PRIVACY POLICY AND YOUR PRIVACYRIGHTSCountySportsZone.com aggregates, reports, and publishes high school sports information for jurisdictions across thestate of Maryland. In this Privacy Policy, “Affiliates” refers to subsidiaries and entities that CountySportsZone.com
or its partner sites operate or have an ownership interest.
This Privacy Policy applies only to the information CountySportsZone.com and its Affiliates (collectively, “CSZ,”“we,” or “us” or “our”) collect through the websites, mobile applications, and all other interactive services weprovide (hereinafter “the Services”). This Privacy Policy governs the Services regardless of how you access them.
Some Services may have a specific, separate Privacy Policy that will govern use of those Services. The Privacy
Policy describes:
1. The information we collect and how we collect it;
2. What we do with the information we collect;
3. How we share and disclose user information with third parties;
4. CSZ’s use of online analytics and tailored advertising;
5. How we protect information;
6. Linked sites and advertisements;
7. Use of the Services by users from outside the United States;
8. Use of the Services by children;
9. How to contact us;
10. Your California privacy rights;
11. No rights of third parties; and12. Changes to this Privacy Policy.

1. The information we collect and how we collect it.
How we collect and store information depends on the websites you visit, the activities in which you
participate and the Services you use. You can use some of the Services without providing any information
other than that automatically collected as described below.

1.1 Information you provide
We may collect information about you during your use of the Services, including your cell-phone number,email address, and information you provide or post on our Services or allow us to access when you docertain things, such as:●●Enter registration information for one or more of our Services;Signup for “Text Alerts”● Follow us on Twitter or Facebook
When you sign in to your CSZ account or mobile application with your cell phone number or otherwise
connect to your CSZ account, you authorize CSZ to collect, store, and use in accordance with this Privacy
Policy any and all information available to CSZ through the media interface, including without limitation
any information that you have made public in connection with your CSZ account or information that is
disclosed as being shared during the sign-in process.
Please be careful and responsible whenever you are online. Should you choose to voluntarily disclose
information through the Services that information can be viewed publicly and can be collected and used bythird parties without our knowledge and may result in unsolicited messages from other individuals or third
parties.

1.2 Automatically-collected information
1.2.1 Device/usage information

We may automatically collect certain information about the computer or devices (including mobile devices)
you use to access the Services. For example, we may collect and analyze information such as (a) IP
addresses, geolocation information (as described in the next section below), unique device identifiers andother information about your mobile phone or other mobile device(s), browser types, browser language,
operating system, the state or country from which you accessed the Services; and (b) information related to
the ways in which you interact with the Services, such as: referring and exit pages and URLs, platform
type, the number of clicks, domain names, landing pages, pages and content viewed and the order of thosepages, the amount of time spent on particular pages, the date and time you used the Services, the frequencyof your use of the Services, error logs, and other similar information. As described further below, we may
use third-party analytics providers and technologies, including cookies and similar tools, to assist incollecting this information.
1.2.2 Location information
We may collect different types of information about your location, including general information (e.g., IP
address, zip code) and more specific information (e.g., GPS-based functionality on mobile devices used toaccess the Services), and may use that information to customize the Services with location-based
information, advertising, and features. If you access the Services through a mobile device and you do notwant your device to provide us with location-tracking information, you can disable the GPS or otherlocation-tracking functions on your device, provided your device allows you to do this. See your device
manufacturer’s instructions for further details.
1.2.3 Cookies and other electronic technologies
When you use the Services, we use persistent and session cookies and other similar tracking technologies
to: (a) analyze the usage of our sites and Services by collecting the information discussed in section 1.2.1
above; (b) control the advertising displayed by the Services, as well as advertisements that may bedisplayed on other websites or mobile applications. The cookies may reflect de-identified data linked to orderived from data you voluntarily have submitted to us. We and our vendors may also use other Internet
technologies, such as Flash technologies, Web beacons or pixel tags, and other similar technologies, todeliver or communicate with cookies and track your use of the Services, as well as serve you ads when you
are on other websites or the Internet when those cookies can be accessed. We also may include Web
beacons in e-mail messages or newsletters to determine whether the message has been opened and for otheranalytics. As we adopt additional technologies, we may also gather additional information through othermethods.
Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can modify your browser setting to decline cookies
by visiting the Help portion of your browser’s toolbar. If you choose to decline cookies, please note thatyou may not be able to sign in, customize, or use some of the interactive features of the Services. Flashcookies operate differently than browser cookies, and cookie management tools available in a web browser
will not remove flash cookies.

