FoxSoccer.com Privacy Policy
Effective Date: July 8,2011
1. INTRODUCTION
Fox Sports Interactive Media, LLC (“Fox” or
“we” or “us”) operates the website
http://msn.
foxsports.com/foxsoccer (“FoxSoccer.com” or
“Site”), which is an entertainment website including
community features that allows users to discover content, create
personal profiles, view and comment on content, purchase streaming
video content and participate in fantasy games. The services
offered by Fox include online community features, public forums,
Fantasy Games and any other features, content, or applications
offered from time to time by Fox in connection with Fox’s
business (collectively, the "Fox Services"). Fox is part of the
United States based operations of News Corporation.
As set forth in our
Terms
of Use, the Site is a general audience website, is not targeted
to children, and does not knowingly collect personal information
from children under 13 years of age. This Privacy Policy describes
Fox’s collection, use and sharing of personal information
about users (e.g., information that identifies a specific person,
such as full name or email address) where that personal information
is not otherwise publicly available on the Site. This Privacy
Policy also describes generally Fox’s practices for handling
non-personally identifiable information (e.g., user interests,
demographics, or Site usage) to the extent such non-personally
identifiable information is associated with a particular user or
user account. This Privacy Policy applies to all
“users,” including visitors (users who use some of the
Fox Services without being registered with Fox),
“Members” (users who have registered with Fox) and
"Subscribers" (Members who have purchased a Premium Subscription or
newsletter). All personal information collected on the Site is
jointly owned by Fox, Microsoft Online, Inc. (“MSN”)
and Fox Soccer Channel, LLC.
2. SUBMISSION AND COLLECTION OF INFORMATION ON
WEBSITE
User Submitted Information Registration Information: is the
required information that a user must provide when they register as
a Member with the Site (“Member Profile,” also called a
“user account”), and includes first and last name,
email address and password, (“Required Registration
Information”) or to enter a contest or sweepstake. When you
register to become a Member you will be notified at the time of
registration if your Required Registration Information is being
collected by MSN through your Windows Live ID account or directly
by us through the Fox registration process.
Subscription Information: is the information that
Subscribers must provide to us in order to receive a Fox newsletter
and may includes first and last name and email.
Site Product Purchase Information. If you elect to
purchase any Site Product through the Site you will be required to
provide personal financial information, including your credit card
information, billing address or other payment information
(collectively, “Personal Financial Information”), full
name, phone number and shipping address in order to purchase such
Site Service. You must be 18 years of age or older to submit
Personal Financial Information on the Site, including to place an
order on the Site.
Fantasy Games. If you elect to participate in one
of the various Fantasy Games offered through the Site, including,
without limitation, Premier League and FC Dynasty, you will be
required to provide Required Registration Information and, if you
choose to participate in the pay-to-play Fantasy Games you will be
required to provide Personal Financial Information, full name and
phone number in order to purchase such Fox Services. At the time of
purchase you will also be requested to select your Fantasy Game
competition type (e.g. Gold or Platinum). If you would like to
subscribe or unsubscribe from any Fantasy Game please refer to our
Terms
of Use for more information.
Public Forum Login Information If you elect to post comments
on any of the public forums provided on the Site you will be
required to register as a Member and sign in with your email
address and password. When you sign in you will be notified if your
sign-in information is being collected and authenticated by MSN
through your Windows Live ID account or directly by us.
Public Information and Posts consist of your
username and, if you provide one, your profile picture and any
additional information you chose to make public through your Member
Profile and your posts and comments on the Fox Services outside of
your Member Profile. Your username will be public, which means it
is available to everyone and will be displayed in search results on
the Site and on external search engines. Please select your
username carefully. Your posts and comments outside of your Member
Profile include those made on other Member Profiles and on general
Fox content, such as FoxSoccer.com provided photos, and in general
FoxSoccer.com areas, such as forums and chats. Your Public
Information and Posts are always public, which means they are
available to everyone and will be displayed in search results both
on the Fox Services and on external search engines. However, when
you post content or comments on another Member’s Profile,
that information will be disclosed consistent with that
Member’s Privacy Settings.
