NASCAR.COM Privacy Statement
Thank you for visiting NASCAR.COM. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (including its
subsidiaries, collectively, "Turner") operates NASCAR.COM pursuant to agreements
with the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc. and NASCAR Media Group,
LLC. (collectively, "NASCAR"). NASCAR.COM is a general audience site and part of
Turner's network of affiliated websites (such sites, collectively, the "Turner
Network"), which includes any sites or services owned, operated or offered by or on
behalf of Turner or its affiliates. Your privacy is important to Turner and NASCAR
("we", "us" or "our"). To better protect your privacy, we provide this statement
explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the
way your information is collected and used at NASCAR.COM and on the Turner Network.
Please be advised that the practices described in this privacy policy apply only to
information gathered through and in connection with this web site (including
NASCAR.COM and those other NASCAR-branded platforms operated by Turner which post a
link to this policy) and the Turner Network and do not necessarily reflect our
practices for other NASCAR-branded sites, including the NASCAR.COM Superstore. Please
see the NASCAR.COM Superstore's Privacy Notice for information about its privacy policies.
The Information We Collect
At some Turner Network sites, you can order products, enter contests, vote in polls or
otherwise express an opinion, subscribe to one of our services such as our online
newsletters, or participate in one of our online forums or communities. In the course
of these various offerings, we often seek to collect from you various forms of personal
information. Examples of the types of personally identifiable information that may be
collected at these pages include: name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, fax
number, credit card information, and information about your interests in and use of
various products, programs, and services.
At some Turner Network sites, you may also be able to submit information about other people.
For example, you might submit a person's name and e-mail address to send an electronic
greeting card and, if you order a gift online and want it sent directly to the recipient,
you might submit the recipient's name and address. Examples of the types of personally
identifiable information that may be collected about other people at these pages include:
recipient's name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number.
At certain parts of some of our sites, only persons who provide us with the requested
personally identifiable information will be able to order products, programs, and services
or otherwise participate in the site's activities and offerings.
We, our service providers, advertisers and partners may collect various types of
non-personally identifiable information when you visit any of our sites. A representative list
of the types of non-personally identifiable information we may collect include: current Internet
protocol address and type of browser you are using (e.g., Firefox, Internet Explorer), the type
of operating system you are using, (e.g., Microsoft Windows or Mac OS), the domain name of your
Internet service provider (e.g., Comcast, Verizon or AT&T;), the web pages you have visited, sites
visited before and after you visit a site on the Turner Network, the type of handheld or mobile
device used to view the site (e.g., iPhone, Blackberry), location information, the content you
have accessed and the advertisements you have been shown and/or clicked on.
You also can engage with our content, such as video, games, applications, and other offerings, on
or through third-party social networking sites, such as Facebook, and Turner Network or third-party
social media plug-ins and applications. When you engage with our content on or through third party
social networking sites, plug-ins and applications, you may allow us to have access to certain
information from your social media profile (e.g., name, e-mail address, photo, gender, birthday,
location, your list of friends, people you follow and/or who follow you, the posts or the 'likes'
you make) to deliver the content or as part of the operation of the application. We may also obtain
non-personally identifiable information (e.g., content viewed, game performance, high scores, and
information about advertisements within the content you have been shown or may have clicked on,) from
your interaction with our content.
When you provide information from your social media account, it can help enable us to do things like (1)
give you exclusive content, (2) personalize your online experience with us within and outside our
applications or websites, and (3) contact you through the social networking sites or directly by sending
you the latest news, special offerings, and rewards. By doing so, you consent to the use of this
information in accordance with our privacy policy. When you provide personal information to us through an
application, on our sites, or on social networking sites, it may be publicly viewed by other members of
these sites and we cannot prevent further use of the information by third parties.
Through some social networking sites' privacy settings, you can control what data you share. For more
information about how social networking sites handle your personal information, please refer to their
privacy policies and terms of use.
How We Use the Information
We may use the information you provide about yourself to fulfill your requests for our products, programs, and
services, to respond to your inquiries about our offerings, to offer you other products, programs or services
that we believe may be of interest to you, to enforce the legal terms that govern your use of our sites, and/or
for the purposes for which you provided the information.
We sometimes use this information to communicate with you, such as to notify you when you have won one of our
contests or when we make changes to our terms of use, to fulfill a request by you for an online newsletter, or to
contact you about your account with us.
