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Key Lax Spot Privacy Principles
Lax Spot's Privacy Policy is designed to help you understand how we collect and use the personal information you decide to share, and help you make informed decisions when using Lax Spot, located at www.laxspot.com. By using or accessing Lax Spot, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement please contact privacy@e-lacrosse.com.
When you visit Lax Spot you provide us with two types of information: personal information you knowingly choose to disclose that is collected by us and Web Site use information collected by us as you interact with our Web Site.
When you sign up with Lax Spot, you provide us with certain personal information, such as your name, your email address, your date of birth and any other personal or preference information that you provide to us.
When you enter Lax Spot, we may collect your browser type and IP address. This information may be gathered for all Lax Spot visitors. In addition, we may store certain information from your browser using "cookies." A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's computer tied to information about the user. We may use session ID cookies to confirm that users are logged in. These cookies terminate once the user closes the browser. By default, we use a persistent cookie that stores your login ID (but not your password) to make it easier for you to login when you come back to Lax Spot. You can remove or block this cookie using the settings in your browser if you want to disable this convenience feature.
When you use Lax Spot, you may set up your personal profile, add friends, send messages, perform searches and queries, form groups, set up events, add classifieds, and transmit information through various channels. We collect this information so that we can provide you the service and offer personalized features. In most cases, we retain it so that, for instance, you can return to view prior messages you have sent or easily see your friend list. When you update information, we usually keep a backup copy of the prior version for a reasonable period of time to enable reversion to the prior version of that information.
You post User Content (as defined in the Lax Spot Terms of Use) on the Site at your own risk. Although we allow you to set privacy options that limit access to your pages, please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. We cannot control the actions of other Users with whom you may choose to share your pages and information. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that User Content you post on the Site will not be viewed by unauthorized persons. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Site. You understand and acknowledge that, even after removal, copies of User Content may remain viewable in cached and archived pages or if other Users have copied or stored your User Content.
Any improper collection or misuse of information provided on Lax Spot is a violation of the Lax Spot Terms of Service and should be reported to privacy@e-lacrosse.com.
By using Lax Spot, you are consenting to have your personal data transferred to and processed in the United States.
Lax Spot does not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from anyone under the age of 14 or knowingly allow such persons to register. If you are under 14, please do not attempt to register for Lax Spot or send any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, or email address. No one under age 14 may provide any personal information to or on Lax Spot. In the event that we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under age 14, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that we might have any information from or about a child under 14, please contact us at privacy@e-lacrosse.com.
We recommend that minors over the age of 14 ask their parents for permission before sending any information about themselves to anyone over the Internet.
When you register with Lax Spot, you create your own profile and specify who you want your information to be displayed to. Your profile information, as well as your name, email and photo, are displayed to other users on Lax Spot. You can chose not to enter any of the personal profile information such as college attended. You may also select to not display your age, gender, online status, or location to others. You designate those display settings under your account page. We may occasionally use your name and email address to send you notifications regarding new services offered by Lax Spot that we think you may find valuable.
By default only your first name is displayed to Lax Spot visitors and members that are not designated by the system as your friends. However your last name may be available through member searches on the site. If you are concerned with others being able to view you first and last name then you should not use Lax Spot.
Lax Spot may send you service-related announcements from time to time through the general operation of the site. For instance, if a friend sends you a new message or invite, or someone posts on your comments, you may receive an email alerting you to that fact.
You may opt out of most of these emails by setting you notification preference on your account page. However, Lax Spot reserves the right to send you notices about your account even if you opt out of all voluntary email notifications.
Lax Spot may use information in your profile without identifying you as an individual to third parties. We do this for purposes such as aggregating how many people on Lax Spot like a team or movie and personalizing advertisements and promotions for you. This information also helps us to better understand your needs.
We do not provide contact information to third party marketers without your permission. We share your information with third parties only in limited circumstances where we believe such sharing is 1) reasonably necessary to offer the service, 2) legally required or, 3) permitted by you. For example:
When you use Lax Spot, certain information you post or share with third parties (e.g., a friend or someone in your network), such as personal information, comments, messages, photos, videos, classifieds or other information, is shared with those other users. All such sharing of information is done at your own risk. Please keep in mind that if you disclose personal information in your profile or when posting comments, messages, photos, videos, classifieds or other items , this information may become publicly available.
