This privacy policy applies to the
Miami Dolphins' website located at www.MiamiDolphins.com (the
"Website"). The purpose of this privacy policy is to disclose to you
what information we may collect, how we may collect it, with whom we may share
it, and certain other matters related to such information, including the
choices you have regarding our collection of information and our use and
disclosure to other parties of information we may have collected from you.
The Website is operated by the Miami
Dolphins.
Miami Dolphins is a licensee of the TRUSTe Privacy Program. TRUSTe is
an independent, non-profit organization whose mission is to build user's trust
and confidence in the Internet by promoting the use of fair information
practices. This privacy statement covers the site www.MiamiDolphins.com. Because this Web site wants
to demonstrate its commitment to your privacy, it has agreed to disclose its
information practices and have its privacy practices reviewed for compliance by
TRUSTe.
If you have questions or concerns
regarding this statement, you should first contact Scott Stone at dolphins@miamidolphins.com. If you do not receive
acknowledgement of your inquiry or your inquiry has not been satisfactorily
address, you should contact TRUSTe at http://www.truste.org/consumers/watchdog_complaint.php.TRUSTe
will then serve as a liaison with us to resolve your concerns.
This site complies with the EU Safe
Harbor framework as set forth by the Department of Commerce regarding the
collection, use, and retention of data from the European Union.
The TRUSTe
program covers only information that is collected through this Web site, and
does not cover information that may be collected through software downloaded
from this site.
When this privacy policy uses the
term "personally identifiable information" or "personal
information," we mean information that identifies a particular individual,
such as your full name, street address or email address. When other
information, such as a favorite team or player, is associated with personal
information, it also becomes personally identifiable information for the
purposes of this privacy policy.
Please read the information below to
learn more about our data collection policies and practices.
1.
Types Of Information That
May Be Collected
2.
How Information May Be
Collected
3.
How We Use The Information
Collected
4.
With Whom The Information
May Be Shared
5.
Security
7.
A Special Note For Parents
Concerning Privacy
8.
Notification Of Changes And
Your Acceptance Of The Privacy Policy
9.
Correcting/Updating Personal
Information
10.
Your California Privacy
Rights
11.
Questions About This Privacy
Policy
TYPES
OF INFORMATION THAT MAY BE COLLECTED
The following are the types of
information we may collect:
Information You Provide Us: In the
course of using the website, we may ask you to provide us with certain
information, including contact information, such as your name, mailing address,
email address, phone number, or fax number; unique identifiers, such as your
user ID and user password; demographic information, such as your date of birth,
age, gender, education, household income, occupation, ticket holder status,
financial information; or similar information. If you choose to use our
referral service to tell a friend about our site, we will ask you for your
friend's name and email address. We will automatically send your friend a one-time
email inviting him or her to visit the site. The Miami Dolphins do not store
this information and it is used for the sole purpose of sending this one-time.
Site Usage Information: We may
receive and store certain types of internet usage information whenever you
visit the Website, such as your click-stream data and your IP address. See the
"IP Addresses and Click Stream Data" section below.
Email Communications: When you open
emails from us, we may receive a confirmation noting you opened the email, if your
computer supports such capabilities. We also may keep track of what emails we
send you and what emails you may be receiving from our subsidiaries and
affiliates. Additionally, we keep a record of what communications you have
opted to receive or not to receive.
HOW
INFORMATION MAY BE COLLECTED
We may collect information from you
in several different areas on the Website, including but not limited to those
described below:
Registration: You may be asked to
complete a registration form and provide personally identifiable information;
you may also be asked to choose a user ID and password in order to take
advantage of certain features the Website may choose to offer, such as
newsletters or contests. Participation in registration is voluntary and you will
have the opportunity to decide whether or not to disclose information to the
Website.
Newsletters and Website Emails: We
offer free newsletters to share information with you about the Website, about
us and our affiliates and subsidiaries, or about our marketing partners and
advertisers and sponsors. You may receive a newsletter either by registering
for a particular newsletter or in conjunction with a special feature or
membership for which you have registered on the Website. Participation is
voluntary and you will have the opportunity to decide whether or not to
disclose information to the Website. You may also cancel your free email
subscription by following the instructions provided on the Website or in the
newsletter or email to dolphins@miamidolphins.com.
Contests or Sweepstakes: We
periodically operate contests and sweepstakes through the Website that may
require registration or the submission of personal information. Participation
is voluntary and you will have the opportunity to decide whether or not to
disclose information to the Website. Your personally identifiable information
may be used to contact you for winner notification, prize delivery confirmation
or other related purposes, (see the rules of each contest for details about how
your personal information will be used). We may also ask your permission to
allow us to publicly post some of your information on the Website, such as on a
winner's page, in the event you win a contest or sweepstakes. Except as
required by applicable law, we will not post your information without your
permission. In some instances, a third party advertiser or sponsor may operate
or host a contest or sweepstakes on the Website, and collect your information.
