Churchill Downs Technology Initiatives Company, which is doing business as
Brisnet (“BRISNET”, “we” or “us”) respect your privacy.
This Privacy Policy explains how we protect your privacy and the
confidentiality of the information that you provide to us when you use the BRISNET
website and related services
BY USING THIS
WEBSITE, YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU
DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE PRIVACY POLICY, THEN DO NOT USE
THIS SITE.
Personal Information (which you provide to us)
Please be
aware that BRISNET may collect and
analyze some or all of the following
"Personal Information" voluntarily provided by you during certain
site registration and account funding processes:
·
Your Social security number
·
Your Name, Address, Date of Birth
·
Your bank and credit card account
numbers
·
Purchases made by you on our site(s)
·
Your email address
BRISNET may ask
you for your phone number and mother’s maiden name for account verification and
for special, account safety circumstances. BRISNET does not give out your
Personal Information to any third party for uses not described as normal
business operations.
Other Information (which we collect about you)
BRISNET
collects and analyzes the following Other Information about you when you
interact with our online services:
·
Your domain name, IP address, and
click stream history on our site
·
Cookies, web beacons or other
technologies on your computer placed there by BRISNET and by our business
partners
·
Your e-mail address if you post messages on the BRISNET forums, communicate with BRISNET via e-mail, post messages within BRISNET chat areas, and otherwise interact with BRISNET via email.
·
Information about the pages you
access or visit on our sites,
·
Information volunteered by you, such
as survey information and/or site registrations.
·
Network traffic, in order to identify
unauthorized use attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage or conduct criminal
activity.
How We Use this Information
We may use your
Personal Information to fulfill the purpose for which you provide it to us,
including, but not limited to verifying your identity.
BRISNET may, from time to time, use your Personal Information to offer
promotions and marketing offers to you; to assist you in enrolling in games,
contests and promotions; to personalize your interactions within our site(s);
and other uses which are generally limited to the use of our services. No
Personal Information is shared with non-affiliated third parties without your written
consent.
Personal
Information may be disclosed to judicial or other government agencies in
response to warrants, subpoenas or other governmental orders. Other possible
circumstances may include, but are not limited to, (i) your request or
authorization of such a disclosure in connection with the sale, assignment,
license or other transfer of BRISNET, (ii) to protect our rights, (iii) to
protect the property or safety of the rights of our employees or others, and
(iv) where needed for corporate audits or to investigate or respond to a
complaint or security threat. You are
hereby advised that in the event of a criminal investigation by state or
federal authorities or regulatory inquiry pursuant to BRISNET licenses, you
waive any and all rights to account holder information and data in BRISNET's possession,
and you specifically authorize BRISNET to disclose said data and information to
law enforcement authorities. In this situation, you agree to release Churchill
Downs Incorporated and its affiliated companies from any and all liability
related to such disclosure, to the fullest extent permissible by law.
From time to
time, BRISNET may share Other Information we collect about you with third
parties, in an aggregate and confidential form only, in order to assist with
marketing or other business activities, including but not limited to, credit
card payments, prevention of fraud, credit risk reduction or in compliance with
OFAC. We would contractually require
these companies to use your personal information only to provide a particular
product or service to you or us, and do not authorize them to use your personal
information for any other reason. All
information collected by BRISNET remains the exclusive property of BRISNET.
Public Postings (Forums, Chat Rooms, Message Boards)
Please note that
information you post in a chat room, a message board, a forum or another public
posting area can be viewed by anyone with internet access. Please use caution
when disclosing personal information in public posting areas like these. BRISNET
is not responsible for a third party's use of information which you post in a
public area.
Children's Guidelines
The BRISNET website is not directed to children
under the age of thirteen (13) and we will not knowingly collect or use any
information from any person identified as being under the age of thirteen (13).
Third-Party Sites
BRISNET includes
links to other websites whose privacy practices we do not control. Information
you provide on another website is governed by the privacy policy of the
operator of that site. These websites may have privacy policies and practices
that differ from ours.
Third-Party Advertisers
We may use
third-party advertisers to serve advertisements on BRISNET websites. Our
advertisers may use cookies, web beacons and other technologies to, among other
things, to enable our advertisers to monitor the ads you have viewed on our
site.
Third Party Policy
By signing up as
a BRISNET player, you are giving permission to disclose non-personal
information to third parties.
What We Do To Protect Your Privacy
To ensure site
security and network performance, BRISNET monitors all inbound and outbound
network traffic in order to identify unauthorized attempts to upload and change
information, or otherwise cause damage or conduct criminal activity.
Unauthorized attempts to upload or change information or otherwise cause damage
to our services are strictly prohibited and shall be punishable under
applicable state or federal law.
We use SSL encryption to protect your personal information during your online
interactions with us. We utilize procedures to protect confidential information
off-line, as well. Generally, we restrict access to your Personal Information
to employees who need the information to perform a specific task for you or us.
Our employees use password-protected log-ins to access BRISNET’s computer
servers to protect against unauthorized access, acquisition, destruction, use,
modification or disclosure. The servers which hold personally identifiable
information are maintained in a locked, secure hosting environment.
Ability to Access Personal Information
Any questions
you may have regarding our Privacy Policy, the accuracy of your personal or
non-personal information, or the use of your personal or non-personal
information, or any requests that we correct, update, or remove your
information in our databases, should be done so by following these steps:
Send a letter
with your name, address, telephone number, and photocopy of your driver's
license to the following address:
BRISNET Information Request
P.O. Box 4097
Lexington, Kentucky
40544
A BRISNET
representative will follow up by mail or phone with you.
Opt-Out Policy for BRISNET Solicitations
You may opt out
of receiving advertising and general information e-mails from BRISNET that are
not associated with your account by contacting BRISNET Player Services and specifying that you want to opt out, or unsubscribe,
to receiving advertising and general information emails from BRISNET.
Contacting the Web Site
If you have any questions about this privacy
statement you may contact:
BRISNET
P.O.
Box 4097
Lexington, Kentucky 40544
Telephone:
859-223-4444 or toll free at 1-800-354-9206
Email: brisinfo@BRISNET.com
Changes
This Privacy Policy
is effective as of August 4, 2008. BRISNET
reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time. Any material changes to this Privacy Policy
will be mailed to the physical address of our players currently on file.