Collection of Personal Information
National Physique Committee (NPC) may collect certain personally identifiable information ("personal information") about you when you visit our Website. Examples of personal information we may collect include your name, address, telephone number, fax number, e-mail address.
We also automatically collect certain non-personally identifiable information when you visit our Website, including, but not limited to, the type of browser you are using, the type of operating system you are using, and the domain name of your Internet service provider.
Use of Personal Information
NPC will only use your personal information where we have a lawful basis to do so. The following are examples of how we might use your personal information:
- Providing Services: We will use and disclose personal information in such a manner as we believe is reasonably necessary to provide our services.
- Administration: We may use your personal information in order to collect our fees or costs in connection with services to you or to manage your relationship with NPC.
- Managing Client Relationships: We may use personal information to provide NPC members with information on our services and updates that we consider may be relevant, arranging and hosting events, and identifying where we may make improvements in our services.
- Membership: We may use personal information to carry out certain background searches to verify whether or not there are any potential issues that may prevent us from establishing a membership relationship.
We use personal information you provide solely to respond to your inquiry or process an application form you have completed on various sections of our Website.
We typically will not contact you about other matters, unless you specifically request it, nor will we share, rent, or sell your personal information outside NPC, except where we are required to share your information with any third parties who provide services on our behalf.
It is possible, though unlikely, that we might be forced to disclose personal information in response to legal process or when we believe in good faith that the law requires it, for example, in response to a court order, subpoena or a law enforcement agency's request.
We use non-personally identifiable information to analyze site usage (such as aggregated information on the pages visited by our users), which allows us to improve the design and content of our site.
We cannot guarantee the privacy of personal information you transmit over the web or that may be collectable in transit by others, including contractors who provide services to NPC.
We are committed to complying with all applicable privacy laws and regulations.
Third Party Sites
Our Website may contain links to other websites. The data privacy practices of those third-party websites might differ from NPC's. You should consult the other websites' privacy notices for information on their privacy practices as NPC has no control over information that is submitted to, or collected by, these third parties.
NPC may post information on our Website about programs and events that are sponsored by or cosponsored by other organizations. If you choose to register through our Website for any of these events, NPC will have no control over the third-party sponsors' use of this information. As for our own use of your registration information, that will be handled by us as if you had registered by telephone or on paper. In other words, the privacy policies applicable to our Website will not apply.
When you visit our Website, we and third parties with whom we have contracted to provide services to NPC may collect "Site Usage Data," which is non-personally identifiable information relating to your use of our Website such as what Website pages you visit. The Website Usage Data could include your address, operating system version, type of computer and browser type. This data could also include demographic data, such as a Website visitor's geographic location. To enhance your experience on our Website, we and our service providers may use "cookies" on our Website.
A "cookie" is a piece of information that a web server may place on your computer when you visit a website. Cookies are commonly used by websites to improve the user experience and have not been known to transmit computer viruses or otherwise harm your computer. Many cookies last only through a single website session or visit. Others may have an expiration date or may remain on your computer until you delete them.
We may use cookies for a number of purposes - for example, to maintain continuity during a user session, to gather Website Usage Data for research and other purposes, to store your preferences for certain kinds of information and marketing offers, or to store certain information so that you do not have to provide this information every time you return to our Website. Our cookies will track only your activity relating to your online activity on our Website and will not track your other Internet activity. Our cookies do not gather personal information.
You can decide if and how your computer will accept a cookie by configuring your preferences or options in your browser. However, if you choose to reject cookies, you may not be able to use certain online products and services offered on the Website or certain features of our Website.
NPC may occasionally use other companies to set cookies on our Website and gather Website Usage Data for NPC. In some cases, NPC may also use another company to operate web servers for our Website. NPC uses the cookie information gathered by these companies in the same manner as stated in this Privacy Policy.
IP Addresses
When you visit and interact with our Website, NPC and third parties with whom we have contracted to provide services for us may collect Internet Protocol (IP) addresses (each an "IP Address"). An IP Address is a number that is automatically assigned to the computer that you are using by your Internet Service Provider (ISP). Your IP Address is identified and logged automatically whenever you visit the Website, along with the time(s) of your visit(s), your geographic location and the page(s) that you visited. NPC uses this information to determine the locations of our Website visitors to better understand from where our visitors come. NPC also may use this information to enhance our Website or for other lawful purposes.
Certain pages on our Website contain "web beacons" (also known as Internet tags, pixel tags and clear GIFs). These web beacons allow third parties to obtain information such as the IP Address of the computer that downloaded the page on which the beacon appears, the URL of the page on which the beacon appears, the time the page containing the beacon was viewed, the type of browser used to view the page, and the information in cookies set by the third party.
CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS
California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the “Shine The Light” law, permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to us using the contact information provided below.
If you are under 18 years of age, reside in California, and have a registered account with the Application, you have the right to request removal of unwanted data that you publicly post on the Application. To request removal of such data, please contact us using the contact information provided below, and include the email address associated with your account and a statement that you reside in California. We will make sure the data is not publicly displayed on the Application, but please be aware that the data may not be completely or comprehensively removed from our systems.
