Flagrant Fouls

Policies

Policies

Flagrant Fouls Inc. ("Flagrant Fouls", "we" or "us") provides news, commentary, scouting, and fantasy advice throughout the world of basketball. We cover hoops at all levels, following players from when they first hit the national scene in grade 10 to the day they retire (hopefully) as multi-millionaires. We watch and evaluate players from the earliest point of their basketball development. We scout them in High School, follow them throughout the draft process as collegians, than then project their output on the professional level.

Flagrant Fouls is also pleased to be able to provide you with coverage on major events and we hope to become a part of your daily sports routine.
The online services offered by Flagrant Fouls include the "Flagrant Fouls Website" (which term includes www.flagrantfouls.com and any and all 'Flagrant Fouls' branded URLs) and all components thereof (including the Content, as defined below) and all other online services offered now or in the future by Flagrant Fouls (collectively, the "Services").

Doing business with Flagrant Fouls and using the Services involves providing information about yourself. We take your privacy very seriously and you have control over how your information is collected, used and disclosed by us. We also recognize that the growth of on-line services, including Internet services, has created additional privacy concerns, particularly for consumers. On-line privacy concerns focus primarily on the protection of “personally identifiable” information ("PII") which an individual or other customer reasonably expects to be kept private. As the term suggests, PII is information that, when associated with an individual identifies that individual, for example, a customer’s name, address, telephone number, e-mail address or credit card number.

Flagrant Fouls maintains strict privacy policies to safeguard Client Information and communications from unauthorized intrusions. The following is Flagrant Fouls' privacy policy (this "Privacy Policy"), which forms part of the Flagrant Fouls Terms of Use (the "Terms of Use Agreement") and is an integral part thereof.
Terms not otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy have the meanings ascribed to them in the Terms of Use Agreement.

What this Privacy Policy Covers

• This Privacy Policy covers Flagrant Fouls' treatment of the information we collect when you use the Services.
• This Privacy Policy applies to the Flagrant Fouls Website and all of the Services provided by us.
• This Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of companies that we do not own or control, or to people that we doesdo not employ or manage, including without limitation, any of Flagrant Fouls' affiliates and business partners.

Information Collection and Use

• We collect PII when you create your Client Account, when you use certain of the Services, and when you enter promotions or sweepstakes. We may also receive PII from our business partners.
• Access to and use of certain of the Services requires that you create a Client Account. Upon registering for a Client Account, or through use certain of the Services, you are not anonymous to us. When you register for a Client Account we require certain information, including but not limited to your name, date of birth, postal code, email address and/or credit card information.
• We may collect PII from you should you choose to participate in activities such as sweepstakes, contests and surveys, because you want us to furnish you with certain services, newsletters or information.
• We automatically receive and record non-PII (i.e. information that does not identify you personally) on the Flagrant Fouls Website server logs from your browser including your IP address, cookie information and the page you requested. (User IP addresses are recorded for security and monitoring purposes.)
• We determine the purposes of collection, use and disclosure of the information you provide to us and, as such we are considered the data controller of such information.
• We use information for the following general purposes:

to customize the advertising and content you see on the Flagrant Fouls Website and otherwise provide you with personalized services,
to fulfill your requests for certain services,
to protect you and/or us from error, fraud and unauthorized access and use,
to improve the Services,
to conduct research, and
to contact you about new services or administrative messages relating to Flagrant Fouls.

Information Sharing and Disclosure by Flagrant Fouls

We will not sell, trade, rent or otherwise disclose to third parties any PII derived from your registering to become a Client or from your use of any of the Services.
We will not share PII about you to other companies or people except when:

we have your consent to share this information;
we need to share your information to provide the product or service you have requested;
we need to share the information with companies who work with and/or on behalf of Flagrant Fouls to provide a service to you. (Please know that whenever we share your PII with our trusted business partners, they work under confidentiality agreements. Unless we tell you differently, these companies do not have any right to use the PII we provide to them beyond what is necessary to assist us.);
we reasonably believe it is necessary to share PII:

to investigate, prevent or take action regarding potentially illegal activity or activity that threatens the network or otherwise violates the Terms of Use Agreement or other Client agreement,
to investigate, prevent or take action regarding situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, or
for risk management purposes;

we are required to disclose PII by reasons of a court order, subpoena, search warrant, or other legal process or in the case of imminent physical harm to the customer or others, or
to establish or exercise Flagrant Fouls 's legal rights or defend against legal claims;
we transfer information about you if we are acquired by or merged with another company. (In this event, we will notify you before information about you is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.); or
when you register for a Client Account, as your registration information and other data may be transmitted to the other countries for processing and storage by Flagrant Fouls and/or its affiliates and may be subject to the legal jurisdiction of these countries.

