www.globalfitnesscenter.com Terms of Use

We are committed to respecting the privacy rights of all visitors to our Web site. This privacy policy also explainsthe choices you can make about the way information is collected and used. It is available to you to review on our homepage and at least on every page where we have requested personally identifiable information.BY USING THIS WEB SITE, YOU SIGNIFY YOUR ASSENT TO THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY. If you do not agree with any term of this Privacy Policy, do not use this web site.

WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

Generally, we limit the collection of information to what is known as non-personally identifiable information (such as first name, age or state) and we will not require you to provide more information than is necessary to participate in any of our Web site activities. This information is collected so that visitors can participate in activities (such as receiving e-mail newsletter[s] or coupon[s] or participating in poll questions) without giving out unnecessary personal information other than e-mail address.

However, in some areas of our Web site personally identifiable information is asked for and collected (for example application for trial passes and referral promotions and a future registered area of this site) and you may not be able to access those areas or participate in certain activities without giving the necessary personal information. Whenever we request that you submit such information, we will endeavor to notify you of our intended use of the information, as more specifically discussed below. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT YOU ARE UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE, AND CAN DECLINE TO PROVIDE, ANY REQUESTED INFORMATION AT ANYTIME. HOWEVER, IF YOU DECLINE, YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN CERTAIN ACTIVITIES AT THIS WEB SITE.

The types of information collected at this Web site may include:

Contact information, such as full name, e-mail address and mailing address.

Demographic information, such as date of birth, age, profile and gender.

Internet Protocol (IP) Information, such as your IP address and browser type.

Information collected by or held in "cookies".

HOW DO WE USE INFORMATION?

If this Web site has a registration procedure, our Web site's registration form requires users to give us contact information, unique identifiers and demographic information. All registration information is submitted to us on a voluntary basis. We may ask registered members to tell us how they found out about us. Once you register, we use customer contact information from the registration form to contact you, to send you information about our company and/or to give you updates on our products and/or services. You may register on our Web site if you choose not to receive informationand updates by unchecking the relevant box on the registration form. IF YOU ARE UNDER 16, GET YOUR PARENT'S OR GUARDIAN'S CONSENT BEFORE YOU PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION.

Online Promotions:

We or our advertisers, licensees and/or other business partners may have special online promotions which feature products and/or services related to our business activities. TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY PROMOTION, YOU MUST BE 16 YEARS OR OLDER (unless otherwise specified by the promotion's rules and regulations). IF YOU ARE UNDER 16 YOU WILL NEED YOUR PARENT'S OR GUARDIAN'S CONSENT BEFORE YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN THIS ACTIVITY. IF YOU ARE OVER 16 BUT NOT AN ADULT YOU WILL NEED YOUR PARENT'S OR GUARDIAN'S CONSENT TO COLLECT YOUR PRIZE OR RECEIVE YOUR BENEFIT. You may be asked to provide an e-mail address or screen name, so that we can let you know if you won a prize. For other promotions, we may request your name or home address in order to end you products or information by regular mail. The specific rules and regulations governing the promotion will vary and your participation constitutes your agreement to abide by those rules and regulations.

Online Contests and Sweepstakes:

We or our advertisers, licensees and/or other business partners may sponsor contests or sweepstakes which may be entered online. The specific rules and regulations governing the particular contest or sweepstakes will vary and your participation constitutes your agreement to abide by those rules and regulations. IF YOU ARE UNDER 16, YOU WILL NEED YOUR PARENT'S OR GUARDIAN'S CONSENT BEFORE YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN THIS ACTIVITY. IF YOU ARE OVER 16 BUT NOT AN ADULT YOU WILL NEED YOUR PARENT'S OR GUARDIAN'S CONSENT TO COLLECT YOUR BENEFIT. We use the information you provide when placing an order, entering a game, entering a contest or sweepstake or when we complete an order and/or fulfill a prize. We use return e-mail addresses to answer the e-mail we receive, and we may use return e-mail to communicate with you or to send you other information. If you are under 16 (with your parent's or guardian's consent), or if you are over 16 but not an adult, the information collected for contests or sweepstakes include your first name, e-mail address and your parent's e-mail address and, if you win, before your prize is collected, your parent or guardian is sent an e-mail informing them of your award and explaing the nature and terms and conditions of the sweepstakes. Your parent or guardian will then have a chance to "opt out" of collecting your prize on your behalf, in which case the prize will not be awarded.