In those cases, where we are not the operator or host of the contest or
sweepstakes, we do not collect your information and we have no control over the
information collected from you. Accordingly, we urge you to review the
advertiser's or sponsor's privacy policy applicable to the contest or
sweepstakes before participating.
Surveys or Voting: From time-to-time
we may request personally identifiable information from you in conjunction with
a survey or voting poll. Participation is voluntary and you will have the
opportunity to decide whether or not to disclose information to the Website.
Games: When you register to play
games on our Website, you may be asked to provide personally identifiable
information.
Cookies: As with many Websites, our
Website uses a technology called "cookies." A cookie is a unique,
random number that is stored in the browser on your computer. The cookie
doesn't actually identify you, just the computer that is used to visit the
site. Cookies automatically identify your browser to the Website whenever your
computer is used to visit the Website. Cookies also let us know how many people
visit our website and where visitors go on the site. In addition, cookies can
let us know non-personally identifiable information, like what web browser is
being used to access the website. For registered users, cookies can make using
the Website easier for you by saving information such as your passwords or
preferences. By tracking how and when you use the Website, cookies help us
determine which areas are popular and which are not. Many improvements and
updates to the Website are based on data obtained from cookies. Accepting
cookies allows you, among other things, to personalize your experience on the
Website. Cookies may also allow the Website to present to you advertising which
may be of interest to you. If you do not want information collected through the
use of cookies, your browser should contain an option that allows you to
disable or delete cookie data at any time. Some areas of the Website, however,
may not provide you with a personalized experience if you have disabled the use
of cookies. Cookies are not tied to personal information on MiamiDolphins.com.
IP Addresses and Click-Stream Data:
We may collect IP addresses and/or click-stream data. An IP address is a number
associated with the service through which you access the Internet, like your
ISP (Internet service provider), your company, or your university. Standing
alone, your IP address is not personally identifiable. At times, we also use IP
addresses for purposes of system administration and to report aggregate
information to our advertisers and sponsors, for example regarding the
frequency with which our guests visit various parts of our sites. We may
combine this information with personally identifiable information. Click-stream
data is information collected by our computers when you request Web pages from
the Website. Click-stream data may include such information as the page served,
the time, the source of the request, the type of browser making the request,
the preceding page view and other such non-personal information. When analyzed,
this data helps us analyze how visitors arrive at the Website, what type of
content is most popular, what type of visitors in the aggregate are interested
in particular kinds of content and advertising, and the like.
Transaction Information:
Transactions on MiamiDolphins.com are limited to either offline methods (i.e. Dol-Fan Club memberships, etc.) or through a 3rd party site
(team pro shop, ticketmaster, etc.).
HOW
WE USE THE INFORMATION COLLECTED
As applicable, the information you
provide to us may be used to:
contact you about the Website;
contact you relating to your
membership status;
confirm or fulfill an order you have
made;
inform you of a prize you have won;
monitor or improve the use of the
Website;
customize the advertising and
content you see;
monitor compliance with our terms
and conditions of use of the Website; and
send you promotional material or
special offers on behalf of our marketing partners and/or their respective
affiliates and subsidiaries and other third parties.
WITH
WHOM THE INFORMATION MAY BE SHARED
At times, we may share your personal
information with others for various purposes. The following outlines the ways
in which your information may be shared with others and the ways in which you
may opt-out of having your information shared:
Agents: We employ other businesses,
certain services and individuals to perform functions on our behalf. Examples
include fulfilling orders, sending e-mail, removing repetitive information from
customer lists, Website analysis, analyzing data, providing marketing
assistance, processing credit card payments, and providing customer service.
They may have access to personally identifiable information needed to perform their
functions, but may not use it for their own purposes, like sending you
marketing offers about their products. These third parties include our team online store (http://www.miamidolphinsproshop.com/),
e-newsletter
(http://dolphins.ed4.net/profile/index.cfm/dolphins/signup.html) and fan survey (http://www.onlineinsights.com/dolphins/).
Please note that you are submitting your information directly to these third
party sites even though these pages have the look and feel of our team site.
This privacy policy governs the e-newsletter site. The privacy policies of the
online store and fan survey apply to their pages.
Aggregate Information: We may share
aggregate information, such as demographics and Website usage statistics, with
advertisers, sponsors or other organizations. When this type of information is
shared, the other parties do not have access to your personally identifiable
information.
