Privacy Policy
(Effective April 15, 2009; last modified April 15, 2009)
Privacy Policy
(Effective April 15, 2009; April 15, 2009) PRIVACY POLICY This website,
located at www.greghancock.com (the "Site"), owned by Team Hancock Racing and operated
by Bextec Solutions ("we," "us," "THR" or "Bextec"), and is the official site of
the fan club (the "Club 45") of Greg Hancock. We understand the concerns that our
members and other visitors to our web site (the "Site") have about the collection,
use, and disclosure of their Personally Identifiable Information (as defined below)
while online. Accordingly, we have established this Privacy Policy to make you aware
of the information collection and sharing practices of the Site. This Privacy Policy
only applies to transactions made and data gathered on the Site and does not pertain
to information collected on any other site owned by Bextec, its subsidiaries or
other businesses, nor does it extend to the privacy practices (or lack thereof)
of third parties. Bextec cannot and does not assume responsibility for the policies,
practices and actions of such third parties. By visiting the Site, you are accepting
the practices described in this Privacy Policy. Please review this Privacy Policy
periodically. We may update it from time to time and we will notify you of any modifications
in this section or in links from this section. Bextec complies with the privacy
laws and regulations of the
United States of America
. Bextec makes no representation that this Site is governed by or operated in accordance
with the laws of other nations, or that the Site or any part thereof is appropriate
or available for use in any particular jurisdiction. Those who choose to access
the Site do so on their own initiative and at their own risk, and are responsible
for complying with all local laws, rules and regulations. By using this Site, visitors
from outside of the
United States of America
acknowledge this Site is subject to the laws and regulations of the
United States of America
, and waive any claims that may arise under their own national laws. Bextec reserves
the right to change, modify, add, or remove provisions of this Privacy Policy. Any
changes to this Privacy Policy will be posted here, and we encourage you to check
back from time to time to ensure continuing familiarity with the most current version
of our Privacy Policy. You can determine whether the Privacy Policy has been revised
since your previous visit to the Site by referring to the "Last Updated" legend
at the top of this page. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. Your use of
this Site constitutes your acceptance to be bound by this Privacy Policy without
limitation, qualification or change. If at any time you do not accept all the terms
and conditions contained herein, you must immediately discontinue use of this Site.
Use of This Site by Children
The Site is not directed to individuals under the age of thirteen
(13), and we request that such individuals do not provide Personally Identifiable
Information (as defined below) through the Site. If a parent or guardian becomes
aware that his or her child has provided us with Personally Identifiable Information
without the parent or guardian's consent by, for example, misrepresenting his or
her age, that parent or guardian should contact us at sales@bextecsolutions.co.uk.
If Bextec determines that it has collected personal information of children under
the age of 13, Bextec will immediately delete such information and any accounts
believed to be held by children under 13. Please see our
Terms of Use for additional information regarding the use of this Site by
minors. Accordingly, we request that person's age and residence before we permit
anyone to register with our site, open an account, register for our newsletter,
participate in any games, contests or sweepstakes, purchase tickets or other merchandise,
join a mailing list or to request any information, products or services offered
by our site. We do not accept any such registration from, or provide any product
or service to, any visitor who identifies himself or herself as being under the
applicable age limit. If we discover any Personally Identifiable Information from
anyone who is under the applicable age limit, we will promptly delete it.
What Information We Collect
1. What Information We Collect Bextec gathers two basic types of
information through the Site: "Personally Identifiable Information" (or "PII") and
"Non-Personally Identifiable Information" (or "Non-PII"). PII is information that
identifies or can identify you as an individual (such as residential address, telephone
number, or billing information) and Non-PII is aggregated information, demographic
information, IP addresses and any other information that does not reveal your specific
identity. a. Non-Personally Identifiable Information -When you visit and interact
with the Site, Bextec and third parties with whom Bextec has contracted to provide
services to Bextec may collect Non-PII (for example, a catalog of the Site pages
you visit). Non-PII is anonymous and does not identify you personally. Non-PII is
generally collected through the Site from four different sources: Internet protocol
addresses and web logs; cookies; pixel tags and other similar technologies; and
other Non-PII that you voluntarily provide (as explained below). i. IP Protocol
Addresses and Web Logs - This Site's web servers automatically collect the Internet
Protocol (IP) addresses and log files of visitors. Your IP address is an identifying
number that is automatically assigned to your computer by your Internet Service
Provider (ISP). This number is identified and logged automatically in our server
log files whenever you visit the Site, along with the time(s) of your visit(s) and
the page(s) that you visited. This information is collected in an aggregate form
only and does not contain any PII. We use your IP address, and the IP addresses
of all users, for purposes such as calculating Site usage levels, helping diagnose
problems with the Site's servers, and administering the Site. Collecting IP addresses
is standard practice on the Internet and is done automatically by many websites.
