1. What personally identifiable information of yours is collected through this Web site;
2. The organization collecting the information;
3. How the information is used;
4. With whom the information may be shared;
5. What choices are available to you regarding collection, use and distribution of the information;
6. The kind of security procedures that are in place to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of information under Sport-Scheck, Munich, Germany’s control; and
7. How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information.

Visiting www.sportscheck.com website
Your IP address, browser and reference site domain name are logged every time you visit our 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.

Subject to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy, any communication or material you transmit or post to this Web Site by email or otherwise, including any data, questions, comments, or suggestions (other than personally identifiable information which will be treated in accordance with this privacy policy), is and will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary and anything you transmit or post may be used by us and our affiliates for any purpose, including without limitation, reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast, and posting. We are free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained in any communication or material that you send to this Web Site for any purpose whatsoever including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing and marketing products using such information.

Using Cookies
"Cookies" are files stored on your computer’s hard drive by your browser. These cookies help us identify our account holders and optimize their shopping experience. They do not include any data that will identify you personally. They will, however, allow you to use some specialized www.sportscheck.com features. Cookies also allow us to hold selections in your shopping cart when you leave our site without checking out. Most browsers accept cookies automatically, but allow you to disable them if you wish.

External Links – Framed Pages
If you have accessed this Web Site through a link from certain of our advertising and marking partners our Site may include a frame of the applicable advertising and marketing partner. The information you provide to us through these framed web pages is collected by us and its use is governed by this privacy policy.

Ordering from www.sportscheck.com / Sport-Scheck GmbH
When you order from www.sportscheck.com, we need your name, email address, password, shipping and billing address and credit card number/expiration date. We use this data to process your order, ship it and send you order and shipping confirmations via email. Except as provided in this privacy policy, we will not sell, rent, or disclose this data to any third party without your consent. (However, we will cooperate fully should a situation arise where we are required by law or requested by a law enforcement agency to provide information about a customer.)

From time to time, we use the purchases you make to customize our product recommendations. We also track customer traffic patterns and site usage. Traffic and usage data is used only to improve our site’s design and provide our customers with a fulfilling shopping experience.

Receiving Promotions/Opt-Out
From time to time, we will contact you about sales, special offers and new site features if you agreed to be included in our email lists when you completed a purchase transaction with us. To cancel our free emails, you can unclick the "I would like to receive emails about special promotions" box each time you make a purchase. You can also respond to any promotional email we send you, placing "Unsubscribe" in your subject line to discontinue email service.

Customer Service
You may email us by completing the Customer Feedback Form in the Contact section. When you email us, your emails are stored within our system so that we may refer to previous emails from you as needed so that we may properly address your questions and concerns. Except as provided in this privacy policy, the information you provide to our customer service department is not shared with anyone without your consent.

Entering contests/sweepstakes
Whenever we run a contest or sweepstakes relating to our site, it will be accompanied with the rules of the contest/sweepstakes. The rules for each contest/sweepstakes will also detail how the information gathered from you for entry into the contest/sweepstakes will be used. You will find the rules for each contest/sweepstakes accompanying each contest/sweepstakes.

Customer Feedback Form (Contact section)
You can use this form to give us any input which we will use to improve our site. The only required data is your name, telephone number and email address. The remainder of the data is optional. We only use this data to make improvements on our site. Except as provided in this privacy policy, this data is not shared with anyone in any way.

Our Third Party Relationships
We have established several relationships with third parties vendors to best serve our customers.

• Web Site Evaluation: From time to time, we engage certain third parties to observe, track and report on the behavior of the users of this Web Site in order to evaluate the performance and features of this Web Site. These third parties will only have access to information to the extent necessary and will be required to not use any personal information for any other purpose.
• Marketing and Promotions: From time to time, we engage certain third parties to assist in the dissemination of marketing and promotional offers (i.e. e-mails) to those customers who have agreed to receive such offers. These third parties will only have access to information to the extent necessary and will be required to not use any personal information for any other purpose.
• Additional Third Party Relationships: From time to time, we engage other third parties to assist in providing marketing, order processing and fulfillment services. These third parties will only have access to information to the extent necessary and will be required to not use any personal information for any purpose other than providing such services.

Additionally, from time to time, we share non-personal, non-individual statistical information with our marketing partners, advertisers or other third parties for research purposes. That is, we will not tell our marketing partners that you purchased a specific product, but we may tell them how many customers purchased that product.

Security Policy
We use Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption technology to protect your personal information. The only time you are required to sign on our site is when you are making a purchase or view your orders and order status.
If you are unable to use SSL technology, you can use our SSL-free way to order. Our system will notify you whether your system is not SSL-compatible.

Changes to Privacy Policy
If we are going to use your personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify you via email. You will have a choice as to whether or not we use your information in this different manner. In addition, if we make any material changes in our privacy practices that do not affect user information already stored in our database, we will post a prominent notice on our web site notifying users of the change. In some cases where we post the notice we will also email users, who have opted to receive communications from us, notifying them of the changes in our privacy practices.

Questions about our Policies
If you have any questions regarding your privacy or any of our policies, please contact our Customer Service Department by email by completing the Customer Feedback Form (Contact section) or send a facsimile to 0049 89 6654 2809 (You will be charged the applicable rate for this call to Germany).