Lax Spot may contain links to other websites. We are of course not responsible for the privacy practices of other web sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by Lax Spot.
Advertisements that appear on Lax Spot may sometimes be delivered (or "served") directly to users by third party advertisers. They automatically receive your IP address when this happens. These third party advertisers may also download cookies to your computer, or use other technologies such as JavaScript and "web beacons" (also known as "1x1 gifs") to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to personalize advertising content. Doing this allows the advertising network to recognize your computer each time they send you an advertisement in order to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to personalize advertising content. In this way, they may compile information about where individuals using your computer or browser saw their advertisements and determine which advertisements are clicked. Lax Spot does not have access to or control of the cookies that may be placed by the third party advertisers. Third party advertisers have no access to your contact information stored on Lax Spot.
This privacy policy covers the use of cookies by Lax Spot and does not cover the use of cookies or other tracking technologies by any of its advertisers.
Access and control over most personal information on Lax Spot is readily available through the profile and account editing tools. Lax Spot users may modify or delete any of their profile information at any time by logging into their account. Information will be updated immediately. Individuals who wish to remove their Lax Spot profile can send an email to support@e-lacrosse.com indicating they want their profile removed. Removed information may persist in backup copies for a reasonable period of time but will not be available to members of Lax Spot.
Where you make use of the communication features of the service to share information with other individuals on Lax Spot, (e.g., sending a bulletin or message to another Lax Spot member) however, you generally cannot remove such communications.
Your use of Lax Spot, and any disputes arising from it, is subject to this Privacy Policy as well as our Terms of Use. We reserve the right to change our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use at any time. Non-material changes and clarifications will take effect immediately, and material changes will take effect within 30 days of their posting on this site. If we make changes, we will post them and will indicate at the top of this page the policy's new effective date. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here, by email, or through notice on our home page. We encourage you to refer to this policy on an ongoing basis so that you understand our current privacy policy. Unless stated otherwise, our current privacy policy applies to all information that we have about you and your account.
Lax Spot aspires to be an environment where people can interact safely with their friends and the people around them. We have implemented many safety and privacy controls on Lax Spot as part of our goal to enable people to share their information with only the people they want to see it. And we are constantly improving our systems for identifying and removing inappropriate content and people from the site.
Children under 14 years old are not permitted access to Lax Spot. In addition, parents of children 14 years and older should consider whether their child should be supervised during the child's use of Lax Spot.
Despite Lax Spot’s safety and privacy controls, Lax Spot cannot guarantee that its site is entirely free of illegal, offensive, pornographic or otherwise inappropriate material, or that its members will not encounter inappropriate or illegal conduct from other members. Consequently, you may encounter such content and conduct. You can help Lax Spot by notifying us of any nudity or pornography, or harassment or unwelcome contact by clicking on the reporting links located on pages throughout the site. Lax Spot will use its best efforts to remove the offending content or conduct and to warn or, as appropriate, to bar from the site those transmitting such content or engaging in such conduct within 72 hours of receiving your complaint. Where complaints about nudity or pornography, or harassment or unwelcome contact are made by independent email to abuse@e-lacrosse.com, Lax Spot will acknowledge receipt of your complaint and begin addressing your complaint within 72 hours of receipt. Lax Spot will report back to you within 72 hours of receiving your email complaint to inform you of the steps Lax Spot has taken to address the complaint.
We need all users to report suspicious people and inappropriate content they encounter on Lax Spot. And we strongly encourage users under the age of 18 to talk to their parents or a responsible adult immediately if someone online says or does something to make them feel uncomfortable or threatened in any way.
Remember that although using fake names is a violation of the Lax Spot Terms of Use, people are not always who they say they are. You should always be careful when sending friend requests to, or accepting friend requests from people you do not know in the real world. And it is always risky to meet anyone in person whom you don't know through real world friends.
Always follow these important safety tips when using Lax Spot:
Lax Spot strongly urges parents to talk to their children about the dangers they may encounter online, and to make sure their children are using Lax Spot in a safe manner. Parents may want to install monitoring software on home computers if they are concerned about what their children are doing online. Children must know that they should report any inappropriate or offensive Lax Spot content to their parents and to Lax Spot. Parents should always remind their children to follow the important safety tips listed on this page when using Lax Spot.
For more information regarding Internet safety check out the following sites:
