Privacy Policy

(Last Updated: April 18, 2022)

1. SCOPE OF PRIVACY POLICY

Fantasy Sports Knockout® is committed to protecting your privacy in conjunction with the use of its website.  This Privacy Policy describes, among other things, the types of information collected about you when you visit our website, how your information may be used and disclosed, how you can control the use of your information, and how your information is protected.  It shall be interpreted in conjunction with our Terms of Service.

By using our website and/or service, you consent to the worldwide, perpetual collection, transfer, manipulation, storage, disclosure and other use of your information as described in this Privacy Policy.

Please note that any content you submit via our webpage which is personally identifiable information may be used, disclosed and retained by us in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy.


2. INFORMATION COLLECTED BY US AND ITS USE

You are not generally required to provide information about yourself when you visit our website.  However, should you wish to register for certain services, access certain content, or directly contact the website, you may be asked for some or more of the following information:

  • Contact information, such as your name, email address, postal address, zip code, phone number, and other related information
  • User name, password, and password hint questions
  • Location/domicile
  • Age and date of birth
  • Other demographic information such as gender and job information
  • Information for maintaining a public profile
  • Preferred means of communication
  • Information related to any other correspondence you send to us

In addition, should you wish to use certain of our services, you may be asked to provide the following:

  • Payment verification information, such as credit card number or PayPal account number and the email address linked to your PayPal account
  • Social security number or comparable national identifier
  • Other information as related to processing your payment and confirming your payment information, age and location

Finally, should you win any of our contests, you may be asked to provide the following:

  • Relevant information about yourself needed to assist us in marketing future contests
  • Information required to remit payment to you
  • Information required to provide the proper tax forms related to your winnings


3. INFORMATION COLLECTED AUTOMATICALLY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIRD PARTIES

The following information may be collected automatically from all visitors to the website by either us or third parties acting on our behalf and may be used for internal customer tracking and business purposes, as well as any other purposes to support our business and comply with matters of law:

  • Your browser type and operating system
  • Your Internet Protocol (“IP”) address
  • Sites you visited before and after visiting our site
  • Web pages and advertisements you view and links you click on from our site
  • Other unique identifiers, including mobile device identification numbers that can identify the physical location of your device in accordance with applicable law
  • Information collected through cookies, web beacons and other technologies
  • Standard server log information
  • Other information collected naturally by Google Analytics and similar programs


4. HOW WE SHARE AND DISCLOSE YOUR INFORMATION

We only use payment and identity verification information (such as credit card numbers, driver’s license numbers and social security numbers, or comparable national identifiers as necessary): for completing particular transactions; if we believe that it is reasonably necessary to comply with a law, regulation or legal request; to protect the safety of any person; to protect the intellectual property rights of others; to address fraud, security or technical issues; or to protect our rights or property.

All other information collected about you may be used for a wide range of other purposes, including to fulfill requests for services, to enable you to participate in contests and polls, to analyze the demographics of our customer base, to customize content and advertising to your needs, to improve our services, to contact you when you have opted in to receive certain messaging, to respond to and address customer service requests, to market our brand, contests and winners, to share with actual and potential sponsors for joint marketing purposes, to share with, or sell to, third parties to the extent permitted by law, to prevent potentially prohibited or illegal use of our site and services or use of our site and services in a manner that would violate the Terms of Service, and for any other purpose disclosed to you, or reasonably known by you, at the time we collect the information. 


5. CHANGING AND REMOVING INFORMATION

If you choose to share information with us, you may have the opportunity to update that information on our website or by contacting us at the following address: Info@FantasySportsKnockout.com.  If you ask us to shut down your account or delete your information, we will disable your account within a reasonable period of time.  Please note, however, that we may retain certain information about you to satisfy both our legal and security obligations.  For example, some of your information may remain in backup storage even if you ask for it to be deleted. In some cases you may be entitled under local laws to access or object to the processing of information that we hold relating to you.


6. PASSWORD PROTECTION

We are committed to protecting your information.  All password protected sections of the website are encrypted with standard security measures. All user profiles and payment screens are password protected.


