NATIONAL BASKETBALL EVENTS, INC. SECURITY & PRIVACY POLICY

It is National Basketball Events (NBE) policy to protect and maintain the confidentiality of personal information provided to it by those who visit or use this web site. To that end, we have adopted the following security and privacy provisions. By visiting National Basketball Events, Inc. and its affiliate, NationalBasketball.com, you are accepting the practices described in this policy notice.

VISITING WWW.NATIONALBASKETBALL.COM

Information Collected
Your IP address, browser and reference site domain name are logged every time you visit our web site. This data is used strictly for the analysis of load information and maximizing the efficiency of our servers. Except as provided in this privacy policy, we will not share this data with anyone in any way.

Ordering from NationalBasketball.com
We collect information from you when you place an order or respond to a survey or communication such as e-mail. When ordering, we may ask you for your name, e-mail address, mailing address, daytime phone number, credit card information or other information. NBE automatically collects order information. All online transactions are processed through VeriSign.

Use of Personal Information
National Basketball Events (NBE) uses the personal information that it collects to organize and create tournament brackets, as well as provide customer service and support. In some cases, we are required to disclose personal information to our fulfillment provider so that they can ship products that you ordered through our web site. Our fulfillment house is contractually bound to keep that information confidential and are precluded from disclosing it to third parties and from using it for any purpose other than order fulfillment. NBE does not otherwise share, sell, or provide any other parties with any customer information unless it has a good faith belief that such disclosure is necessary to comply with judicial proceedings, court order, or other legal process.

NBE may use the personal information that it collects to send promotional or informational e-mail to its customers and/or users. You will be given the choice to opt-out if and when NBE conducts such e-mailings.

Security
We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information. Personal information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential. All sensitive/credit information you supply is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then encrypted into our databases to be accessed only as stated above.

Cookies
Like many websites, we use cookies. Cookies are pieces of information that a site sends to your computer while you are viewing the site. Cookies work in combination with content within the site itself to capture and remember information. For instance, cookies are used to remember and process the items in your shopping cart and during your tournament registration process. They are also used to track your activity and understand your preferences based on previous or current site activity. This enables us to provide you with services or to improve your site experience. We also use cookies to provide us with aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.

You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser (like Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer) settings. Each browser is a little different, so look at your browser Help menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies. Please note, however, that if you disable cookies our web site may not perform as intended and may not meet your expectations.

Links to Other Sites
You should be aware that when you are on NationalBasketball.com, you could be directed to other sites that are beyond our control. There may be links to other sites that take you outside our service. These other sites may send their own cookies to users, collect data, or solicit personal information that is beyond our control. Please pay attention to your location on the web and note that we are only responsible for information collected within our own web site.

Changes to Privacy Policy
If you choose to visit NationalBasketball.com, your visit and any dispute over privacy is subject to this Notice and to our Terms of Use. From time to time we may update or modify our Terms of Use or Privacy Policy. We will always make such updates available on our web site. Changes to our Privacy Policy will apply only to information collected after the date of the change. This policy was last modified on November 8, 2005.

Questions about our Policies
We welcome your questions, comments, and concerns about privacy. Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns regarding our privacy or security policies or practices.

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