Privacy Policy

Protecting your privacy is important to BlueZebra Sports. We strive to keep your personal information confidential, to the extent that such information is not provided on the public areas of our website and pursuant to our Terms and Conditions of Service found on our website. By ensuring that you are aware of and understand the BlueZebra Sports Customer Privacy Policy, we can provide you with better service. Please take a moment to read the following policy to learn how we handle your personal information.

Why we collect personal information

BlueZebra Sports collects and uses your personal information to give you superior customer service, to provide you with convenient access to our products, and to make a wider range available to you. In addition, we use your personal information to keep you up to date on the latest product announcements, special offers, and other information we think you'd like to hear about.

How we collect personal information

We collect information about you in several ways. For example, we might ask for your contact information (including name, address, and phone number) when you correspond with us or make a purchase. In addition, when you register to purchase products, or ask to be included in an email mailing list, we collect and store the information you provide.

Confidential Personally Identifiable Information

BlueZebra Sports does collect confidential personally identifiable information of Account Owners, Authorized Users and Users, known as “CPII”. CPII is collected on portions of the website(s) which include, but is not limited to, if https:// as part of the website address and/or are required to have a password to enter; otherwise, it is assumed that portion of the website(s) is an unsecure or publically-available portion of the website(s). For certain services offered by BlueZebra Sports, including, but not limited to, those relating to payment services and/or tax reporting, BlueZebra Sports will obtain CPII, such as your social security number or tax identification number, banking/financial information, and/or other government identification number. CPII is included in “personal information.”

When we disclose personal information

We do not sell our mailing list. At times we may be required by law or legal process to disclose your personal information.

We restrict access to personal information to BlueZebra Sports employees, contractors and agents or parties wishing to request your officiating services, who may need to know that information in order to operate, develop or improve our services. These individuals are bound by confidentiality obligations and may be subject to discipline, including termination and criminal prosecution, if they fail to meet these obligations.

We may also disclose your personal information, particularly your CPII, to those parties required to initiate, accept, and process payments to or from you. This will include a third-party vendor utilized by BlueZebra Sports to facilitate the payment of and for officiating services, which is further defined in the Terms and Conditions of Use.

How we protect your personal information

BlueZebra Sports safeguards the security of the data you send us with physical, electronic, and managerial procedures. We urge you to take every precaution to protect your personal data when you are on the Internet. Change your passwords often, use a combination of letters and numbers, and make sure you use a secure browser. You are responsible for the security and upkeep of your password to third parties outside of our Services.

BlueZebra Sports uses industry-standard Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption on all web pages where personal information is required. To make purchases from BlueZebra Sports, you must use an SSL-enabled browser. This protects the confidentiality of your personal and credit card information while it is transmitted over the Internet.

For credit card transactions, BlueZebra Sports adheres to the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard. We require that site owners provide a credit card number, which is used for processing recurring monthly charges on our site. BlueZebra Sports currently uses Stripe and Authorize.net for recurring transactions. Stripe and Authorize.net are leading PCI-compliant solutions used to process recurring credit card transactions and safeguard your credit card information. Your credit card number and expiration date is never stored anywhere on our servers.

For payment services, BlueZebra Sports uses a third-party vendor. Any user of such services through BlueZebra Sports will be required to meet the requirements and accept the terms and conditions of such third-party vendor prior to utilizing such services. Currently, such third-party vendor is Dwolla, Inc. Those who utilize our payment services to make and/or receive payments may be required to provide information such as full name, physical address, telephone number, birth date, social security number, taxpayer identification number, and bank account information. This list is a listing of information typically needed and is not exhaustive. In all cases, this information is shared with the third-party vendor utilized by BlueZebra Sports, currently Dwolla, Inc., for the purpose of facilitating those payments for services.

Please see our third party vendors’ websites for their privacy policies and other important information.

Access to your personal information

You always have access to the information we have about you. To review and update your personal contact information, simply logon to the officiating.com website and click your name in the upper right corner of your screen.

Marketing

BlueZebra Sports may use your name as a User or Account Owner in its marketing efforts to provide information to other parties on the people and/or conferences that use the officiating.com website. This may also include any public reviews that you have posted regarding your use of the officiating.com website. By using the officiating.com website, you agree to this limited use of your name and/or comments/reviews.

Use of officiating.com by minors

Our website is not directed to children under the age of 13 (or older, depending on the jurisdiction). We prohibit children under the age of 13 from using all interactive portions of the website. We will not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13 (or older in certain jurisdictions). We understand that young people need special safeguards and privacy protection. We realize that they may not understand all the provisions of our Privacy Policy or be able to make thoughtful decisions about the choices that are made available to our adult users. We strongly urge all parents to participate in their children's exploration of the Internet and any online services, and to teach their children about protecting their personal information while online. Please check your local jurisdiction regarding the minimum age required to access websites which collect personally identifiable information from users, which can vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. It is your responsibility to know the law in your jurisdiction. Users that are under the age of 18 are forbidden from providing any information on our website without parental or guardian (as the case may be) consent and authorization.

Collecting other personal information

When you browse the public areas of the officiating.com website, you are able to do so anonymously. Generally, we don't collect personal information when you browse -- not even your email address. Your browser, however, does automatically tell us the type of computer and operating system you are using.

If you have logged into the officiating.com website with your user name and password, we do keep logs of what links you have clicked on while visiting our site.

Like many websites, the officiating.com website uses "cookie" technology. When you first connect to our site, the cookie identifies your browser with a unique, random number. The cookies we use do not reveal any personal information about you, except perhaps your first name so we can welcome you on your next visit. Cookies help us understand which parts of our websites are the most popular, where our visitors are going, and how long they spend there. We use cookies to study traffic patterns on our site so we can make the site even better.

In some of our email to you, we use a "click-through URL." When you click one of these URLs, you pass through our web server before arriving at the website that is your destination. We track click-throughs to help us determine your interest in particular topics and measure the effectiveness of our customer communications.

BlueZebra Sports does not knowingly solicit personal information from children or send them requests for personal information. Please check your local laws regarding the minimum age for use of websites which collect personal information.

The officiating.com website contains links to other sites. BlueZebra Sports does not share your personal information with those websites and is not responsible for their privacy practices. We encourage you to learn about the privacy policies of those companies.

BlueZebra Sports has the capacity to reset your password and will not ask for that information from any User, Account Owner, or Authorized User. If someone requests that information from you, please change your password and contact BlueZebra immediately to advise them of this breach in protocol so that BlueZebra can make sure that its personnel is not asking for such information or that someone outside of BlueZebra is trying to access the system.

If we are going to use your personal information differently from that stated at the time of collection, we will try to contact you via email using the most recent information we have. If you have not given us permission to communicate with you, you will not be contacted, nor will we use your personal information in a new manner, except as allowed by our updated Terms and Conditions of Service.

Any information which is upload by you as part of your use of the BlueZebra Services is discoverable, viewable, and usable by those parties authorized to have access to such information, which includes, but is not limited to, various conference officials, conference or consortium coordinators and/or agents, and/or contractors, owners, and employees of BlueZebra.

The BlueZebra Sports Customer Privacy Policy is subject to change at any time. We encourage you to review the privacy policy regularly for any changes.

Last Modified: October 13, 2021