PRIVACY POLICY

This Privacy Policy (the “Policy”) explains, in clear and plain language, how The Universal Lacrosse Company, a New Jersey limited liability company, and its affiliates and subsidiaries (“Universal Lacrosse”), collects, uses and distributes personal information.  The Policy applies to any and all users (“You”) of the Universal Lacrosse website, mobile site, web application, mobile application (if any) and any features, products, services or content contained thereon or related thereto (the “Website”).  By accessing or using the Website in any manner, you accept and agree to be bound by the Policy, and to our collection and use of any personal information about you in accordance herewith, and you represent and warrant that you are not barred from accessing the Website under the laws of any applicable jurisdiction, and you are not located in or are a citizen or subject of any territory or country in which the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (“GDPR”) or any substantially similar laws or regulations apply. 

By using the Website, we may receive certain information about you.  The Policy does not cover third parties, and Universal Lacrosse takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any use of information by such third parties, irrespective of how such parties may have received such information. 

1.     INFORMATION THAT WE COLLECT

Universal Lacrosse collects the following information about You (collectively, the “Information”):

Personal & Usage Information.  By visiting or using the Website, you hereby authorize Universal Lacrosse to collect the following information about You, including, but not limited to: name; username; password; phone number (including mobile phone number); email address; mailing address; billing information; level of play; position played; team or league name; searches conducted through the Website; all pages or websites visited through the Website, including product pages; products viewed on the Website; purchases made through the Website; responses to surveys; customer service requests; and any information that you post on or through the Website.

Payment Information.  Universal Lacrosse does not presently collect or store payment information (“Payment Information”), including your credit card type or number, expiration date, security code or address associated therewith.  The Payment Information may be collected and stored by a third-party payment processor, and the collection, use and storage thereof is governed by such payment processor’s terms of use and privacy policies.  As such, Universal Lacrosse does not control, and, therefore, to the extent possible under applicable law, assumes no responsibility or liability for, the Payment Information or the security, use (including misuse), or disclosure thereof.

Third-Party Information.  Universal Lacrosse may receive, collect and store information, including account information, from third parties, including websites, applications, Websites or individuals, which we may combine with other information that we collect about you.

Device Information & IP Address Information.  Universal Lacrosse may automatically collect certain information when you use or visit the Website, including, but not limited to, your device type (i.e., mobile phone, tablet, computer) and ID, your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser, operating system, referring website (if any), your activity on the Website, and time and place of use.

2.     HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

Universal Lacrosse may use your Information for the following purposes:

Provide Services.  To provide you with access to products, services and features that the Website offers, including, but not limited to, the ability to view and purchase products through the Website.

Communicate.  Universal Lacrosse may use the Information to send you communications in the form of emails.  Such communications may consist of administrative notifications, including, but not limited to, account confirmation emails, password recovery emails; email updates, including, but not limited to, offers, special promotions, recommendations, Universal Lacrosse news, updates to our terms of service, new product or feature announcements, special events, and special offers, promotions, or announcements from our partners; and customer service communications, including responding to your request and inquiries, and sending surveys.

Understand & Improve Website.  Universal Lacrosse may combine the Information with information that we collect from other users to generate aggregate data that we may use to: monitor, analyze and better understand how, where, when and why our users are using the Website, including which products, features or services they like and do not like; improve the Website; and enhance users’ experiences of the Website and its products, features and services.

Ensure Safety & Compliance with Law.  Universal Lacrosse may use the Information to: protect users or others from dangerous, fraudulent, prohibited or unlawful activity; and comply with all applicable laws and regulations.

3.     WHY WE USE YOUR INFORMATION 

While the use of the Website by persons who are citizens or subjects of any territory or country in which the GDPR or any substantially similar laws or regulations apply is strictly prohibited, if you are subject to the GDPR, then we will process your Personal Data (as defined in the GDPR) only when:

a)     You have given us consent to process your data for one or more specific purposes (which consent may be withdrawn at any time by sending an email to [email protected], but which withdrawal (i) shall not impact the lawfulness of any processing that took place prior to such withdrawal and (ii) may partially or entirely limit your ability to use the Website and any related services, products or features); or

b)    When doing so is necessary for one of the following purposes:

-Performance of a contract that we have with you, including in connection with your use the Website and access to the products, features and services in connection therewith

