify and
correct it if erroneous. You may not change any information
on the system regarding, or posted by, other people,
including comments they make about you or your information.
You Can Terminate Your Membership at Any Time
You may terminate your Athlipedia membership at any time by
contacting us directly. You can request your registration,
activity and verification information be removed from our
systems, and our security partners’ systems, and all data
will be removed, subject to any legal requirements to keep
it. Comments added to other members’ blog posts may remain
but will no longer be attributable to you. Certain
information may remain anonymously within aggregated data
sets, and portions may remain in our archived records
(pursuant to certain legal requirements) after your account
has been deleted, as well as remain on third party systems
we do not directly control.
A Word About Public Profiles
Our public profile feature allows you to publish portions of
your Athlipedia profile, including your member screen name
but NOT your email address to the public. You have the
ability to choose which personal information about you may
be viewed by others. The account settings, tools and
controls enable you to manage access to your personal
information, portfolio information and your network and
contacts.
Journals, Comments and Posts
If you write a journal post, a comment or a note on this
Site, you should be aware that any personally identifiable
information you submit there may be read, collected, or used
by other users of these forums for communication, and could
be used to send you unsolicited messages. We are not
responsible for the personally identifiable information you
choose to submit.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
Athlipedia may update this policy at any time. However, we
will notify you of significant changes in the way we treat
personally identifiable information by sending a notice to
your email address or by placing a prominent notice on this
section of our Site. In the event Athlipedia should be
acquired by or merged with another company, your personally
identifiable information and/or technical information we
obtain from you via this Site may be disclosed to any
potential or actual third party purchasers or may be among
those assets transferred.
Opt Out
You may opt out of receiving communications from us and our
affiliates by following the opt-out link provided in any
email received from us or by emailing us directly
support@athlipedia.com.
Consequences of Not Providing Information
You may choose not to provide us with your personally
identifiable information. However, choosing not to provide
certain requested personally identifiable information may
prevent you from accessing and taking advantage of certain
services offered by Athlipedia.
Acceptance of These Terms
This Privacy Policy is incorporated into and subject to the
terms of the Athlipedia Terms of Use. If you do not agree to
the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not provide us
with any information and do not use this Site. By using this
Site and voluntarily providing your personally identifiable
information to us, you consent to the collection and use of
such personally identifiable information as set forth in
this Privacy Policy.
Effectiveness
This Privacy Policy is effective as of February 1, 2010. We
reserve the right, at any time, to modify, alter, or update
this policy, and any such modifications, alterations, or
updates will be effective upon posting. In the event we
modify this Privacy Policy, your continued use of this Site
will signify your acceptance of the modified Privacy Policy.
If you have any questions about this
Privacy Policy or the security on our Site, please
contact us. |
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