SportsBallot, Inc. (SB) has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to protect user privacy on our Web sites. This privacy policy explains what information SB collects about registered users on this Web site, how SB uses this information, and how such information is maintained. By registering and using this Web site, you signify your acceptance of this privacy policy. If you do not agree to the terms of this privacy policy, in whole or part, you should not use this Web site.

Note that this privacy policy applies only with respect to the information collected on this Web site and not any information collected or obtained through other methods or sources.

This Web site is operated in part by ELPASOTIMES.COM (“licensee”). SB is responsible for all collection of information on this Web site. If you sign up on this Web site, SB and such licensee shall co-own any registration information, survey information, and content provided by you. Licensee has a separate privacy policy (Click to view) that they abide by and you are encouraged to view and understand such privacy policy.

SB will not sell, trade, or disclose to third parties any personally identifiable information derived from registered user without the consent of the registered user, except as required by subpoena, search warrant, or court order pursuant to applicable law, regulation or legal process or in the case of imminent physical harm to the registered user or others.

When you register on this Web site, we collect personally identifying information from you. During registration you are asked to provide your name, email address and some demographic information including such items as your gender, year of birth and address. In addition to registration, we may collect personally identifiable information from you when you answer survey questions, participate in promotions and special programs, or make a purchase at one of our merchants or partners.

If you use our referral service to tell a friend about our site, we will ask for your email address and theirs. We automatically send a one-time email to the address you provided. Neither your email address nor the email address you provide is stored or used for any other purpose.

SB uses this personal information in communicating with registered users, such as to send out contest emails, to notify winners, to fulfill prizes, to respond to users’ questions, for billing purposes, or to inform users of new products and services that better meet their needs.

SB strives to provide you with a customized experience. We review our users' preferences, demographics, traffic patterns, and other information in aggregate so that we can better understand who our audience is, and what it is you want. This information may be shared with advertisers and other third parties on an aggregate basis. This aggregate information will not include any personally identifiable information about you or any individual user.

SB may use a third party to serve ads when you visit the Web site. This third party ad server may use certain information about your visit to our Web site in order to provide advertisements about goods and services that may be of interest to you, but they are not allowed to collect or use personally identifiable information about you for their own purposes.

SB will only share your personally identifiable information with a third party when you specifically have given your permission by opting-in to the third party offer. If you opt-in to a third party offer on this Web site, then your relationship with the third party will be governed by their respective privacy policies. If you no longer wish to receive communication from the third party, then you will need to contact them directly to opt-out.

SB occasionally sends e-mail promotions out to our registered users on behalf of third party sponsors. In this instance, we don't share your name with the third party; SB does the mailing for them. We only send these promotions to you if you have given your permission.

SB does collect some non-personally identifiable information about our users. We collect this information only in the aggregate and use it to evaluate and improve our Web sites. This information does not reveal a user's personal identity. The following are examples of non-personally identifiable information:

Cookies. SB uses cookies to store and track your preferences to provide you with a more personalized user experience. A cookie is a message that is sent to your browser from a Web server and stored on your computer's hard drive. Most Internet sites use cookies. You can set your browser preferences to reject all cookies but then you will not be able to participate in most customized services, and you may be required to repeatedly log in to participate on this Web site. Cookies make your experience easier by saving your preferences and passwords.

IP Address. SB may also collect IP addresses for the purposes of systems administration or to report aggregate usage information. An IP address is a number that is assigned to your computer automatically when you use the Internet. Your IP address is not linked to anything personally identifiable.

Computer Settings. Computer settings, such as your operating system, browser version, connectivity, various communication parameters and other information related to the operation and interaction of SB Web sites may be collected by SB. SB will use such information solely in order to provide technically appropriate formatting of information provided by SB. The collection of this information will not include any personally identifiable information about you or any individual user.

In compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), we will not knowingly provide access to SB Web sites to persons under the age of thirteen (13). If SB later learns that any registered user is under the age of thirteen (13), we will take appropriate steps to remove the member's information from the database. We feel strongly about protecting the privacy of children.

If you have questions about our privacy policy, please contact us by sending an email to info@sportsballotinc.com or write us at: SportsBallot Inc., 468 N. Camden Drive, Suite 200, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

We reserve the right, to modify this privacy policy at any time. If we materially change how we use your personal information we will notify you either by email or through a prominent notice on the web site. Your continued use of any portion of the SB Web site following notification or posting of such changes, will constitute your accept of those changes.