-Compliance with our legal obligations

-Protect your vital interests or those of another person

-Perform a task carried out in the exercise of our official authority

-For our legitimate interests, including, but not limited to, providing you with access to the Website, conducting research and development, marketing and promoting the Website, detecting fraud, or protecting our legal rights, except when such interests are overridden by your fundamental rights and freedoms

4.     PARTIES WITH WHICH WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION

Universal Lacrosse shares your information as follows:

Payment Processors.  Your use of certain services on the Website requires you to submit, and Universal Lacrosse to share with third-party payment processors and other third parties (together, the “Payment-Related Parties”), Payment Information, which Payment-Related Parties may collect and store.  By submitting Payment Information, you agree to the sharing of the Information, including Payment Information, with the Payment-Related Parties, and to their collection and storage thereof, and you understand and agree that the Payment-Related Parties may collect and store the Payment Information in accordance with their privacy policies.

Service Providers.  Universal Lacrosse may share the Information with service providers, including third-party vendors and service providers, as part of the conduct of our business, including, but not limited to, work on product design and development, hosting, data analytics, security, sales, marketing, advertising, customer service, and legal representation.

Upon Financing, Liquidation or Dissolution Event.  Universal Lacrosse may share the Information in the connection with a financing event, the transfer or possible transfer of all or a portion of Universal Lacrosse’s business or assets in the context of a merger or acquisition, or upon the dissolution or bankruptcy of Universal Lacrosse.

Government Authorities.  Universal Lacrosse may share your information with governmental authorities, including agencies or courts, in response to subpoenas, warrants or court orders; to establish, protect, defend or exercise the rights, interests or safety of Universal Lacrosse, its shareholders, owners, board members, officers, employees, consultants, contractors, users, other third parties or the public at large; or as it believes, in good faith, is required by law.

Prevent Illegal or Inappropriate Activity. Universal Lacrosse may share your information if and when we believe it is necessary or appropriate in order to prevent, investigate or defend against any illegal, suspected illegal, fraudulent, abusive or inappropriate activities; or to ensure adherence to this Policy, Universal Lacrosse’s Terms of Service, and/or other agreements to which Universal Lacrosse is a party.

5.     COOKIES 

Cookies and other tracking technologies, such as web beacons, are small bits of code that are often stored on a computer’s hard drive.  Web Beacons are small graphic images that may be used on the Website or in email communications relating thereto that collect and monitor certain activities on the Website.  Universal Lacrosse may use cookies, web beacons and other tracking technologies, including those of third parties, for several purposes:

Save Preferences. To save and recall your preferences, so that you don’t have to, for example, log in every time that you visit the Universal Lacrosse website or individual pages thereon.

Display Customized Content. To display certain content and advertisements on the Universal Lacrosse website and other websites based on what you may have viewed in past visits to our website.

Analytics & Improvement.  To allow us to acquire data about how our users use and engage the Website, the Website, and our products, features, services, advertisements and communications; to measure their effectiveness; to improve the Website, the Website and their features; and to ensure that we offer our users what we hope is the best possible experience that we can.

6.     YOUR CHOICES

Email.  Universal Lacrosse may, from time to time, send you emails for a variety of purposes, including, but not limited to, marketing or promotions.  If you do not want to receive such emails, you may unsubscribe from our emails using the “Unsubscribe” link contained in such emails.  You shall not have the option of unsubscribing from emails related to the use or administration of your account, including, but not limited to, password recovery emails or cancellation confirmation emails, without cancelling your account entirely.

Cookies. You may opt out of the use of new Cookies, disable Cookies and delete Cookies by changing the settings on your browsers on your computer(s).  You may opt out of the use of Cookies on your mobile device by changing your device’s settings.  Please note that rejecting cookies may limit your ability to use various features of our website.  

Removal.  You may, in your sole and absolute discretion, cease using the Website altogether.

7.     YOUR RIGHTS

While the use of the Website by any citizen or subject of any territory or country in which the GDPR or any substantially similar laws or regulations apply is strictly prohibited, if the GDPR or a substantially similar law applies to you, you have certain rights in connection with processing of data about you.  Those rights, and a description, thereof, are as follows:

Access to Personal Data.  You have the right to request confirmation that your data is being processed, and to receive a copy of the personal data that we have collected and are processing about you.

Request Correction to Personal Data.  You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete Personal Data about you.

