Privacy Policy
NBAHoopTroop.com is a web Site operated by Cartoon Interactive Group, Inc. ("Cartoon
Network") and its affiliates pursuant to an agreement with NBA Media Ventures,
LLC ("NBAMV"), NBA TV, LLC ("NBATV") and NBA Properties, Inc. ("NBAP")
(NBAMV, NBATV and NBAP collectively referred to as the "NBA Entities") (NBA
Entities and Cartoon Network collectively are referred to herein as "we", "our" or "us").
Thank you for visiting NBA Hoop Troop. Your privacy is important to us. To better
protect your privacy, and to help ensure a rewarding online experience for all visitors,
we provide this Privacy Statement summarizing our online information practices and
explaining the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and
used. This Privacy Statement applies only to information collected on the NBA Hoop
Troop web sites where this Privacy Statement is posted (the "Sites") and does not apply
to any other information collected by Cartoon Network and its affiliated entities on any
other site or through any other means.
We are committed to providing fun, safe and secure Sites for people of all ages. We
are dedicated to safeguarding all personal information collected online and to helping
our visitors learn how to exercise control over personal information while exploring
the Internet. Because many visitors to the Sites are children, we make efforts to ensure
that children access only the content that is appropriate for them. In addition, we
employ special measures to help children protect their privacy while online. We do
not ask children to disclose more information than is necessary for them to participate
in a particular activity, and we take steps to prevent children from posting personal
information.
As we continue to offer our visitors new and different types of content and services, we
may modify our practices from time to time.
I. The Information We Collect
At NBA Hoop Troop, we do not collect personally identifiable information on our Site
unless our visitors voluntarily provide it to us, including when you participate in any
activities on our Site like sweepstakes, contests, games, and promotional offers. We do
not ask children to disclose more information than is necessary for them to participate
in a particular activity, and we take steps to prevent children from disclosing more
information than is necessary to participate in activities on the site. For some activities,
such as online polls or surveys, we may ask visitors to provide information that is not
personally identifiable. This might include first name only, city or state of residence,
age, gender, or a favorite basketball player. For some other activities, such as entering
sweepstakes, we may ask visitors to provide a first name and e-mail address. For other
activities, such as sending an electronic postcard or e-mail to a friend, we may also ask
for personal information about other people. This is usually limited to a first name and
e-mail address. E-mail addresses collected to send an electronic postcard or e-mail to a
friend are deleted immediately when the requested postcard or e-mail is transmitted.
If a child under age thirteen participates in any ongoing activity that requires the
collection, retention, and use of personal information, we will also ask for a parent's e-
mail address so that we can notify the parent that we have received personal information
from their child. We do not knowingly collect names and e-mail addresses from children under age thirteen for these types of activities without notifying the parent via e-mail and giving the parent the option to remove their child's e-mail address from the applicable
database for that activity. For specific one-time requests we receive from visitors, e-mail
addresses are collected and used only in connection with the specific one-time request.
For example, for sweepstakes and contests, e-mail addresses are collected for the purpose
of entering the online sweepstakes or contest on a one-time basis and are used to notify
winners of the sweepstakes or contest once by e-mail. Winners will be required to return
a completed prize acceptance form contained in the notification e-mail by facsimile or
U.S. mail within a designated time period (along with the signature of a parent or legal
guardian for all minors).
In connection with registration for certain interactive online games or features on the
Sites, we may ask users to provide certain information that is not personally identifiable
. For registration of children under the age of thirteen, we may ask for the child's e-
mail address, which will not be stored in a retrievable form but instead using a "hash" or
unique code generated from the e-mail address that will allow us on a one-time basis, for
example, to respond to an inquiry from the child regarding a lost user name or password.
We also may ask for a parental email address for children under age 13 who register
in order to provide notice to the parent that his or her child would like to participate in
registration for certain interactive features. For individuals age thirteen and over, we may
collect and store an e-mail address to use in the case of forgotten passwords.
When visitors come to our Site, we also may collect some non-personally identifiable
information such as the current Internet protocol address, the type of mobile or handheld
device used to view the Site (e.g. iPhone, Blackberry), the type of computer operating
system you are using (e.g., Microsoft Windows, Mac OS), the type of browser you are
using (e.g., Firefox, Internet Explorer), the domain name of the Internet service provider
(e.g., America Online, Earthlink), your activities while visiting our Site, your activities
while playing games or utilizing services on our Site (e.g., which of our Web pages you
viewed or which games you played), and the advertisements you have been shown.
II. How We Use the Information
We use visitors' personal information collected in connection with child-directed
activities for internal purposes only, such as enabling visitors to enter our online contests
or sweepstakes or for the purposes for which you provided the information.
We use parents' e-mail addresses to notify them when we have received personal
information such as e-mail addresses from their children and to give parents the option to
remove their child's name from our lists. We use information we collect about others only
to enable visitors to our Site to communicate with those other people, for example, by
sending them electronic greeting cards as requested.
We only keep any personal information we obtain through a contest or sweepstakes until
we have successfully selected a winner(s), awarded the prize(s), and administered the
contest or sweepstakes.
We never sell, rent, or otherwise share our visitors' personal information with third
parties without appropriate consent. Sometimes, we use agents or contractors to provide
services to our visitors, such as helping us conduct a sweepstakes, sending prizes to
winners or providing customer service related to activities on the Site. In these cases, we require the agent or contractor to keep the information confidential and to use it only for
the specific services they are performing consistent with this policy. We sometimes use
non-personally identifiable information that we collect to improve the design and content
of our Site, and to improve our visitors' experience on the Site.
We also may aggregate, use and share this information with third parties to analyze Site
usage, as well as to offer products, programs, or services.