Collecting and Sharing Date:

We sometimes collect information to find out how people found our Web site, which pages they visited, and how long they stayed. In addition, we may aggregate demographic, profile and non-personal information you provide and use aggregate information to better design our Web site and to improve our marketing strategy and our product offerings. If you are 18 or older, we may share this demographic and profile information with our advertisers, licensees and/or other business partners with whom we link to permit them to contact you with information about certain products and services.

Where appropriate, the option to allow us to share certain information with some of our promotional partners may be provided, or the option for you to elect not to have us share certain information may be provided. You always have the right to unsubscribe from an mailing lists we amy maintain, or to delete ppersonally identifiable information we have collected online about you. IF YOU ARE UNDER 16, YOU WILL NEED YOUR PARENT'S OR GUARDIANS CONSENT BEFORE YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN EITHER OF THESE ACTIVITIES.

E-mail and Newsletters

we may offer fully interactive registered e-mail services. We also may provide newsletters which may include links to any independently-operated Web site. Although we do not provide without parental permission any personally identifiable information about kids under 16 to any "independently-operated Web site" (that is, a Web site not owned, controlled and operated by us), such Web site(s) may solicit personally identifiable information from kids under 16, please be aware that we don't control and are not responsible for their actions, privacy policy(ies) or terms of use. IF YOU ARE UNDER 16, YOU WILL NEED YOUR PARENT'S OR GUARDIAN'S CONSENT BEFORE YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN EITHER OF THESE ACTIVITIES.

Purchasing Items:

Purchasing items from various online stores may require the giving of personally identifiable information (such as, name, credit card information). IF YOU ARE UNDER 16, YOU WILL NEED YOUR PARENT'S OR GUARDIAN'S CONSENT BEFORE YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN THIS ACTIVITY.

We use a software technology called "cookies" to collect non-personally identifiable information. Cookies are pieces of information that we may place on your computer to help "personalize" your visit to the Web site and to allow you to enter our Web site without having to remember and enter any special passwords. For example, a "cookie" will allow us to remember certain things about you, such as your screen name. "Cookies" may include the type of browser software you use to access the Internet (i.e. internet Explorer, Netscape 3.0), type of operating system (i.e. Windows 95, Mac, etc.), and/or the domain name of your Internet service provider. Except with respect to our e-commerce activities (e.g., on-line purcheses), we do not link your non-personally identifiable information in "cookies" with personally identifiable information about you

In addition, in the future some companies may place or provide banner ads on this Web site that might also place cookies. Each of these companies use this cookie information according to their own privacy and security policies. Please consult the individual company's privacy policy for more details.

Choice/Opt-In/Opt-Out:

If you are over the age of 16 you could receive communications from us or third parties. In that case, you may: (1) opt-out of receiving communications from us by accessing a link that will be included in the body of all electronic correspondence from us or any third parties and/or (2)opt-in or opt-out of receiving communications from third party sponsors or promotional partners at the time of registration. If you elect to receive these communications, we will transmit the information that you provide to this third party. Note, however, that each third party is governed by a different privacy policy and may have a different method than our Web site to opt-out of future communications.

IP Address and Machine type:

An IP address is a number automatically assigned to your computer whenever you are surfing the Web. Web servers, the computers that "serve up" Web pages, automatically identify your computer by its IP address. When you request a page from our Web site, our servers log your IP address. An IP address does not contain personally identifiable information. except with respect to any future e-commerce activities (e.g., on-line purchases), we do not link IP addresses with personally identifiable information. We may use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our Web site. Your IP address is used to help identify you and your shopping cart and to gather broad demographic information. We may also collect information about your browser software and/or machine type (e.g., Windows, Mac, Unix, etc.).

We do create links to Web sites of other parties. Independently-operated Web sites are not associated with or authorized by us and may also have links leading to this Web site. We cannot control any of these links and are not responsible for any content appearing on Web sites linked to or from our Web site, or for any personal information gathered at those independently-operated Web sites.

Data Integrity and Security:

We take reasonable precautions to keep your personal information secure. We have put in place appropriate physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard the information we collect. We have and will continue to take reasonable measures to assure the security and accuracy of all information our visitors share with us. Our efforts include procedures designed to avoid any unauthorized access, alteration, misuse or disclosure of personally identifiable information.

We reserve the right to change or remove this privacy policy at our discretion. If we decide to change our privacy policy we will post those changes here. We encourage you to visit this area frequently to stay informed.

We hope you have a better understanding of our commitment to protect privacy. If you any questions or comments about anything in this Privacy Policy, please contact us.