PRIVACY POLICY

Next Phase Rugby LLC (“Company” “we” or “our”) is committed to advising you of your right to privacy, and strives to provide a safe and secure user experience. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, store and use personal information provided by you on our Website and associated applications (the “Website”), including, but not limited to, www.nextphaserugby.com. It also explains how we collect and use non-personal information. By accessing and using our Website, you explicitly accept, without limitation or qualification, the collection, use and transfer of the personal information and non-personal information in the manner described in this Privacy Policy. Please read this Policy carefully, as it affects your rights and liabilities under the law. If you disagree with our methods for the collection and processing of personal and non-personal information, please refrain from using this Website.

Information We Collect

We collect the following types of information about you when you visit and use our Website:

“Personal information” is information that can be used to identify you, the organization(s) that you represent, or any other individual to whom the information may relate. This is information which you are prompted to provide to us. When providing this information is optional, it will be designated as such. Such information may include your name, address, telephone number(s), mobile numbers and email address, personal website, social media profiles, age, date of birth, team information, grade point average, standardized test scores, height, weight, graduation year, position, NCAA eligibility number (if applicable), photos, video links, contact information for references, or other unique information about you which you provide to us during the registration process, or through your continued use of our Website. You will be given options regarding certain information that you may wish to display in your profile, while certain other information will be displayed automatically (you will be informed of these designations at registration and through your continued use). General geographic location of players, coaches, and/or schools may be viewed on our Website, but specific addresses will remain undisclosed unless that party elects to do so. Players will be prompted to enter contact information for references if they choose to do so. Player contact information can be requested by Institutions/Teams using our Website. If contact information is requested by such Institutions/Teams regarding a player who is under the age of majority in their jurisdiction, this request will be sent to the email address of the parent/legal guardian provided during the player’s registration. Personal information, including email addresses, may be retained indefinitely regardless of continued use of the Website and associated applications, and may be used for any valid purpose noted by its Terms and Conditions or Privacy Policy.

“Demographic information” is information that may or may not be unique to you in the sense that it refers to selected population characteristics. Such information may include, but is not limited to, zip code, mobile phone carrier, sex, gender, education, or personal and online interests.

“Behavioral information” is information which is automatically collected pertaining to how you use our Website, the areas of our Website that you visit, what services you access, and information about your computer hardware and software, including your IP address, geographic location, browser preference, operating system type, domain names, times that you access the internet, and other websites you have visited.

“Third party collected information” is information about you that we may have acquired from a third party which may include personal, demographic, behavioral and indirect information. This collection may include, but is not limited to, first party cookies, third party cookies, anonymous cookies, persistent identifiers, email opt-ins, and search engine keywords. We have no access or control over these cookies and other tracking devices used by data aggregators, third party advertisers and third party networks. We have no responsibility or liability for the policies and practices of these parties.

“Web technology information” is information we may automatically collect from you when you visit our Website. This includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and/or clickstream data. This information is collected from the use of cookies, Web beacons or JavaScript. This also includes information which is contained within the autofill functionality of your browser. This information may include Personal and Non-Personal Information.

Cookies, Web Beacons, and JavaScript

Generally, we, as well as third party vendors and supporting advertisers, may elect to use technologies such as cookies, web beacons, and java scripts to collect information. These technologies collect internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and/or clickstream data. This information is used to analyze trends, administer our Website, track user’s movements through our Website and gather demographic information about the user base as a whole. We may receive reports based on these technologies on an individual or aggregated basis.

“Cookies” are a feature in your browser software. If enabled, cookies store small amounts of data on your computer about actions you take on the pages of our Website including the placement of identifiers. Cookies assist websites in tracking which features you visit most often, and what content you viewed on past visits. When you visit this Website again, cookies may allow us to remember your settings and may be used for authentication. We may use cookies to keep track of the number of return visits, accumulate and aggregate statistical information generally pertaining to our Website, and deliver specific content to you based on your past viewing history. You can disable cookies, although our Website may not function properly for you if you choose to do so. Your browser preferences can be modified to accept or reject all cookies, or request a notification when a cookie is set. In order to use all of the features and functionality of our Website, it is advised that you accept cookies.

Third Party Cookies. We may allow third party vendors and advertisers to set their own cookies on and through our Website. We have no control over the practices of those third parties and are not responsible for their technology or tracking. We encourage you to review the policies of such persons or entities on their websites. As of the date this Policy was drafted, we use Firebase Analytics functionality to collect data. For updated information regarding our data collection methodologies, please contact us directly at [email protected].

Social Media Cookies/Plug-ins. Plug-ins for social media including, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Yahoo, Windows and Google Plus, are or may be integrated into our Website. By interacting with us through a social media plug-in, certain information will be transmitted to the social network, and you permit us to have continued access to information from your profile if information is provided in this manner. Social media features may be either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Website. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy of the third party company providing them.

Web Beacons. We may use electronic images known as Web Beacons (sometimes called single-pixel gifs, clear gifs or action tags) which allow us to collect information about your visit to our Website, measure and improve the effectiveness of advertisements and track delivery of advertising. Web Beacons collect only a limited set of information including a cookie number, time and date of page view, as well as a description of the page on which the Web Beacon resides. We may also use Web Beacons in email messages sent to you. This allows us to determine if you opened or acted upon the email messages. Because Web Beacons are the same as any other content request, you cannot opt out or refuse them. However, they can be rendered ineffective by either opting out of cookies or reconfiguring the cookie settings in your browser.

