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Effective July 1, 2006
About Fanspot
Fanspot is an online service that allows our members to set up unique personal
profiles that can be linked together through a network of sports fans. Fanspot
members can view each others' profiles, communicate with others, share photos,
post comments, describe their sports interests and participate in various levels
of challenges. Fanspot members can change their profile information at any
time and can control how other members and the service communicates with them.
If you have any questions concerning this privacy policy, please email us at privacy@Fanspot.com.
Information Collection and Use by Fanspot
Fanspot collects user submitted information such as name and email address
to authenticate users and to send notifications to those users relating to
the Fanspot service. Fanspot also collects other profile data including but
not limited to: personal interests, gender, age, sports interests and zip code
in order to assist users in finding and communicating with each other.
Fanspot also logs non-personally-identifiable information including IP address,
profile information, aggregate user data, and browser type, from users and
visitors to the site. This data is used to manage the website, track usage
and improve the website services. This non-personally-identifiable information
may be shared with third-parties to provide more relevant services and advertisements
to members. User IP addresses are recorded for security and monitoring purposes
User Profile information including members' pictures and names are displayed
to people in order to facilitate user interaction in the Fanspot community.
Email addresses are used for the purposes of inviting others to join Fanspot,
to add users to members' friends' and rivals networks, and to send notifications
related to the service. With the exception of inviting friends, adding friends,
inviting rivals, adding rivals and notifications, a user's email address is
not shared or displayed to people within a user's personal network. Users within
a personal network communicate on Fanspot with each other through the Fanspot
service, without disclosing their email addresses. To facilitate searching
and finding friends and acquaintances on the service, Fanspot allows users
to search for other members using first and last name, email address, and like
interests.
We may also use a user's email address to send updates, a newsletter or news
regarding the service. Users may choose not to receive email of this type by
using the unsubscribe feature found at the bottom of any email or newsletter.
Invitations and Other Communications to Non-members
Fanspot members can invite others to join the service by sending invitation
emails via our automated invitation system. Fanspot stores the email addresses
that members provide so that the respondents may be added to the friend's list
of the member sending the invitations, and also to send reminders of the invitations
Fanspot does not sell these email addresses or use them to send any other communication
besides invitations. Recipients of invitations from Fanspot may contact Fanspot
to request the removal of their information from our database.
You may prevent Fanspot email invitations and other messages from being sent
to any email address you control by sending a single email with the subject "BLOCK" to privacy@Fanspot.com.
Please note that the email must come from the account you wish to block.
Use of Cookies
As part of offering and providing customizable and personalized services, Fanspot
uses "cookies" to store and sometimes track information about you.
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 tracks the pages you've visited. But the only personal information a cookie
can contain is information you supply yourself. A cookie can't read data off
your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites.
Advertising networks that serve ads onto any of Fanspot’s sites may also
use their own cookies.
From time to time, Fanspot and/or Fanspot advertisers may offer contests and
sweepstakes in which we request certain personal information. At a minimum,
the required information includes name and email address; in some cases, the
user must answer mandatory survey questions about a range of other personal
data. The information gathered in the entry form is used to verify the entrant's
identity, to send the entrant an email notification that their entry has been
received, and to contact winners and/or prize recipients. There are two situations
in which Fanspot will divulge this information to a third party--provided the
user gives express consent:
- A user may expressly choose to receive additional information from the
contest sponsor, in which case the user's personally identifiable information
is divulged to the advertiser.
- Some of the contests may be hosted on the Fanspot site but administered
by the sponsor; in such cases, the information a user provides is passed
on to the third party as long as that user gives express consent.
Because the rules and terms of each contest can vary, all information about
each contest is clearly posted during the event. All contests and sweepstakes
are conducted in full accordance with United States federal and state laws.
Links
Fanspot contains links to sites. Fanspot is not responsible for the privacy
policies and/or practices on other sites. When linking to another site a user
should read the privacy policy stated on that site. Our privacy policy only
governs information collected on Fanspot.
Chat Rooms, Journals and Web logs, Message Boards and Public Forums
Please be aware that whenever you voluntarily post public information on Fanspot
or any other Public Forums that that information can be accessed by the public
and can in turn be used by those people to send you unsolicited communications.
Correcting/Updating or Removing Information
Fanspot users may modify or remove any of their personal information at any
time by logging into their account and accessing Edit Profile.
Security
Fanspot member accounts are secured by member-created passwords. Fanspot takes
precautions to insure that member account information is kept private. We use
reasonable measures to protect member information that is stored within our
database, and we restrict access to member information to those employees who
need access to perform their job functions, such as our customer service personnel
and technical staff. Please note that we cannot guarantee the security of member
account information. Unauthorized entry or use, hardware or software failure,
and other factors may compromise the security of member information at any
time For any additional information about the security measures we use on Fanspot,
please contact us a privacy@Fanspot.com.
Sharing and Disclosure of Information Fanspot Collects
Except as otherwise described in this privacy statement, Fanspot will not disclose
personal information to any third party unless we believe that disclosure is
necessary: (1) to conform to legal requirements or to respond to a subpoena,
search warrant or other legal process received by Fanspot, whether or not a
response is required by applicable law; (2) to enforce the Fanspot Terms of
Use Agreement or to protect our rights; or (3) to protect the safety of members
of the public and users of the service. Fanspot reserves the right to transfer
personal information to a successor in interest that acquires rights to that
information as a result of the sale of Fanspot or substantially all of its
assets to that successor in interest. For more information see the "Changes
in Our Privacy Policy" section below.
Changes in Our Privacy Policy
From time to time we may make changes to our privacy policy If we make changes,
we will post them on our site to make users aware of what the changes are so
users will always be aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and
when we may disclose it. A User is bound by any minor changes to the policy
when she or he uses the site after those changes have been posted. If, however,
we are going to use users' personally identifiable information in a manner
materially different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify
by posting a notice on the Fanspot site for 30 days.
Contacting the Web Site
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this
site, or your dealings with this Web site, please contact us at: privacy@Fanspot.com.
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