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Last Updated November 13, 2010

At American Fastpitch Association (AFA), we take your privacy very seriously. Our primary goal in collecting information from you is to provide you with a smooth and customized experience while you use our services. Except as otherwise contemplated in this Privacy Policy, we do not disclose any personally identifiable information about you to any third party without your permission, unless we believe in good faith that we are required to do so by law. This document will answer the following privacy concerns:

1. What information does AFA gather and track?

In general, we collect information about you in the following ways:

Registration for membership and/or insurance:

Your information will be added to our email list for advertising and promoting the AFA.

Usage Tracking/Hardware/Software/Cookies

While you are on any of our web sites, we automatically track information related to your use of the AFA web site. This information may include (among other things) files viewed by the user, domain name and a user's path through our web sites. There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Homestead for the AFA. This information can include information such as: your browser type, type of operating system, type of Java virtual machine, Internet connection speed, access times and identification of any software program which has previously caused technical problems with the Homestead product(s). Homestead does not link the information that it collects in cookies to any personally identifiable information that you may submit, while on the AFA web site.This information will be matched with your personal information. In addition, when you connect to any of our web sites, we will detect your IP address and store a cookie on your computer. An explanation of cookies can be found in #7.

2. How does the AFA use my information?

Any information you provide to us through a form, email, or telephone call, is used for that specific situation only or to administer our service to you. Any information that you enter on any of our web sites and/or any contact information that you provide to the AFA may be used to send you email messages and direct mailings which supply detailed information about AFA. We may also use your telephone number to call you in order to discuss the AFA and its services. You may choose not to receive messages from us by following the opt-out instructions listed in #5.

3. Does the AFA share account information, how private is my information?

The information you submit to the AFA will only be used within the AFA and will not be viewed or sold to any third party. Legally Compelled Disclosure and Other: The AFA may disclose or access account information when we believe in good faith that the law requires it or for the protection of our legal rights.

The AFA may make chat rooms, guest books, discussion boards, and other means of online communication and collaboration available to its members. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information. You should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information in a public forum such as a chat room, guest book, discussion board.

4. How secure is my account information?

The AFA uses industry standard efforts to safeguard the confidentiality of your personally identifiable information, such as firewalls and Secure Socket Layers. We make every effort to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. In addition, we always use a secure connection when collecting personal financial information from you. However, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.

5. How do I opt out of receiving messages from the AFA?

Except as otherwise contemplated in this Privacy Policy, as an AFA Member, if you do not want to receive messages from AFA about new features or products, and promotions, you can indicate your preference by sending your request to be removed from the AFA mailing list to: info@afasoftball.com.

Since it maybe necessary for us to contact you regarding certain matters, you may not opt-out of receiving messages relating to announcements or policy changes, or administrative matters relating to your account, like billing, collections, etc.

6. How do I update my contact information or registration information?

You can update your information by emailing the changes to the AFA at: info@afasoftball.com.

7. What are cookies and how does the AFA use them?

Cookies are small pieces of information stored on your hard drive, not on our site. The use of cookies is an industry standard, generally used by most major Web sites to improve their services. Cookies can also help us track your behavior on our site so that we can tailor our marketing message to better match your needs and interests. Finally, by tracking behavior on our site, cookies allow us to better understand how members use our site, which in turn helps us focus our resources on features that are most popular with our members. You are always free to decline our cookies if your browser permits, but some parts of our site may not work properly if you do so.

Note: The AFA may place advertisings on our web sites, that originate from outside advertisers. For more information regarding the advertiser and/or advertising agencies and their privacy policies, return to that advertiser's home page and click on their Privacy Policy link. In some cases, if you click on or view these ads, the advertiser may assign you a cookie. The AFA does not control these cookies.

8. How does the AFA notify members of changes to the Privacy Policy?

This policy is periodically reviewed by the AFA and may be subject to change. Therefore, please check this Privacy Policy periodically and you may refer to the date posted at the top of this page to determine when this policy was last updated. Use of the AFA websites or Service(s) constitutes consent to any policies then in effect.

If we are going to use your personally identifiable information in a manner different from that as provided in our Privacy Policy 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 Member information already stored in our database, we will post a prominent notice on our web site(s) notifying Members of the change. In some cases where we post the notice we will also email Members who have opted to receive communications from us, notifying them of the changes in our privacy practices.

If you have questions or concerns regarding this privacy policy, you may contact the AFA at: info@afasoftball.com.