Thank you for joining the Secrets of Soccer family. We assure you that your data will always be safe and secure. Privacy is our upmost concern when it comes to interacting with our viewers. Read below to see how we use your data and why. 🙂
CONTENT USE POLICY & COPYRIGHT
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OWNERSHIP
All content presented on this site is and will continue to be the property of Secrets of Soccer LTD or our content suppliers. All information and content are protected under applicable copyright, patent, trademark, and other proprietary rights. Under no circumstances will you be able to acquire ownership rights by using our site and any copying, redistribution, use, or publication of our content by any other party is prohibited unless given written permission by SOS LTD. You may use links to direct you to our site from your website, with a do-follow link back to the original post. You may NOT re-post our content without a link back. Any improper use of our content as stated above will be constituted as copyright infringement.
Please contact me for permission to use any content at secretsofsoccerblog@yahoo.com. All content is copyright of SOS LTD.
We may terminate your use of this website at any time if you infringe upon your agreement to not violate these terms or in violation of the law.
TAKEDOWN REQUESTS
Occasionally, Secrets of Soccer will publish content with photos from other parties. We will always seek permission to use other parties’ content before using it. If your copyrighted work has been used on our site in any way that infringes copyright and is outside of fair use, please contact us. Send a request to secretsofsoccerblog@yahoo.com and it will be removed within 2 days (48 hours).
PRIVACY POLICY
Who are we
As the owner of this website (secretsofsoccer.com, referred to as the “website”, “site”, “Secrets of Soccer”, or “SOS”), Secrets of Soccer LTD understands that your privacy is extremely important. Below you will find all the information about what information will be collected from you through this site and how it will be used and disclosed. SOS is committed to protecting your privacy and you can access this site without disclosing any personal data.
Unless knowingly provided and agreed upon by the individual to the terms under which it is used, all personal information such as names, mailing, or e-mail addresses will not be gathered.
Please read carefully through the privacy policy to understand how we collect, use, protect, and handle your personal information according to our website.
Information collected
VOLUNTARILY SUBMITTED INFORMATION: Personal information such as your name or email address will be collected by leaving comments, subscribing to a newsletter, or submitting the contact form. You can also create a user profile, which gives you the ability to create a username and password. The username will be visible, but your password will remain private.
When you leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also your IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.
AUTOMATICALLY COLLECTED INFORMATION: Certain information about you will be automatically collected when you access the website. Examples include, your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages viewed, date/time accessed and possibly actions taken when using the website.
If you request any administrative response from us, your IP address will be collected from the email sent.
ANONYMOUS DATA: This data may be collected which does not singularly identify you. This data may be provided to other parties. Ex: analytics and information collected from cookies.
Cookies
Information from cookies can be received as small files that a site or service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through the web browser (if allowed). This enables the site or service provider to recognize your browser and remember certain information. Cookies are used to help understand preferences to provide you with better services. They are also used for compilation of site traffic and site interaction aggregate data for better site experiences and improvement in tools for the future.
Cookies will last for one year and is available for your convenience so that you will not have to fill in your details when leaving comments. If you leave a comment on our site, you can opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies.
At any time, you may prevent cookies, by the website, using a corresponding setting on your internet browser and permanently deny them. Preset cookies can be deleted at any time by internet browser settings or other software programs. Furthermore, if you deactivate the cookies in your browser, the usability of some functions of the site may decline.
How you information could be used
Here are some of the ways we use your data:
- operate/maintain the site
- identify your user
- send promotional offers to you
- send administrative communications
- respond to your comments and concerns
- provide you with viewer support
- track and measure advertising
- protect and deter against illegal activity
Sensitive personal information
Please do not submit sensitive personal information to SOS. Things such as your social security number, information regarding race or ethnic origin, religious beliefs, political beliefs, personal health, criminal history, or trade union membership. If you choose to submit such information to us, it will be subjected to this Privacy Policy.
Minors
This website does not knowingly collect any personal identifiable information from children under the age of 16. If a parent or guardian believes that this website collected such information of a child under 16, please contact us at secretsofsoccerblog@yahoo.com and efforts to remove such information will occur promptly.
Publicly visible information
When leaving a comment on the website, certain information will be publicly visible. Your email will never be available publicly and at your choice, you may add an avatar/photo, profile description, and a link to your own website.
You can choose to link your Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Google Account, and much more.
Other users may be able to see your username, photo, profile description, and website information.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Visitors’ comments may be sent to a spam detection software.
