1. STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC® is keenly sensitive to privacy on the internet and it is therefore recommended that you review our privacy policy.
Introduction. STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC is a leading producer of Tier I golf products, services, and publisher of golf related instruction, news and information.
STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC publishes its information services in print, catalogs, brochures, advertising, infomercials and various electronic media, including Web-based formats. We are continually adapting to changes in technology to bring you the information you rely on faster and more efficiently than ever before.
STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC publishes this Privacy Policy to reaffirm our commitment to maintaining the privacy of our customers in the electronic environment and inform you of our practices concerning the collection and use of information you provide us.
In this Stulz Privacy Policy you will find a description of the policies and procedures that make this Privacy Policy our governing instrument. We have included in this Privacy Policy an explanation of our information practices, such as:
· The types of consumer information we collect
· How we collect the information
· How we use the information
· How we provide choice to Users about how we use the information we collect
· Whether we disclose the information we collect to Third Parties
· Whether Third Parties collect information through our Products
Privacy issues represent a growing concern for all Web users.
STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC continuously works to improve our Privacy Policy. Decisions to revise this Privacy Policy, we will be posted on this site so that users are aware of our information updates. Please continue to stay informed about this important issue and check this Privacy Policy frequently.
STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC reserves the right to make changes to any part of this Privacy Policy in its sole discretion, at any time and without prior notice. Continued use of any internet service and product following any such change will constitute acceptance of those changes.
This Privacy Policy applies to all Customers and Users (collectively referred to as “Users”). In addition, this Privacy Policy applies to all Stulz Products and Services.
2. STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC's Privacy Policy. STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC makes you aware of the following:
· STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC is committed to protecting the privacy of Users at all times.
· STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC only shares Customer Information and other Personal Profile Information with Third Parties as described in Sections 4 and 5 in this Privacy Policy.
· STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC maintains security standards and procedures designed to protect Customer Information and other Personal Profile Information. We will continue to test and update our technology to improve our ability to protect Customer Information and other Personal Profile Information.
3. Consent to Use Information. By using any Product or Service and/or by affirmatively accepting the License Agreement or this Privacy Policy, each User consents to the collection and use of all information that the User provides to STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, all information that is provided to STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC on behalf of that User, and all information that STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC collects based on that User’s use of the Products, including, without limitation, all Customer Information and other Personal Profile Information.
Our Policies Regarding the Collection of Information. At STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, our goal is to provide Users with quality information, products, and services. We are also committed to providing Users with responsive, personalized service, and keeping Users informed about new information, products, and services that may be of immediate interest to Users or that can help Users derive the greatest value from our Products and Services.
Customer Information is at the heart of our ability to provide superior service to Users. We describe in this Privacy Policy the types of Customer Information and other Personal Profile Information that we collect, and how and why we may share that Customer Information and other Personal Profile Information with others.
A visitor who browses the STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC Web site is not required to reveal any Personal Profile Information, such as name, address, or telephone number, unless subscribing to a product. Nor is such information collected passively by electronic means. STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC Web servers collect other information such as the make of a visitor's browser software and the Internet domain name of the location from which the visitor enters. This information helps us diagnose technical problems and manage our sites by tracking user interests.
The primary reason that we collect and maintain Customer Information and other Personal Profile Information is to serve Users and administer our customer and end user relationships. STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC may collect Customer Information and other Personal Profile Information from a variety of sources, and it is not limited to the following:
· Information Users provide to us, such as information Users provide to us in the registration process.
· Information we receive from a Customer that purchases Subscriptions for Users, such as registration information.
· Information about transactions by Users as part of the Products or other User experiences with STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC and with STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC Distributor and Re-distributor Partners, such as the information we receive when a User submits a question through a search box on our web site. We collect Customer Information and other Personal Profile Information in a number of ways, such as the following:
· Registration Process:
o In order to use some of our Products and Services, each User may be asked to complete a registration process, which requires providing certain registration information to STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC.
· Credit Cards:
o We collect credit card information for billing purposes. For convenience of our customers, we do not store, use, or share credit card information for any other purpose
· Log Files:
o We track information about each User’s usage of the Products in log files. We use this information as follows:
§ To analyze golf specifications and game related trends
§ To customize certain golf products to the particular playing style of our customers
§ To track statistical information about how Users use the Products
§ To gather broad demographic information for aggregate use
o STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC does link information regarding a User’s usage of the Products to the User’s Personal, Club Specification and other relevant golf profile information.