Profile Content consists of information Members may add to their profile. It includes location Member’s content, such as “About Me,” favorite team, photos and videos, as well as the Member’s blog, friends, comments and similar information. You can choose which users you share your Profile Content with, as well as change your search and activity Privacy in your Privacy Settings.
We may also collect user submitted information in an offline
or manual format, such as a postcard. In such circumstances, you
will be provided with a short notice that describes how to obtain
the full text of this Privacy Policy and other relevant
information.
Site Collected Information
Site Activity Information. When users visit the Site, we may
collect certain non-personally identifiable information about those
visits. For example, in order to permit your connection to the
Site, our servers receive and record information about your
computer and browser, including potentially your IP address,
browser type, and other software or hardware information. We also
may use cookies and other tracking technologies (including browser
cookies, pixels, beacons, and Adobe flash technology including
cookies), which are small bits of data that often include an
anonymous unique identifier. Websites send this data to your
browser when you first request a web page and then store the data
on your computer so the website can access information when you
make subsequent requests for pages from that website. We may use
these technologies to collect and store information about your
usage of the Site, such as pages you have visited, search queries
you have run and advertisements you have seen.
Third-parties that support the Site by serving
advertisements or providing Fox Services, such as allowing users to
share content, view premium content, participate in Fantasy Games
or post to the forums or tracking aggregate Site usage statistics,
may also use these technologies to collect similar information. Fox
does not control these third-party technologies and their use is
governed by the privacy policies of third parties using such
technologies. For more information about third party ad networks
that use these technologies, see
http://www.aboutads.info/consumers.
Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies, but you
can change your settings to notify you when a cookie is being set
or updated, or to block cookies altogether. Please consult the
"Help" section of your browser for more information (e.g.,
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Block-or-allow-cookies).
Users can manage the use of Flash technologies with the Flash management tools available at Adobe’s website, see http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/security/privacy_policy/faq.html. Please note that by blocking any or all cookies you may not have access to certain features or personalization available through Fox Services. Third Parties. To improve the quality of the Fox Services, we may supplement the information we collect with information that is collected or provided by third parties.
3. NOTICE & CHOICE
Means of Notice and Choice. This Privacy Policy is the
primary means by which Fox provides you with notice and choice
regarding its collection and use of your personal information. Fox
will not use your personal information in a manner different from
what is described in this Privacy Policy without your permission.
Privacy Policy Changes. Fox may modify this Privacy Policy
as necessary. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy
that expand our rights to use your personal information, we will
notify you to seek your consent either through an email or a
prominent posting on the Site.
Location of Data Storage. The Fox Services are
hosted in the United States. If you are a user located outside the
United States, you understand and consent to having any personal
information you provide transferred to, stored and processed in the
United States. United States data protection and other relevant
laws and regulations may not be the same as those in your
jurisdiction. As a result, please read this Privacy Policy with
care.
Linked Websites. The Fox Services may also be
linked to websites operated by Fox affiliates (i.e., that are part
of the News Corporation, “Affiliated Companies”) or
third parties. Fox is not responsible for the privacy practices of
any such third parties, and once you leave the Fox Services via a
link, or click an advertisement, you should check the applicable
privacy policy of the third-party site. Additionally, although all
Affiliated Companies adhere to the News Corporation corporate
Privacy
Principles, users who visit an Affiliated Company website
should still refer to the Affiliated Companies’ separate
privacy policy, which may differ in some respects from this Privacy
Policy. This Privacy Policy does not apply to those websites that
do not display or link to this Privacy Policy or have its own
privacy statements.
Collection of Personal Financial Information by a Third
Party. You acknowledge and agree that this Privacy Policy
will not apply to any Personal Financial Information that you
provide to any independent third party company on the Site and that
all payment obligations related to such purchase shall be governed
solely by the applicable independent third party company’s
privacy policy. You further acknowledge and agree that Fox will
have no liability for or control over such independent third party
company’s use or protection of your Personal Financial
Information. You should check the privacy policy of the independent
third party company‘s website to determine how it will handle
any Personal Financial Information it collects from you and/or
processes. You acknowledge and agree that in the event that such
independent third party company experiences a data breach that
compromises or otherwise affects your Personal Financial
Information, Fox shall in no way be responsible or liable to you
for such breach. You should contact the applicable independent
third party company regarding any such data breach.
