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Privacy Policy and Terms of Use
FieldHockeyAds.com is part of a larger network of web site brands all owned and operated by HummerSport of Virginia, USA under the banner name of the "Global Sports Classified Network" (GSCN). These separate brands are merely to make each version of the site relevant to the specific sport and or geography being served. However, these separate brands are all governed by this single privacy policy and terms of use.
Privacy Policy
HummerSport has established this privacy policy for use with every GCSN web site to explain to you how your information is protected, collected and used, which may be updated by us from time to time. HummerSport will provide notice of materially significant changes to this privacy policy by posting notice on the FieldHockeyAds.com site.
Every web site that makes up the GCSN - including FieldHockeyAds.com - is a both a free, and for fee service for helping to bring recreational sports players, coaches, teams, leagues, tournaments, camps, and others together. This service could not be possible without the use of information provided by our users about themselves and/or their organizations, including specific information regarding their age, home town, and on how to contact them. Therefore, no one should post any information to this Web site without the understanding that all information they post about themselves or their organization - that is not specifically noted as something that will not be shared with other users - may be visible to all other visitors to FieldHockeyAds.com, as well as to the visitors of other web site brands that make up the GCSN.
If anyone suspects the misuse of their information provided by them for use of this or any GCSN web site, they should contact us immediately by calling 703.433.1887, or by emailing abuse@hummersport.com
Protecting your privacy
" We do not run pop up/under advertising of any kind.
" We do not share your information with third parties for marketing purposes.
" We do not employ tracking devices for marketing purposes ("cookies", "web beacons," single-pixel gifs).
" We do not send you unsolicited communications for marketing purposes.
" We do not display email addresses you provide in your ads to other users, which reduces 3rd party harvesting & spam.
" Account information is password-protected. Keep your password safe.
" FieldHockeyAds.com does not knowingly collect any information from persons under the age of 13. A parent or guardian of a player under 13 may post information on their behalf. If FieldHockeyAds.com learns that a person under the age of 13 hosted directly posted information, or that direct contact information for someone under 13 has been used, FieldHockeyAds.com will remove that post.
" FieldHockeyAds.com, or people who post ads on FieldHockeyAds.com, may provide links to third party web sites, which may have different privacy practices. We are not responsible for, nor have any control over, the privacy policies of those third party websites, and encourage all users to read the privacy policies of each and every website visited.
Data we collect
" We sometimes collect your email address, for purposes such as supplying reply addresses to ads you contact, sending confirmation emails, authenticating user accounts, providing subscription email services, and enabling people interested in ads you post to contact you via our secure email system (that does not disclose your email address to others unless you specifically reply to a message received through your use of the GCSN.
" For paid postings and memberships, we collect contact information, such as name(s), phone/fax number(s), emails, and address for billing purposes. You may need to provide additional information about your organization if you are placing ads on their behalf.
" HummerSport does not store credit card information. Credit card transactions are transmitted to a financial gateway, and we endeavor to protect the security of your payment information during transmission by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology.
" We may collect personal information if you provide it in feedback or comments, post it a classified ad, or if you contact us directly. Please do not post any personal information within classified ads anywhere within in the GCSN that you expect to keep private.
" Our web logs collect standard web log entries for each page served, including your IP address, page URL visited on our site, and timestamp. Web logs help us to diagnose problems with our server, to administer the GCSN sites, and to otherwise provide our service to you.
Data we store
" All classified ad postings are stored in our database, even after "deletion," and may be archived elsewhere. Deleting an ad merely removes it form any public view.
" Our web logs and other records are stored indefinitely.
" Registered members can access and update their information through the member homepage.
" Although we make good faith efforts to store the information in a secure operating environment that is not available to the public, we cannot guarantee complete security.
