LeaguePals Privacy Policy


Privacy Policy

For the purpose of this Privacy Policy statement, “LeaguePals” means the world wide web site LeaguePals.Com and its owner and operator, LeaguePals, Inc., a New Jersey corporation having principal offices at 11 Chimney Ridge Trail, West Milford, NJ 07480, including its affiliates, partners, and agencies (collectively, "LeaguePals"). “User” and “Users” mean the users of the LeaguePals.Com web site.

This statement describes the information Users provide to LeaguePals including our affiliates partners, and agencies. This privacy policy outlines the manner in which we collect information, how we use it, and any circumstances in which we may disclose it. By accepting the privacy policy and Terms of Service during registration, Users expressly consent to LeaguePals’ use and disclosure of personal information as described in this Privacy Policy. If this document is updated, Users are notified on their Account Dashboard for 30 days after the revision has taken effect.

As a User of the LeaguePals.Com hosted World Wide Web site and/or the Payment Management System provided via the LeaguePals.com site (hereinafter the "Service(s)"), your privacy is very important to us. You are entitled to know how your use of the Services will affect your personal privacy. In general, LeaguePals will under no circumstances share any personal information with anyone other than the Users of the league to which you belong. The purpose of this Privacy Policy Statement is to inform you about:

  • what information about you will be collected by LeaguePals, the operator of the Services, and the circumstances under which the information will be collected;
  • how the information will be used or disclosed to others;
  • what choices are available to you regarding collection, use and distribution of the information;
  • what kind of security procedures are in place to protect against the loss, misuse or unauthorized alteration of information under LeaguePals’ control;
  • what steps you can take to have inaccuracies in the information corrected.

Disclosure

In the normal course of operations it is likely that we will maintain personal information on computers in the United States. The United States offers differing levels of protection of personal information. You agree to the transfer of the Information among such computers.

Application

This Privacy Policy Statement applies only to the Services and not to Web sites operated and maintained by other companies or organizations to which the Services is linked, or companies with whom you may engage in transactions for the sale of products or services through the Services.

Using the LeaguePals Mobile Service

In order to use the mobile features of the LeaguePals Service, you must consent to: (a) the use of your phone's location to provide LeaguePals to you, including the display and disclosure of that location information to your LeaguePals friends and within your geo-tagged messages and content; (b) receive text messages; and (c) pay carrier data, messaging, and other fees resulting from LeaguePals usage. Data and messaging (including SMS text messages) plans are required to use the mobile features of the LeaguePals Service. Standard data and messaging charges, fees, and taxes from your carrier apply.

Information Collected by LeaguePals

LeaguePals requests only the information needed to administer our business, and to provide customers with products and services. LeaguePals will not give, sell, rent, or share this information to other parties, except as described in this privacy policy. When Users visit the LeaguePals.Com site, we collect standard web logging information, such as Users’ browser type, IP address, and a record of the pages Users access.

The types of information that LeaguePals may collect about you, either as a User of the Service or as a participant in a sports program that uses our services, are limited to the following:

Volunteered Information: This category consists of (i) information that you voluntarily provide to LeaguePals upon your registration for this service or for a league or sports program that uses our Services, such as your name, email address, and other contact information, (ii) information that you subsequently volunteer to LeaguePals regarding your contact information through the Password protected features of the Services, or changes in your registration information, (iii) if you are a participant in a league or sports program, the information that you provide to that program at the time of enrollment and thereafter through the Services, either by you directly inputting the information into the Services, and (iv) other information about you that you may voluntarily provide through the Services at LeaguePals' request.

Transaction Information: This category consists of information you may provide to LeaguePals as a result of your payment of dues or purchase of goods or services from the Services, which may include contact information, billing and shipping addresses and financial information such as credit card numbers and expiration dates. Information that you may provide to a company other than LeaguePals during a transaction consummated through the service is not included in this Privacy Policy Statement and will be subject to the privacy policies and practices, if any, employed by the company with whom you are dealing. Financial information that is used for transaction processing, such as credit card information and/or bank information, is not stored by LeaguePals. In order to comply with federal and state laws, banking regulations, and other guidelines to minimize risk and authenticate identity, Users may be required to offer additional information in order to verify identity or address. This may include Users' social security number or other personal information. LeaguePals may also obtain information about Users from third parties such as identity verification services. LeaguePals interacts with its Users via surveys and other means, and in these processes, information may be collected.

Communications Information: will be used by LeaguePals in accordance with the Terms of Service.

"Cookie" Information: As is the case with many Web sites, the Service uses standard technology called "cookies," which are small data files that are downloaded onto your computer when you visit a particular Web site. Cookies automatically identify your browser to the LeaguePals.com server whenever you interact with the Service. LeaguePals uses cookies to keep track of your teams and preferences, but cannot track any activity by you on other Web sites. If you prefer not to have any information collected by cookies, you may disable cookies by turning them off in your browser; however, some areas of the Service may not function properly if you do.

All of these types of information about you may be maintained by LeaguePals on computers located in the United States, and may be transferred from time to time among those computers.

How this information will be used or shared with others

Except as provided in this Section, LeaguePals will not use or disclose to any third party other than the sports organization to which you belong, any personally identifiable information about you for any purpose without your express prior consent. LeaguePals will not give, sell, rent, or share this information to other parties for their marketing purposes. In an effort to maintain validate the authenticity of each User transaction, LeaguePals may validate personal information Users provide, or request additional information from credit bureaus or other third parties, to assist us in establishing and authenticating a User's account, and verifying the accuracy of the information that Users provide. Information obtained from third parties and linked with your personal information is safeguarded by confidentiality agreements and to the extent required by law.

