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Updated January 15, 2006
This privacy statement discloses the privacy practices for Sports
Mogul Inc. and its website www.sportsmogul.com.
This document describes Sports Mogul Inc. policies with regard
to:
- What personally identifiable information of yours is collected
from you or from third parties through the web site
- The organization collecting the information
- How the information is used
- With whom the information may be shared
- What choices are available to you regarding collection, use,
and distribution of the information
- The kind of security procedures that are in place to protect
the loss, misuse, or alteration of information under Sports Mogul
Inc. control
- How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information
Please note that while the Sports Mogul website is under development,
some features described in this privacy policy may not yet be fully
functional. Where a feature is not yet functional, this policy describes
our anticipated privacy policy with regard to that feature. This
privacy policy will be updated (if necessary) when new features
become active, and users will be alerted to any and all changes.
Sports Mogul Inc. is the sole owner of the information collected
on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information
to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement.
Sports Mogul Inc. collects information from our users at several
different points on our website.
In order to use some services provided by this website, a user must first complete the registration
form. During registration a user is required to give their contact
information (such as name and email address). This information is
used to contact the user about the services on our site for which
they have expressed interest. It is optional for the user to provide
demographic information (such as income level and gender), and unique
identifiers, but encouraged so we can provide a more personalized
experience on our site.
We request information from the user on our subscription form and
order form. Here a user must provide contact information (like name
and shipping address) and financial information (like credit card
number, expiration date). This information is used for billing purposes
and to fill customer's orders. If we have trouble processing an
order, this contact information is used to get in touch with the
user.
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive containing
information about the user. For instance, by setting a cookie on
our site, the user would not have to log in a password more than
once, thereby saving time while on our site. If a user rejects the
cookie, they may still use our site. The only drawback to this is
that the user will be limited in some areas of our site. For example,
the user will not be able to participate in any of our Sweepstakes,
Contests, or monthly Drawings that take place. Cookies can also
enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance
the experience on our site.
Some of our business partners use cookies on our site (for example,
advertisers). However, we have no access to or control over these
cookies.
We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track
user's movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate
use.
If a user wishes to subscribe to our newsletter, we ask for contact
information such as name and email address.
From time-to-time our site requests information from users via
surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests
is completely voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether
or not to disclose this information. Information requested may include
contact information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic
information (such as zip code, age level). Contact information will
be used to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information
will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and
satisfaction of this site.
If a user elects to use our referral service for informing a friend
about our site, we ask them for the friend's name and email address.
Sports Mogul Inc. will automatically send the friend a one-time
email inviting them to visit the site. Sports Mogul Inc. stores
this information for the purpose of sending this one-time email,
and for awarding any referral compensation that may be warranted.
The friend may contact Sports Mogul Inc. at
to request the removal of this information from our database.
In order for this website to properly fulfill its obligation to
our customers, it is necessary for us to supplement the information
we receive with information from 3rd party sources.
For example, when a new customer comes to our site from the site
of one of our partners, we may use information provided by the partner
to help open a new user account for that user if he or she decides
to create an account.
We will share aggregated demographic information with our partners
and advertisers. This is not linked to any personal information
that can identify any individual person.
We have partnerships with some other Internet companies to co-brand
our product for their users, and make our product part of the partner's
website. If, and only if, a user signs up through one of our partners
via the special co-branded version of our games, we share all of
that user's registration information with the partner.
As we continue to develop our business, we might sell or buy companies
or assets. In such transactions, customer information generally
is one of the transferred business assets. Also, in the event that
Sports Mogul Inc., or substantially all of its assets are acquired,
customer information will be one of the transferred assets.
We use an outside shipping company to ship orders, and a credit
card processing company to bill users for goods and services. These
companies do not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable
information for any secondary purposes.
We partner with some other companies to provide specific services.
When the user signs up for these services, we will share names,
or other contact information that is necessary for the third party
to provide these services. These parties have their own privacy
policies that explain how they use their customer data. These policies
are available anywhere data is collected that will be shared with
a partner.
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that
Sports Mogul Inc. is not responsible for the privacy practices of
such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave
our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web
site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy
statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site.
This website takes every precaution to protect our users' information.
When users submit sensitive information via the website, your information
is protected both online and off-line.
When our registration/order form asks users to enter sensitive
information (such as credit card number and/or social security number),
that information is encrypted and is protected with the best encryption
software in the industry - SSL. While on a secure page, such as
our order form, the lock icon on the bottom of Web browsers such
as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes locked,
as opposed to un-locked, or open, when you are just 'surfing'. To
learn more about SSL, follow this link http://home.netscape.com/security/techbriefs/ssl.html.
While we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information online,
we also do everything in our power to protect user-information off-line.
All of our users' information, not just the sensitive information
mentioned above, is restricted in our offices. Only employees who
need the information to perform a specific job (for example, our
billing clerk or a customer service representative) are granted
access to personally identifiable information. Furthermore, ALL
employees are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices.
Every quarter, as well as any time new policies are added, our employees
are notified and/or reminded about the importance we place on privacy,
and what they can do to ensure our customers' information is protected.
If you have any questions about the security at our website, you
can send an email to
.
We send all new members a welcoming email to verify password and
username. Established members will occasionally receive information
on products, services, special deals, and a newsletter. Out of respect
for the privacy of our users we present the option to not receive
these types of communications. Please see the section "Choice/Opt-Out"
below.
We also send the user site and service announcement updates. Members
are not able to un-subscribe from service announcements, which contain
important information about the service. We communicate with the
user to provide requested services and in regards to issues relating
to their account via email or phone.
If a user's personally identifiable information changes (such as
your zip code), or if a user no longer desires our service, we will
endeavor to provide a way to correct, update or remove that user's
personal data provided to us. This can be done at the member information
page or by emailing our Customer Support team at
.
In order to get the fastest response possible, we recommend that
our customers update their information from their member information
page.
Our users are given the opportunity to 'opt-out' of having their
information used for purposes not directly related to our site at
the point where we ask for the information. For example, our order
form has an "opt-out" mechanism so users who buy a product
from us, but don't want any marketing material, can keep their email
address off of our lists.
Users who no longer wish to receive our newsletter or promotional
materials from our partners may opt-out of receiving these communications
in one of three ways:
1. By de-selecting the email newsletter on the member information
page
2. By replying to the email, using the word "unsubscribe"
in the subject line of the response
3. By emailing us at
Users of our site are always notified when their information is
being collected by any outside parties. We do this so our users
can make an informed choice as to whether they should proceed with
services that require an outside party, or not.
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes
on our Homepage so our users are always aware of what information
we collect, how we use it, and under circumstances, if any, we disclose
it. 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 users by way of an email. Users will have a choice
as to whether or not we use their information in this different
manner. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy
under which the information was collected.
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