Other Promotional Offers: We may
send offers to you on behalf of our marketing partners. When we do this, we do
not give that partner your name and address. If you do not want to receive such
offers, you may contact us. This can be done by using an opt out message in an
email, or by emailing us at dolphins@miamidolphins.com.
You can expect a response to your request within 10-20 business days.
Business Transfers: In the event
that all or substantially all of our assets are sold or transferred to another
party, or another transaction occurs in which your personally idententifiable information is one of the business assets
transferred, all personally identifiable information that has been collected
and saved may be one of the business assets we transfer. See "YOUR
ACCEPTANCE OF THE PRIVACY POLICY AND NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES TO THE
POLICY" section below.
Administrative or Legal Process:
Your personal information may be transferred to third parties without notice to
you in order to comply with applicable law, law enforcement agencies, to
protect our rights, or protect the rights of other users of this website.
This Website incorporates reasonable
safeguards to protect the security, integrity, completeness, accuracy and
privacy of the personal information that we may collect and we have put into
place reasonable precautions to protect such information from loss, misuse and
alteration. Your personally identifiable information is transferred to our
computers utilizing encryption software. Only those employees who need access
to your information in order to do their jobs are allowed access. Our security
policies are reviewed periodically and revised as required.
You should be aware that when you
are on the Website you could be directed to other Websites beyond our control.
For example, if you "click" on a banner advertisement, the
"click" may take you off the Website onto a different Website. This
includes links from advertisers, sponsors and marketing partners that may use
the Website's logo as part of a co-branding agreement. These other Websites may
send their own cookies to you, independently collect data or solicit personal
information and may or may not have their own published privacy policies. If
you visit a Website that is linked to our Website, you should consult that
Website's privacy policy before providing any personal information.
A
SPECIAL NOTE FOR PARENTS CONCERNING PRIVACY
The Website is a general audience
Website. We do not currently collect any personal information from children
under the age of thirteen on the Website. If in the future, we collect
personally identifiable information from children, it will do so in compliance
with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (15 U.S.C. 6501 et
seq.) including, without limitation, obtaining necessary parental consent.
The Internet offers children
wonderful educational and entertainment resources. Your guidance and
involvement are essential to help ensure that children have a safe and
rewarding online experience. We encourage you to visit the Direct Marketing Association's Website
(www.the-dma.org) and explore the Get CyberSavvy!
Program as well as the GetNetWise Website
(www.getnetwise.org) to learn more about parental control tools.
YOUR
ACCEPTANCE OF THE PRIVACY POLICY AND NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES TO THE POLICY
By using this Website, you signify
your agreement to the terms of our privacy policy. We may amend this privacy
policy at any time. If we make a material change to the way in which we
collect, use, and/or share your personal information, we will post a notice on
our website and / or send an email to users who have provided an email address.
We will assume that you have given your permission for your information to be
used under the terms of the new privacy policy, if you do not respond to our
email within thirty days or continue to use the Website thirty days after a
notice is posted. Please note that you should always update your personal
information to provide us with a current email address.
CORRECTING/UPDATING
PERSONAL INFORMATION
If your personally identifiable
information changes (such as your email address or zip code), or if you no
longer desire to access our Website, we will endeavor to provide a way to
correct, update or remove the personal data you have provided to us. This can
be done by using an opt out message in an email, or by emailing us at dolphins@miamidolphins.com. You can expect a
response to your request within 10-20 business days.
YOUR
CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS
A California privacy law that went
into effect on January 1, 2005, allows California residents to obtain specific
information about a business's privacy practices if it shares information with
other companies for those companies' direct marketing purposes.
As explained in this privacy policy,
whenever you agree to let us collect personal information about you, we will
always provide you with an option to prevent this information from being shared
for non-administrative purposes with third parties. You can exercise this option
at any time by following the steps outlined above.
Because this website has a
comprehensive privacy policy and provides you with details on how you may
opt-in / opt-out of the use of your personal information by third parties for
direct marketing purposes, we are not required to provide you with this
information.
If you are a California resident and
have questions about our compliance with this law, please send an email to CAPrivacyRights@miamidolphins.com or write
to us at CA Privacy Rights, Miami Dolphins, ATTN: Internet Department, 7500 SW
30 Street, Davie, FL 33314.
QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PRIVACY POLICY
If
you have any questions about this privacy policy or the privacy practices of
this Website, contact dolphins@miamidolphins.com.
Questions regarding this statement
should be directed to:
Miami Dolphins
7500 SW 30 Street
Davie, FL 33314
Attn: Website Privacy Policy
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