Privacy Policy
Last Updated: October 27, 2009
Chicago Professional Sports Limited Partnership, an Illinois limited partnership (the "Company") realizes that privacy is an important issue for those visiting and using our bullsconnect.com site ("the "Site"), and we take your privacy seriously. Please read the following to learn more about how we collect, use and safeguard the information you may provide to us via the Site.
Acceptance of these terms
This Privacy Policy is applicable to (a) registered users of the Site (and is incorporated into and subject to the terms of the Registered User Agreement) and (b) casual visitors to the Site (sometimes collectively referred to herein as "Users"). This Privacy Policy applies only to information submitted and collected online through the Site, and does not apply to information that may be collected by the Company offline. 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.
This Privacy Policy may be revised from time to time, and all such revisions shall be effective upon posting. Please revisit this page often to remain fully informed of our policies.
What information does the company collect from you?
Via our website, the Company collects from you: (i) certain personally identifiable information, and (ii) technical and other information.
Personally Identifiable Information.
General Site Visitors
When you browse the non-password protected portions of our Site, you do so anonymously; no personally identifiable information is collected.
Registered Users
At the time you become a Registered User of the Site, you will be required to provide us with certain personal information (including your name, address, gender, date of birth, email address, user name and password). Registered Users will be asked to provide certain other information which will be optional, including demographic information, interests, hobbies, lifestyle choices, groups with whom they are affiliated (schools, companies, etc.) and similar information, from time to time in the process of creating the Registered User Profile Pages.
Contacting Us
Our Site permits you to contact us via email. Whenever you send an email via our Site, 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 other concern.
Technical and Other Information.
The Company uses commonly-used automated information gathering tools. While you are browsing our Site, we automatically log your IP address (a number assigned to your computer when you use the Internet), general data (including your domain name and the name of the web page from which you entered our Site) and your activity while using our Site. Additionally, in order to personalize and enhance your experience on our Site, we may also collect information through "cookies." Cookies are small strings of text that are sent by our Site to your browser and then stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. We use cookies to help diagnose problems with our servers and to administer our Site. We also use cookies to gather broad demographic information and to help identify you (by certain personally identifiable information) in respect to visits to our Site so that we may improve your user experience, and to determine whether you visited our Site from a particular Internet link or advertisement. The Company may also use small bits of code called "one-pixel gifs," "clear gifs," or "web beacons" embedded in web pages to gather certain web site information.
Information may also be collected passively in the form of logs files that record website activity, including how many "hits" a particular web page is getting (a.k.a. "click-through data"). For example, log file entries are generated every time a User visits a particular Profile Page or clicks an image on our website. These entries enable the Company to track a particular user's visits to a web page, assess overall Site activity, track interest in particular Registered User Profile Pages or other portions of our website, troubleshoot technical concerns, and identify the type of browser you are using. We may also use the log file entries for our internal marketing and demographic studies, so we can constantly improve the Site.
Third party advertisements displayed on the Site may also contain cookies sent by Internet advertising companies or advertisers (known as "third party cookies"). Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but it is possible to change your browser setup so that it warns you each time a cookie is being sent, blocks third party cookies or blocks or rejects all cookies. However, rejecting cookies may prevent you from taking advantage of certain portions of our Site.
How do we collect information from you?
We collect, retain and use personally identifiable information from you on this Site by expressly requesting it from you (i) when you request information from us via email, and (ii) at the time you become a Registered User. The Company may also collect personally identifiable information from you if you choose to participate in certain Site activities like sweepstakes, contests, and surveys.
Users may provide personally identifiable information in emails, chat rooms and other communications features provided by the Site to the Company or other Users (collectively, "Personal Communications"). Personal Communications are provided by a User at his or her sole discretion. Information transmitted via our Site is stored on our servers, and deleted emails may remain archived or in system backups.
How is your information used?
Our Use of Information.
We collect, retain, and use the information we collect via our Site for legitimate business purposes only as follows: to establish you as a Registered User; to provide the services offered by this Site; to perform normal business operations; to correspond with you regarding our Site or matters arising under the Registered User Agreements or to inform you of developments in our company or with our services that we believe may be of interest to you; to personalize our Site; to monitor Site visitor traffic patterns and Site usage; for identification and security purposes; to comply with applicable laws; to enforce our Registered User Agreements; and to protect the rights, property, or safety of the Company, our Users, and others.
Our Sharing of Information.
We do not sell or rent your personally identifiable information to third parties. The Company will not share, distribute or reference any personally identifiable information with third parties except as otherwise set forth in this Privacy Policy or as may be provided in our Registered User Agreement, as applicable.