1.3 Information from third parties
We may obtain additional information about you from third parties such as marketers, partners, researchers,
and others. We may combine information that we collect from you with information about you that we
obtain from such third parties and information derived from any other subscription, product, or service weprovide.

1.4 Aggregate or de-identified data
We may aggregate and/or de-identify information collected by the Services or via other means so that the
information is not intended to identify you. Our use and disclosure of aggregated and/or de-identified
information is not subject to any restrictions under this Privacy Policy, and we may disclose it to others
without limitation for any purpose.

2. What we do with the information we collect.
We use the information that we collect for the following purposes:●●●

For the purposes for which you provided it;
To send you information about your relationship or transactions with us;
To send you alerts or other communications via SMS messages or other media or networks;

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To notify you about new features of the Services, special events, or products, services, and special
offers;To process and respond to your inquiries;
To contact you with information that we believe will be of interest to you;
To generate and review reports and data about our user base and Service usage patterns;
To perform analytics and research aimed at improving the accuracy, effectiveness, usability, or
popularity of the Services;
To improve the content and features of the Services or develop new Services;
To allow us to personalize the content and advertising that you see on the Services and to understandhow users interact with and use our advertisements and Services;
To enforce the legal terms that govern your use of the Services; andTo administer and troubleshoot the Services.

3. How we share and disclose user information with third parties.
We will make your information available to other companies, websites, applications or people in thecircumstances described below:
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We may rent, sell, or share your information with non-affiliated third parties: (a) in order toprovide services or products that you have requested; (b) when we have your permission; or (c) as
described in this Privacy Policy.
We may disclose your information in response to any subpoenas, court orders, or other legal
process we receive, or to establish or exercise our legal rights or to defend against legal claims.
We may share your information with third-party advertisers and advertising networks or otherswith whom we have a contractual relationship.
We may disclose your information when we believe in good faith that such disclosure isappropriate in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding possible illegal activities,
suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person,
violations of this Privacy Policy or the Terms of Service for the Services you accessed, and/or toprotect the rights and property of CSZ, our employees, users and the public. This may involve thesharing of your information with law enforcement, government agencies, courts, and/or otherorganizations.
We may share your information in connection with any merger, reorganization, a sale of some or
all CSZ assets, or a financing or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by anothercompany.
We may aggregate and/or de-identify your information so that the information no longer relates toyou individually. Our use and disclosure of such aggregated or de-identified information is not
subject to this Privacy Policy, and may be disclosed to others without limitation and for any
purpose.

4. CSZ’s use of online analytics and tailored advertising.
4.1 Online analytics
We may use third-party web analytics services on our Services. These service providers use the sort oftechnology described in Section 1.2 to help us analyze how users use the Services, including by noting thethird-party website from which you arrive. The information (including your IP address) collected by thetechnology will be disclosed to or collected directly by these service providers, who use the information toevaluate your use of the Services. We also use these services for certain purposes related to advertising, as
described in the following section.

4.2 Tailored advertising
When you use the Service, CSZ may serve you with ads based on various factors such as the content of thepage you are visiting, information you provide such as your age or gender, your searches, demographic
data, user-generated content and other information that you provide to us. These ads may be based on yourcurrent activity or your activity over time and may be tailored to your interests.
Also, third parties whose products or services are accessible or advertised via the Services may also placecookies or other tracking technologies on your computer, mobile phone, or other device to collectinformation about your use of the Services in order to (a) inform, optimize, and serve ads based on past

