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Effective February 7, 2008:
About Sportsbarf.com
Sportsbarf.com is an online service that allows our members to set up
unique personal profiles that can be linked together through networks
of friends. Sportsbarf.com members can view each others' profiles, communicate
with old friends and meet new friends on the service, share photos,
post journals and comments, and describe their interests. To enrich
our members' experience, we request and display some personal information
to other members and visitors, which allows our users to identify each
other and expand their network of friends. Sportsbarf.com members can
change their profile information at any time and can control how other
members and the service communicates with them.
Sportsbarf.com cares deeply about online privacy If you have any questions
concerning this privacy policy, please email us at privacy@sportsbarf.com
Information Collection and Use by SportsBarf.com
Sportsbarf.com collects user submitted information such as name, email
address, and age to authenticate users and to send notifications to
those users relating to the Sportsbarf.com service. Sportsbarf.com also
collects other profile data including but not limited to: personal interests,
gender, age, education and occupation in order to assist users in finding
and communicating with each other.
Sportsbarf.com 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 first names
are displayed to people in order to facilitate user interaction in the
Sportsbarf.com social networking community. Email addresses are used
for the purposes of inviting new friends to join Sportsbarf.com, to
add users to members' friends' networks, and to send notifications related
to the service. With the exception of inviting friends, adding friends,
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 Sportsbarf.com with each other through the Sportsbarf.com
service, without disclosing their email addresses. Users' full names
are never directly revealed to other members. To facilitate searching
and finding friends and acquaintances on the service, Sportsbarf.com
allows users to search for other members using first and last name,
email address, and schools and/or companies where users may have attended
or worked.
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 changing their "notification" setting to "Do
not send me notification emails" in the user "Account Settings"
From time to time, Sportsbarf.com or a partner, may sponsor a promotion,
sweepstake or contest on sportsbarf.com Users may be asked to provide
personal information including name, email address or home address or
to answer questions in order to participate. We may transfer personal
information to certain ad partners that you have explicitly requested
to receive information from. It will be clear at the point of collection
who is collecting the personal information and whose privacy statement
will apply.
Invitations and Other Communications to Non-members
Sportsbarf.com members can invite friends to join the service by sending
invitation emails via our automated invitation system. Sportsbarf.com
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 Sportsbarf.com does not
sell these email addresses or use them to send any other communication
besides invitations, invitation reminders (up to three (3) per email
address). Recipients of invitations from Sportsbarf.com may contact
Sportsbarf.com to request the removal of their information from our
database.
Sportsbarf.com members may also store email addresses of people they
know in their internal Sportsbarf.com address book and may also choose
to send invitations and other communications to those addresses.
Use of Cookies
Sportsbarf.com uses cookies to store visitors' preferences and to record
session information, for purposes including ensuring that visitors are
not repeatedly offered the same advertisements and to customize newsletter,
advertising, and Web page content based on browser type and user profile
information. We do not link the information we store in cookies to any
personally identifiable information you submit while on our site. You
may be able to configure your browser to accept or reject all or some
cookies, or notify you when a cookie is set -- each browser is different,
so check the "Help" menu of your browser to learn how to change
your cookie preferences -- however, you must enable cookies from Sportsbarf.com
in order to use most functions on the site Please note that Sportsbarf.com
allows 3rd party advertisers that are presenting advertisements on some
of our pages to set and access their cookies on your computer. Advertisers'
use of cookies is subject to their own privacy policies, not the Sportsbarf.com
Privacy Policy.
Links
Sportsbarf.com contains links to sites. Sportsbarf.com 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 Sportsbarf.com
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Chat Rooms, Journals and WebLogs, Message Boards, Classifieds and Public
Forums.
Please be aware that whenever you voluntarily post public information
to Journals, WebLogs, Message Boards, Classifieds 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
Sportsbarf.com users may modify or remove any of their personal information
at any time by logging into their account and accessing features such
as Edit Profile and Account Info.
Email Choice/Opt-out
Members who no longer wish to receive updates or notifications may choose
not to by selecting 'Do not send me notification emails' in the user
profile 'Account Settings'. Users who do not wish to receive Sportsbarf.com
newsletters may choose not to by selecting 'Do not send me Sportsbarf
newsletters' in the user profile 'Account Settings'. All notification
emails and Sportsbarf.com newsletters also include the above instructions
for opting-out of those communications in the future.
Third Party Advertising
Ads appearing on this Web site may be delivered to users by Sportsbarf.com
or one of our Web advertising partners. Our Web advertising partners
may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your
computer each time they send you an online advertisement. In this way,
ad servers may compile information about where you, or others who are
using your computer, saw their advertisements and determine which ads
are clicked on. This information allows an ad network to deliver targeted
advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This
privacy statement covers the use of cookies by Sportsbarf.com and does
not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Security
Sportsbarf.com member accounts are secured by member-created passwords
Sportsbarf.com 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
Sharing and Disclosure of Information Sportsbarf.com Collects
Except as otherwise described in this privacy statement, Sportsbarf
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 Sportsbarf.com , whether or not a response is required by applicable
law.
(2) to enforce the Sportsbarf.com Terms of Use Agreement or to
protect our rights;
(3) to protect the safety of members of the public
and users of the service. Sportsbarf 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 Sportsbarf 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 our Web 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: tastebud_1@yahoo.com
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