INTRODUCTION: During the enrollment to our fantasy games, or if you order merchandise from us, you provide us with your name, address, phone number, email address and credit card information. When you enroll in our Diamond Club, our bulletin board message service, you provide us with your name, address, phone number and email address. GameLine understands that you may be concerned about what will happen with this information. As a result, GameLine has adopted the following Privacy Policy, which discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices. The policies below are applicable to Gamelinesports.com, BaseballManager.com and other sites on the World Wide Web owned and operated by GameLine.
OUR PRIVACY PROMISE: GameLine will NEVER sell, exchange, or release any of your individual personal information to a third party without your express permission; provided, however, we may disclose personal information when we believe, in good faith that such disclosure is required by law (for instance, including but limited to, complying with a court order or a subpoena). In addition, we may transfer personal information about you in the event that GameLine is acquired or merged with another company. In such instance, GameLine will notify you that your information is subject to another company's privacy policy.
THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT: GameLine collects the following information: (i) names; (ii) addresses; (iii) phone numbers; (iv) email addresses; and (v) credit card information. In addition, in our marketing surveys, GameLine may ask for information about the user's age, gender, income bracket, and other demographic questions, as well as other general questions about our products and preferences for certain other products. We also collect IP addresses but that is only to help us diagnose problems with our server and to administer our web site.
WHY WE NEED THE INFORMATION: GameLine uses the data you provide during the enrollment process to allow you to subscribe online, simply and quickly. Financial information that is collected is used to check the user's qualifications for registration and to bill the user for products and services. The demographic and profile data we collect is used to create aggregate data about our customer base, which we may share with advertisers on an aggregate basis only. In addition, we request email addresses as this allows GameLine to notify you of your fantasy game ID, and enables us to contact you with special news and announcements.
COOKIES: Like many sites, GameLine collects information about online behavior using cookies. These cookies contain identification information that enables us to see how our users are interacting with our site and how frequently they are returning, as well as to streamline their experiences using our games. Our cookies do not contain any personally identifiable information. Cookies let us know about repeat visitors and if we are delivering quality products and services.
GameLine may also use cookies to identify which sites our repeat visitors are coming from. Using information within cookies is an anonymous way to survey how we are doing and to look for ways to improve our games and offerings.
You may set your browser software to reject cookies, but you may not be able to use all of the features of our games or services. In the course of serving advertisements to our sites, our third-party advertiser may place or recognize a unique "cookie" on your browser.
SECURITY: GameLine protects credit card information by a secure application layer protocol, which ensures both the privacy and authenticity of your data as it travels across the Internet. Any personal information you give us will be kept completely confidential and secure.
AGGREGATE INFORMATION: From time to time, GameLine may reveal to third parties aggregate information about its subscribers or about the usage of the games. Such information will NOT contain any personally identifying information.
LINKS TO OTHER SITES: GameLine does link to other sites. GameLine is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such sites. GameLine does not share any of the individual personal information you provide GameLine with the sites that GameLine links to, although GameLine may share aggregate data with such sites.
PUBLIC FORUMS: GameLine does offer chat rooms and bulletin boards 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 in the chat rooms and on the bulletin boards. If you post personal information online, or post a message to the bulletin board that will include your email address, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return. You are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your passwords and/or any account information.
INDIVIDUALS UNDER 13: GameLine encourages parents to spend time online with their children and to participate in the interactive activities offered on the sites. However, if you are under the age of 13, you may not enroll in our games.
CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS: Beginning January 1, 2005, GameLine customers who are California residents may request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send an email to service@baseballmanager.com or write us:
GameLine
Privacy Compliance
200 Ingleside Drive
Stamford, CT 06903
OPT-OUT: If you no longer wish to receive communications from us, please email us at: service@baseballmanager.com
CHANGE/MODIFY: If you wish to modify or change any of the information you have provided us, please contact us at: service@baseballmanager.com. GameLine may make any changes to this policy and will notify you by email or by placing a prominent notice on our site when such changes are made.
CONTACT US: If you have more questions about the Privacy Policy, read our Terms and Conditions or contact us at: service@baseballmanager.com
Date Last Updated: February 13, 2005