Privacy Policy
Overview
The USA Clay Target League (League) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. The League is the independent provider of clay target shooting sports for secondary and postsecondary schools. The League’s priorities are safety, fun, and marksmanship – in that order. As a national organization, much of our work and communication with our constituents occurs online. Because of this, it is important for the League to maintain the trust of both youth and adult participants by ensuring the privacy of our youngest constituents. While it is necessary for the League to collect information for certain online initiatives (www.claytargetscoring.com), we intend to only use the information for the stated purpose on each website. The League will never sell or share any personally identifiable information with any third party.
Privacy Policy
The USA Clay Target League provides this Privacy Policy to inform users of our policies and procedures regarding the collection, use and disclosure of personally identifiable information received from users of this or any other League owned and operated website (Site).
Changes
This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time for any reason; each version will apply to information collected while it was in place. We will notify you of any material changes to our Privacy Policy by posting the new Privacy Policy on our Site. The changes shall take effect after we post or otherwise notify you about the changes. You are advised to consult this Privacy Policy regularly for any changes.
Your Consent
By using the Site, you are consenting to our processing of your information as set forth in this Privacy Policy now and as amended by us. “Processing” means using cookies on a computer or using or touching information in any way, including, but not limited to, collecting, storing, deleting, using, combining and disclosing information, all of which activities will take place in the United States. If you reside outside the U.S. your personally identifiable information will be transferred to the U.S., and processed and stored there under U.S. privacy standards. By visiting our Site and providing information to us, you consent to such transfer to, and processing in, the U.S.
Information Collection
When you use the Site, you provide information about yourself, your child, or a student. Depending on how you use the Site, such information that you provide may include: (a) your name, child’s name, student’s name, email address, telephone number, age (to comply with legal requirements), name of school, user name, password and other registration information; (b) your interaction with the Site and advertisements; (c) transaction-related information, such as, when you make listings or purchases or in any other way respond to any offers on the Site; (d) information you provide us when you contact us for help; (e) information you enter into our system when using the Site, such as contact information and project management information; and (f) any information or photographs you choose to provide in a listing or on our message boards.
If participant is under 18 years of age, written consent from a parent or guardian also needs to be provided. To the extent that some online platforms are managed in partnership with a third party, the League will ensure that the third party will not use any data about the League’s registered users in any way not compliant with the League’s privacy policy or without asking permission. Signing up across the League’s media platforms will be the responsibility of each participant. The League will never automatically sign registered users up for additional online initiatives without their permission. Registered users may unsubscribe or opt out of e-communications or online initiatives at any time. The League will comply with any parent or guardian requesting control of or access to their child’s user accounts.
Use of Information
We track usage data and user traffic patterns throughout our site to improve the content of our Site and the quality of our service. We may use your information (a) to deliver the services and features desired by you, (b) to improve our services to you, (c) to personalize content and offers that may be of interest to you, (d) to respond to your inquiries, and (e) to fulfill your request for products or services.
We do not currently share personal identifying information collected on the Site, including email addresses, with third parties for their direct marketing or solicitation, however we may choose to do so in the future. We will use your contact information to contact you from time to time to provide you with important information or required notices. We will disclose your personally identifiable information if we reasonably believe we are required to do so by law, regulation or other government authority or to protect our rights and property or the rights and property of the public. We may also cooperate with law enforcement agencies in any official investigation and we may disclose your personally identifiable information to the relevant agency in doing so.
We may collect anonymous or aggregate user information and disclose such data only in a non-personally identifiable manner to:
- Advertisers and other third parties for their marketing and promotional purposes, such as trends or how many users clicked on a particular offer;
- Organizations approved by the USA Clay Target League, Inc. that conduct research; and
- Users of the Site for purposes of comparison of their habits and performance relative to the broader community.
In no event will such information identify you, your company, or your organization personally.
Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. We use cookies to help us identify and track visitors, their usage of the Site, and their website access preferences. Visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using the Site, with the drawback that certain features of the Site may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
Advertising
Advertisements that appear on the Site are delivered to users by our advertisers. We may from time-to-time use advertising network providers to help present advertisements on the Site. Since our use of advertising networks may change from time-to-time, we encourage you to review this privacy policy periodically for changes. Advertisers and ad networks use cookies, web beacons or similar technologies on your browser to help present offers, better target and measure the effectiveness of their advertisements by using data gathered on an anonymous basis over time and across their network of Web pages to determine the preference of their audiences. These cookies and web beacons do not collect any personal information from your computer, such as your e-mail address. The use of cookies and web beacons by advertisers and ad networks is subject to their own privacy policies. In the event we use advertising networks, you will have the opportunity to find out more about ad network providers and the choices you have about these technologies.
Children
Any user providing personal data is certifying that he/she is over the age of 18. Children under the age of 13 are not eligible to use our site without parental or adult supervision. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with personally identifiable information without their consent, he or she should contact us. We will delete such information from our files.
Acquisition
We reserve the right to transfer your personal information in the event of a transfer of ownership of the USA Clay Target League such as an acquisition by or merger with another company. If an acquiring company should plan to materially change this privacy policy, we will notify you beforehand.
Partners and Sponsors
The League often links to program partners and allies, both for-profit and nonprofit. While we work hard to vet any agency we partner with, the League is not responsible for the content on their pages or for their privacy policies. Conversely, the League’s partners and sponsors are in no way liable or responsible for content posted on the League’s online platforms.
Security
We are very concerned about safeguarding children and the confidentiality of your personally identifiable information. We limit access to personal information about you to employees and authorized who need to know that information in order to operate, develop or improve our services. Please be aware that, although we endeavor to provide reasonable security for information in our possession and control, no security system can prevent against all potential security breaches, and we bear no liability for uses or disclosures of personal data or non-personal data arising in connection with the theft thereof. We bear no liability for access to, or use or disclosure of personal data if such access, use or disclosure arises in connection with the theft or disclosure (whether intentional or negligent) of such user’s password.
Application and User Security
User data in our database is accessible only through unique username and password login. No direct public access to our database is available. Users choose and are subject to login ID and password rules to minimize the chance of an unauthorized user gaining access. A session cookie is issued only to record encrypted authentication information for the duration of a specific session. The session cookie does not include the password of the user. Session cookies are destroyed once the user logs out of the system.
The League provides protection against users accidentally leaving personal information active on a computer browser screen. The application ends a user “session” if users are logged in but have not actively used the service for a set period of time. This helps prevent others from accessing users’ accounts when users leave a session and forget to log out.
Online Payments
The USA Clay Target League uses Stripe as its sole payment service provider to accept credit and debit cards. Stripe is regularly audited and is certified as PCI Level 1 Compliance – the highest available. All transactions are encrypted, and all credit card numbers and decryption information are stored separately. The League does NOT store credit card information and transactions only take place on Stripe payment systems.
How to Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or its implementation, or if you believe there are inaccuracies in your account information you may contact us through a Contact Form on our Site or call the League at 1-800-USA-CLAY.
Last Updated: January 2024.