This privacy policy sets out how YouthPlayers.co.uk uses and protects any information that you give YouthPlayers.co.uk when you use this website.
YouthPlayers.co.uk is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
YouthPlayers.co.uk may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 1st December 2006
What we collect
YouthPlayers.co.uk does not collect personally identifiable information unless our visitors voluntarily provide it to us.
Visitors who register with YouthPlayers.co.uk will be required to provide their full name, date of birth, country, county (UK based members only), email address and telephone number as well as general information regarding their abilities as a footballer.
What we do with the information we gather
Visitors who have registered with YouthPlayers.co.uk will have their full name, age, country, county (UK based members only) and any personal football information they provide us with displayed on YouthPlayers.co.uk for both members and non-members to view freely.
Their mailing address, email address and telephone number will however remain confidential and will only be used by the YouthPlayers.co.uk team to contact them in the event of either third party interest in their footballing abilities or if the member has subscribed to our mailing list, to send our monthly newsletter to them.
Any third party wanting to contact our members will be vetted and/or interviewd by YouthPlayers.co.uk before any of this protected information is released, and only with the consent of the member in question.
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
We do not collect or store any credit card information. All credit card payments are managed by internet payment portal PayPal.com.
"PayPal automatically encrypts your confidential information in transit from your computer to ours using the Secure Sockets Layer protocol (SSL) with an encryption key length of 128-bits (the highest level commercially available). Before you even register or log in to our site, our server checks that you're using an approved browser - one that uses SSL 3.0 or higher.
Once your information reaches us, it resides on a server that is heavily guarded both physically and electronically. Our servers sit behind an electronic firewall and are not directly connected to the internet, so your private information is available only to authorized computers."
Source: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/gen/security-outside
To view PayPal.com's own privacy policy please click on this link:
PayPal privacy policy
How we use cookies
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
You can choose 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. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to enable you to visit other websites of interest easily. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Controlling your personal information
We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.
If you have agreed to receive our monthly newsletter you will find instructions on how to unsubscribe with each newsletter.
You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to us at info@footballnetworkltd.com.
If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.
