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| The operators of Kournikova.com, akseven, LLC and Kournikova.com,
Inc. (collectively "Kournikova.com"), collect certain
information about when you use the Kournikova.com website (the
"Service"). While you are not required to provide
certain information to Kournikova.com, some products and services
may not function properly or may not be accessible unless you
do. This document discloses our privacy practices and contains
detailed information about how we use the information you choose
to share with us. |
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| 1. What information of yours does Kournikova.com collect? |
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| Information collected online is usually defined as being either
anonymous or personally identifiable. |
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Kournikova.com collects anonymous information,
which refers to data that cannot be tied back to a specific
individual. For example, Kournikova.com collects some
information each time a visitor comes to the site so we
can improve the overall quality of the visitor's online
experience. Kournikova.com collects the visitor's IP address
(e.g., whether the user is logged on from ibm.com or aol.com),
referral data (e.g., the Internet address of the last
Web page visited by a user before clicking over to Kournikova.com),
and browser and platform type (e.g., a Netscape browser
on a Macintosh platform). Kournikova.com collects this
user information for purposes of product monitoring, product
improvement, and targeted advertising. You do not have
to register with Kournikova.com before we can collect
this anonymous information. |
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Personally identifiable information refers
to data that tells us specifically who you are, such as
your name and email address, which may be collected in
addition to the anonymous data described above. Kournikova.com
collects personal information in the following ways from
different parts of the website: |
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Kournikova.com Registration: When
you register for the Kournikova.com Community via
SportsMates,
you provide your name, location, email address,
birth date, gender, and other information. While
not all of this data is required for our services
to function, we are better able to customize your
experience if you volunteer complete and accurate
information. Users who complete the registration
process are given an account and can take full advantage
of the Service. Information collected as part of
the Kournikova.com Community registration is governed
by the SportsMates Privacy Policy available here. |
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Other Registration: In addition to
registration for the Kournikova.com Community, we
may ask you for personal information at other times,
including when you enter a sweepstakes, contest
or promotion sponsored or operated by Kournikova.com.
If you purchase premium services, we may ask for
a valid credit card number. Certain services and
offerings may require that you provide requested
information for us to provide the requested services
and offerings. |
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Correspondence: If you contact Kournikova.com,
we may keep a record of that correspondence. We
collect any email addresses of those who communicate
with Kournikova.com via email. We use the information
provided so that we may respond to the email. |
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Kournikova.com reserves the right to collect
certain information and store it in connection with your
account. This information includes information about the
time and frequency at which you visit the Service. This
information also includes the content that you transmit
or post on the Service. |
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| 2. What organization is collecting the information? |
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When you provide information to Kournikova.com, that information
is generally collected and maintained by akseven, LLC and SportsMates,
Inc. unless specifically stated otherwise at the point of collection.
Kournikova.com may run promotions and sweepstakes. These promotions
may be sponsored or co-sponsored by third-party companies. Data
collected during a promotion is typically shared with the sponsor
or co-sponsor. Kournikova.com will inform you at the point of
collection whether or not we are sharing your personal data
as a result of your participation in a promotion or sweepstakes.
If you do not want to have Kournikova.com share your data, you
can choose not to participate in the promotion or sweepstakes.
Be aware that Kournikova.com sponsors and other advertisers
may have links on the service that take you to external websites.
Some of these websites may collect personally identifiable information
from you. While Kournikova.com hopes that all third parties
involved adhere to our policies regarding the privacy of our
users, the Kournikova.com Privacy Policy does not cover third-party
data collection practices and Kournikova.com does not assume
any responsibility for any actions of third parties. |
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| 3. How does Kournikova.com use the information it collects? |
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Any personally identifiable information you share with Kournikova.com
is maintained and accessible only by Kournikova.com unless specifically
stated otherwise. Kournikova.com requests information from its
users so that users can enjoy a customized experience, including
personalization services and interactive communication. Most
of the services and offerings we provide are available to you
at no cost, and Kournikova.com displays advertisements so we
can continue to provide great content and services free of charge.
We can also better prepare future content based on your interests.
The following are examples of how Kournikova.com may use the
information it collects: |
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Kournikova.com uses the information collected
(both anonymous and personal) to personalize and enhance
the content you see on the Service. In some cases, our
services and offerings cannot work unless you have volunteered
accurate information. |
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Kournikova.com collects anonymous data and
shares it with third-party companies in an aggregate form.
