The Private Club Network respects your privacy and is committed to treating
information about you responsibly. The Private Club Network understands the
need to safeguard sensitive information that you have provided and that you
expect privacy and security for your personal affairs.
Information Collection and Use
Information Collection
The Private Club Network is the sole owner of the information collected on
www.privateclubnetwork.com. We do not sell or give out any of the
information collected to any third party companies.
Registration
For a Private Club Network member to request tee times, a user must first
complete the registration form. During registration a user is required to give
contact information (such as name and e-mail address). We use this information
to contact the user about services, to keep track of requested tee times, and
for information on our site for which he or she has expressed interest.
Special Promotions
Promotions that are hosted on Private Club Network web site may be sponsored by
Private Club Network, may be co-sponsored by Private Club Network and another
company, or may be sponsored by companies other than Private Club Network. Some
or all of the data collected during a promotion may be shared with the
sponsor(s) or companies indicated on the entry form.
If data will be shared, then there will be notice prior to the time of data
collection or transfer.
When you participate in a Private Club Network-sponsored or hosted promotion,
you are subject the Official Rules of that promotion. All special promotions
are void where it's prohibited by law.
Information Use
Profile
We store information that we collect through a protected company database to
create a profile of our users. A profile is stored information that we keep on
individual users that details their viewing preferences. Consequently,
collected information is tied to the users personally identifiable information
to provide offers and improve the content of the site for the user. This
profile is used to tailor a user’s visit to our Web site, and to direct
pertinent marketing promotions to them. We do not share your profile with other
third parties.
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user’s computer tied to information
about the user. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally
identifiable information while on our site. We use both session ID cookies and
persistent cookies. For the session ID cookie, once users close the browser,
the cookie simply terminates. A persistent cookie is a small text file stored
on the user’s hard drive for an extended period of time. Persistent cookies can
be removed by following Internet browser help file directions. For more
information on cookies click here
By setting a persistent cookie on our site, users would not have to type in
their user name, thereby saving time while signing into our site. If users
reject the cookie, they may still use our site. The only drawback to this is
that the user will have to type everything in more than once.
Log Files
Like most standard Web site servers we use log files. This includes internet
protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP),
referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks to
analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement in the aggregate,
and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses, etc.
are not linked to personally identifiable information.
Communications from the Site
Special Offers and Updates
Established members will occasionally receive information on products,
services, special deals, and a newsletter. Out of respect for the privacy of
our users we present the option to not receive these types of communications.
Please see the Choice and Opt-out sections.
Service Announcements
On rare occasions it is necessary to send out a strictly service related
announcement. For instance, if our service is temporarily suspended for
maintenance we might send users an e-mail. Generally, users may not opt-out of
these communications, though they can deactivate their account. However, these
communications are not promotional in nature.
Customer Service
We communicate with users on a regular basis to provide requested services and
in regards to issues relating to their account we reply via e-mail or phone, in
accordance with the users wishes.
Sharing
Legal Disclaimer
Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose
personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief
that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a
court order or legal process served on our Web site.
Aggregate Information (non-personally identifiable)
We share aggregated demographic information with our partners and advertisers.
This is not linked to any personally identifiable information.
Business Transitions
In the event Private Club Network goes through a business transition, such as a
merger, being acquired by another company, or selling a portion of its assets,
users’ personal information will, in most instances, be part of the assets
transferred.
Links
This Web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we, Private
Club Network, are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other
sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read
the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects personally
identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information
collected by this Web site.
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this
privacy statement, the homepage, and other places we deem appropriate so our
users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under
what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.
If, however, we are going to use users’ personally identifiable information in a
manner different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify
users via e-mail.