Privacy Policy
VI TRI values its relationship with its customers and has the utmost respect for the confidentiality of customer's personal information. This Statement of Privacy applies to VI TRI's web site stxtriathlon.com and governs data collection and usage. By using stxtriathlon.com, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
VI TRI does not sell personal information obtained from its customers to companies that are not affiliated with VI TRI for the purpose of marketing their products or services to you.
Use of Cookies
stxtriathlon.com's use of “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you join our email list or register with stxtriathlon.com, a cookie helps stxtriathlon.com to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same stxtriathlon.com, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the stxtriathlon.com features that you customized.
You have the ability 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. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of VI TRI's services or Web sites you visit.
Collection of Customer Personal Information
VI TRI through its web site collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. VI TRI also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.
There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by stxtriathlon.com. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring web site addresses. This information is used by VI TRI for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of stxtriathlon.com.
VI TRI encourages you to review the privacy statements of web sites you choose to link to from stxtriathlon.com so that you can understand how those linked sites collect, use and share your information. VI TRI is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on web sites outside of VI TRI's web site (stxtriathlon.com).
VI TRI collects personal information about its customers from the following sources:
1. Information received by registering on line when joining our email list or fill out a sponsor form.
2. Race Registration.
3. Transaction activity in the sale of a product.
Disclosure and Use of Customer Personal Information
stxtriathlon.com collects and uses your personal information to operate stxtriathlon.com and deliver the services you have requested. stxtriathlon.com also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from stxtriathlon.com and its affiliates. VI TRI's website may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.
stxtriathlon.com does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. stxtriathlon.com may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, VI TRI's website may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to stxtriathlon.com, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
stxtriathlon.com does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.
stxtriathlon.com keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within stxtriathlon.com, in order to determine what stxtriathlon.com services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within stxtriathlon.com to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
stxtriathlon.com will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on VI TRI or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of VI TRI's website; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of stxtriathlon.com, or the public.
Protection of Customer Information
VI TRI restricts access of customer information to those employees, board members, and third parties who need to know that information to assist in providing services to the customers. VI TRI maintains physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that guard your customer information.
Changes to this Statement
stxtriathlon.com will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. VI TRI encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how stxtriathlon.com is protecting your information.
Contact Information
stxtriathlon.com welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that stxtriathlon.com has not adhered to this Statement, please contact VI TRI at theresa@vitf.org. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.
