WEBSITE PRIVACY POLICY
College Coaches Network (CCN) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy
Policy, which is part of part of our Terms of and Conditions Agreement, explains
our information gathering and dissemination practices. If you have questions or
concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact CCN at the e-mail address
provided at the end of this Privacy Policy.
1. WHAT INFORMATION IS COLLECTED. We collect a limited
amount of personal information from you in certain areas of the CCN website (the
“Website”). The following is a description of what information is routinely collected:
Use of Personal Information. Although CCN does not require that you register or
provide information to generally view the Website, CCN does collect certain personal
information such as names, addresses, zip codes, and e-mail addresses when you create
an account in order to access or post content on the Website. The information collected
through the Website varies by user type (e.g., athletes and their parents are asked
to supply information that is quite different from that which is collected by a
college coach or a high school/club coach).
IP Addresses. An IP address is a number assigned to your computer when you connect
to the Internet. As part of the protocol of the Internet, web servers can identify
your computer by its IP address. In addition, web servers may be able to identify
the type of web browser and/or type of computer environment you are using. CCN collects
IP addresses and related information for the purposes of system administration,
to assess the traffic to the Website and to maintain and improve the Website. We
do not link IP addresses to your personally identifiable information. We can and
will use IP addresses, however, to identify a user when we feel it is necessary
to enforce compliance with our Website Terms and Conditions or to protect our service,
the Website, customers or others.
Use of Cookies. Cookies are small bits of information that some websites (including
this Website) transfer to an individual's hard drive for research and convenience
purposes. CCN uses cookies to analyze the traffic, such as total visitors and pages
viewed on the Website, and make improvements based on the data we collect. CCN never
saves passwords or credit card information in cookies. The use of cookies has become
a standard in the industry, especially at websites. Most browsers are initially
set up to accept cookies. You can usually set your browser to refuse cookies or
indicate when a cookie is being sent. If you refuse cookies, you may not be able
to use some of the functionality of the Website. The Website’s advertisers and other
partners may also use cookies in connection with the services and websites to which
the Website links. We do not control these cookies.
2. WHO IS COLLECTING THIS INFORMATION. CCN collects
the information described above via the Website. In the case of third party features
such as advertising, co-branded areas or links to other websites, such third parties
may also collect information. You should review the applicable privacy policies
of these third parties before providing personally identifiable information. CCN
is not responsible for any actions or policies of such third parties.
3. USE AND DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION. CCN may,
from time to time, share limited customer information with companies it hires to
provide operational, marketing or advertising support, companies that help us distribute
our products and services, or companies that provide products and services CCN wants
to offer. The companies CCN chooses must satisfy our security and privacy requirements.
CCN shares your information with these companies only if they agree to treat it
confidentially and only if it is legally permissible to do so. CCN limits the information
it provides these companies to what it reasonably believe they “need to know” in
connection with their agreement with CCN, and CCN does not permit them to use our
customer information for any purposes outside our oversight or control.
Government Authorities and Litigation. Sometimes a law, court order, or other judicial
or administrative process requires us to provide information to a government authority
or party to a private lawsuit. CCN will provide the information that it in good
faith believes is required to comply with the law, order, or other process. CCN
may also have to disclose certain information in court documents if it has to bring
an action against you, for example, to collect a debt you owe to CCN.
4. WITH WHOM THE INFORMATION MAY BE SHARED. Except
as described above, CCN will not knowingly disclose or authorize the disclosure
of personal identifiable information (other than aggregate statistical information)
to any third party without your consent unless (1) we have reason to believe that
disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action
against someone who may have breached our Website Terms and Conditions Agreement
or who may be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally)
CCN's rights or property, other Website users, or anyone else who could be harmed
by such activities or (2) we believe in good faith that the law requires it or (3)
in the event of the a transfer of ownership of CCN..
5. CCN’S COMMITMENT TO CHILDREN’S PRIVACY. In accordance
with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), CCN will not knowingly
collect or accept personally identifiable information from a child under the age
of 13 without a parent's or guardians prior consent. No part of the Website is directed
to children under 13 years of age.
6. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES. While you are using
the Website, you may be linked or directed to other third party websites outside
the Website that are beyond CCN’s control. Each of these third parties may have
a privacy policy different from that of CCN. CCN is not responsible for any actions
or policies of such third parties. You should review the applicable privacy policies
of these third party websites before providing personally identifiable information.
7. SECURITY PROCEDURES WE USE. CCN is very concerned
with the security of your personally identifiable information and takes great care
in providing secure transmission of your information from your computer to our servers.
Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100%
secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, CCN cannot
guarantee the security of any information or content you transmit to us and you
do so at your own risk.
Once we receive your information or content, we take appropriate steps that we believe
are reasonable to protect the security of your data on our system, both internally
and from outsiders, and to ensure the integrity of the data we collect. We use a
combination of technological and policy methods to protect this data.
8. CHANGES IN THESE TERMS. We may change this Privacy
Policy from time to time and will post notices on the Website at the time of any
material changes to this Privacy Policy. Changes to this Privacy Policy will be
effective immediately upon posting to the Website, and your continued use of the
Website following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those
changes.
Last modified: 05/18/2009