Privacy Policy
Respecting your privacy choices is important to us. This policy explains our online information collection and sharing practices. It does not apply to any business that SmarterGolfer conducts offline. It is very important to read our Privacy Policy so you understand how SmarterGolfer uses and collects your personal information.
By using the SmarterGolfer.com site, you agree to all of the terms of this Privacy Policy. This includes when you enter a contest, register with the site or visit any page on the site. SmarterGolfer.com may change its Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on the Privacy Policy page. Check out the Privacy Policy page occasionally to see if any we've made any changes.
The Information SmarterGolfer.com Collects
We only collect personally identifiable information (i.e. information that is used to identify or contact you) that you provide to us. The types of personally identifiable information that may be collected at these pages include: name, address, age, gender, e-mail address, telephone number, age of children, Instant Messenger ID's or address(es), and information about your interests in and use of various products, programs and services.
Sometimes you can submit information about other people. For example, you might submit a friend's e-mail address to earn a bonus entry in a contest. The types of personally identifiable information that may be collected about other people at these pages include: recipient's name, address, e-mail address and telephone number.
We also may collect certain non-personally identifiable information (i.e. generic information that does not identify you personally) when you visit any of our web pages such as the type of browser you are using (e.g., Netscape, Internet Explorer), the type of operating system you are using, (e.g., Windows '98 or Mac OS) and the domain name of your Internet service provider (e.g., America Online or Earthlink).
SmarterGolfer.com's Use and Disclosure of Information
We may use your personal information in several ways. For example, we may use it to personalize offers and newsletters for you, to respond to questions, to offer you products, programs or services, to notify you when you have won one of our contests or to send you our newsletter. If you want us to stop using the personal information you provided in this way, please e-mail us at unsubscribe@highontaste.com.
We may share the personal information you provide with third parties whose products or services we think you may have an interest in. If so, we will disclose your personally identifiable information (such as your name and address) to third parties that may then send you incentive offers and other promotional materials through the e-mail.
We sometimes use the non-personally identifiable information that we collect in the aggregate to analyze how our site is used, as well as to offer you products, programs or services. Sometimes we share that aggregate information with non-SmarterGolfer companies.
We may release personal information to third parties: (1) to comply with valid legal requirements such as a law, regulation, search warrant, subpoena or court order; or (2) in special cases, such as a physical threat to you or others.
When we pass on personal information to a non-SmarterGolfer affiliated company, to the extent practical, we require that they protect such information in a manner that is consistent with this privacy policy by, for example, not using the information for any purpose other than to carry out the services they are performing for SmarterGolfer or for one its subsidiary or affiliate companies.
In the event that SmarterGolfer.com or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, personally identifiable information will be among the transferred assets.
Information Collected by Third Parties Not Acting on SmarterGolfer.com's Behalf
Our site may contain links to other sites whose information practices may be different than ours. You should check the other sites' privacy notices since we have no control over information that is submitted to or collected by them. Please use discretion when revealing personal information on these sites. These activities are beyond SmarterGolfer.com's control.
SmarterGolfer.com may offer contests, sweepstakes, surveys, or promotions that are sponsored by or co-sponsored witg your privacy choices is important to us. This policy explains our online information collection and sharing practices. It does not apply to any business that SmarterGolfer conducts offline. It is very important to read our Privacy Policy so you understand how SmarterGolfer uses and collects your personal information.
By using the SmarterGolfer.com site, you agree to all of the terms of this Privacy Policy. This includes when you enter a contest, register with the site or visit any page on the site. SmarterGolfer.com may change its Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on the Privacy Policy page. Check out the Privacy Policy page occasionally to see if any we've made any changes.
The Information SmarterGolfer.com Collects
We only collect personally identifiable information (i.e. information that is used to identify or contact you) that you provide to us. The types of personally identifiable information that may be collected at these pages include: name, address, age, gender, e-mail address, telephone number, age of children, Instant Messenger ID's or address(es), and information about your interests in and use of various products, programs and services.
Sometimes you can submit information about other people. For example, you might submit a friend's e-mail address to earn a bonus entry in a contest. The types of personally identifiable information that may be collected about other people at these pages include: recipient's name, address, e-mail address and telephone number. We also may collect certain non-personally identifiable information (i.e. generic information that does not identify you personally) when you visit any of our web pages such as the type of browser you are using (e.g., Netscape, Internet Explorer), the type of operating system you ah non-SmarterGolfer affiliated companies. Based on our agreement with them, these third parties may obtain personally identifiable information that site visitors voluntarily submit to participate in the contest, sweepstakes, survey or promotion. SmarterGolfer has no control over the use of this information by these companies.
Cookies
"We use "cookies" to store visitors' preferences", user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, and to customize Web page content based on users' browser types or other information that the user sends. Cookies are small computer files that we transfer to your computer's hard drive that allow us to know how often someone visits a site and the activities they conduct while on that site (such as what pages you visit). Cookies, by themselves, do not tell us your e-mail address or other personally identifiable information unless you choose to provide this information to us. However, once you choose to provide the personally identifiable information, this information may be linked to the data stored in the cookie. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or to deliver viruses to your computer.
Your browser software can be set to reject all cookies. Most browsers offer instructions on how to reset the browser to reject cookies in the "Help" section of the toolbar. If you reject our cookie(s), certain of the functions and conveniences of our site may not work properly but you do not have to accept our cookie(s) in order to productively use our site.
Please remember that companies that advertise on our web site may use their own cookies. This privacy policy does not cover how these companies use their cookies or other data collection or monitoring programs.
Our Commitment to Security
SmarterGolfer.com wants your personal information to remain as secure as possible. We have established procedures to safeguard and help prevent unauthorized access, maintain data security, and correctly use the information we collect online. Although SmarterGolfer.com makes every reasonable attempt to secure your information, there is always some risk in transmitting information over the Internet. There is always a risk that thieves could find some way to circumvent our security systems. Although we take appropriate measures to protect your information, we cannot guarantee that the personal information that we collect will never be disclosed in a manner that is inconsistent with this Privacy Policy.