Request Erasure of Your Personal Data.  You have the right to request that we delete your Personal Data when we have no good reason for us to continue to process it.  You have the further right to request that we delete your Personal Data after you have exercised your right to object to our processing of your Personal Data.

Request Restriction of Processing.  You have the right to request that we restrict our processing of your Personal Data under certain circumstances, particularly to establish the accuracy of your Personal Data or the basis for processing your Personal Data.

Data Portability.  You have the right to request to receive Personal Data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and have the right to transmit those data to another party.  This right applies only to automated data that you provided consent for us to use or where we used the information to perform a contract with you.

Object to Our Processing of Your Personal Data.  You have the right to object to our processing of your Personal Data if we are processing your Personal Data on the basis of a legitimate interest to do so and, in your particular situation, you desire to object to such processing of your Personal Data.  In such cases, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing your Personal Data or the processing of such data is required for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims, we shall no longer process your Personal Data.  Where your Personal Data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you shall also have the right to object to its processing concerning you and, upon such objection, we shall no longer process your data for direct marketing purposes.

Not be Subject to Automated Decision Making.  You have the right not to be subject to decisions based solely on automated decision-making if the decision would have a legal, or similar, impact on you.

Our Role

Universal Lacrosse would be considered a data controller under the GDPR.

How Long We Retain Information About You

We retain your Information for as long as we need to in order to provide you with access to the Website, or for other legitimate business and legal purposes, including, but not limited to, complying with our legal obligations, resolving disputes, enforcing our agreements and enhancing the Website.

If you are subject to the GDPR, upon your request and our verification of your identity, we will delete or anonymize your Information so that it does not identify you, unless we are legally permitted to maintain the Information, including to resolve issues or disputes relating to your account, where we are obligated to retain the Information by law, where we must retain the Information for audit, tax or accounting purposes, or where doing so is necessary for our legitimate business interests.

How to Exercise Your Rights

While the use of the Website by any citizen or subject of any territory or country in which the GDPR or any substantially similar laws or regulations apply is strictly prohibited, if you are subject to the GDPR and you wish to exercise any rights in this Section, simply contact us at [email protected].  While we will respond to legitimate inquiries, we may require you to verify your identity in order to protect the privacy of your information.

Complaints

While the use of the Website by any citizen or subject of any territory or country in which the GDPR or any substantially similar laws or regulations apply is strictly prohibited, if you are subject to the GDPR and you have any complaints about this Privacy Policy or any policies relating to our use of your Personal Data, simply contact us at [email protected].  If you wish to contact a Data Protection Authority, you may also complain to a data protection authority, a full list of which can be found here.

8.     EXTERNAL LINKS

The Website may contain hyperlinks to websites, applications and resources provided by third parties, and not owned by Universal Lacrosse.  Such hyperlinks are provided to you for informational purposes only, and the Policy does not govern your use of such third party websites, applications and resources. You enter those websites, applications and resources solely at your own risk and you hereby acknowledge that Universal Lacrosse has no control over, accepts no responsibility whatsoever for, and shall not be liable for privacy or other policies contained in those websites, applications or resources.  If you access the Website using a device powered by Apple Inc., Google, Inc., Microsoft Corporation or any other entity, your use of such devices is subject to such entities’ privacy policies, if any.

9.     TRANSFERS OF INFORMATION ACROSS INTERNATIONAL BORDERS 


Universal Lacrosse may transfer information that it collects about you across international borders to parties located in countries other than your country of domicile or residence.  Such parties may be located in countries in which privacy laws or regulations differ from or are less protective of your personal information than the laws and regulations of your country of domicile or residence.  By using the Website, you hereby consent to the transfer of information about you across international borders and to such parties.

10.  CHANGES TO PRIVACY POLICY


Universal Lacrosse may change or update the Policy in its sole and absolute discretion from time-to-time.  You agree that you will periodically review the Policy.  Universal Lacrosse shall notify you of material changes to the Policy by sending an email to you to the email address that you entered if and when you registered on the Website or by placing a prominent notice on the Universal Lacrosse website.  Any updates to the Policy shall come into effect once made.  By using the Website, you accept and agree to such version of the Policy as is in effect at the time of your use of the Website.  If you do not agree to the Policy or to any revised version thereof, your sole recourse is to immediately discontinue your use of the Website.

11.  HOW YOU CAN CONTACT US

If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy or anything else relating to the Website, please contact [email protected].

Effective Date: June 15, 2018