We do not sell or distribute personal or business information provided by our users to outside companies for any reason.

Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy, we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used on this Website. Please see our Terms of Service for additional information applicable to use of our Website.

User-Posted Information

All users should be aware that when they voluntarily display or distribute personal or business contact information, that information can be collected and used by others. This may result in unsolicited emails, postal mail, or phone calls from third parties for which Sports Media 101 sites are not responsible. Information given to Sports Media 101 sites in order to register is not public information. However, any information posted in the Forum or any other public section of the site, like a public profile, is considered public information. In general, any information that is indexed, searchable, provides communication to or encourages communication with a party that is not Sports Media 101 should be considered public information.

Cookies

Cookies are small bits of information temporarily placed on your computer and accessed by a website in order to recognize an account or maintain a session. Cookies are used on Sports Media 101 sites solely to provide you with the convenience of remembering your login name for you and securely maintaining your session so that you will continue to be logged in as you transition between web pages. We do not use cookies for any other purpose.

The Information We Collect

You do not have to provide us with personal information in order to visit our Website. However, to use most of our services, we require that you register with us and provide certain personal information. This information is collected for the purpose of identifying a private site account as your own, preventing fraud, and enabling you to post and manage your content on our website.

If we collect personal information from you, you are giving us permission to use that information for the specific purpose for which it is provided and to contact you regarding site services, improvement of the Website, information about products and services, or other matters that may be of interest to you and for any other purpose described in this Privacy Policy. In connection with the foregoing, we may share your information with other Sports Media 101-owned companies, which are under the same restrictions of this Privacy Policy.

We also may collect, store and use certain non-personal information when you visit many of our web pages such as the type of browser you are using (e.g., Internet Explorer, Safari), the type of operating system you are using (e.g., Windows XP or Mac OS), the domain name of your Internet service provider (e.g., Comcast or Verizon), and user traffic patterns. In addition, we aggregate information from multiple users in a manner that is not personally identifiable and use such data as we deem appropriate.

How We Use the Information

You expressly acknowledge and agree that Sports Media 101 may disclose Content and Account Information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (a) comply with legal process; (b) enforce the Terms and Conditions; (c) respond to claims that any Content violates the rights of third-parties; or (d) protect the rights, property, or personal safety of Sports Media 101, or its sites or its sites users and the public. You acknowledge and agree that the technical processing and transmission of the Products and Services (as defined in the Terms of Service), including your Content and Account Information, may involve (a) transmissions over various networks; and (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices. You further acknowledge and agree that other information collected and maintained by Sports Media 101 sites with regard to its users may be disclosed in accordance with Sports Media 101’s Privacy Policy.

Although we take appropriate measures to safeguard against unauthorized disclosures of information, we cannot guarantee that the personal information we collect will never be disclosed or accessed by an unauthorized third party in a manner that is inconsistent with this Privacy Policy.

Collection of Information by Third-Party Sites, Ad Servers, and Sponsors

Sports Media 101 sites may contain links to other websites whose information practices may be different than ours. Users should consult, read and understand the privacy notices of other websites before choosing to provide personal information on such linked websites. Sports Media 101’s privacy policies and treatment of your information does not apply outside of this Website and we have no control over information that is submitted to, or collected by, these third parties.

Sports Media 101 sites may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads and collect information when you visit our website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements on our site, other websites and other forms of media about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, click here.

Our Commitment to Security

We have in place what we believe to be reasonable physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard the personal information we collect and help prevent unauthorized access and use of such information.

• We work to protect the security of your information during transmission by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software, which encrypts information you input. To assist in keeping your personal information safe, you must use an SSL-enabled browser like Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, or Opera.
• It is important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer. Be sure to sign off when finished using a shared computer. Additionally, change your passwords often using a combination of letters and numbers, and make sure you use a secure web browser.

Cancellation of Membership

If you would like to cancel your membership and have your information deleted from our system, please e-mail us at [email protected] from the e-mail address you used to register and include your full name and login.

Updates and Effective Date

We reserve the right to make changes to our Privacy Policy from time to time for any reason. Such changes, modifications, additions or deletions shall be effective immediately upon posting, unless otherwise indicated. We have no duty or obligation to inform prior visitors that changes have been made, regardless of the scope and importance of the changes. We encourage you to periodically check back and review this policy so that you always will know what information we collect, how we use it, and to whom we disclose it. Your continued use of Sports Media 101 sites after such changes are posted will be deemed to constitute your agreement to and acceptance of such changes.