· Cookies:
o Use of Cookies Generally:
§ A cookie is a piece of data stored by each User's browser that contains information about the user of a computer. Cookies help Web sites recognize return visitors. When you return to a Web site you visited before and that Web site uses cookies, your browser gives this data back to the Web site’s server.
§ Contrary to reports about cookies and online privacy, cookies do not contain viruses and most cannot reveal any Personal Profile Information about you unless you willingly provide it as a user on a Web site.
§ You will find that cookies are an industry standard and are used at most major Web sites in much the same way we use them here at STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC. You can learn most everything there is to know about cookies at www.cookiecentral.com. We also encourage you to read the privacy policies of all Web sites you visit before you accept cookies from these Web sites.
§ You can set your browser to reject or to accept cookies. You have the option to reject cookies when you are just browsing the Web and accept cookies when you want to use our informational products.
o STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC's Use of Cookies:
§ Each informational product places a cookie on the hard drive of each User’s computer. If a User rejects any cookie offered by an informational product, that User may not use the features of that informational product.
§ STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC stores your User ID in your cookie.
§ STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC uses your cookie to make your experience with the golf related informational products more efficient and effective. For instance, by setting a cookie for a golf specification product on a User’s hard drive, the User does not have to log in to the golf specification product more than once, which saves the User time.
§ Setting cookies also enables STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC to track and target the golf game and product interests of Users.
· Surveys and Promotional Activities:
o From time to time STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC may request information from Users via voluntary participation in promotional or market research activities.
o The information that we request may include contact information (such as name and business address), and demographic information (such as zip code and age level).
4. Stulz Policy Specifying the Use and Disclosure of Information.
a. Information Use and Sharing. We may use and share the Customer Information and other Personal Profile Information that we collect among various departments within STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC that perform functions such as servicing User accounts, customization of golf products, User golf specifications, preparing reports regarding Product use, market research, and golf related promotional activities. The reasons that we share this Customer Information and other Personal Golf Profile Information includes the following:
· To protect Users.
o We use the Customer Information and other Personal Profile Information we maintain about Users and their use of Stulz Products and Services including registration information, as follows:
§ To help us identify Users, their handicaps, their playing characteristics, product specifications, and likes about the game of golf.
§ To help us prevent unauthorized persons from accessing Customer Information and other Personal Profile Information and the Product features that we make available to specific Users for their use.
· To provide superior service.
o We use Customer Information and other Personal Profile Information to respond quickly and efficiently to User questions and requirements.
· To tell you about new or enhanced products and services.
o By understanding more about Users and their use of ours and competitive products, we can better meet User needs and determine how other and newer product features could be of value to Users.
o E-mail Updates:
§ Once a User completes the registration process, STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC may keep the User updated by e-mail on important news and events concerning STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Product introductions and new features, and other information that STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC deems relevant.
§ By accepting the License Agreement and this Privacy Policy and by using any Product, each User agrees that STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC may contact the User by e-mail with respect to STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC and any aspect of the Products whatsoever.
· To improve and develop our information, products and services.
o Every Product feature that we offer is designed to reflect the ways Users actually play the game of golf and use golf equipment.
§ We collect and analyze information about Product usage so that we can tailor new types of information, products and services to meet User needs.
When it comes to sharing Customer Information and other Personal Profile Information outside STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, we do so only for specific purposes. We share Customer Information and other Personal Profile Information with Third Parties as follows:
· General
o We reserve the right to share the following registration information with certain STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC strategic business partners, distributors and carefully selected companies or professional associations for purposes of permitting the STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC Trade and Distribution Partners to sell their products and services to our Customers:
§ With respect to each Customer, the following current information: company name, business mailing address, and primary contact information (name, e-mail address, street address, mailing address, and telephone number).
§ With respect to each User, the following current information: name, business e-mail address, office name (branch and main office), and mailing address.
o We reserve the right to share Customer Information and other Personal Profile Information with STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC Distribution Partners that provide links to the STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC Web page at www.StulzGolf.com to promote the Products, such as web portals, or otherwise sell golf products on our behalf through their own marketing channels. In certain instances, these parties will co-own certain Customer Information and other Personal Profile Information about Product revenue generating activity that originates from that STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC distributor and/or customer. Such Customer Information and other Personal Profile Information may include, without limitation, the following information: company name, street address, e-mail address, contact name, lead date, first sale date, and services accessed.
o We reserve the right to share Customer Information and other Personal Profile Information with other Third Parties that perform services on our behalf, such as companies that help us distribute Stulz golf products, services, or introduce us to new customers
o We reserve the right to share all Customer Information and Personal Profile Information with Third Parties who act as independent distributors to help us administer the Products, such as data centers that host our servers and technical system consultants who program our hardware and software.