4. USE & DISCLOSURE
Fox’s Use and Disclosure of Information We only share
your non-public personal information with non-affiliated third
parties when we believe the sharing is permitted by you or
authorized by this Privacy Policy. In addition, Fox may share your
personal information with Affiliated Companies and may share any
personal information collected during the Member registration
process with MSN.
We use the information you provide us for the following
purposes:
To provide and manage the Fox Services. We use the
information we collect from and about users to provide the Fox
Services and features to you, to measure and improve those Fox
Services and features. To allow third party service providers to
assist us in providing and managing the Fox Services. Fox may make
your non-public personal information available to certain
third-party service providers, such as contractors, agents or
sponsors, who help us manage or provide Fox Services by, for
example: developing or supporting the Fox Services and features;
collecting, transmitting, storing and/or processing Personal
Financial Information, fulfilling purchase orders; managing fantasy
games, administering message boards, or processing data or
statistics. These third-party service providers are required to
protect non-public personal information entrusted to them and not
use it for any other purpose than the specific service they are
providing to you and Fox.
To contact you. Fox may periodically send
promotional materials (e.g., newsletters) or correspondence related
to the Fox Services to the email address you provided to us at
registration. If you want to stop receiving correspondence from
Fox, you can change your Newsletter Preferences settings under
“My Profile” or follow the unsubscribe instructions at
the bottom of each email. There are certain service notification
emails that you may not opt-out of, such as notifications of
changes to the Fox Services or policies.
To protect the rights of Fox and our users. There
may be instances when Fox may disclose user information without
providing notice or choice, including situations where Fox has a
good faith belief that such disclosure is necessary in order to:
(i) protect or defend the legal rights or property of Fox, our
Affiliated Companies or their employees, agents and contractors
(including enforcement of our agreements); (ii) protect the safety
and security of users of the Fox Services or members of the public
including responding to emergencies where there appears to be a
danger of death or injury to any person; (iii) protect against
fraud or for risk management purposes; or (iv) comply with
applicable laws, rules and regulations (“Applicable
Laws”) or legal process.
To deliver relevant advertisements. We strive to
make the Fox Service interesting, relevant and personalized for our
users. The Site and its third-party advertising partners customize
the advertising displayed to you based on non-personally
identifiable information gathered via cookies or other tracking
devices as well as your past activity on the Site. For example,
based on your team interests, we might display an advertisement
informing about the schedule for such teams games.
To complete a merger or sale of assets. If Fox
sells all or part of its business or makes a sale or transfer of
its assets or is otherwise involved in a merger or transfer of all
or a material part of its business, Fox may transfer your
information to the party or parties involved in the transaction as
part of that transaction.
5. SECURITY
Fox uses commercially reasonable administrative, technical,
personnel and physical measures to safeguard user information in
its possession against loss, theft and unauthorized use, disclosure
or modification.
6. ACCESS, REMEDIES AND COMPLIANCE
User Control and Account Cancellation. Through the My
Profile option, you can access and edit your Required Registration
Information, Member Profile Information and Newsletter and mobile
alert Preferences. If you would like to deactivate your Member
Profile you may
email us, Subject
Line: Deactivate Membership Account.
If you would like to terminate your Premier League Fantasy Game subscription please refer to the Premier League Fantasy Terms of Use for the termination policy and restrictions.. We may retain backup information related to your My Profile account and Premium Subscription on our servers for some time after deactivation for fraud detection or to comply with Applicable Law or our internal security policies.
7. CONTACT US
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please
contact Fox at:
Email:
FoxSoccer.Privacy@fox.com
Mail:
FoxSoccer.com Privacy Officer
c/o Fox Cable Networks Services, LLC
Business and Legal Affairs
P.O Box 900
Beverly Hills, California 90213-0900
Telephone:
(310) 369-1350