We will disclose to those third-party companies the number
of users who have certain demographic characteristics
and interests. We share with advertisers the number of
those people who have seen and "clicked" on
a particular advertisement. We will also disclose to advertisers,
where available, the overall demographic information regarding
who saw and "clicked" on their advertisement.
In addition, we may disclose anonymous results from online
surveys to third-parties. No personally identifiable information
will be disclosed. |
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Kournikova.com also uses the aggregate data
to perform statistical analyses of the collective characteristics
and behavior of users of the Service, to measure user
demographics and interests, and to analyze how and where
best to use our resources. Without such data, we would
not know which parts of the the Service are the most popular,
and we would not be able to change and update the content
and services appropriately. We may share this aggregate
information with third-party companies and no personally
identifiable information will be disclosed. |
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Kournikova.com sometimes uses an individual
registered user's data to "pre-populate" online
forms that are displayed for the purpose of collecting
additional individual data by Kournikova.com, selected
third-party websites, and/or sponsors and advertisers. |
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Kournikova.com may, from time to time, use
your information to contact you about changes or enhancements
to our serviecs and offerings or issues regarding your
account. |
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If you enter a sweepstakes or a contest
on Kournikova.com, we will use the information you provided
to contact you in the event that you win. |
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If you told Kournikova.com that you were
interested in receiving special offers from Kournikova.com,
Kournikova.com clients or third parties on Kournikova.com's
behalf, Kournikova.com (i) will send you messages about
products and services that we feel may be of interest
to you, and (ii) may combine information we have about
you with information we obtain about you from third parties
for the purpose of providing you with more appropriate
products, services, and offerings. If you do not wish
to participate in this program, please follow the opt-out
instructions set forth in Section 6 of this policy. |
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If you purchase a premium service of product
from Kournikova.com, your credit card information is used
to collect any fees due to Kournikova.com. |
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| 4. With whom does Kournikova.com share the information
that is collected? |
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| Kournikova.com may disclose information about individual users
to third parties who agree to maintain the confidentiality of
such information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. These
third parties will provide a variety of services to Kournikova.com,
including, without limitation, processing and storing user information,
helping to create new content and promotions for Kournikova.com,
and sending or coordinating the sending of marketing communications
that users have consented to receive. Kournikova.com will disclose
information about individual users to governmental or judicial
authorities or law enforcement agencies, or to other individuals
or entities in response to subpoena, court order, or other legal
process. In matters involving a danger to personal or public
safety, Kournikova.com may voluntarily provide information to
appropriate governmental authorities. |
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| 5. How can you access or edit your information? |
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| Registered users of the the Kournikova.com Community have
the ability to access and edit the personal information via
SportsMates. |
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| 6. What is the opt-out policy for Kournikova.com? |
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You can opt out of sharing your personally identifiable information
with any third-party service or content providers in any areas
of the Service by choosing not to use such areas.
In addition, you may opt-opt of sharing your personally identifiable
information with third-party service providers and sponsors
by clearing the appropriate checkboxes at the point of initial
collection. You will see these checkboxes near the bottom of
the page. After the point of initial collection, we offer you
the ability to opt-out of receiving updates and information
about new services, as well as direct mail offers from selected
service providers and sponsors.
In addition, all Kournikova.com newsletters and direct email
communications have easy-to-follow unsubscribe instructions
at the bottom of each email. |
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| 7. What kinds of security procedures are in place to protect
against the loss, misuse or alteration of your information? |
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Kournikova.com has security measures in place to attempt to
protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of your user
data under our control. Kournikova.com uses physical, electronic,
and procedural safeguards to protect any personally identifiable
data stored on its computers. Only authorized employees have
access to the information you provide us. Any particularly sensitive
information, such as a credit card number used to purchase premium
services is encrypted prior to transmission.
While we cannot guarantee that loss, misuse or alteration to
data will not occur, we take many precautions to prevent such
unfortunate occurrences.
You are ultimately responsible for the security of your any
account information, including passwords. Please take care when
using and storing them. Kournikova.com recommends that you do
not divulge your password to anyone. You should log out of your
browser at the end of each computer session to ensure that others
cannot access your personal information and correspondence,
especially if several people have access to your personal computer
or you are using a computer in a public place like a library
or Internet cafe. |
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| 8. Updates |
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| Kournikova.com will update this policy from time to time so
please check back periodically. When such changes occur, you
will see the word "Updated" next to the Privacy Policy
link. 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 prominently post such changes prior
to implementing them. |
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