Ohio Sports Administration Website Privacy Policy
The Center for Sports Administration is committed to protecting your online privacy to the best extent it can. We have adopted the following Privacy Policy for the sportsad.ohio.edu website so that you may understand under what circumstances we may collect, use and disclose your personal information. This Privacy Policy also describes the choices available to you regarding our use of your personal information and the steps you can take to access this information and to request that we correct or delete it. For purposes of this Privacy Policy, “personally identifiable information” or “personal information” means information that can be linked to a specific individual, such as a name, address, telephone number, email address or credit card number.
We reserve the right to revise this Privacy Policy at any time without prior notice. For this reason, please check back regularly for the most recent version of our Privacy Policy. Privacy Policy changes will apply to the information collected from the date we post the revised Privacy Policy, as well as to existing information held by us.
By using the Site, you agree to be legally bound by all of the terms of the Ohio Sports Administration’ Terms of Use and this Privacy Policy, including all changes and revisions to the Ohio Sports Administration’ Terms of Use and this Privacy Policy.Where personally identifiable information is collected on our Site.
Use and disclosure of your personal information
The Ohio Sports Administration will collect personal information and demographic information only if you provide the information to us. You are not required to provide us with any personal information, but if you choose not to, certain Site features and offers may be limited. When the Ohio Sports Administration receives personal or demographic information we may use it for reasonable purposes. For example, we may use this information to contact you, via email or regular mail, or to provide you with information we believe may be of interest. Your personal information may also be used for compiling data and analysis to understand your needs and for other programs, research and commercial activities.
Opt out
Upon receipt of any offering from the Ohio Sports Administration, users will have the opportunity to indicate whether they would like to “opt out” of receiving additional promotional and/or marketing information about other products, services and offerings from the Ohio Sports Administration. However, notwithstanding any opt out of promotional information by the user, the Ohio Sports Administration reserve the right to contact a subscriber regarding account status, changes to the subscriber agreement and other matters relevant to the underlying service and/or the information collected.
Other information you choose to provide to us
Please note that our Privacy Policy applies only to your use of the Site and does not apply when you send unsolicited, content, business information, ideas, suggestions, concepts or inventions to us and such information may be used by us in accordance with our Terms of Use Agreement.
Information we collect automatically
In order to review the success of this Site and how it can be improved, we keep regular logs of use of the Site, content and services. Information collected includes, but is not limited to, pages viewed, browsers used to access the Site, search terms used and various other statistical data, including non-personally identifiable information we receive from our third party service providers. This information is only collected and viewed as aggregated data, without reference to individual users. We may share this aggregate statistical information with other outside companies, but in doing so, we will not disclose personal information. Some examples of how we gather and aggregate such information are as follows:
Cookies: Cookies are small files stored on your computer that allow us to customize the information we provide to you on the Site according to your profile and preferences. Although a cookie will not, in and of itself, identify you, it can identify your computer. Your browser is most likely set up to accept cookies automatically. If you’d like to disable cookies, you may do so by adjusting the options or preferences in your browser. However, by doing so, you may lose some of the functionality of our Site.
IP Addresses: An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you connect with an internet service provider. We may collect IP addresses for the purposes of system administration and to audit the use of this Site. Each time you log onto the Site and each time you request one of our pages, our server logs your IP address. Although we log your session with us, we will not normally link your IP address to anything that can enable us to identify you.
Email links
Certain links on the Site will automatically open a new email message from your default email application. Be sure to take note of the addressee of the message by looking at the “To:” field of your new message. We may also have put a subject heading in the “Subject:” field and/or attached some content in the body of the message or as an attachment. As with all email, use caution with regard to what information you are sending and to whom you are sending it. Once sent, the recipient will know your email address and any other information provided in the body of the message or as an attachment. We may use any of this information to respond to your message and/or to communicate with you in the future.
External links
Except as otherwise indicated, our Privacy Policy applies only to your use of this Site. This Site contains links to other sites. Links to other sites do not imply an endorsement of the materials or policies of those websites. You should read the privacy policies of each site you visit to determine what information that site may be collecting about you.
Legal requirements
Not withstanding anything in this Privacy Policy to the contrary, we may release your personal information to third parties: (a) to comply with valid legal requirements such as a law, regulation, search warrant, subpoena or court order; (b) to fulfill the purposes for which the information was provided, such as the provision of services or shipment of products hereunder, or (c) in special cases, such as a threat to you or others.
Operation of this Site
This Site is operated and maintained by the Ohio Sports Administration together with certain outside contractors and internet service providers that may have access to your personal information in the course of operating, hosting or maintaining this Site. The servers used to operate this Site are located in the United States of America.
How to correct or update information
If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, would like to request changes to the personal information collected from you or opt out of receiving information in the future, please contact the Ohio Sports Administration at [email protected].
Children’s Privacy Policy
If you are under 18 years of age, you need to get your parent or guardian’s permission before giving us any of your personal information, whether on the Site or through any other means online or offline. The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) requires that we inform parents and legal guardians about how we collect, use, and disclose personal information from children under 13 years of age; and that we obtain the consent of parents and guardians in order for children under 13 years of age to use certain features of our Site. Below we explain how we do that for these children. When we use the term “parent” below, that term includes a child’s legal guardian.
Note to children under 18 years of age
If you are under 18 years of age, you need to let your parent or guardian know about this Privacy Policy and get his/her permission each time you use the Site and before giving us any of your personal information, even information required for registration on this Site. You must have your parent’s or guardian’s permission before using the message board or chat features of this Site. You should not post your real name on a web site and should never tell anyone online anything private about yourself or your family, including your phone number or address. If you win a contest that has a prize, your parent or guardian will have to mail or fax us a signed note at the address or fax number listed in the rules for the specific contest that says it was OK for you to enter and tells us they will accept the prize for you. You must ask a parent before you pay for anything on the Site. Some areas of this Site may have special rules for children under the age of 18. When you are in those areas you must follow those rules.
Note to parents
Parents or guardians are encouraged to spend time online with their children to become familiar with the types of content available on the Site and the Internet in general. Parents should regularly oversee their children’s use of email and other online communications and transactional features. Control tools are available from online services and software manufacturers that can help provide a safe online environment for your children. You can find out about software that protects your children at the Direct Marketing Association’s home page at: http://www.the-dma.org.