We use the information that you provide about others to enable us to send them your gifts or cards or emails you may
wish to send them from our sites, and for such other purposes as may be stated at the point where the information is
collected.
The information we collect in connection with our online forums and communities is used to provide an interactive
experience. We use this information to facilitate participation in these online forums and communities and, from time
to time, to offer you products, programs, or services.
If you choose to submit content for publication (e.g., questions for an online chat guest, a letter to our editors,
comments sent to our television personalities, a posting to a blog or a discussion board, a video), we may publish
your screen name and other information you have provided to us (e.g., transcript of the chat, including your question).
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if you register and create a profile with our site, the screen name
you select as well as other content you submit to your profile (e.g., photos, comments, video, reviews) will be displayed
publicly on the site and may be reused and redistributed by us in our discretion.
We may on occasion combine information we collect through our sites with information that we collect from other sources.
We use the non-personally identifiable information that we collect to improve the design and content of our sites, to
deliver more relevant marketing messages and advertisements and to enable us to personalize your Internet experience. We
also may use this information to analyze usage of our sites, as well as to offer you products, programs, or services.
Information Sharing and Disclosure
We may disclose personally identifiable information in response to legal process, for example, in response to a court
order or a subpoena. We also may disclose such information in response to a law enforcement agency's request, or where
we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud,
situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of our terms of use, to verify
or enforce compliance with the policies governing our sites and applicable laws or as otherwise required or permitted
by law or consistent with legal requirements.
In addition, we may transfer personally identifiable information about you if we, or one of our business units, are
acquired by, sold to, merged with or otherwise transferred to another entity.
Our agents and contractors who have access to personally identifiable information are required to protect this information
in a manner that is consistent with this privacy statement and are not authorized to use the information for any purpose
other than to carry out the services they are performing for us.
Although we take appropriate measures to safeguard against unauthorized disclosures of information, we cannot assure you
that personally identifiable information that we collect will never be disclosed in a manner that is inconsistent with this
privacy statement.
We may disclose personally identifiable information to third parties whose practices are not covered by this privacy statement
(e.g., other marketers, magazine publishers, retailers, participatory databases, and non-profit organizations) that want to
market products or services to you. If a Turner Network site shares personally identifiable information, it will provide you
with an opportunity to opt out or block such uses either at the point of submission of your personally identifiable information
or prior to any such disclosure.
If you have signed up to receive our e-mails and prefer not to receive marketing information from this site, follow the
"unsubscribe" instructions provided on any marketing e-mail you receive from this site.
To provide visitors with additional or more relevant product and service opportunities, we may share non-personally
identifiable information with third parties.
Cookies & Web Beacons
To enhance your online experience, we use "cookies" or similar technologies. Cookies are text files placed in your
computer's browser to store your preferences. Cookies do not contain personally identifiable information; however, once
you choose to furnish a site with personally identifiable information, this information may be linked to the data stored
in the cookie.
We use cookies to understand site and Internet usage and to improve or customize the content, offerings or advertisements
on our sites. For example, we may use cookies to personalize your experience at our sites (e.g., to recognize you by name
when you return to a site), save your password in password-protected areas, and enable you to use shopping carts on our
sites. We also may use cookies to help us offer you products, programs, or services that may be of interest to you and to
deliver relevant advertising.
We, our third party service providers, advertisers or our partners also may use cookies to manage and measure the performance
of advertisements displayed on or delivered by or through the Turner Network and/or other networks or sites. This also helps
us, our service providers and partners provide more relevant advertising. For more information regarding third-party ad
servers, see "Collection of Information by Third-Party Sites, Ad Servers, and Sponsors" below.
The Adobe Flash Player is a powerful application and web tool that allows rapid development of highly dynamic content. Sites
on the Turner Network employ locally stored objects (sometimes referred to as "Flash cookies") in certain situations where
we use Flash to provide special content such as video on demand, video clips or animation. Flash (and similar applications)
use this technology to remember settings, preferences and usage similar to browser cookies but Flash cookies are not managed
through your web browser. You can access your Flash management tools from
Adobe's website
directly.
We, our third party service providers, advertiser or our partners may also use "web beacons" or clear .gifs, or similar
technologies, which are small pieces of code placed on a web page, to monitor the behavior and collect data about the visitors
viewing a web page. For example, web beacons may be used to count the users who visit a web page or to deliver a cookie to the
browser of a visitor viewing that page.
