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Privacy Statement
The Brown's Gymnastics
Internet Group (BGIG) is committed to helping you make the most of your free time
on the Internet within a trusted environment. This privacy policy discloses how
we collect, protect, use and share information gathered about you on our Web sites.
We hope that this disclosure will help increase your confidence in our sites and
enhance your experience on the Internet.
- Q1 What
types of information are BGIG sites collecting, and how are the sites collecting
it?
- Q2 How does BGIG use the personally identifiable
information that has been collected?
- Q3 Does BGIG share
information with companies or other organizations that are not part of the BGIG
family of sites?
- Q4 What choices do I have about BGIG
collecting, using, and sharing my information?
- Q5 What
type of security does BGIG provide?
- Q6 Whom do I contact
with questions or concerns about this privacy policy?
 Q1
What
types of information are BGIG sites collecting, and how are the sites collecting
it?
The majority
of great products and services on our sites are offered without our collecting
any personally identifiable information from you. You can surf BGIG's Web sites
and view much of our terrific content anonymously.
Information
You Provide
There
are a few activities on our sites where the collection of personally identifiable
information is necessary. Those activities include things like entering a contest
or drawing, making a purchase, or contacting us. When personally identifiable
information is collected, you will know because you will have to fill out a form.
For most activities, we collect only your name, e-mail address, birth date, gender,
and zip code. When you make a purchase, we also collect your street and billing
addresses, your phone number, and credit card information. Depending on what you
purchase, we may also need to collect other personal information, like your clothing
size.
Information Collected from You with
Technology
BGIG
sites collect some information about you using technology, so it may not be readily
apparent to you that it is being collected. For instance, when you come to our
site your IP address is collected so that we know where to send information you
are requesting. An IP address is often associated with the place from which you
enter the Internet like your ISP (Internet service provider), your company, or
your university. This information is not personally identifiable. BGIG sites use
information collected through technology to make our sites more interesting and
useful to you. This includes helping advertisers on our site design advertisements
our Guests might like. We normally don't combine this type of information with
personally identifiable information. However, we will combine this information
with personally identifiable information to identify a visitor in order to enforce
compliance with our house rules or terms of service or to protect our service,
site, Guests, or others.
What Are Cookies, and How
Does BGIG Use Them?
Cookies
are pieces of information that a Web site sends to your computer while you are
viewing the Web site. These pieces of information allow the Web site to remember
important information that will make your use of that site more useful. BGIG and
other Internet companies use cookies for a variety of purposes. For instance,
In the future BrownsGymStore.com will use cookies to remember and process the
items in your shopping cart, and all BGIG sites use cookies to make sure kids
don't enter unmoderated chat rooms.
You
can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or
you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser (like
Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer) settings. Each browser is a little different,
so look at your browser Help menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.
If you turn cookies off, you won't have access to many BGIG features that make
your Web experience more efficient -- like the features mentioned above -- and
some of our services will not function properly.
Q2
How does BGIG use the personally identifiable information that
has been collected?
BGIG
uses personally identifiable information in a limited number of ways. We use the
information to complete transactions. For instance, if you purchase an item, we
can use your information to process your order, or if you contact us for help
we will use the information to contact you. We use information collected to notify
you if you've won a contest or to follow up on a purchased item. Information
we collect is used to send you e-mail updates and newsletters about our sites.
We also use the information you provide to send you BGIG e-mail promotions and
special offers from our third-party sponsors.
Q3
Does BGIG share information with companies or other organizations
that are not part of the BGIG family of sites?
One
of the most valuable assets of our business is you. We aren't in the business
of selling information about our Guests. However, if there is a value for our
Guests, we will share your information or send you messages on behalf of another
company as described below. We will also share information for security reasons.
Companies That Are "Standing in the Shoes" of BGIG
Sometimes we hire companies to
help us deliver products or services, like a shipping company that delivers a
package. In those instances, we need to share your information with them. These
companies are basically "standing in the shoes" of BGIG, and they are allowed
to use the information only to deliver the product or service.
Companies Offering Promotions, Products, or Services
On
occasion, we offer promotions -- like sweepstakes or free subscriptions -- in
conjunction with a sponsor. We will share your information with the sponsors if
they need it to send you a product, such as a magazine subscription. We may share
your information with those sponsors so that they can send you other special promotions
they offer, but only if you give us your permission to do so, and we will share
it only with that specific sponsor. In addition, BGIG occasionally sends e-mail
promotions out to our Guests on behalf of third-party sponsors. In this instance,
we don't share your name with the third party -- we do the mailing for them. Again,
we only send these promotions to you if you've given your permission.
Content Partners
On
some of our sites, we provide content that is created by a third-party partner
Web site. In some instances the third-party sites will collect information in
order to facilitate the transaction or to make the use of their content more productive
and efficient. In these circumstances the information collected is shared between
BGIG and our third-party sponsors.
Third-Party
Advertisers and Network Advertisers
To
help increase privacy protections for our Guests, BGIG allows advertising on our
sites from only those companies that have their own privacy policy. Once you've
clicked on an advertisement and have left BGIG sites, our privacy policy no longer
applies. You must read the privacy policy of the advertiser to see how your personal
information will be handled on their site.
In
addition, many business advertisements are managed and placed on our site by third-party
companies. These companies are called "network advertisers." Network advertisers
collect non-personally identifiable information when you click on or scan one
of their banner advertisements. The information is collected using technology,
so you may not realize it's being collected. The network advertisers collect this
information so that they can show you ads that are more relevant and interesting
to you. Purchase or Sale
of Businesses
Online
business is still in a very early stage and is changing and evolving rapidly.
As BGIG continually looks for ways to improve our business, we may buy or sell
a company. If we buy or sell a business, the names collected will likely be transferred
as a part of the sale. Information about registrants will be used in the aggregate.
However, if we buy a business, we will honor the requests that customers made
of that business regarding e-mail communications. In the event that we sell a
business, we will do everything in our power to ensure that the e-mail communications
requests you made of us are honored.
Organizations
That Help Protect the Security and Safety of Our Guests and Our Sites
We will give out personal information
as required by law, for example, to comply with a court order or subpoena; to
enforce our Terms of Service, or site or game rules; or to protect the safety
and security of Guests and our sites.
Q4
What choices do I have about BGIG collecting, using, and sharing
my information?
It
is possible for you to use much of our site without giving us any personally identifiable
information. When you do register with us or give us personally identifiable information,
you will have an opportunity at the time we collect your information -- to limit
e-mail communications from BGIG and from our third-party partners. You can request
at any time that BGIG not send future e-mail to you either by unsubscribing from
the communication or by contacting us at memberservices@brownsgym.com
. Also, as mentioned above, there are ways to limit the information collected
through technology -- though some of our features won't work if you decide to
do this.
Q5
What type of security does BGIG provide?
The
importance of security for all personally identifiable information associated
with our Guests is of utmost concern to us. BGIG takes technical, contractual,
administrative, and physical security steps to protect all visitors' information.
When you provide credit card information, we use secure socket layer (SSL) encryption
to protect it. There are some things that you can do to help protect the security
of your information as well. For instance, never give out your Password, since
this is what is used to access all of your account information. Also remember
to sign out of your account and close your browser window when you finish surfing
the Web, so that other people using the same computer won't have access to your
information.
Q6
Whom do I contact with questions or concerns about this privacy
policy?
If you
need further assistance, please send an e-mail with your questions or comments
to memberservices@brownsgym.com write us at:
Member Services
Browns
Gymnastics Internet Group
740 Orange Avenue
Altamonte Springs, FL 32714
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