JavaScript. We may also use JavaScript. JavaScript is a computer language that enhances the functionality of websites, particularly with respect to pictures. It can be used to analyze and improve our Website’s functions. You may deactivate JavaScript through your browser settings or activate it the same way. If you disable JavaScript, you may not be able to use some of the functions of our Website.

Proprietary Auto-Fill Tracking. At times, we may use third party vendors who have technology which collects information held in your browser’s auto-fill functionality This collection allows them to notify you of an error in the registration or a failure to submit the registration. You can stop this functionality by turning it off in your browser. There is no loss of use of our Website or services should this browser function be turned off.

How We Use Information Collected

Improving Our Website. We may use the information we gather to respond to any inquiries you make, operate and improve the functionality of our Website, and deliver the products and services advertised on our Website more effectively. Our services include the display of personalized services, products, content, and advertising, relating to your experience and interests.

Website Functionality. We may share your Personal and Non-Personal information with companies and individuals we employ to perform technical functions on our behalf. Examples include third parties who host our Website, analyze our data, provide marketing assistance, process payments, and provide customer service.

Anonymous information. We may share aggregated anonymous information about you, combined with other persons using our Website, with third parties, so that they can understand the kinds of visitors that come to our Website, and how those visitors use our Website. This includes demographic information and behavioral information.

Targeted Advertising. Based on User Information, we may customize and target advertising to an individual. In our discretion, we may combine information to target advertising to an individual on the Site, in email and/or through direct mail/messaging. Such advertising may be different from the products or services offered or promoted on our Website.

Commercial Email. We may use or share your email address to promote goods and services of marketing partners and other third parties that may be of interest to you, and these may be different than the products or services offered or promoted on our Website.

Direct Mail. We may use User Information to advertise, directly or indirectly to individuals using postal mail.

Legal Process. We disclose and share your information if legally required to do so, or at our discretion, pursuant to a request from a governmental entity, or if we believe in good faith that such action is necessary to (a) conform to legal requirements or comply with legal process; (b) protect our rights or property, or our affiliated companies; (c) prevent a crime or protect national security; or (d) protect the personal safety of users or the public.

Acquisition or Merger. We may disclose and transfer your information to a third party who acquires any or all of our business, whether such acquisition is by way of merger, consolidation or purchase of all or a substantial portion of our assets. In the event we become the subject of an insolvency proceeding, whether voluntary or involuntary, we or our liquidator, administrator, receiver or administrative receiver may sell, license or otherwise dispose of, such information in a transaction approved by the court.

Third Party Collection and Use of Information

Third Parties may collect/use information about you on or through our Website in the following ways:

Service Providers and Advertisers. Advertising agencies, advertising networks, and other companies who place ads on our Website may use their own cookies, Web Beacons, and other technology to collect information about you. We do not control the use of such technology and have no responsibility for the use of such technology to gather information about you.

Hyperlinks. Our Website and email messages may sometimes contain hypertext links to Websites owned by third parties. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such other Websites. These links are provided for your convenience, reference, and general interest only. We do not operate or control any information, software, products or services, available on these third party Websites. The inclusion of a link on our Website does not imply any endorsement of the services, products or website, or its sponsoring organization.

Analytics. As described above, we may use third parties to monitor, analyze, and report on the traffic to, from, and within our Website and email messages.

Disclaimer. We do not control the collection and use of any information collected by third parties. Please review their policies and terms before providing any such information.

Information Security and Retention

We use industry standard precautions to safeguard your personal Information from loss, theft and misuse including unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction. These precautions are technical, physical and administrative. We have security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration of personal information under our control. The servers in which we store your information are kept in a secure physical environment. The servers and safety/privacy precautions applied thereto meet industry standards. Access to such servers is password protected and access by our employees is limited to the extent necessary. Please be advised that, although we take commercially reasonable technological precautions to protect your data, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure from improper actions of third parties not under our control; therefore, we cannot and do not warrant that your information will be absolutely secure. Any transmission of information through our Website or through email communications is at your own risk.

We retain Personal Information for the time necessary to fulfill the purpose for which you provided the information and retain it thereafter for a period permitted by law. We may retain Non-Personal Information and email addresses indefinitely as the same is used by us for any proper purpose, including but not limited to analysis, development and improvement of our Website, services and products.

California Resident Rights

California residents may have the right to receive, once annually, information about third parties with whom we have shared information about you for their marketing purposes during the previous calendar year, and a description of the categories of personal information shared. In addition, California residents have the right to know if we respond to “do not track signals” or cookies. We do not respond to such signals or cookies.

As stated in this Policy, you have agreed to allow us to share information with third parties for their direct marketing purposes until you remove your information; and thus, you have agreed to this disclosure. California customers may request further information about our compliance with this law by contacting us at [email protected]. Please note that we are only required to respond to one request per customer each year, and we are not required to respond to requests made by means other than through the email address which has been provided.

General Date Protection Regulation (GDPR) Compliance

Next Phase Rugby LLC intends to adhere, when necessary, to the GDPR set forth by the European Union regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information from European Union member countries. Accordingly, we intend to adhere to GDPR’s right of access, erasure, data portability, notice, consent, transparency, security, data integrity, access and enforcement, and any other required provisions which are deemed to apply, upon receipt of sufficient notice of its requirement to take necessary action as directed therein.

Changes to Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to make material changes to the substance of this Privacy Policy. We will post those changes here, so that you will always know what information we gather, how we might use that information, and to whom it may be disclosed. It is your responsibility to remain up-to-date by regularly verifying that this Privacy Policy has not been revised or amended. Continued use of the Site shall be deemed to constitute agreement to its Terms and Conditions of Use as well as its Privacy Policy.

CONTACT US

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

[email protected].

Last Updated: 11/10/2020