ii. Cookies - We and our service providers may use a standard technology called
a "cookie" to collect information about how you use the Site. Cookies reside on
your computer and help the Site recognize your computer's browser as a previous
visitor. In addition, on occasion our Site may also set a "session cookie" which
helps us administer the Site. The session cookie expires when you close your browser
and does not retain any information about you after it expires. If you do not want
information collected through the use of cookies, you should be able to modify your
browser preference to provide you with choices relating to cookies. For example,
if you use a standard browser, you should have the choice to accept all cookies,
to be notified when a cookie is set or to reject all cookies. If you choose to reject
cookies, you may be unable to use certain Site services (e.g., those services that
require you to log on to the Site in order to participate). For more information
on modifying your browser preference, please refer to the documentation accompanying
your browser. iii. Pixel Tags - We and our service providers may also use so-called
"pixel tags," "web beacons," "clear GIFs" or similar means (collectively, "Pixel
Tags") in connection with some Site pages and HTML-formatted email messages to,
among other things, compile aggregate statistics about Site usage and response rates.
A Pixel Tag is an electronic image, often a single pixel (1x1), that is ordinarily
not visible to Site visitors and may be associated with cookies on the visitors'
hard drives. Pixel Tags do not contain any PII and allow us to count users who have
visited certain pages of the Site, to deliver branded services, and to help determine
the effectiveness of promotional or advertising campaigns. When used in HTML-formatted
email messages, Pixel Tags can tell the sender whether and when an email has been
opened. iv. Information You Voluntarily Provide - We may also collect certain information
(e.g., your geographic location, your genre preferences etc.) when you voluntarily
provide such information to us. When such information is not combined with any PII,
such information is considered to be Non-PII, as it does not personally identify
you or any other user. Additionally, we may aggregate PII in a manner such that
the end-product does not personally identify you or any other user of the Site,
for example, by using PII to calculate the percentage of our users who have a particular
telephone area code. Such aggregate information is considered Non-PII for purposes
of this Policy. b. Personally Identifiable Information -You may use many features
of this Site without providing any PII. However, in order to take advantage of particular
opportunities made available through the Site (for example, to access additional
services provided by this Site such as concert updates, chat room forums and/or
personalized content) we may require that you furnish PII to us such as: your name,
postal address, telephone number, fax number email address, age, gender, credit
card number or other payment account number and health-related information (for
example, physically disabled seating requests). We collect PII from you through
the Site only when you voluntarily provide it. If you become a member of the Club
45, you should note that when you complete your member profile, this information
can be viewed by other members. Accordingly, you should not provide any information
in your member profile that you do not wish to share with third parties and you
should have no privacy expectations with respect to the information contained therein.
You should be aware that if you voluntarily disclose information online in a publicly
accessible area, such as in your member profile, a message board or chat room, that
information may be collected and used by others. We do not control the actions of
our visitors. If you disclose PII in your member profile, message board, or any
other publicly accessible place on the Internet, you do so at your own risk and
should understand that your submitted information may be collected and used by others
to send you unsolicited messages, advertisements, or for other purposes. Please
remember that protection of your privacy begins with you. You are solely responsible
for maintaining the secrecy of any password you use to register, and you should
always be careful and responsible whenever disclosing information online.
How Information We Collect Is Used
How Information We Collect Is Used a. Non-Personally Identifiable
Information - Because Non-PII does not personally identify you, we may use such
information for any purpose. For example, we may use Non-PII to measure the number
of visits, average time spent on the Site and pages viewed as well as to diagnose
problems with our servers and to administer the Site. We may then use this information
to analyze and improve the features and functionality of this Site. We may use non-PII
information about you and other Site visitors on an aggregate basis to sell and
deliver advertising, promotions and content that we believe will be of interest
to you. In addition, we reserve the right to share such Non-PII, which does not
personally identify you, with third parties, for any purpose. For example, we may
share information with advertisers or other third parties that are not part of the
Bextec family on an aggregate or other basis that does not disclose any of your
PII. In some instances, we may combine Non-PII with PII (such as embedding email
addresses in cookies). If we do combine any Non-PII with PII, the combined information
will be treated as PII as long as it is so combined. This "combined" PII is not
shared with third parties, except as described in this Policy. b. Personally Identifiable
Information i. Site: We may use PII you give us to better tailor your website experience
to your interests, and to show you content in which you may be interested and to
display the content according to your preferences. We may also share your PII within
the Bextec business family in order to enhance your experience on other Bextec websites.
