At US Youth Soccer Online (usyouthsoccer.org), our goal is to provide a fun, informative and safe interactive online experience for all of the children and parents who make up the US Youth Soccer family. We want you to understand and feel comfortable with this site’s process of gathering information from users, and we want you to know exactly how that information is used and what your rights are with regards to all of the information collected.
This Privacy Statement is intended to educate parents and youngsters about the steps they can take to safeguard their privacy when visiting US Youth Soccer Online or any of the other exciting websites that have links to and from US Youth Soccer Online. We also hope that the information presented here demonstrates our total commitment to comply with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (“COPPA”). In doing so, the following discloses our information collection and dissemination practices for this website: usyouthsoccer.org.
If you have any concern that US Youth Soccer Online is not abiding by its posted privacy policy, you should e-mail US Youth Soccer at [email protected], or use the contact information below:
US Youth Soccer
9220 World Cup Way
Frisco, TX 75034
800-4SOCCER
Information Collection and Use
US Youth Soccer Online collects information from our users at several different points, and is the sole owner of the data collected on the website. In each case, only information that is reasonably necessary to participate in the activity at hand will be sought. For example, US Youth Soccer Online will not ask children for their home mailing address in order to receive an e-mailed newsletter. We will never condition a child’s participation in an online activity on the disclosure of information that is beyond what is reasonably necessary for US Youth Soccer Online to conduct the applicable activity.
Using the Parent’s Information Access Form available on this site, a parent may, at any time, review any identifiable information collected from their child, and may choose to have some or all of the information deleted from US Youth Soccer Online’s database. Parents may also consent to the internal use of their child’s personal information while declining to permit the site to share this data with third parties.
eNewsletter Subscriptions
US Youth Soccer Online does not require visitors to register in order to use this website. However, users have the option to subscribe to receive free eNewsletters. The content of US Youth Soccer’s eNewsletters is appropriate for all ages. In addition, users may have the opportunity to subscribe to additional newsletters through linked sites. We encourage parents to read and become familiar with the privacy policies and information collection practices of all other sites that their children enter. To subscribe to our eNewsletters, a user is asked to give their name, date of birth and e-mail address. Users also have the opportunity, but are not required, to sign up to receive special promotions from advertisers that may be of interest to US Youth Soccer members. Information collected to distribute US Youth Soccer Online’s eNewsletters may be transferred, disclosed or otherwise shared with third parties who handle the technical preparation and delivery of the newsletter. These third parties will not use the information for any other purposes and have agreed to keep all such information confidential. In addition to e-mailing newsletters to subscribers, we send a “welcoming e-mail” to first-time visitors, and occasional updates to keep users current on the site-specific services, event calendars, regional competition news, and other points of interest including periodic special offers from US Youth Soccer Online. Our intent in collecting information from users is to provide the most personalized and rewarding online experience possible. Always keeping privacy in mind, we give parents the option to decline or “opt-out” of these types of e-mailed communications at the same point where we request information about the visitor on the page where information is collected. At any time, if you would like to “unsubscribe” or would prefer that you or your child’s information be removed from our database, and/or you do not want to receive future communications from US Youth Soccer Online or our partners, you may send an e-mail request to US Youth Soccer Support at [email protected], or use the contact information below:
US Youth Soccer
9220 World Cup Way
Frisco, TX 75034
800-4SOCCER
Surveys
From time to time, US Youth Soccer Online conducts user surveys on a variety of youth soccer-related topics. Our website will advise users that participation in these surveys is completely voluntary, and there is no requirement to disclose any personally identifiable information. All surveys conducted through this site will be used as research for the purposes of assessing and improving user satisfaction, and/or for determining the user’s opinion on a particular issue relating to US Youth Soccer or the sport of soccer generally. Survey information collected may be shared with third parties in an aggregated manner for the purposes of showing sponsors of US Youth Soccer and people in the soccer community what the opinions of our members are on particular subjects. However, the information collected in these surveys will not be used for commercial solicitation purposes without the express consent of users completing the survey. Each survey will give users the choice to “opt-in” to receiving messages from advertisers or sponsors by checking a box on the appropriate page.
Contests and Sweepstakes
US Youth Soccer Online occasionally offers contests and sweepstakes that may be entered directly through the site or through a linked site. As with all other interactive elements of this site, participation in contests and sweepstakes is completely voluntary, and the user can choose not to disclose information. Users who wish to enter a contest or sweepstakes will be asked to provide information necessary to conduct the operation and fulfillment of the contest or sweepstakes. Generally, this includes the participant’s name, age, mailing address, e-mail address (optional) and telephone number. Participants will not be asked to provide any other personal information unless it is reasonably necessary to ensure the participant’s registration, eligibility of the entrant, the notification of winners and the awarding of prizes. Parents may be asked to provide similar information, along with their consent to permit their child(ren) to enter a contest or sweepstakes, and to sign documents related to the awarding of prizes. All information collected by US Youth Soccer Online in connection with sweepstakes or contests is securely maintained until the conclusion of the contest or sweepstakes, at which time it is deleted from the site’s database. Information needed to notify the winners and to award prizes will be gathered by US Youth Soccer Online and forwarded to the US Youth Soccer National Office. However, information collected from users in connection with contests and sweepstakes may also be dispensed to a third-party fulfillment house for the limited purpose of awarding prizes to contest and sweepstakes winners, or to applicable regulatory officials for the purposes of complying with applicable laws. Entities that provide fulfillment services will be instructed to maintain the confidentiality of such information and not to use the information for any purpose outside of the function they have been asked to perform.
