Privacy

This policy is effective as of April 6, 2008.

We built Girls in Sports sites to make it easy to communicate with other sporty people like you. We understand you may not want everyone in the world to have the information you share on Girls in Sports sites; that is why we don’t allow private or really personal data to be put on our sites. Our default privacy settings limit the information displayed in your profile.

You should have access to the information others want to share.
There is an increasing amount of information available out there, and you may want to know what relates to you and people around you. We want to help you easily get that information.

Sharing information should be easy. We want to provide you with the privacy tools necessary to control how and with whom you share that information. If you have questions or ideas, please send them to us through our Contact page.

Girls in Sports's Privacy Policy is designed to help you understand how we collect and use the personal information you decide to share, and help you make informed decisions when using Girls in Sports sites (collectively, "Girls in Sports" or "Websites")

By using or accessing Girls in Sports, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

When you visit Girls in Sports sites you provide us with two types of information: personal information you knowingly choose to disclose that is collected by us and Web Site use information collected by us as you interact with our Web Site.

When you register with Girls in Sports sites, you provide us with certain personal information, such as your name, your email address, your teams and any other personal or preference information that you provide to us.

When you enter Girls in Sports sites, we collect your browser type and IP address. This information is gathered for all Girls in Sports visitors. In addition, we store certain information from your browser using "cookies." A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's computer tied to information about the user. We use session ID cookies to confirm that users are logged in. These cookies terminate once the user closes the browser. By default, we use a persistent cookie that stores your login ID (but not your password) to make it easier for you to login when you come back to Girls in Sports sites. You can remove or block this cookie using the settings in your browser if you want to disable this convenience feature.

When you use Girls in Sports, you may set up your personal profile, send messages, perform searches and queries, form teams and transmit information through various channels. We collect this information so that we can provide you the service and offer personalized features. In most cases, we retain it so that, for instance, you can return to view prior messages you have sent or easily see your friend list. When you update information, we usually keep a backup copy of the prior version for a reasonable period of time to enable reversion to the prior version of that information.

You post User Content on the Site at your own risk. Although we limit access to your pages, please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. We cannot control the actions of other Users with whom you may choose to share your pages and information. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that User Content you post on the Site will not be viewed by unauthorized persons. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Site. You understand and acknowledge that, even after removal, copies of User Content may remain viewable in cached and archived pages or if other Users have copied or stored your User Content.

By using Girls in Sports, you are consenting to have your personal data transferred to and processed in the United Kingdom.

Girls in Sports does not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from anyone under the age of 13 or knowingly allow such persons to register. If you are under 13, please do not attempt to register for Girls in Sports sites or send any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, or email address. No one under age 13 may provide any personal information to or on Girls in Sports. In the event that we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under age 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly as possible.

Children Between the Ages of 13 and 18

We recommend that minors over the age of 13 ask their parents for permission before sending any information about themselves to anyone over the Internet.

When you register with Girls in Sports, you create your own profile and privacy settings. Your profile information, as well as your name, email and photo, are displayed to people in the networks specified in your privacy settings to enable you to connect with others on Girls in Sports sites. We may occasionally use your name and email address to send you notifications regarding new services offered by Girls in Sports that we think you may find valuable.

Profile information is used by Girls in Sports primarily to be presented back to and edited by you when you access the service and to be presented to others permitted to view that information by your privacy settings. In some cases where your privacy settings permit it (e.g., posting to your team), other Girls in Sports users may be able to supplement your profile.

Profile information you submit to Girls in Sports will be available to users of Girls in Sports. Your name, team names, and profile picture thumbnail will be available in search results across the Girls in Sports network and those limited pieces of information may be made available to third party search engines. This is primarily so your friends can find you and send a friend request. People who see your name in searches, however, will not be able to access your profile information unless they have a relationship to you (friend, friend of friend, member of your teams, etc.) that allows such access based on your privacy settings.

Generally, you may opt out of such emails, though Girls in Sports reserves the right to send you notices about your account even if you opt out of all voluntary email notifications.

We may use information about you that we collect from other sources, including but not limited to newspapers and Internet sources such as blogs, instant messaging services, Girls in Sports Platform developers and other users of Girls in Sports, to supplement your profile. Where such information is used, we generally allow you to specify in your privacy settings that you do not want this to be done or to take other actions that limit the connection of this information to your profile.

Girls in Sports is about sharing information with others — friends and people in your teams. We allow you to choose the information you provide to friends and networks through Girls in Sports. Our network architecture and your privacy settings allow you to make informed choices about who has access to your information. We do not provide contact information to third party marketers without your permission. We share your information with third parties only in limited circumstances where we believe such sharing is 1) reasonably necessary to offer the service, 2) legally required or, 3) permitted by you.

