COGRAN Systems LLC - Privacy Policy

COGRAN SYSTEMS LLC (“COGRAN”) takes seriously the issue of safeguarding your privacy.  Accordingly, COGRAN has developed this privacy policy statement (this "Privacy Policy") to explain COGRAN’s views and practices regarding your privacy as it relates to your (the “User’s”) interaction with COGRAN.   This Privacy Policy summarizes generally COGRAN’s personal identifying information collection and use practices generally, including information collected by mail, in person, through the web site located at the www.COGRANSystems.com and any other site provided by COGRAN (collectively, the “Site”).  COGRAN reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time by posting a new privacy statement at this location.  Please review this Privacy Policy on a periodic basis..

COGRAN addresses the following topics in this Privacy Policy:

1. About COGRAN

2. The Personal Identifying Information COGRAN Collects

3. The Way COGRAN Uses that Personal Identifying Information

4. COGRAN's Use of Electronic “Cookie” Files

5. Accessing External or Third Party Web Sites

6. COGRAN's Commitment to Security

7. Ways to be Excluded from the Collection of Personal Identifying Information

8. Ways to Correct, Delete, or Update Personal Identifying Information Collected by COGRAN

9. COGRAN's Policy for Children

10. How to Contact COGRAN for Answers to Additional Questions about this Privacy Policy

About COGRAN

The purpose of COGRAN is to provide online registration software and services for sports organizations, chuches, parks and recreation departments, event management and membership organizations (the "CLIENT") on a global basis. All software is hosted and offered for use using a modern web browser.

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What Information Does COGRAN Collect?

COGRAN collects certain personal identifying information (as described below).  COGRAN gathers most information during its periodic registration process to allow you and your family to use COGRAN’s services and products.  Registration information may be gathered online or otherwise in written form.  COGRAN may request or receive personal identifying information at other times, including, but not limited to, when you purchase a product using the Site, when you access content on the Site, when you report a problem with our Site, and when you complete survey forms.  Site users will need to “accept” the Terms of Use (posted on this web site) in order to continue with certain operations.

Below, we provide examples of the types of personal identifying information COGRAN does and does not collect.

Birth Certificates:  Depending on the rules of the organization using COGRAN services we may obtain and keep on file a copy of each player’s proof of age, normally a birth certificate.  These documents are kept on file by the organization.  No copies are made and only the club registrar has access to these files. 

Contact Information: Upon registration and at other times, COGRAN may request or require contact information, such as your name and the names of your children who are being registered to play soccer within COGRAN, address, phone number(s) and e-mail address(es).

Demographic Information: COGRAN will collect certain demographic and profile data in order to form teams under the rules of the organization using the software service.

Use of Photographs and Player Identification: By submitting articles and photographs for website posting and/or media distribution, team representatives and individual members authorize COGRAN on behalf of all named and pictured parties to in fact publish these items.  It is COGRAN policy not to refer to pictured minors by name.  So any photograph reference will refer to players generally but not specifically.

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How Does COGRAN Use that Information?

Below, we provide more detail on how COGRAN uses your personal identifying information.

Contact Information: COGRAN may use your contact information to (i) provide its services and form teams in accordance with COGRAN policies and the rules of COGRAN client (CLIENT) managing the software service , including furnishing information to governing bodies as required in order to obtain player passes for traveling teams and rec-plus teams, (ii) create a personalized experience, (iii) complete a transaction conducted through the Site, and (iv) contact you when necessary with respect to COGRAN news, transactions conducted through the Site, material changes in our Site’s policies, new services COGRAN may offer, or otherwise.   All registration information and medical information collected on the Liability/Medical Release form, is provided to the program directors, the age group coordinators and the coaches and/or managers for each team.  The Site is hosted by a third party in order for COGRAN to provide its services and complete transactions conducted through the Site.  We do NOT rent, license, or sell contact information to any third party.

Demographic Information: COGRAN may use demographic data on an aggregated basis, which will not identify any particular User, for internal business purposes and may also share such aggregated demographic information with advertisers or other third parties, including our business partners, suppliers, sponsors, and vendors (i) for management and monitoring purposes, (ii) to improve the quality of COGRAN’s services, (iii) to provide our services, (iv) when we employ other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf (i.e., any third-party registrar hired by COGRAN), and (v) when it is specifically stated otherwise.

As necessary to form and manage registrations CLIENT will communicate Contact Information and Demographic Information to governing bodies, program directors, age group coordinators and team coaches and managers.  These communications are frequently performed through unencrypted email transmissions.

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What are Elecronic Cookies and How are They Used?

COGRAN may use electronic cookies to enhance your experience while using our Site.  Cookies are pieces of information, which COGRAN uses for record-keeping purposes, which the Site transfers to your computer’s web-browser for storage on your computer’s hard drive.  Cookies enable COGRAN to customize your experience on the Site.  Cookies also make web-surfing easier by automatically performing certain functions such as saving your personal preferences and by ensuring that you don’t see the same information repeatedly.  We also use cookies to manage and monitor the Site.  COGRAN, however, will not use cookies to record passwords or other personal identifying information discussed herein.  Many consider the use of cookies to be an industry standard.  Consequently, your web browser is likely set to accept cookies.  If you would prefer not to receive cookies, however, you can alter the configuration of your browser to refuse cookies.  If you choose to have your browser refuse cookies, you should understand that the Site will not function properly when you view them.

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What About External or Third Party Web Sites?

To the extent hyperlinks or gateways are utilized to access external or third party sites or you access the Site from external or third party sites, you should be aware that these external or third party sites are not controlled by COGRAN and therefore, are not subject to this Privacy Policy.  COGRAN suggests that you check the privacy policies of these sites to determine how the proprietors of these third party sites will utilize your personal identifying information.

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What About Security?

COGRAN places a premium on making sure that personal identifying information remains private and secure and is not subject to misuse or manipulation.  Accordingly, this Site has industry standard security measures in place, including storage of personal identifying information in a secure environment, to protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under COGRAN’s control.  Although COGRAN has endeavored to create a secure and reliable Site, nevertheless the confidentiality of any communication or material transmitted via the Internet cannot be guaranteed.  Accordingly, you should consider carefully if you want to submit sensitive information via the Internet.

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What About "Opting-Out" of Data Collection and Use?

The collection, use, and distribution of your personal identifying information as described in this Privacy Policy is necessary for CLIENT to provide its products and services and to operate the Site. 

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What About Correcting, Deleting, or Updating Information?

At any time, you may contact CLIENT to correct, modify, or delete the information you provide to CLIENT through this Site.  Please e-mail the CLIENT with any requests or changes.  In addition, when you and your family cease to use CLIENT’s services and no longer wish to be included as a part of its directory, we request that you contact the CLIENT to request to have your information removed from our database.  In the event that COGRAN receives such a request or change, COGRAN may require you to confirm or verify any change to your record.  COGRAN provides the option to update your contact information online

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What About Children?

COGRAN cares about the safety of children on its Site and encourages parents and guardians to monitor their children’s use of the Internet.  Although the Site is a general audience site, COGRAN intends registration and commerce transactions only for users 18 years of age and older.  COGRAN will not knowingly collect personal identifying information from users under the age of 18.

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What About Any Other Questions?

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the information collection and dissemination practices of this Site, COGRAN's or CLIENT's use of your personal information, you can contact COGRAN at:

COGRAN Systems LLC support@COGRANsystems.com