Volunteered Information: will be used by LeaguePals to operate the Service and maintain your contact information within the Service, including the record of your team(s). For this purpose it will be necessary to disclose Volunteered Information to LeaguePals employees and contractors who have a need to know. Volunteered Information may be used by LeaguePals to send you information about LeaguePals and promotional material about products and services of LeaguePals.

Transaction Information: will be used by LeaguePals solely for the purpose of completing the transaction you have requested and providing customer service and with respect to that transaction, and such transaction information will be sent to LeaguePals’ third party payment processing company (“Payment Processor”). The Payment Processor may store your Financial Information, for example, to process future payments through LeaguePals. The terms of use and privacy policy for our Payment Processor can be found at online.worldpay.com/terms/privacy. online.worldpay.com/terms/terms-of-use. Financial Information such as credit card number and expiration dates will not be stored or saved on our servers. In the event prizes are won by participation in the League, you may request a bank transfer or other electronic funds transfer to process payment. In this case, you may be required to provide LeaguePals with the relevant Financial Information in order to complete this transfer. Such relevant Financial Information may be stored by our bank, but will not be stored or saved on our servers. Our bank’s privacy policy and terms of use can be found at: www.capitalone.com/identity-protection/privacy/ and www.capitalone.com/legal/terms-conditions/

Cookie Information: (which is identified to your browser, and not to you personally) will be used only to assist in your navigation within the Service, to monitor consumer interest in the range of products and services available on the Service, to assist LeaguePals in tailoring the content of the Service to Users' needs by collecting information about their preferences through tracking patterns of page-viewing on the Service, and to assist LeaguePals in delivering content that appears to meet your preferences. Disclosures Required By Law: LeaguePals may be required by law or legal process to disclose information about you in its possession. Many cookies are used only during a User’s contiguous session; others may expire in 24 hours. Many browsers have controls that limit the use of cookies.

Session Information

LeaguePals gathers IP addresses, browser types, and session information in order to administer the site, improve performance, and evaluate User trends. The information is gathered and aggregated for broad analysis, and is stored for less than [three] years from the date collected.

Links

The LeaguePals.com site may contain links to other sites, including links left by other Users in your league, on the league message board. Message board entries are not monitored by LeaguePals. Any links posted on the message board are wholly the responsibility of the User who posted them. LeaguePals is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage Users to be aware when they leave our site to read the privacy statements of each website that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to the User experience at the LeaguePals.com website.

Data Access and Security

Nearly all of the LeaguePals.com web site runs under secure web protocols. The secure protected area of the LeaguePals Service may allow our customers, using a unique username and password, to access account information and transaction reporting, and to initiate or process transactions directly from the Website.

We make reasonable efforts to ensure security on our systems. Despite our efforts, we cannot guarantee that personal information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed by breach of our administrative, managerial and technical safeguards. If a User believes that User has been involved in an unauthorized transaction, contact LeaguePals by sending an email to support@LeaguePals.com.

If LeaguePals learns of a security systems breach we may attempt to notify affected Users electronically so they can take appropriate protective steps. By using the LeaguePals Service, Users agree that LeaguePals may communicate with Users electronically. LeaguePals may post a notice on this Website if a security breach occurs. If this happens, Users will need a web browser enabling Users to view the LeaguePals website. LeaguePals may also send Users an email at the email address you have provided to us. Depending on where each User lives, Users may have a legal right to receive notice of a security breach in writing. To receive free written notice of a security breach (or to withdraw your consent from receiving electronic notice of a security breach) Users should notify us at support@LeaguePals.com.

International Use

As described in the LeaguePals Terms of Service, LeaguePals.com is available only to residents of the United States. By using the LeaguePals service, Users expressly consent to the transfer and processing of personal information in the United States and elsewhere as LeaguePals deems necessary to provide the LeaguePals Service. LeaguePals strives to meet the laws and practices of the United States. Residents from other countries should not use the service, and should not expect that laws and practices from their country will be adhered to.

Merger or Sale

In the event of a change of ownership control over LeaguePals, information collected by LeaguePals will be treated as an asset, and may be transferred except to the extent the law may prohibit such transfers.

Modifications to the Privacy Policy

LeaguePals may modify this Privacy Policy Statement at any time, at its discretion, and modifications are effective upon being posted here on the Service. You are responsible for revisiting this Privacy Policy Statement periodically to ensure that you are aware of any changes to it.

Customer Service Correspondence

Correspondence with Users, including emails and faxes, may be retained. We retain these records in order to improve customer service, investigate possible fraud or criminal activities, monitor violations of LeaguePals' Terms of Service, and to otherwise protect LeaguePals' legal interests.

Contact information

You may contact LeaguePals at either of the following contact points with any inquiry or complaint or to exercise any of the rights and options set forth in this Privacy Policy Statement. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy Statement or LeaguePals' practices, or if you believe the privacy or security of your information has been compromised in any way, please contact LeaguePals at the email address below.

LeaguePals Inc.

11 Chimney Ridge Trail

West Milford, NJ 07480

Email Address: hello@LeaguePals.com