visits to our websites and other sites and (b) report how our ad impressions, other uses of ad services, andinteractions with these ad impressions and ad services are related to visits to our websites and use of ourServices. We also allow other third parties (e.g., ad networks and ad servers such as Google Analytics,
DoubleClick and others) to serve tailored ads to you on the Services, and to access their own cookies orother tracking technologies on your computer, mobile phone, or other device you use to access theServices.
We neither have access to, nor does this Privacy Policy govern, the use of cookies or other tracking
technologies that may be placed on your computer, mobile phone, or other device you use to access theServices by non-affiliated, third-party ad technology, ad servers, ad networks or any other non-affiliatedthird parties. Those parties that use these technologies may offer you a way to opt out of ad targeting as
described below.
You may receive tailored advertising on your computer through a web browser. If you are interested in
more information about tailored browser advertising and how you can generally control cookies from being
put on your computer to deliver tailored advertising, you may visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s
Consumer Opt-Out link, the Digital Advertising Alliance’s Consumer Opt-Out link or TRUSTe’s
Advertising Choices Page to opt-out of receiving tailored advertising from companies that participate inthose programs.
To opt out of Google Analytics for display advertising or customize Google display network ads, you canvisit the Google Ads Settings page. Please note that to the extent advertising technology is integrated into
the Services, you may still receive advertisements even if you opt-out of tailored advertising. In that case,the ads will just not be tailored. Also, we do not control any of the above opt-out links and are notresponsible for any choices you make using these mechanisms or the continued availability or accuracy ofthese mechanisms.
When using a mobile application you may also receive tailored in-application advertisements. Each
operating system, iOS for Apple phones, Android for Android devices and Windows for Microsoft devices
provides its own instructions on how to prevent the delivery of tailored in-application advertisements. You
may review the support materials and/or the privacy settings for the respective operating systems in orderto opt-out of tailored in-application advertisements. For any other devices and/or operating systems, please
visit the privacy settings for the applicable device or contact the applicable platform operator.

5. How we protect information.
We have implemented reasonable administrative, technical, and physical security measures to protect
against the unauthorized access, destruction or alteration of your information. These safeguards vary basedon the sensitivity of the information that we collect, process and store and the current state of technology.
Although we take appropriate measures to safeguard against unauthorized disclosures of information, we
cannot assure you that information that we collect will never be disclosed in a manner that is inconsistent
with this Privacy Policy.

6. Linked sites and advertisements.
The Services may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices orthe content of those third-party websites.
We have relationships with third-party providers to provide content, products, services, and functionality
through the Services. When you visit sites or use any Services provided in conjunction with one or more ofthese third-party providers and the brands of those providers appear on the site or Services in connection
with such content, products, services, or functionalities, we may share any information you provide or thatis collected during your use of those Services with those providers. In some cases, the provider may collectinformation from you directly, in which case the provider’s privacy policy (which may differ from thisPrivacy Policy) would apply. If you have any questions regarding the privacy policy of any of ourproviders, you should contact the provider directly for more information.

7. Use of the Services by users from outside the United States.

The Services are hosted in the United States and are governed by United States law. If you are using theServices from outside the United States, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored
and processed in the United States where our servers are located and our databases are operated. The dataprotection and other laws of the United States and other countries might not be as comprehensive as thosein your country. By using the Services, you consent to your information being transferred to our facilities
and to the facilities of those third parties with whom we share it as described in our Privacy Policy.

8. Use of the Services by children.
The Services are not intended for persons under the age of 13. We require that only persons 13 years of age
or older use the Services. By using the Services, you hereby represent that you are at least 13 years old.

9. How to contact us.
If you have any questions, comments, or concerns regarding our Privacy Policy or practices, please send an
email to contactus@countysportszone.com

10. Your California privacy rights.
California law permits users who are California residents to request and obtain from us once a year, free ofcharge, a list of the third parties to whom we have disclosed their personal information (if any) for theirdirect marketing purposes in the prior calendar year, as well as the type of personal information disclosed
to those parties. If you are a California resident and would like to request this information, please submit
your request in an email to contactus@countysportszone.com

11. No rights of third parties.
This Privacy Policy does not create rights enforceable by third parties.

12. Changes to this Privacy Policy.
CountySportsZone.com reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time to reflect changes in thelaw, our data collection and use practices, the features of our Services, or advances in technology. Pleasecheck this page periodically for changes. Your continued use of the Services following the posting ofchanges to this Privacy Policy will mean you accept those changes.