Archiving and display of GCSN postings by search engines and other sites
Search engines and other sites not affiliated with HummerSport or our GCSN - including google.com, archive.org, and groups.yahoo.com - archive or otherwise make available GCSN postings. This can dramatically increase exposure for your ads (which is the point of advertising), but sometimes archived copies may persist on these other sites after you have deleted your ad from the GCSN.
Circumstances in which HummerSport may release information
" HummerSport may disclose information about its users to proper authorities if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to respond to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal process.
" HummerSport may also disclose information about its users to law enforcement officers or others, in the good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to: enforce our Terms of Use; respond to claims that any posting or other content violates the rights of third-parties; or protect the rights, property, or personal safety of HummerSport, our employees, the GCSN users or the general public.
International Users
By visiting our web site and providing us with data, you acknowledge and agree that due to the international dimension of the GCSN we may use the data collected in the course of our relationship for the purposes identified in this policy or in our other communications with you, including the transmission of information outside your resident jurisdiction. In addition, please understand that such data may be stored on servers located in the United States. By providing us with your data, you consent to the transfer of such data.
*SAFETY WARNING*
As with anytime you make plans to meet a stranger for the first time, HummerSport warns you to be cautious when setting up a first meeting, practice, or tryout with a new team contact found on FieldHockeyAds.com. Always go to a public place with other people in the immediate area, and make sure someone else knows where you are. If you are under 18, ask a parent or family friend to go with you until you are sure the team or other person is legitimate. If at anytime you feel uncomfortable, leave the area immediately.
Cookies
A cookie is a small data file that certain Web sites write to your hard drive when you visit them. A cookie file can contain information such as a user ID that the site uses to track the pages you've visited and to allow easy access to restricted areas of the Web site. But the only personal information a cookie can contain is information you supply yourself. A cookie can't read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites. The GCSN uses cookies to simplify access to restricted areas and to track user traffic in aggregate. If you've set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies, you will receive the warning message with each cookie. You can refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser, although this may decrease the usefulness of this or other GCSN web sites. You do not need to have cookies turned on to access any GCSN web site.
Terms and Conditions of Use
HummerSport operates FieldHockeyAds.com and several other similar web sites under the name Global Sport Classified Network ("GCSN") for the purpose of providing a collection of online resources, including classified ads, resumes, sports recruiting, and various email services, referred to hereafter as the ("Service") subject to the following Terms of Use ("Terms").
HummerSport provides this web site and every GCSN web site and related Service subject to your compliance with the Terms set forth below. Your continued use of this site evidences your agreement to these Terms.
Address and Contact Information
FieldHockeyAds.com is owned and operated by HummerSport and is one of many web sites making up HummerSport's Global Sports Classified Network. You can reach HummerSport at 47605 Woodboro Ter, Bldg 19, in Sterling, VA 20165 or by telephone at 703-433-1887. You may send email to us by clicking info@hummersport.com
WARNING - DISCLAIMER
HummerSport makes no warrant as to the safety, reliability, accuracy, timeliness, usefulness, adequacy, completeness or suitability of information on our web site. HummerSport cannot and does warrant against human and machine errors, omissions, delays, interruptions or losses, including loss of data. HummerSport cannot and does not guarantee or warrant that files available for downloading from this site are free from infection by viruses, worms, trojan horses or other code that may harm your computer or system. Most of the content you intend to view on FieldHockeyAds.com or another GCSN site is provided by third-parties, and should be relied on by you at your own risk. You assume the risk that the data is incorrect or inaccurate. No such information should be construed as the advice of a professional, or as endorsed by FieldHockeyAds.com or HummerSport.
Intellectual Property and Use of the Site
All text, graphics and multimedia content available from the entry point URL http://www.fieldhockeyads.com/ or through one of our partner's domains, and pages within that domain (the "Site") and all related code (including but not limited to HTML, JavaScript, Flash, other mark-up languages, and all scripts) within this site are the property of HummerSport and/or its affiliates. All material on this Site, including (but not limited to) images, illustrations, audio clips and video clips, is protected by copyrights that are owned or controlled by HummerSport or by other parties that have licensed their material to HummerSport. Material from the Site may not be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted or distributed in any way. Modification of the materials or use of the materials for any other purpose is a violation of copyright and other proprietary rights. The use of any such material on any other web site or computer environment is prohibited.