o We reserve the right to share Customer Information and Non-Identifying Information in the form of aggregated demographic information that is not linked to Personal Profile Information with our STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC Distribution Partners, Advertisers, and other Third Parties.
o We reserve the right to disclose certain Customer Information and Personal Profile Information to government agencies and consumer reporting agencies as permitted or required by applicable law. STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC may make these disclosures for specific, limited purposes, such as verifying individuals’ identities (reducing fraud and identity theft).
o STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC will also disclose a User’s Customer Information and Personal Profile Information when and to the extent we believe, in good faith, that we are legally compelled to do so pursuant to an order of a court of competent jurisdiction or other governmental body (including, without limitation, such disclosures required by applicable securities laws as are necessary to comply therewith or with the rules and regulations of any applicable stock exchange). In such an event, STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC will use reasonable efforts to do the following:
§ Give the User reasonably prompt written notice of such requirement so that the User has an opportunity to comment thereon or object thereto and to preserve the confidential nature of the Customer Information and Personal Profile Information that STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC is required to disclose.
§ At the User’s expense, use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with any of the User’s efforts to preserve the confidential nature of the Customer Information and Personal Profile Information that STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC is required to disclose.
· User Information
o We reserve the right to share a User’s Customer Information and Personal Profile Information with the Distributor from whom Stulz golf products were purchased.
b. Our Policies Regarding the Use and Disclosure of Information About Former Customers. For a period of time after a Customer relationship ends, our policies and practices regarding the use and disclosure of Customer Information about former Customers are the same as those regarding the collection and disclosure of Customer Information and other Personal Profile Information about existing Customers.
c. Links to Third Party Web Sites. The STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC Privacy Policy applies solely to its Products. The Products may contain links to Web sites owned and operated by Third Parties. Any User’s use of Third Party Web sites is at their own risk and subject to any terms and conditions of use, policies regarding the collection of information, privacy policies, and other practices and procedures for such Web sites. STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC is not responsible for any such terms and conditions of use, policies regarding the collection of information, privacy policies, or other practices and procedures of the Third Party Web sites that a User may access through hot links in the Products. We cannot guarantee how these Third Parties use cookies or whether they place cookies on your computer that may include Customer Information and other Personal Profile Information. We encourage Users to be aware when they leave the Products and to read any terms and conditions of use, policies regarding the collection of information, privacy policies, and other practices and procedures of each Third Party Web site before Users provide them with any Customer Information and other Personal Profile Information.
5. Information Confidentiality and Security. STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC is committed to prevent any unauthorized access to each User’s Customer Information and other Personal Profile Information. We maintain procedures and technology designed to prevent such unauthorized access.
. Security Programs. No one can guarantee that data transmission over the Internet will be 100% secure. Nevertheless, STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC and its vendors that host any confidential information have been requested to take technical, administrative, and physical steps to protect against unauthorized access to Customer Information and other Personal Profile Information used to administer its customer accounts. All such information is handled securely within STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC and is not disclosed to unauthorized third parties.
a. User IDs and Passwords. Each Distributor and Trade customer is responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of his or her User ID and password, and is responsible for all Product activities that occur under his or her User ID and password, including, without limitation, all related Customer Information and other Personal Profile Information. Each Distributor and Trade customer agrees to immediately notify STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC of any unauthorized use of his or her User ID or password or of his or her Customer Information and other Personal Profile Information or any other breach of security regarding the Products or his or her Customer Information and other Personal Profile Information. STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC will not be liable for any Loss whatsoever arising from a User’s failure to comply with these security requirements and each User agrees to hold STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC harmless from any and all Losses that arise from that failure to so comply.
6. Suggestions To Help You Protect Customer Information. If any User suspects that someone has had unauthorized access to his or her STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC account, or access to his or her Customer Information and other Personal Profile Information, such as his or her User ID or password, the User should send an email to info@StulzGolf.com immediately so we can take appropriate action to protect the User and his or her Customer Information and other Personal Profile Information.
In addition, Users may want to consider if it is important to report the crime to local law enforcement agencies and to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). To speak with a trained FTC telephone counselor, call toll-free 1-877-IDTheft (1-877-438-4338). Or, to enter information about any complaint into a secure FTC online database, sign onto www.consumer.gov/idtheft. The site also provides links to numerous consumer education materials.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC data protection practices, please send an e-mail message to STULZ GOLF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC's Web site administrator at info@StulzGolf.com .
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