Cookies, Web Beacons and other Usage Data

• When you access the Internet, the computers that host web sites you visit (“web servers”) automatically receive some anonymous information. This “usage data” may include a record of which pages a web browser has visited. The Flagrant Fouls Website's server receives usage data when Users visit the Flagrant Fouls Website and when Users visit other sites as well. Flagrant Fouls and its advertisers and affiliates may use various kinds of software devices to collect information about Internet use.
• We may use cookies and similar tools to customize the content and advertising you receive based on the information you provide to us. The information used for this feature does not provide your PII or identify you as an individual to third parties, but will involve the processing of certain related data such as IP addresses.
• Small files called “cookies” may be attached to your Web browser and your computer.
We will not use information about your activities on the Internet together with any information that identifies you without your consent.
o We may use cookies to identify your browser and save information such as passwords so that the Flagrant Fouls Website can recognize you.
o We may use cookies to store preferences and to record session information, which allows us to do such things as customize advertising and content based on browser types and Client Information.
o We may also use cookies to determine whether you have installed any enabling software needed to access certain of the Services.
o We do not link the information stored in our cookies to any PII you submit while on the Flagrant Fouls Website.
o You may be able to configure your browser to accept or block all or some cookies, or notify you when a cookie is set. Each browser is different, so check the "Help" menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences. Note though, that disabling cookies may mean that we won't be able provide certain products or services, which may be of use to you.
• In addition, Flagrant Fouls and its advertisers may use small bits of code called “one-pixel gifs” or “clear gifs” embedded in some web pages, to make cookies more effective.
o A pixel tag is a tiny image inserted in a webpage and used to record the number and types of views for that page. We may allow third party pixel tags to be present on the Flagrant Fouls Website for the purposes of advertising, providing services or data and statistics collection.
o We will not associate the information these software devices collect with your name, e-mail address or other PII.
• We also use "web beacons" to access our cookies inside and outside the Flagrant Fouls Website and in connection with the Services.

Advertising

• Advertising presented on the Flagrant Fouls Website may by delivered by Flagrant Fouls or one of our advertising partners.
o To provide customized advertising for products and services they believe may be of most interest to you, other companies presenting advertisements may set and access their own cookies on your computer.
o The advertising companies may also receive some anonymous information about advertisement viewing by Users on our web pages and other Internet sites. This information may be associated with a user’s web browser, but cannot be associated with a name or e-mail address without the user’s permission. (This means that advertising companies may know where your computer goes on the Internet, but they don’t know who you are unless you tell them.)
o We do not supply PII to advertising companies or to individual advertisers or other third parties, and advertisers do not have access to our cookies.
o If you go to another web site, including an advertiser’s web site (for example by clicking on an advertisement), or request information or enter a contest, be aware that you may be authorizing another company, including an advertising company, to use information you supply. An advertiser's use of cookies is subject to its own privacy policies, not this one.

Links & Third Party Applications

• We may provide, and the Flagrant Fouls Website may contain, links to other websites. Although we strive to only link to websites that share our high standards and respect for privacy, we are not responsible for the content or practices employed by other sites.
• Third party applications (such as widgets) created by third party developers may also be available on the Flagrant Fouls Website. We do not control third party developers and cannot dictate their actions. When a you engage with a third party application, you are interacting with the third party developer, not with Flagrant Fouls. We strongly encourage you to not provide PII to any third party unless you know the third party with whom you are interacting.
• When you leave the Flagrant Fouls Website via a link, access a third party application or click on an advertisement, you should check the applicable privacy policy of the third party or advertiser to determine, among other things, how they will handle any information they collect from you.

Editing and Deleting Client Information and Accounts

• If you are a Client, you have the right to access, verify and update your Client Information at any time, including whether you want us to contact you about new services or other matters.
o You may modify or remove any of your PII (exclusive of your Username) at any time by logging into your Client Account and accessing the edit features.
o If you no longer wish to receive updates or notifications from us or one or more of our advertising partners, simply [access your Client Account and uncheck the appropriate box(es)].
o Upon such choice, we (i) will not contact you directly with such updates or notifications, and (ii) will not use PII obtained from your registration and/or Client Account or your use of the Flagrant Fouls Website or any of the Services to contact you with such updates or notifications.
• We honour requests from Clients to review all PII maintained in reasonably retrievable form, and will correct any such information which may be inaccurate. Clients may also verify that appropriate corrections have been made.
• You may request deletion of your Client Account at any time, for any reason, [by following the instructions on the Client Account page (You will be asked to verify your Username and password and confirm your choice to terminate your Client Account)]. PII and other information may remain in our archived records after your Client Account has been deleted for a period of [one (1) year], after which all of your PII will be deleted.
NOTE: NOT ALLOWING US TO USE CERTAIN INFORMATION MAY MEAN WE WON'T BE ABLE TO PROVIDE CERTAIN SERVICES WHICH MAY BE OF USE TO YOU.

Confidentiality and Security

• We have physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect your PII and we use commercially reasonable measures to safeguard PII in Flagrant Fouls' possession against loss, theft and unauthorized use, disclosure or modification.
• In addition, we use reasonable methods to make sure that PII is accurate, up-to-date and appropriately complete.
• [In order to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control, our database resides behind firewalls.]
• Unless you have directed us otherwise, we limit access to PII about you to employees who, as part of their job, we believe need to come into contact with that information to provide products or services to you.
• We have taken preventative measures to restrict access to sensitive data and to detect and prohibit certain connections and operations by unauthorized Users.
• Despite our high standards, no claim is made as to the impenetrability of the system under unusual circumstances or its resilience to future attacks.
• In the event that you believe that your personal safety is at risk or if you believe that you may be the victim of identity theft or other illegal conduct, please contact the appropriate federal, provincial or local law enforcement agencies directly.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

• We will keep this Privacy Policy current and as such may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time.
• We will inform you of any changes we make by sending a notice to the email address specified in your Client Account and/or by posting an announcement on the Flagrant Fouls Website.
Questions or Suggestions

• If you have questions, concerns or suggestions about us, the Flagrant Fouls Website, any of the Services, or this Privacy Policy or its implementation, please feel free to contact us.