To the extent we do so, we make sure that your PII receives the same level of protection
throughout the Bextec business family. We may also share your PII with Greg Hancock’s
partners or sponsors, so that they may send you e-mail promotions and special offers
for products and services in which it thinks you may have an interest. Please note
that any sharing of PII may involve the collection use, storage, or disclosure of
PII outside the
United States of America
. ii. Communications: If you choose to opt-in, we may use your PII to send you information
about the Club 45, Bextec and its services as well as promotional material on behalf
of some of our partners. If at any time you change your mind and prefer to no longer
receive such marketing communications from us, please see the "Opt-In Policy" section
below. iii. Administrative Matters: Bextec reserves the right to contact you in
the event of a change in the Site's Terms of Use and/or this Privacy Policy, or
to notify you of other administrative matters in connection with the Site (e.g.,
contacting you to facilitate, complete or confirm a transaction). Because this information
may be important to your use of the Site, you may not opt-out of receiving such
communications. iv. Fulfillment of Requests: Bextec may use your PII to fulfill
the purpose for which such PII was provided (e.g., to confirm your registration
or fulfill your purchase). v. Facilitation of Transactions: Please note that, at
times, forms on the Site may be pre-populated with your PII in order to facilitate
a transaction between you and Bextec. vi. Internal Business Purposes: We may also
use your PII for our internal business purposes, such as to target advertising,
for data analysis, for audits and for other internal purposes. vii. Shopping/Commercial
Services: This Site may offer merchandise and/or ticket purchase services, which
may be offered by us or by one of our e-commerce partners. To the extent the merchandise
and/or ticket purchase services are offered by one of our e-commerce partners, such
e-commerce partner will be collecting and using the PII you provide. For more information
regarding your transactions with our e-commerce partners, please refer to Section
4(b) below. To the extent Bextec is the entity offering the purchase services, when
you make a purchase through the Site, we may collect your credit card number or
other payment account number (for example, your PayPal account number), billing
address and other information related to such purchase (collectively, "Payment Information")
from you. We will use the Payment Information that you provide to bill you for your
purchase and to fulfill your purchase. By providing your Payment Information, you
are authorizing us to give that information to third parties as necessary to confirm
and fulfill your order (for example, to process your credit card or payment account
number and to send you products you have ordered). viii. Email This to a Friend:
The Site may allow you to forward certain items posted on Site or links to Site
features by email or Instant Messenger to other parties who you believe may be interested.
If you wish to use this feature, you may provide us with such other party's email
address or Instant Messenger screen name so that we can facilitate your sending
of such message to such other party. To do so, any PII you provide in connection
with sending such other party the message, such as your name and your email address
or Instant Messenger screen name, will, of course, be disclosed to such other party.
While, due to technical restrictions, the recipient's email address or Instant Messenger
screen names may be retained in our log files, we do not knowingly share it with
third parties and we do not use this PII for any purpose except to send this message
(unless the recipient has already consented to such use of his/her PII). ix. Online
Surveys/Sweepstakes and Contests: From time to time, we conduct online surveys and
offer online sweepstakes or contests on the Site (each, a "Promotion"), and we may
collect PII in connection with the same. We may use your PII to contact you regarding
your Promotion entry, or to contact you if you win a Promotion (if applicable).
You should carefully review the rules, if any, of each Promotion in which you participate
through the Site, as they may contain additional important information about Bextec's
use of your PII. To the extent such rules conflict with this Privacy Policy, such
rules will govern that particular Promotion.
3. How Personally Identifiable Information We Collect Is Disclosed
a. Affiliate Communications: If
you choose to opt-in, we may share your PII with our affiliates so that they may
send you announcements and notifications of events, products or services that might
be of interest to you. For further information, please see the "Opt-In Policy" section
below.
b. Third Party Communications: If you choose to opt-in, we may also share
your PII with third parties to allow such third parties to send promotional communications
to you. For further information, please see the "Opt-In Policy" section below.
c. Bextec Service Providers: We work with third parties who provide services
including but not limited to data analysis, order fulfillment, credit card processing
and other services of an administrative nature. If you use our services, we reserve
the right to share your PII with such third parties for the purpose of enabling
these third parties to provide such services. We take reasonable steps to ensure
these third parties treat PII in a manner comparable to how we do so.