7. CALIFORNIA USERS

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) which took effect on January 1, 2020, and the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), which will become effective on January 1, 2023, are intended to protect the personal information of California consumers.  If you are a resident of the State of California, you may request a list of all third parties to which Fantasy Sports Knockout® has disclosed certain information during the previous year for direct marketing purposes.  If you are a California resident and want such a list, please contact us at the following address: Info@FantasySportsKnockout.com.  For all requests, you must put the statement “My California Privacy Rights” in the subject line of the request, as well as include your name, street address, city, state and zip code.  Inquiries related to your rights under applicable California laws may also be made by telephone at 848-895-FSKO (3756).  Please note that we will not accept such requests via the mail or facsimile, and we are not responsible for notices that are not labeled or otherwise improperly sent, or which have other incorrect information.  Please note that Fantasy Sports Knockout® may not be obligated to comply with the provisions of these laws.


8. USERS IN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA

The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect on May 25, 2018, and it is intended to protect the data of European Union data subjects.  If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (“EEA”), or are accessing this site from within the EEA, you may have the right to request: access; correction; deletion; portability; and restriction or objection to processing, of your personal data, from us.  To make any of these requests, please contact: Info@FantasySportsKnockout.com.   For all such requests, you must put the statement, “My European Privacy Rights” in the subject of the request, as well as include your name, street address, city, country of residence and zip code.  Please note that we will not accept such requests via the telephone, mail or facsimile, and we are not responsible for notices that are not labeled or otherwise improperly sent, or which have other incorrect information. Please note that Fantasy Sports Knockout® may not be obligated to comply with provisions of the GDPR.


9. INTERNATIONAL USERS

Our website is hosted in North America and is intended for and directed to users in North America.  If you are a user accessing the website from the European Union, Asia, or any other region with laws or regulations governing personal data collection, use, and disclosure that differ from the laws of the United States, please be advised that through your continued use of our website, you consent to jurisdiction in the United States and exclusively United States choice of law pursuant to our Terms of Service.  Further, pursuant to U.S. law, this notice and our Terms of Service, you are hereby transferring your personal information to the United States and you consent to that transfer.


10. OUR POLICY TOWARD MINORS

Our website is not for the use of minors.   If we learn that we have collected personal information from anyone under the age of majority, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that we might have any information from someone under the age of majority, please contact us at Info@FantasySportsKnockout.com.  In those instances where Fantasy Sports Knockout® has actual knowledge that it has collected information from a minor, it will comply with all applicable laws including the U.S. Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, which applies to the collection of information from children under the age of 13.


11. USER GENERATED CONTENT

Certain aspects of our site may enable users to submit their own content for contests, blogs, message boards and other function.  Publication of any such content is subject to our Terms of Service.  Please remember that any information you disclose, as well as any video and audio images you provide, becomes public information and thus you should exercise caution when considering what information to disclose in this manner.  We cannot necessarily prevent such information from being used in a manner that may violate this Privacy Policy, the law or your personal privacy and safety.


12. THIRD PARTY SITES

When you select a link to a third party website (for example, if you link to PayPal in order to pay for a service or product), you will be leaving our site.  Any information that you disclose to a third party site will be governed by that site’s privacy policy.


13. MERGER, ACQUISITION SALE OR BANKRUPTCY

In the event that Fantasy Sports Knockout® is involved in a merger, acquisition, sale, bankruptcy, or other reorganization related transaction (e.g., insolvency, reorganization, assignment for the benefit of creditors, or any other transaction changing either ownership or control of the company), there may be a disclosure of your personally identifiable information to another entity that is related to that transaction or event.  We cannot control the manner in which that information is treated, transferred, protected, or used by such other entity.


14. CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

We may change this Privacy Policy pursuant to the procedures outlined in our Terms of Service. Unless otherwise noted, our current Privacy Policy applies to all information that we have about you and your account. If we make changes to this Privacy Policy we will notify you by publication here. By continuing to access or use the Service after such changes take effect, you agree to be bound by the revised Privacy Policy.


15. QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS POLICY

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy please contact us at Info@FantasySportsKnockout.com and we will make an effort to respond within a reasonable time period.