Privacy on the National Golf Network - An Overview
GOLF Intelligence, Inc. the owner and operator of the National
Golf Network ("NGN"), is strongly committed to protecting the privacy of consumers
of its interactive products and services. Throughout cyberspace, we want to contribute
to providing a safe and secure environment for consumers. NGN knows that you care
how information about you is used and shared, and we appreciate your trust. This
Privacy Notice describes our privacy policy. By visiting National Golf Network,
you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Notice.
The purpose of this NGN privacy policy is to inform you, as a welcome visitor to
NGN, what kinds of information we may gather about you when you visit NGN, how we
may use that information, whether we disclose it to anyone, and the choices you
have regarding our use of, and your ability to correct, the information. This privacy
policy applies to the NGN site. Other NGN partners, affiliates or linked sites may
have their products and services and may also have their own privacy policies, which
you should review when you use these services. Please note that this policy applies
only to NGN, and not to other companies' or organizations' Web sites to which we
link. Please read the following National Golf Network Privacy Notice and click the
"Yes, I agree" button to consent to your agreement and continue, or click the "No,
I do not agree" button to quit the System Profiler installation.
Disclosure
We do not use or disclose information about your individual visits
to NGN or information that you may give us on NGN, such as your name, address, email
address or telephone number, to any outside companies. NGN may share such information
in response to legal process, such as a court order or subpoena, or in special cases
such as a physical threat to you or others. And, as we mention below, we may share
with our Web site partners aggregated statistical information about the use of NGN.
While customer information is an important part of our business, we are not in the
business of selling it to others. We share customer information only as described
below and only with subsidiaries or affiliates of NGN that either are subject to
this Privacy Notice or follow practices at least as protective as those described
in this Privacy Notice.
Information About All NGN Visitors
In general, our site automatically gathers certain usage information
like the numbers and frequency of visitors to NGN and its areas, very much like
television ratings that tell the networks how many people tuned in to a program.
We only use such data in the aggregate. This aggregate data helps us determine how
much our customers use parts of the site, so we can improve our site to assure that
it is as appealing as we can make it for as many of you as possible. For example,
NGN uses a technology nicknamed "cookies" that tells us how and when pages in our
site are visited, and by how many people. These cookies do not collect personally
identifiable information and we do not combine information collected through these
cookies with other personally identifiable information to tell us who you are or
even what your screen name or e-mail address is. We also may provide statistical
"ratings" information, never information about you personally, to our NGN partners
about how our members, collectively, use NGN. We do this so they too can understand
how much people use their areas and our site in order for them to provide you with
the best possible Web experience as well. Finally, NGN, its advertisers and ad servers
may also use cookies, as well as small pieces of code called "web beacons" or "clear
gifs," to determine on an anonymous basis which advertisements and promotions users
have seen and how users responded to them, but do not use these technologies to
collect personally identifiable information unless you give us permission to do
so.
Information About You
If you are an NGN user or member and when you access NGN, you may
obtain access to NGN features that contain personal information, such as “My Account”.
Additionally, we may specifically ask for information about you when you sign up
to use a service, like brand of golf clubs you use, or when you order a product.
We will need certain information -- such as name, Internet address or screen name,
billing address, credit card number -- in order to provide that service or product
to you. We may also use that information to let you know of certain golf events,
or additional products and services about which you might be interested. You can
choose not to receive certain information if you don't want to by letting us know
on when prompted on the NGN screen. We may ask you for information about your interests
so that both you and we can take advantage of the interactivity of the online medium,
but you may always choose to respond or not. Additionally, we may provide you with
an opportunity to be listed in a directory on one of our AOL-branded services --
these listings are also optional and you can make changes to or eliminate this information
when you want to. We also use cookie technology in order to improve your experience,
including to remember your preferences or customized settings when you use NGN and
its related services, and to authenticate your access to your personal information.
Kids on NGN
NGN supports youth involvement in the game of golf and understands
that some parents may wish to enable their children to use NGN to heighten and support
their children’s enjoyment of the game. NGN encourages parents to take special care
to protect the safety and privacy of their children when using NGN or any Internet
services. GI and NGN encourage you to participate in your child's experience in
cyberspace. NGN is a general audience site, and we do not knowingly collect information
about children. For parents who are NGN members, NGN recommends that you review
publicly available safety tips before your child explores the Internet, and use
parental controls. You can also obtain additional information about safe surfing
through the Federal Trade Commission web site.
NGN Privacy Policy Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy for NGN, we will post
those changes here so that you will always know what information we gather, how
we might use that information and whether we will disclose it to anyone.
Questions regarding the above statement should be directed to GOLF Intelligence,
Inc. for clarification.