d. Public Forums and Other Interactive Features: Please be aware that when
you disclose PII in a chat room, forum, message board or news groups on the Site,
the information may become public and accessible to all or a part of the Site community,
so it is important for you to exercise discretion and appropriate caution when deciding
to reveal PII in these areas. In addition, when you choose to make a posting on
such services, certain PII may be available for other users to view. We urge you
to exercise discretion and caution when deciding to disclose your PII, or any other
information, on the Site. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE USE OF ANY PII YOU VOLUNTARILY
DISCLOSE THROUGH THE SITE VIA THESE FORUMS AND OTHER INTERACTIVE FEATURES. Please
note that we reserve the right, but have no obligation, to republish content posted
in a chat room, forum, message board or news group (including any PII contained
therein) as further set forth in our Terms of Use Agreement.
In the event that you encounter any Site user who you believe is improperly collecting
or using information about you or other users, please visit our Help Page to send
us an email about such collection or use.
e. Online Surveys/Sweepstakes and Contests: We reserve the right to share
PII collected in connection with Promotions with the third-party sponsors of any
such Promotions (irrespective of whether such Promotions are hosted by us), or otherwise
in accordance with the rules applicable to such Promotion. You should carefully
review the rules, if any, of each Promotion in which you participate through the
Site, as they may contain additional important information about a sponsor's or
other third parties' use of your PII. To the extent such rules conflict with this
Privacy Policy, such rules will govern that particular Promotion.
f. Compliance With Applicable Law: Bextec may also access and disclose PII
as needed to: (1) comply with applicable laws; (2) respond to governmental inquiries
or requests; (3) comply with valid legal process; (4) protect the rights, privacy,
safety or property of Bextec, Site visitors or the public; (5) permit us to pursue
available remedies or limit the damages that we may sustain; and (6) enforce our
Terms of Use or other published guidelines.
g. Assignment: We reserve the right to transfer any and all information that
we collect from users of the Site to a third party in the event of any reorganization,
merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or
any portion of Bextec's business, assets or stock (including without limitation
in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings).
4. Collection of Information By Third Parties
a. Co-Branded Pages - We may enter
into relationships with "powered by" partners, business partners, sponsors, and
co-branded sites (referred to here as "co-branded pages"). These might include,
for example, pages that share our name and that of another entity. You should look
for a specific privacy policy on any such co-branded page. Any PII that you provide
when signing up at any co-branded page may be collected by, or shared with, our
third-party partner. We have no control over, and are not responsible for, our partners'
use of your PII. You should check our posted partners' websites for information
regarding their privacy policies.
b. Transactions With E-Commerce Partners, Vendors and Advertisers - When
you provide PII to one of our Site's e-commerce partners, vendors or advertisers,
this transaction will occur in connection with the site of the e-commerce partner,
vendor or advertiser, not on the Site, and, as such, the PII you provide is collected
pursuant to and controlled by the privacy policy of such e-commerce partner, vendor
or advertiser. Bextec is not responsible for such parties' privacy policies and
we encourage you to familiarize yourself with the applicable privacy policy of the
e-commerce site with which you transact business or to contact the operator of such
site for more information. Please be aware that at times, at the request of or on
behalf of our e-commerce partners, vendors or advertisers, Bextec may "pre-populate"
forms with your PII for your review, and, if you so choose, for submission to such
e-commerce partners, vendors or advertisers. Accordingly, we encourage you to review
each pre-populated form carefully before agreeing to submit your PII to determine
who is seeking to collect your information, and to familiarize yourself with the
applicable privacy policy governing use of any PII collected about you.
c. Third Party Advertising - The ads appearing on this Site are delivered
to you by our web advertising partner. Non-PII about your visits to this Site, such
as number of times you have viewed an ad, is used to serve ads to you. In the course
of serving advertisements to this Site, our third-party advertiser may place or
recognize a unique cookie on your browser.
d. Third Party Links - The Site may contain links to third-party Internet
websites, which are not owned or operated by Bextec. We provide such links only
as a convenience, and the inclusion of a link on the Site does not imply endorsement
of the linked site by Bextec. If you provide any PII through any such third-party
website, your transaction will occur on such third party's website (not the Site)
and the PII you provide will be collected by, and controlled by the privacy policy
of, that third party. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content
of such third-party websites, including such websites' use of any PII that you provide
to them. We strongly encourage you to become familiar with the privacy practices
of those sites.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS POLICY DOES NOT ADDRESS THE PRIVACY OR INFORMATION PRACTICES
OF ANY THIRD PARTIES.