We share your information only with our affiliates, the National Basketball Association (or any successor thereto) and its affiliates, and third parties providing services on behalf of any of the foregoing (collectively, "Affiliates"). We request our Affiliates to limit their use and disclosure of your information to uses and disclosures that are consistent with this Privacy Policy, however, we cannot guarantee their compliance. We may, however, also share, in aggregate, statistical form, non-personal information regarding the visitors to our Site or our Registered Users (e.g. demographic information or various preferences), traffic patterns, and Site usage with our partners, Affiliates or advertisers. Such information is not associated with any particular User or with any personally identifiable information.
The Company may use information you disclose without identifying you as an individual to third parties in order to personalize advertisements and promotions provided to you through the Site. In addition, we will disclose information we maintain, including personally identifiable information, when required to do so by law or regulation, or in response to a request from a law enforcement or governmental agency or authority.
Your Sharing of Information through Personal Communications.
You may chose to share information with other Users through various communications features of the Site. We cannot and do not guarantee that any information you share in this fashion will be kept confidential or private.
Modifications
We strive to maintain the accuracy of any personally identifiable information that may be collected from you, and will use our commercially reasonable efforts to respond promptly to update our database when you tell us the information in our database is not accurate. It is your responsibility to ensure that such information is accurate, complete and up-to-date. Registered Users who wish to delete or make any changes to any personally identifiable information provided to us may do so at any time by logging into their account or contacting us at admin@bullsconnect.com. Information will be updated promptly. Removed information may persist in backup copies for a reasonable period of time. Note, however, that when you make use of the communication features of the Site to share information with other Users (e.g., sending a personal message to another User) you generally cannot modify or remove such communications.
Mailing lists
When you register as a Registered User, you may choose to subscribe (at no charge) to our mailing list. If you choose to subscribe to the mailing list, we will periodically send to you updates and other information regarding our services.
Opt out
You may opt out of receiving communications from us and our Affiliates at registration or, thereafter, by following the opt-out link provided in any email received from us or by emailing us at admin@bullsconnect.com.
Consequences of not providing information
You may choose not to provide us with certain 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 the Company.
Children
In compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 6501-06 and 16 C.F.R. §§ 312.1-312.12, our Site does not permit children under 13 years of age to become Registered Users, and the Company does not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from anyone under the age of 13 or knowingly allow such persons to register. If you are under 13, please do not attempt to register for this Site or send any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, or email address. By using our site, you represent that you are not under 13 years of age. We also recommend that minors 13 years of age or older ask their parents for permission before sending any information about themselves to anyone over the Internet.
Third party websites, advertisers and applications
This Site may reference or provide links to third party websites, including through third party advertisements. The Company does not control and is not responsible for the third party websites or for the privacy policies or information practices of third parties or their websites. You should review the privacy policies posted on such sites. Moreover, the Company does not have access to or control of the cookies that may be placed by such third parties.
The Company prohibits Users from installing third party applications on the Site. If you engage with a third party application, you are interacting with the third party developer, not with the Company or any Registered User. The Company encourages Registered Users not to provide personal information to the third party's application.
Protecting your personally identifiable information
Because security is important to both the Company and you, we will always make reasonable efforts to ensure the security of our systems. The Company employs physical, electronic and administrative safeguards to protect the information we receive from you from unauthorized disclosure. This includes our requirement for user names and passwords to access certain information and data and our use of industry-standard SSL encryption to protect data transmissions. Registered Users should not share their user names or passwords with anyone. In addition, if you suspect unauthorized access to your information, it is your responsibility to contact the Company immediately. The Company personnel will never ask you to divulge your password in written or electronic communications. If at all, we will only ask you for your password when you contact us by phone and only in cases where you request customer service to correct a service problem which requires your password. Please be aware that Internet data transmission is not always secure and we cannot warrant that information you transmit utilizing this Site is secure.
Business transfer
The Company may, in the future, sell or otherwise transfer some or all of its assets to a third party. 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 of such assets and/or may be among those assets transferred.
Users in the european union
When a Registered User who is located in the European Union chooses to post information that will be publicly disclosed, that Registered User is responsible for ensuring that such information conforms to all local data protection laws. The Company is not responsible under the EU local data protection laws for Registered User-posted information.
Effectiveness
This Privacy Policy is effective as of October 27, 2009. 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.
Questions?
The Company will happily address any concerns about our Privacy Policy or inaccuracies regarding your personal information. Contact us at admin@bullsconnect.com.
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