We may disclose personally identifiable information in response to legal process, for
example, in response to a court order or a subpoena. We also may use and disclose
such information in response to a law enforcement agency's request, or where we
believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities,
suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any
person, violations of our terms of use, to verify or enforce compliance with the policies
governing our Site and applicable laws, or as otherwise required or permitted by law or
consistent with legal requirements. In addition, we may transfer personally identifiable
information about you if we or one of our business units are acquired by, sold to, or
merged with another entity.
We will not use or transfer personally identifiable information in ways that are materially
different from the ones described above without also providing parental notification of
such practices and obtaining consent for any materially different uses.
III. Cookies and Web Beacons
To enhance your online experience, our Sites use a software technology called "cookies"
or similar technologies. Cookies are small text files placed in visitors' computer browsers
to store their preferences. Cookies do not contain any personally identifiable information.
Although cookies could enable us to relate a visitor's use of our Sites and the Internet
to personal information that the visitor has provided, such as an e-mail address, we do
not use cookies in connection with personal information with one exception: for some
activities, we use session cookies to ensure that visitors under the age of 13 provide a
parental email address to assist with our compliance with the Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act. We do use cookies to determine how many visitors we have and how
often they visit various sections of our Sites and to improve or customize the content,
offerings and/or advertisements on our Sites. For example, we may use cookies to
personalize your experience at our Sites (e.g., to recognize you by your user name when
you return to a Site).
We, our third party service providers and/or our partners also may use cookies to manage
and measure the performance of advertisements displayed on or delivered by or through
the Sites. This also helps us, our service providers and partners provide more relevant
advertising. For more information regarding third-party ad servers, see " Collection of
Information by Third-Party Sites," below.
"Web beacons" or clear .gifs or similar technologies are small pieces of code placed on a
web page to monitor the behavior and collect data about the visitors viewing a web page.
For example, web beacons can be used to count the users who visit a web page or to
deliver a cookie to the browser of a visitor viewing that page. We, our third party service
providers and/or our partners may use web beacons on our Site from time to time for this
and other purposes.You can change your privacy preferences regarding the use of cookies and similar
technologies through your browser. You may set your browser to accept all cookies,
block certain cookies, require your consent before a cookie is placed in your browser,
or block all cookies. Blocking all cookies will affect your online experience and may
prevent you from enjoying the full features offered at our Sites. Please consult the "Help"
section of your browser for more information.
IV. Collection of Information by Third-Party Sites, Ad Servers and Sponsors
Our Site contains links to other Web sites, including those of sponsors and advertisers,
whose information practices may be different from ours. Sometimes these third party
Web sites might conduct contests or sweepstakes that are promoted on our Site. Visitors
should consult those other third party Web sites' privacy notices, since those Web sites
are not covered by our Privacy Statement and may follow different procedures.
Additionally, we and our advertisers may use third parties to serve or present the ads
that appear on our site and to conduct research about the advertisements. These third
parties may view, edit or set their own cookies. We, our third party service providers and/
or partners may also place cookies, web beacons, clear .gifs or similar technologies to
help present such advertisements, and to help measure and research the advertisements'
effectiveness. The use of these technologies by these third parties is subject to their own
privacy policies and is not covered by our Privacy Statement. For more information about
third-party ad servers and your ability to opt-out of targeted advertising from such third
party ad servers generally, please see http://www.networkadvertising.org/ .
V. International Transfer
NBA Entities and Cartoon Network are worldwide brands and operate globally so it
may be necessary to transfer any information provided to these Sites internationally. In
particular, the information provided will likely be transferred to and processed in the
United States where many of our central databases operate. The data protection and
other laws of other countries, such as the United States, may not be as comprehensive as
those in your country. Please be assured that we take reasonable steps to ensure that your
privacy is protected. By using this Site, you consent to your information being collected
and used as set forth in this Privacy Statement.
VI. Security
We have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures in an
effort to safeguard and help prevent unauthorized access, maintain data security, and
correctly use the information we collect online.
VII. Parental Review of Information
Parents, please send a letter or postcard to our NBA Hoop Troop/Cartoon Network
Privacy Manager at the mailing address provided below if you would like to do any of the
following:
- access personally identifiable information that a Site has collected online from
your child, - correct factual errors in such information,
- request to have this information deleted, or
- request that we no longer collect or maintain such information.
Please be sure to include your e-mail address and a telephone number where we can
reach you. To protect your child's privacy and security, we will take reasonable steps to
verify your identity before granting you access to the personal information that we collect
and maintain about your child.
VIII. Contact Us
If you have any questions, comments or concerns regarding our Privacy Statement and/
or practices, please contact us at the following e-mail address, mailing address and
telephone number:
Email: Privacy.NBAHoopTroop@turner.com
Mailing Address (Postcards only, please):
Privacy Manager – NBA Hoop Troop c/o Cartoon Network Legal
1050 Techwood Drive
Atlanta, GA 30318
404-878-0694
IX. Updates & Effective Date
From time to time, we may update this Privacy Statement. We will notify you about
material changes in the way we treat personally identifiable information by placing a
notice on our Sites. We encourage you to periodically check back and review this Privacy
Statement so that you always will know what information we collect, how we use it, and
to whom we disclose it.
The Privacy Statement posted on this Site was issued on or about December 22, 2010.
X. A Final Note to Parents
The Internet offers a world of opportunity for children. Your guidance and involvement
are essential to help ensure that children have a safe and rewarding online experience.
Your efforts to instill responsible information practices will help steer your children to
age-appropriate sites, and will go a long way toward ensuring that your children have
enriching online experiences.