5. Opt-In Policy
a. Bextec Communications - When
you supply Bextec with PII, from time-to-time, in Bextec's discretion, you may be
asked to indicate whether you are interested in receiving information from us about
special offers in connection with the Site, the Club 45, Bextec and/or our advertisers
and partners. If you do choose to opt-in to receive such communications, we may,
from time to time, send you marketing communications. If at any time you change
your mind and no longer wish to receive marketing communications from us, you may
opt-out of such marketing communications by either:
• Using the link provided in our newsletters or commercial email messages to opt-out
of receiving further marketing communications from us; or
• Changing your contact preference to "Do Not Contact Me" at any time by using the
"Ask a Question" tab on our Help Page.
If you decide to contact us to change your contact preference to "Do Not Contact
Me", Bextec will implement this change in a reasonable time frame. Please be aware
that your requested change will not be effective until Bextec implements such change,
and such requests will be implemented only in connection with your Site profile,
and will not impact any preferences you may have made to any other site controlled,
owned or operated by Bextec or its affiliates.
b. Affiliate and Third Party Communications - From time-to-time in Bextec's
discretion, you may be provided with the opportunity to opt-in to receive offers
directly from Bextec, our affiliates and/or from third parties. If you do choose
to accept any such offer(s), any PII provided to Bextec for such purposes may be
shared with our affiliates and such third-party partner(s), to allow our affiliates
and/or such third parties to provide you with such offers. If you change your mind
and would prefer that we no longer share your PII with our affiliates and/or with
third parties for their marketing purposes, you may opt-out of such future sharing
at any time by using the "Ask a Question" tab on our Help Page, and specifying which
choice you are opting out from, provided however, you may not be able to opt out
of certain third party offers that are displayed on our Site.
c. Allowing Bextec to share PII with affiliates for their marketing purposes and/or
Allowing Bextec to share PII with third-party companies for their marketing purposes
- Please note that if you opt-out as described above, (i) we will not be
able to remove your PII from the databases of affiliates or third parties with which
we have already shared your PII (i.e., to which we have already provided your PII
as of the date that we implement your opt-out request), therefore you must contact
such affiliates or third parties directly in order to opt-out of further marketing
communications made directly from them or utilize the opt-out mechanisms set forth
in their respective privacy policies or marketing messages; and (ii) you may still
be presented new offers from Bextec and/or its affiliates or third parties while
you are within the Site, including offers from those third parties which you have
opted-out of receiving direct offers; but in connection with each new offer within
the Site you will have the right not to accept such offers. In the event you receive
an offer from a third party through our Site, but choose not to accept it, your
PII will not be shared.
6. Accessing, Updating or Deleting Information Collected About You
This Site also gives you the opportunity to modify or remove PII
that you have provided to us by way of this Site. You may do so by modifying your
password-protected registered user information on the Site. To the extent that such
information is stored in our databases, we will respond to your changes as soon
as reasonably possible, although please understand that although this information,
once deleted, is not available on the Site, that information may remain stored indefinitely
in our backup and archival records. To the extent that such information is not stored
in our databases, we cannot always ensure that these corrections or deletions will
reach such other databases in a timely manner.
7. Security of Your PII
Bextec employs reasonable security measures consistent with standard
industry practice, for PII collected through this Site, including physical, electronic
and operational measures to maintain security and prevent unauthorized access. While
Bextec takes all appropriate steps to safeguard PII under our control, unfortunately,
no data transmission over the Internet or method of storing data can be guaranteed
to be 100% secure. As such, we cannot guarantee that PII supplied by users will
not be accessed on our servers, or intercepted while being transmitted to us over
the Internet. We assume no liability for any damages you may suffer as a result
of interception, alteration or misuse of information during such transfers. If you
have reason to believe that there has been any breach of the security of the Site,
please contact us at sales@bextecsolutions.co.uk.
Please remember that security of the username and password you create when you register
with the Site is your responsibility; we recommend that you do not share them with
anyone. If you share your username and password, you are providing access to your
PII. You will be responsible for all uses of your registration, whether or not authorized
by you. You agree to immediately notify Bextec of any unauthorized use of your username
or password.
8. Offline vs. Online practices
Please note that this Privacy Policy applies solely to our online
information gathering and dissemination practices in connection with the Site, and
does not apply to any of our practices conducted offline
9. Contacting Bextec Regarding this Site
If you have any questions concerning this Policy, you
may send them by email to our Privacy Officer at sales@bextecsolutions.co.uk. Please
note that email communications