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Below is the privacy statement for users of juggleball.com. This page addresses the privacy of web site users and active juggleball players, who will need to establish an account.
Juggleball.com respects the privacy of its users. The public side of the web site does not require a login, nor does it track the browsing behavior of users. The site may display ads from companies like Google, Commission Junction, etc.. The ads may set cookies which track your behavior.
Juggleball.com is a publishing platform for the social networking sport of juggleball.
As this is a publishing platform for a social networking game, joining the program will result in information about your social networking activity being published.
If you choose to participate in the juggleball, the program will record details on each game you play. The information will include the location of the game, the time of the game and players in the game. This information will be used to make maps of the games.
The accounts use a combination of a unique numeric id and user name. You can help protect your identity by selecting a user name that does not directly identify you.
It is possible to change your user name, but is impossible to change your numeric id.
As the game records the interaction between players, it is impossible to delete the account of an active player.
Most juggleball games will be played in public spaces. As such it, it is possible for people to physically identify or even photograph you, and then to match you to the game you played.
Data from juggleball games will be on display on the Juggleball.com web site. The raw data for games (your numeric id, etc) will be made available to researchers at large.
There are different levels of games with different rule sets. Some rule sets may require additional information. Specifically, one of the goals of juggleball is to create a gaming environment with both males and females. We are also interested in encouraging games that include people from different age groups.
For this reason, the juggleball profile asks for your gender and age. This information is optional for basic membership. If it is displayed, it will be displayed as an age group. Of course, as time progresses, you will move from one age group to the next and researchers might be able to deduce your birth year.
The program asks users to provide a unique email address for each account.
The email address will be used for account access and administrative purposes. Specifically, the email address will be used for resetting passwords and account access.
If you choose, you may receive notification of local games via email.
Your email address will be stored in an encrypted database, and will not be published.
It is likely that you will meet people while playing juggleball and exchange contact information. This information is completely outside the control of Juggleball.com.
Juggleball.com is publishing platform associated with a social networking sport. The built in assumption of a publishing platform is that you want some information published. Our goal is to be completely transparent with the info that is published, and to safely guard any information that should not be published (your email address, real name, etc.).