Privacy Policy

The Sports Philanthropy Project has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our commitment to the privacy of our web site users and our membership. The privacy statement may change at any time; any changes will be posted on this page.

We adhere to the following privacy practices.

Personally identifiable information is collected only on a voluntary basis
Personally identifiable information such your name, postal address, telephone number, and areas of interest are collected only if you "opt in" by choosing to give us this information on a voluntary basis, either by registering to receive our e-newsletter in the future or signing up to be an "official" member of The Sports Philanthropy Project. As a member, you will have unlimited access to the password protected side of the website.

We do collect "aggregate data," that is, group data with no personal identifiers, to help us understand how the site is being used and to improve its usability.

No release of information to third parties
We do not rent, sell, give, exchange, or otherwise share personally identifiable information with other individuals or organizations. However, with the prior approval of each of our registered members, our members have access to and share with other members of our website certain publicly available information relating to their charity and philanthropic efforts.

How we use the information
Personally identifiable information you choose to give us will only be used to:

Send you our monthly email newsletter if you registered to receive it; and
Send you sports philanthropic information, conference updates, chat announcements and current news if you elect to receive it.

We will only use the information you give us on the website for the purposes described in this privacy policy.

Cookies / Bugs
We do not use cookies to collect information about you. We do retain the right to track click-through information so we can analyze site-traffic and improve our services to you. We do not use "web bugs," one pixel pieces of code that attach to emails and can link clickstream data to individual email accounts.

Links
The Sports Philanthropy Project contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy policies of other sites. We encourage our users to be aware of when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each site they visit. The Sports Philanthropy Project's privacy statement applies only to information collected by our website.

How you can control personally identifiable information you have provided to us?
You may choose to stop receiving our newsletter at any time by sending an email to vple@sportsphilanthropy.com with the words "Quit Newsletter" in the subject line.

Public Forums
This site may make chat rooms, forums and message boards available to its users. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information. Although we try to protect your personal information when using these public forums, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk.

Legal Information

Copyright and Disclaimer
The Sports Philanthropy Project Web Site Copyright © 2006. The Sports Philanthropy Project. All rights reserved. All permissions regarding electronic or printed duplication, re-transmission, re-distribution or other uses of copyrighted material on this Web site must be in accordance with the laws and policy stated below or otherwise secured in writing from SPP. E-mail permissions requests to vple@sportsphilanthropy.com.

Users may download material from this site provided that any reproduction of the material is for legal, noncommercial purposes, and does not materially alter the material. Users may not download any membership list for any commercial purposes without permission from SPP.

THE SITE ALSO CONTAINS HYPERTEXT LINKS TO WEB SITES CREATED AND CONTROLLED BY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. THESE LINKS ARE PROVIDED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE AND ARE NOT INTENDED AS AN ENDORSEMENT BY SPP OF THE ORGANIZATIONS OPERATING THESE SITES NOR AS A WARRANTY OF THE INFORMATION THEY CONTAIN.

SPP DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, RELATING TO THIS WEB SITE AND ANY INFORMATION CONTAINED THEREIN, INCLUDING WARRANTIES, AS TO THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE INFORMATION. BY ACCESSING THE INFORMATION ON THIS WEB SITE, YOU AGREE THAT SPP SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, RESULTING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO THE WEB SITE OR USE OF ANY INFORMATION CONTAINED THEREIN OR USE OF ANY INFORMATION CONTAINED IN LINKED WEB SITES.

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