Online Purchasing
US Youth Soccer offers users the opportunity to purchase merchandise through the website. In connection with sales and to fulfill orders through the site, it is necessary to collect personal information about users, including name, billing and mailing addresses, e-mail address, telephone number and a credit card number. If the order is being shipped to a third party, we also need the name and mailing address of the recipient.. Unless otherwise approved by users, we do not sell, transfer or share the information with third parties except that we may transfer, disclose or share such information with third parties who may be engaged by us specifically to handle and manage certain functions (e.g. mailing merchandise sold through the website, collecting payments made through credit card payments). Such third parties have access to personal information only as needed to perform their functions, and have agreed to maintain the confidentiality of any information they receive from us and not use it for any other purposes.
Information Sharing
US Youth Soccer Online may accumulate and store aggregated demographic information about its users. This information is not linked or otherwise traceable to any identifiable personal information, and is used solely to advise website partners and advertisers of the site’s general audience characteristics and track responses to online programs and activities. Each of these partners has agreed to maintain the confidentiality, security and integrity of the information provided to them. In all cases where personal information is disclosed to a third party, parents have the right to say “no” to the sharing of such information.
When called upon to do so, US Youth Soccer Online will disclose information received as required by law, for example, in response to a court order or other specific requests by law enforcement agencies. We will not sell, share, or rent personally identifiable information to others in any way that violates this Privacy Statement or that otherwise jeopardizes the security and integrity of the information collected. However, we may use the personal information received from the users who have "opted in" to have sponsors, manufacturers and/or distributors contact them directly about such things as sales and special offers. We will seek verifiable parental consent prior to sharing information in any manner that differs materially from the practices described herein.
In addition, if all or substantially all of the assets relating to www.usyouthsoccer.org are transferred or sold to another entity, personal information we received from users may be transferred to the acquiring entity.
Parental Access/Control of Information
In compliance with COPPA, any parent of a child who provides information to US Youth Soccer Online has the right to review the child’s personal information, order its deletion, and refuse to allow further collection or use of the child’s information. To make this process as simple as possible, this site links to a Parent’s Information Access Form so you can print out, mail or fax the completed form to us at this address and number:
US Youth Soccer
9220 World Cup Way
Frisco, TX 75034
Attn.: Site Administrator
Fax: 972-334-9960
The form requests a parent or legal guardian’s e-mail address, as well as a signature to verify the identity of the person seeking to review the information collected by the site.
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive containing information about the user. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information while on our site. US Youth Soccer Online does not use cookies to operate our site.
Some of our business partners use cookies on their sites (for example, sponsors). However, we have no access to or control over these cookies.
Log Files
US Youth Soccer Online may use Internet Protocol addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track user's movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.
Security/Links
This website takes every precaution to protect our users' information. We do not ask our users for more information than is necessary to conduct the various activities being conducted on our website, and all of our information is protected both online and off-line through the use of industry-standard practices. US Youth Soccer Online encourages visitors to familiarize themselves, not only with this Privacy Statement, but also to review and understand the privacy policies and information collection practices of other websites that link to and from this site. While US Youth Soccer Online screens our links for overall content, information and entertainment value, we are not responsible for the practices of other sites as they apply to privacy, security, integrity and compliance with COPPA. This Privacy Statement applies solely to information collected by this website.
If you have any questions or would like more information about the security at our website, you can send an e-mail to US Youth Soccer at: [email protected], or use the contact information below:
US Youth Soccer
9220 World Cup Way
Frisco, TX 75034
800-4SOCCER
User Submissions
This site provides users with an opportunity to submit their own articles and comments on soccer for possible online publication. US Youth Soccer Online reserves the right to edit user submissions for appropriate language, content, space, and other editorial considerations. Full names and contact information from the submissions are not used on the site unless permission is granted by the submitter.
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post a prominent link to those changes on the home page of US Youth Soccer Online for ninety (90) days so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we may disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by way of an e-mail. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in a different manner. In using information, US Youth Soccer Online will always adhere to the most recent version of this Privacy Statement.
Contacting the Website
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, or the practices of this site, or wish to modify or delete information previously submitted, please e-mail us at [email protected], or use the contact information below:
US Youth Soccer
9220 World Cup Way
Frisco, TX 75034
800-4SOCCER
LEGAL STATEMENT
All content and images on usyouthsoccer.org are owned by US Youth Soccer Online unless credited to a partner. Any re-use of the content and images is forbidden without consent from the site administrator. For more information, you can send an e-mail to US Youth Soccer at [email protected].