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Privacy Policy
We are committed to protecting the privacy and security of the users of our sites.
This privacy policy will advise you about how we protect your personal information,
and about what choices you have concerning our use of such information. Please read
this policy carefully. This policy may be revised from time to time in order to
address new issues and reflect changes on our sites. We will post those changes
here so that you will always know what information we gather, how we might use that
information, and whether we will disclose that information to anyone. Please refer
back to this policy regularly.
If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy policy, please send an e-mail
to bbatkin@aol.com.
Personal Identification Information
We may request personal identification information from you in connection with our
sweepstakes, with other activities, services or resources we make available on our
site. In all of these cases, we will collect personal identification information
from you only if you voluntarily submit such information to us. We will never intentionally
disclose any personal identification information about you as an individual user
(such as, for example, your full name, street address, telephone number, credit
card number or e-mail address) to any third party without having received your permission.
It is our intention to share your name, address and contact information with the sponsors of
our events and sweepstakes.
If you do provide us with personal information for any of these activities, we may
use it to conduct the activity. We may also use cookie technology (discussed in
detail below) to improve your experience of these activities, including remembering
your preferences, customizing the content and advertisements that you see or authenticate
your access to your personal information.
We may also contact you to confirm your registration and about your account status
and regarding changes to the Sites’ Terms and Conditions and this Privacy Policy.
If you give us your permission, we may also use personal identification information
for internal or external marketing and promotional purposes. On occasion, for example,
we may send you e-mails to introduce a product or service that we think might be
of interest to the users of our sites. For us to obtain your permission to send
you this information, we will give you an opportunity to “opt-in” at the time our
request for your personal information is made. If you do “opt-in,” you may choose
to “opt-out” at any time, even after you have provided personal information, by
following the procedures set forth below at the end of this Privacy Policy. Please
note, however, that under certain circumstances, if you initially do not choose
to “opt-in,” or if you later “opt-out,” you may not be eligible for certain benefits
for which a name, e-mail address, telephone number or other personal identification
information is needed.
We have the following exceptions to these policies: We will release specific information
about you or your account to comply with any valid legal inquiry or process such
as a search warrant, subpoena, statute or court order. We will also release specific
information in special cases, such as if there is an attempted breach of the security
of the Sites, or a physical or property threat to you or others. We may also transfer
user information, including personally identifiable information, to a successor
corporate entity in connection with a corporate merger, consolidation, sale of assets
or corporate division or other fundamental corporate change.
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your information and
password, if any. You shall be responsible for all uses of your registration, whether
or not authorized by you. You agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorized
use of your registration or password.
Non-Personal Identification Information
We may collect non-personal identification information through the use of:
“Cookie” technology: A “cookie” is an element of data that a web site can send to
your browser, which may then store it on your system.
“IP address tracking”: An IP address is a number that is assigned to your computer
when you are on the Internet. When you request pages from our Sites, our servers
log your IP address.
Non-personal identification information that we collect might include: the browser
you use, the type of computer, technical information about your means of connection
to our site-such as the operating systems and the Internet service providers utilized,
and other similar information. We may also collect information about the areas you
visit and search terms you utilize on our sites and about the links you may select
from within our site to other areas of the World Wide Web or elsewhere online.
We may share this aggregate statistical information with our partners, suppliers,
advertisers, sponsors, licensors and other third parties, but we will not share
any individual names, personal navigational or other personal information. For example,
we may use a third-party advertising company to serve ads when you visit our Sites.
We may share demographic and preference information with this company to allow them
to display appropriate advertisements for you
Some of our advertisers may display ads on our sites, which solicit or contain technology
to collect information about our users for the advertisers, but we will not permit
such advertisers to collect any personal information from our users within our Sites.
The Use of Cookie Technology
A cookie is an element of data that a web site can send to your browser, which may
then store it on your system. Our Site makes use of cookies to permit the completion
of the user’s current activity on the Site and for aggregate, non-personally identifiable
analysis (for example we may track the number of times users visit a portion of
our Site, but we do not track or know who those users are). We only use cookies
to collect personally identifiable information with your consent, as described above
under Personal Identification Information.
Most browsers are set to accept cookies. You can set your browser to refuse cookies,
or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you do so, please note that some
parts of U.S. Figure Skating Association Sites, such as message boards, chats, shopping,
contests and game areas, may not function properly.
Privacy of Children
We understand that young people need special safeguards and privacy protection.
We realize that they may not understand all the provisions of our policy or be able
to make thoughtful decisions about the choices that are made available to our adult
users. We strongly urge all parents to participate in their children’s exploration
of the Internet and any online services, and to teach their children about protecting
their personal information while online
We prohibit registration by children under the age of 13 for all interactive portions
of the Site. We will not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from
children under 13.
We may, at our discretion, require users under 18 to obtain the consent of a parent
or guardian to view certain content, and we may limit access to certain content
to users above a specified age. You agree to abide by any such restrictions, and
not to help anyone avoid these restrictions.
Links To Other Sites
Users may find advertising or other content on our Sites that link to the sites
and services of our partners, suppliers, advertisers, sponsors, licensors and other
third parties. We do not control the contents or links that appear on these sites.
In addition, these sites or services, including their contents and links, may be
constantly changing. These sites and services may have their own privacy policies
and customer service policies, or no policy (policies) at all. We encourage you
to review the privacy policies of any third party sites or services before providing
any of them with your personal information.
Security Policy
Protecting your privacy and your information is a top priority. We have taken careful
measures to secure both your information and our equipment. We exercise care in
providing safe transmission of your information from your PC to our servers (unless
sent by a means outside of our control, such as e-mail).
Access To / Correction of Information
If you would like to review any personal information we have retained about you
in our database, please send us an e-mail request for this information at
bbatkin@aol.com. To help us address your request, please specify which
information you wish to review. Once you have reviewed this information, at your
request we will correct personal information about you that you state is erroneous.
To request such a correction, please send an e-mail to
bbatkin@aol.com. You should be aware, however, that it is not always
possible to completely remove or modify information in our databases and servers
although we will always make reasonable efforts to do so upon your request.
Choice / Opt-Out
If you “opt-in” to receive information from us or others, you can change
your mind later. If at any time you would like to stop receiving such information
or opt-out of a feature, you can let us know by sending an e-mail stating your preference
to bbatkin@aol.com. To help us address
your request, please specify the feature from which you wish to opt out. You should
be aware, however, that it is not always possible to completely remove or modify
information in our databases and servers although we will always make reasonable
efforts to do so upon your request.
Consent to Transfer
The Site is operated in the United States. If you are located in the European Union,
Canada, Mexico or elsewhere outside of the United States, please be aware that any
information you provide to us will be transferred to the United States. By using
our Web Site, participating in any of our services and/or providing us with your
information, you consent to this transfer.
Your Acceptance of These Terms
By using the Site, you signify your acceptance of our Privacy Policy. If you do
not agree to this policy, please do not use our Site. Your continued use of the
Site following the posting of changes to these terms will mean that you accept those
changes.