Use of Information Provided
The personal contact information provided on this Web site is there solely for the purpose of matching available sports participants or employees with sports organizations. Visitors to FieldHockeyAds.com may use the information provided solely for that purpose, and no other. Coaches, College Recruiters, or Professional Scouts may use this information to contact a player in an attempt to invite them to play for a team for which they have an active role in managing, or are under a recruiting contract. Any player who is using FieldHockeyAds.com or any GCSN web site to find possible teams may use the information provided in order to contact specific teams that they would like to join, or to setup a tryout or practice session.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES may the information provided here be used for any other purpose than that described above. Any use of this information for the purpose of soliciting our users is strictly prohibited. To do so, or to use any technology for the purpose of collecting contact information from the site is considered a serious copyright violation, as well as theft of our intellectual property.
Any violators of these terms will be vigorously pursued in a court of law.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
YOU AGREE THAT USE OF THE ANY GCSN SITE AND THE SERVICE IS ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE GCSN SITES AND THE SERVICE ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" OR "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. ALL EXPRESS AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF PROPRIETARY RIGHTS ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, HUMMERSPORT DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES FOR THE SECURITY, RELIABILITY, TIMELINESS, ACCURACY, AND PERFORMANCE OF ANY GCSN SITE AND THE SERVICE. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, HUMMERSPORT DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES FOR OTHER SERVICES OR GOODS RECEIVED THROUGH OR ADVERTISED ON ANY GCSN SITE OR THE SITES OR SERVICE, OR ACCESSED THROUGH ANY LINKS ON THE ANY GCSN SITE. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, HUMMERSPORT DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES FOR VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS IN CONNECTION WITH ANY GCSN SITE OR THE SERVICE. Some jurisdictions do not allow the disclaimer of implied warranties. In such jurisdictions, some of the foregoing disclaimers may not apply to you insofar as they relate to implied warranties.
LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL HUMMERSPORT BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES (EVEN IF HUMMERSPORT HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM ANY ASPECT OF YOUR USE OF ANY GCSN SITE OR THE SERVICE, WHETHER THE DAMAGES ARISE FROM USE OR MISUSE OF THE GCSN SITE OR THE SERVICE, FROM INABILITY TO USE A GCSN SITE OR THE SERVICE, OR THE INTERRUPTION, SUSPENSION, MODIFICATION, ALTERATION, OR TERMINATION OF ANY GCSN SITE OR THE SERVICE. SUCH LIMITATION SHALL ALSO APPLY WITH RESPECT TO DAMAGES INCURRED BY REASON OF OTHER SERVICES OR PRODUCTS RECEIVED THROUGH OR ADVERTISED IN CONNECTION WITH ANY GCSN SITE OR THE SERVICE OR ANY LINKS ON ANY GCSN SITE, AS WELL AS BY REASON OF ANY INFORMATION OR ADVICE RECEIVED THROUGH OR ADVERTISED IN CONNECTION WITH ANY GCSN SITE OR THE SERVICE OR ANY LINKS ON ANY GCSN SITE. THESE LIMITATIONS SHALL APPLY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. In some jurisdictions, limitations of liability are not permitted. In such jurisdictions, some of the foregoing limitation may not apply to you.
INDEMNITY
You agree to indemnify and hold HummerSport, its officers, subsidiaries, affiliates, successors, assigns, directors, officers, agents, service providers, suppliers and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorney fees and court costs, made by any third party due to or arising out of Content you submit, post or make available through the Service, your use of the Service, your violation of the Terms, your breach of any of the representations and warranties herein, or your violation of any rights of another.
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