United States Polo Association Inc. (“USPA”) operates the following website: uspolo.org. It is United States Polo Association’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.

Website Visitors

Like most website operators, United States Polo Association collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. United States Polo Association’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how United States Polo Association’s visitors use its website. From time to time, United States Polo Association may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

United States Polo Association also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on the contact forms. United States Polo Association only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that blog commenter IP addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the area where the comment was left.

Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information

Certain visitors to United States Polo Association’s websites choose to interact with United States Polo Association in ways that require United States Polo Association to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that United States Polo Association gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we may ask visitors to provide a username and email address. Those who engage in transactions with United States Polo Association – by purchasing advertising, for example – are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, United States Polo Association collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with United States Polo Association. United States Polo Association does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

Aggregated Statistics

United States Polo Association may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. For instance, United States Polo Association may monitor the service to help identify function and useability. United States Polo Association may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, United States Polo Association does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.

Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information

United States Polo Association discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on United States Polo Association’s behalf or to provide services available at United States Polo Association’s websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using United States Polo Association’s websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. United States Polo Association will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, United States Polo Association discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when United States Polo Association believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of United States Polo Association, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an United States Polo Association website and have supplied your email address, United States Polo Association may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with United States Polo Association and our products. We primarily use our various products to communicate this type of information, so we expect to keep this type of email to a minimum. If you send us a request (for example via a support email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. United States Polo Association takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.

Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. United States Polo Association uses cookies to help United States Polo Association identify and track visitors, their usage of United States Polo Association website, and their website access preferences. United States Polo Association visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using United States Polo Association’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of United States Polo Association’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Business Transfers

If United States Polo Association, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that United States Polo Association goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of United States Polo Association may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.

Ads

Ads appearing on any of our websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by United States Polo Association and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

Comments

Comments and other content submitted to our staff are not saved on our servers unless they are actively being used or investigated, in which case we store them long enough to use them to improve our service to avoid future issues.

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, United States Polo Association may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in United States Polo Association’s sole discretion. United States Polo Association encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.

Change log:

February 1, 2012:Clarified subpoena language and added Business Transfers paragraph
January 3, 2011:Added court order and subpoena clarification
July 1, 2010:Revised paragraph about IP addresses to explain when they are collected and that commenter IPs are visible to administrators