You can change your privacy preferences regarding the use of cookies and similar technologies through your browser. You may set
your browser to accept all cookies, block certain cookies, require your consent before a cookie is placed in your browser, or
block all cookies. Blocking all cookies will affect your online experience and may prevent you from enjoying the full features
offered at Turner Network sites. Please consult the "Help" section of your browser for more information.
Collection of Information by Third-Party Sites, Ad Servers, and Sponsors
Some of our sites contain links to or integrations with other sites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc., whose
information practices may be different than ours. Visitors should consult the other sites' privacy notices as we have no
control over information that is submitted to, or collected by, these third parties.
Turner Network sites covered by this privacy statement may offer content (e.g., contests, sweepstakes, promotions, games,
applications, or social network integrations) that is sponsored by or co-branded with identified third parties. By virtue
of these relationships, the third parties may obtain personally identifiable information that visitors voluntarily submit
to participate in the site activity. We have no control over these third parties' use of this information. The site will
notify you at the time of requesting personally identifiable information if these third parties will obtain such information.
We also use the services of reputable third parties to provide us with data collection, reporting, ad response measurement,
and site analytics, as well as to assist with delivery of relevant marketing messages and advertisements. These third parties
may view, edit or set their own cookies. We, our third party service providers, advertisers and/or partners may also place web
beacons for these third parties. The use of these technologies by these third parties is subject to their own privacy policies
and is not covered by this privacy statement.
Ad Choices
Our goal at the Turner Network is to provide you with ads that are relevant to you. Advertising enables us to provide the rich
content for which sites on the Turner Network are known. Often our ads are based on the content of pages you are viewing, but
we also provide ads tailored to your interests. Our hope is that by presenting ads tailored to your interests, we will enhance
your experience across the Turner Network's diverse websites.
For example, if you often visit content on the Turner Network about travel, we may use "web beacons" to infer your possible
interest in travel and may deliver an ad to you related to that interest. It's important to understand that these technologies
do not use personally identifiable information to make this happen but instead use anonymous identifiers within the "cookies"
stored in your browser. We offer you choices with regard to interest-based ads. To learn more about interest-based ads and the
choices available to you, please visit our
Ad Choices
page.
Turner's Participation in the Industry Self Regulatory Program for Interest Based Ads; Additional Choice Options
Turner is a participant in the online industry's self regulatory program administered by the Digital Advertising Alliance
(the "DAA") and has agreed to adhere to the DAA's principles applicable to interest-based ads. Please visit the
Self Regulatory Program
site for more information about the DAA, the
self regulatory principles and choices you can make regarding interest-based ads.
You may find more information about entities involved in online advertising and additional choices you may make through the
Network Advertising Initiative ("NAI") at the
NAI site
.
International Transfer
Turner operates globally so it is necessary to transfer your information internationally. In particular, your information will
likely be transferred to and processed in the United States where many of our central databases operate. The data protection
and other laws of other countries, such as the United States, may not be as comprehensive as those in your country. Please be
assured that we take reasonable steps to ensure that your privacy is protected. By using this site you consent to your
information being collected, used and transferred as set forth in this privacy statement.
Our Commitment to Security
We have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and help prevent unauthorized
access, to maintain data security, and to use correctly the information we collect online.
How You Can Access or Correct Information
Access to personally identifiable information that is collected from our sites and that we maintain may be available to you.
For example, if you created a password-protected account within our site, you can access that account to review the information
you provided.
You may also send an e-mail or letter to the following e-mail or street address requesting access to or correction of your
personally identifiable information. For verification purposes please include your first name, last name, e-mail address and
the password you use for such service.
E-mail Administration
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
Attention: Privacy
One CNN Center, 13 North
Atlanta, GA 30303
email: privacy.nascar@turner.com
How to Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about the online privacy statement for this site or its implementation you may contact
us at privacy.nascar@turner.com.
Updates & Effective Date
From time to time, we may update this privacy statement. We will notify you about material changes in the way we treat
personally identifiable information by sending an email message to the email address you most recently provided to us or by
prominently posting a notice on our site. We encourage you to periodically check back and review this statement so that you
always will know what information we collect, how we use it, and with whom we share it.
The Privacy Statement posted on this site was updated in February, 2011.