Shark Handicapping Sports Picks is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Shark Handicapping Sports Picks Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Shark Handicapping Sports Picks website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Shark Handicapping Sports Picks collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Shark Handicapping Sports Picks also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Shark Handicapping Sports Picks. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Shark Handicapping Sports Picks for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Shark Handicapping Sports Picks Web site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Shark Handicapping Sports Picks public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Shark Handicapping Sports Picks does not read any of your private online communications.

Shark Handicapping Sports Picks encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Shark Handicapping Sports Picks so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Shark Handicapping Sports Picks is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Shark Handicapping Sports Picks and Shark Handicapping Sports Picks family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

Shark Handicapping Sports Picks collects and uses your personal information to operate the Shark Handicapping Sports Picks Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Shark Handicapping Sports Picks also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Shark Handicapping Sports Picks and its affiliates. Shark Handicapping Sports Picks may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Shark Handicapping Sports Picks does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Shark Handicapping Sports Picks may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Shark Handicapping Sports Picks may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Shark Handicapping Sports Picks, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Shark Handicapping Sports Picks does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Shark Handicapping Sports Picks keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Shark Handicapping Sports Picks, in order to determine what Shark Handicapping Sports Picks services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Shark Handicapping Sports Picks to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Shark Handicapping Sports Picks Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Shark Handicapping Sports Picks or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Shark Handicapping Sports Picks; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Shark Handicapping Sports Picks, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Shark Handicapping Sports Picks Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Shark Handicapping Sports Picks pages, or register with Shark Handicapping Sports Picks site or services, a cookie helps Shark Handicapping Sports Picks to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Shark Handicapping Sports Picks Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Shark Handicapping Sports Picks features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Shark Handicapping Sports Picks services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Shark Handicapping Sports Picks secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Shark Handicapping Sports Picks secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Shark Handicapping Sports Picks will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Shark Handicapping Sports Picks encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Shark Handicapping Sports Picks is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Shark Handicapping Sports Picks welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Shark Handicapping Sports Picks has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Shark Handicapping Sports Picks at bulldog@sharkhandicapping.com. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.