PRIVACY POLICY

LINCOLN-WAY SWIM ASSOCIATION WEBSITE PRIVACY STATEMENT

Lincoln-Way Swim Association respects your privacy. Any and all information collected at this site will be kept strictly confidential and will not be sold, reused, rented, loaned, or otherwise disclosed. Any information you give to Lincoln-Way Swim Association will be held with the utmost care, and will not be used in ways that you have not consented to. A more detailed explanation about how we safeguard your personal information is described below. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to let us know.

This website is owned and operated by Lincoln-Way Swim Association . Lincoln-Way Swim Association is concerned about preserving the privacy of all personal information about visitors to this site. Please be assured that Lincoln-Way Swim Association does not share or sell any information that you give us. Any personally identifiable information collected by Lincoln-Way Swim Association on this site is for special offer fulfillment purposes only, and that information is destroyed once the request or offer has been fulfilled. However, if you choose to opt-in for future offers and updates, your information will be kept in a secure database in order to alert you via e-mail to new features, special offers, updated information and new services. As a further explanation of this privacy statement, we have prepared this disclosure regarding the privacy practices for the www.lwsagators.org Website.

If you feel that Lincoln-Way Swim Association is not abiding by its posted privacy policy, you should contact us immediately at info@lwsagators.org or by contacting any Board member listed on the website.

Information Collection and Use:

Lincoln-Way Swim Association is the sole owner of all information collected on this site. Lincoln-Way Swim Association does not sell, rent, loan, trade, or lease any personal information collected at our site, including membership forms or email lists. Any information collected by Lincoln-Way Swim Association is for the Lincoln-Way Swim Association to conduct its club business. We will not sell, share or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement.

Lincoln-Way Swim Association may collect information from our users at several different points on our website.

Privacy of Email Lists:

Lincoln-Way Swim Association maintains email lists to keep members informed about club activities, events and to contact member families regarding club business. Supplying your email address at Registration implies consent to use it for those purposes. We do not sell, rent, loan, trade, or lease the addresses on our list to anyone.

Log Files:

An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you are surfing on the Web. Web servers automatically will identify a computer by its IP address. We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track users' movement and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. Again, IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.

Sharing:

Lincoln-Way Swim Association contracts with an outside firm to administer and maintain the website and email servers. This firm is not allowed to use personally identifiable information, except for the purpose of providing these services. In support of this policy, Lincoln-Way Swim Association will enter into written agreements with all third parties to ensure that they will meet privacy standards, including the privacy standards of COPPA and the U.S. Commerce Department Safe Harbor provisions.

Links:

If this website contains links to other sites, please be aware that Lincoln-Way Swim Association is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this website.

Security:

This website takes every precaution to protect our users' information. We encourage the use of encryption to communicate with Lincoln-Way Swim Association . When users submit personally identifiable information via the website, the information is protected both online and off-line. If you have any questions about the security at our website, you can send an e-mail to info@lwsagators.org.

Correcting/Updating Personal Information:

If a user's personally identifiable information changes (such as your zip code), or if a user no longer desires our service, we will endeavor to provide a way to correct, update or remove that user's personal data provided to us. This can usually be done at the member login page.

COPPA Compliance:

Lincoln-Way Swim Association adheres to the federal privacy protection standards articulated in the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). From time to time, certain sections of the Website are directed at children under the age of thirteen, such as displaying photos of team activities. We do not collect personal information online from children under 13. All information related to children under 13 relates to their club activities and is placed in the password-protected Members’ section.

A parent can always ask to review the information Lincoln-Way Swim Association has about his/her child by sending us an email at info@lwsagators.org or a written request addressed to Lincoln-Way Swim Association, P.O. Box 471, Mokena, IL 60448. Requests must include the child´s full name and birthdate and any other information that will allow us to verify that the requester is the parent of the child whose information is requested. A parent can ask us to delete a child's information at any time. However, if a parent asks us to delete his/her child's information, we may have to ask the child not to participate in our activities.