• We may provide information to service providers to help us bring you the services we offer. Specifically, we may use third parties to facilitate our business, such as to host the service at a co-location facility for servers, to send out email updates about Girls in Sports sites, to remove repetitive information from our user lists, to process payments for products or services, to offer an online job application process, or to provide search results or links (including sponsored links). In connection with these offerings and business operations, our service providers may have access to your personal information for use for a limited time in connection with these business activities. Where we utilize third parties for the processing of any personal information, we implement reasonable contractual and technical protections limiting the use of that information to the Girls in Sports-specified purposes.
• If you, your friends, or members of your teams use any third-party applications developed using the Girls in Sports Platform ("Platform Applications"), those Platform Applications may access and share certain information about you with others in accordance with your privacy settings. You may opt-out of any sharing of certain or all information through Platform Applications on the Privacy Settings page. In addition, third party developers who have created and operate Platform Applications ("Platform Developers"), may also have access to your personal information (excluding your contact information) if you permit Platform Applications to access your data. Before allowing any Platform Developer to make any Platform Application available to you, Girls in Sports requires the Platform Developer to enter into an agreement which, among other things, requires them to respect your privacy settings and strictly limits their collection, use, and storage of your information. However, while we have undertaken contractual and technical steps to restrict possible misuse of such information by such Platform Developers, we of course cannot and do not guarantee that all Platform Developers will abide by such agreements. Please note that Girls in Sports does not screen or approve Platform Developers and cannot control how such Platform Developers use any personal information that they may obtain in connection with Platform Applications. In addition, Platform Developers may require you to sign up to their own terms of service, privacy policies or other policies, which may give them additional rights or impose additional obligations on you, so please make sure to review these terms and policies carefully before using any Platform Application. You can report any suspected misuse of information through the Girls in Sports Platform and we will investigate any such claim and take appropriate action against the Platform Developer up to and including terminating their participation in the Girls in Sports Platform and/or other formal legal action.
• We occasionally provide demonstration accounts that allow non-users a glimpse into the Girls in Sports world. Such accounts have only limited capabilities (e.g., messaging is disabled) and passwords are changed regularly to limit possible misuse.
• We may be required to disclose user information pursuant to lawful requests, such as subpoenas or court orders, or in compliance with applicable laws. We do not reveal information until we have a good faith belief that an information request by law enforcement or private litigants meets applicable legal standards. Additionally, we may share account or other information when we believe it is necessary to comply with law, to protect our interests or property, to prevent fraud or other illegal activity perpetrated through the Girls in Sports service or using the Girls in Sports name, or to prevent imminent bodily harm. This may include sharing information with other companies, lawyers, agents or government agencies.
• We let you choose to share information with marketers or electronic commerce providers through sponsored groups or other on-site offers.
• We may offer stores or provide services jointly with other companies on Girls in Sports. You can tell when another company is involved in any store or service provided on Girls in Sports, and we may share customer information with that company in connection with your use of that store or service.
• If the ownership of all or substantially all of the Girls in Sports business, or individual business units owned by Girls in Sports, were to change, your user information may be transferred to the new owner so the service can continue operations. In any such transfer of information, your user information would remain subject to the promises made in any pre-existing Privacy Policy.

When you use Girls in Sports sites, certain information you post or share with third parties (e.g., a friend or someone in your team), such as personal information, comments, messages, photos, videos or other information, may be shared with other users. All such sharing of information is done at your own risk. Please keep in mind that if you disclose personal information in your profile or when posting comments, messages, photos, videos or other items , this information may become publicly available.

Girls in Sports may contain links to other websites. We are of course not responsible for the privacy practices of other web sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by Girls in Sports.

Advertisements that appear on Girls in Sports are sometimes delivered (or "served") directly to users by third party advertisers. They automatically receive your IP address when this happens. These third party advertisers may also download cookies to your computer, or use other technologies such as JavaScript and "web beacons" (also known as "1x1 gifs") to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to personalize advertising content. Doing this allows the advertising network to recognize your computer each time they send you an advertisement in order to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to personalize advertising content. In this way, they may compile information about where individuals using your computer or browser saw their advertisements and determine which advertisements are clicked. Girls in Sports does not have access to or control of the cookies that may be placed by the third party advertisers. Third party advertisers have no access to your contact information stored on Girls in Sports unless you choose to share it with them.

This privacy policy covers the use of cookies by Girls in Sports and does not cover the use of cookies or other tracking technologies by any of its advertisers.

Access and control over most personal information on Girls in Sports is readily available through the profile editing tools. Girls in Sports users may modify or delete any of their profile information at any time by logging into their account. Information will be updated immediately. Individuals who wish to deactivate their Girls in Sports account may do so on their account page. Removed information may persist in backup copies for a reasonable period of time but will not be generally available to members of Girls in Sports.

Where you make use of the communication features of the service to share information with other individuals on Girls in Sports, however, (e.g., sending a personal message to another Girls in Sports user) you generally cannot remove such communications.

Girls in Sports takes appropriate precautions to protect our users' information. Your account information is located on a secured server behind a firewall. When you enter sensitive information (such as credit card number or your password), we encrypt that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL). (To learn more about SSL, go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Sockets_Layer). Because email and instant messaging are not recognized as secure communications, we request that you not send private information to us by email or instant messaging services.

Terms of Use, Notices and Revisions

Your use of Girls in Sports sites, and any disputes arising from it, is subject to this Privacy Policy as well as our Terms of Use and all of its dispute resolution provisions including arbitration, limitation on damages and choice of law. We reserve the right to change our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use at any time. Non-material changes and clarifications will take effect immediately, and material changes will take effect within 30 days of their posting on this site. If we make changes, we will post them and will indicate at the top of this page the policy's new effective date. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here, by email, or through notice on our home page. We encourage you to refer to this policy on an ongoing basis so that you understand our current privacy policy. Unless stated otherwise, our current privacy policy applies to all information that we have about you and your account.

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us through our Contact page.