Data retention
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
Third-party use of personal information
Sharing of your information may occur only by explicit authorization by you to third parties. This website may use third-party service providers for different aspects of the site. Each third party uses your personal information differently according to their specific privacy policies.
Third party service providers currently on this website are:
JETPACK- Used to connect social media accounts, use user information for permission to email, and etc. All information is protected.
CREATIVE MAIL- Takes information from jetpack to create email lists. All information is protected, and the owner must give permissions for this site to obtain their information.
GOOGLE SITE KITE- Tracks user engagement with the site and uses information obtained to help provide better engagement and ads. All information is protected.
Rights to your personal information
UNSUBSCRIBE- You can opt-out of future email communications by unsubscribing to our emails. Or please notify us at secretsofsoccerblog@yahoo.com.
ACCESS- You may access all of your personal information collected by us by submitting a request to secretsofsoccerblog@yahoo.com.
AMEND- You can delete, edit, or insert updated personal information at any time, or contact us at secretsofsoccerblog@yahoo.com to make amendments.
DELETE- In some cases, you can request that some personal data be erased or forgotten by submitting a request at secretsofsoccerblog@yahoo.com.
This does not include any data that is necessarily retained for recordkeeping, legal, transactional or security purposes.
How we make money
Secrets of Soccer makes money by advertisements, participation in affiliate programs, and partnerships with advertisers or companies that share common goals of providing usable information for you to succeed. This helps us stay free for our visitors.
We may include sponsored blog posts, services that we recommend, and/or products that we find valuable occasionally. This is shared information from personal experience and provided as an example. We want to help you and inform you as well as possible.
Please do your own research on the companies or products we recommend, in order to make your own responsible decisions. When you read our content and click on our partners’ links, a small commission may be made at no extra cost to our visitors.
DISPLAY ADS / RETARGETING ADS: We may display ads through third party organizations. By displaying ads, you may be redirected to their sites and etc. All information collected by these ads will be protected.
AFFILIATE PROGRAM PARTICIPATION: We may partner with other companies to provide products and information to users. All information is protected and will not be sold or used harmfully.
NEWSLETTERS: Through the site you can subscribe to our newsletter, which may be used for marketing/advertising purposes. These newsletters contain tracking pixels which is embedded in the emails and allows analysis of online marketing campaigns. These tracking pixels will also allow us to see if and when you open this email and/if you click on external links. This information collected helps the adaptation of future content on newsletters. This behavior is not passed on to third parties.
Additional Rights of EEA (European Economic Area) Residents
If you reside in a country in the EEA, you have the rights, among others, to:
- access your personal information
- ensure the accuracy of your personal data
- the right to have us delete your personal data that was collected
- the right to restrict processing of your personal information
- the right to complain to a higher authority in your country of residence in the event that data is misused
You have the legal right to put forth a complaint if we have infringed upon data protection laws while processing your personal information. You may do this in the EU member state of your residence, your place of work, and/or in the place of the possible infringement.
Please write a written notice to secretsofsoccerblog@yahoo.com if you would like to exercise any of your rights relating to your data.
Additional Rights
DISCLOSURE
Secrets of Soccer Blog is strictly intended for educational and entertainment purposes. None of the information, ideology, and statements presented is meant to be taken as career, health, or professional advice. We are not experts in any of the given topics that are presented on this website, although all attempts are made to provide accurate and helpful information. Please, if need be, seek professional advice from coaches and/or sports experts before making permanent choices in your career. SOS does not hold any liability in regard to your careers or lifestyles based on our information.
Advertisers, commenters, and other linked external sites are solely responsible for their content and does not always represent the views of Secrets of Soccer.
SOS will not be held liable for any misinformation or errors pertaining to the information provided. Furthermore, we will not be liable for any injuries, losses, or physical/mental affliction from the display or uses of our information.
Changes to Secrets of Soccer Privacy Policy
SOS will change occasionally and as a result there may be necessary changes to our Privacy Policy. We reserve the rights to modify and update this Policy whenever necessary and without prior notice. Please review our policy periodically before submitting any personal information. Your continued use of our site after any changes to this Privacy Policy indicates your agreement with our terms and conditions.
Responses
Please allow a maximum of 30 days from the receival of a verifiable request for a response from SOS. We will inform you if more time is required to respond back to you. All responses will be written response by mail or electronically at your disclosure and will only pertain to a 12-month period preceding the request. Reasons of why we cannot comply with a request will also be included, if applicable.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Please contact us for any questions relating to this Privacy Policy.