POLICY FOR CHILDREN
We do not knowingly solicit information from or market to children under the age of 13. If you become aware of any data we have collected from children under age 13, please contact us using the contact information provided below.
Contacting Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or its implementation, you may contact us at npcfirst@npcregistration.com. If at any time you decide that we should no longer hold any of your personal information, or you wish to change how we can use your personal information, please let us know by emailing us at npcfirst@npcregistration.com.
Revisions to our Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to revise this policy or any part of it from time to time. Please review the policy periodically for changes.
LEGAL DISCLAIMER
The use of the Web site of National Physique Committee is subject to the terms and conditions stated below. By accessing this Website you agree to abide by these terms and conditions. Please read them carefully.
1. ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS OF SERVICE
National Physique Committee ("NPC"), provides this Service (described below in Section 2) to you the user ("You"), under the terms and conditions of these Terms of Service and any amendments thereto (collectively, "Terms of Service" or “Policy") as made available at the NPC Website, http://www.npcnewsonline.com ("Website"). BY USING THE WEBSITE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF SERVICE.
2. DISCLAIMER
NPC is not able to confirm that the materials on our website are correct or current in every case. NPC makes no representations or warranties, expressed or implied, as to the non-infringing nature, accuracy or completeness of materials contained on our website. NPC shall not be liable for any third-party content or "links" that may be accessed through our website. If you wish to contact NPC by means of our website, NPC does not ensure the privacy or confidentiality of the communication. The materials on our website are provided "as is" and without warranties of any kind either express or implied. To the fullest extent permissible pursuant to applicable law, NPC disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. NPC does not warrant that the functions of our website will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that our website is free of viruses or other harmful components. Under no circumstances shall NPC be liable for any special or consequential damages that result from the use of, or the inability to use, the materials contained on our website.
3. USER CONDUCT
As a condition of Your use of our Website, you represent and warrant that You shall not use the Website for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms of Service. You agree to abide by all applicable local, state, national and international laws and regulations and You shall be solely responsible and liable for all acts or omissions that occur while You use our Website. You agree not to use the website to:
- Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate or infringe the legal rights (such as, but not limited to, rights of privacy, publicity and intellectual property) of others;
- Publish, distribute or disseminate any harmful, inappropriate, profane, vulgar, infringing, obscene, tortious, indecent, unlawful, immoral or otherwise objectionable material or information;
- Transmit or upload any material to the Website that contains viruses, trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, or any other harmful or deleterious programs;
- Interfere with or disrupt the Website networks or servers;
- Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Website, other accounts, computer systems or networks connected to the Service, through password mining or any other means; or
- Interfere with another individual's or entity's use and enjoyment of our Website.
NPC reserves the right at all times to monitor, review, retain and/or disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request.
4. INFRINGEMENT CLAIMS POLICY
NPC, upon receiving notice, investigates all claims of intellectual property infringement related to material on our Website and will respond appropriately, following the guidelines of all applicable intellectual property laws. Under appropriate circumstances, NPC will remove or disable access to the allegedly infringing material. Claims of intellectual property infringement must be in writing and directed to NPC's email address listed below.
5. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES AND SERVICES
To the extent that our Website contains links to outside services and resources, NPC does not control the availability and content of those outside services and resources. Any concerns regarding any such service or resource, or any link thereto, should be directed to the particular service or resource. NPC is not liable in any way for the outside services and Websites that our Website may link to.
6. MODIFICATIONS
NPC will monitor the Website to provide that our business practices are in conformity with this Policy. If for any reason our Website is found not to be in compliance with the terms and conditions of this Policy we will either discontinue such non-complying act or will modify this Policy and notify you of such change by a notice posted on our Website.
7. INDEMNITY
You agree to release indemnify and hold each of National Physique Committee of the USA (NPC), it’s parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, officials, agents, directors and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorney’s fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your use of the www.npcregistration.com. Your violation of the terms of use, and/or the infringement by you or any other subscriber or user of your account, of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity.
8. MISCELLANEOUS TERMS
These Terms of Service shall be governed by and construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Pennsylvania, USA, without giving effect to its rules governing conflict of laws. You consent to submit to the jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA. A waiver by NPC of any of the terms, provisions or conditions of these Terms of Service or the acquiescence of NPC hereto in any act (whether commission or omission) shall not constitute a general waiver of such term, provision or condition of any subsequent act contrary thereto. This Policy represents the entire understanding between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all other written or oral agreements with respect to the subject matter hereof. If any provision of this Policy is declared invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such invalidity, so that the remainder of that provision and all remaining provisions of this Policy will continue in full force and effect.
9. CONTACT INFORMATION
National Physique Committee
P.O. Box 799
Carnegie PA 15106
E-mail: npcfirst@npcregistration.com
Phone: 412-276-5027