Cloverdale Hockey - Privacy policy

This policy explains in detail how “Cloverdale Hockey” along with its affiliated companies (hereinafter “we”, “us”, “our”, “Cloverdale Hockey”, “https://cloverdalehockey.com”) use any information collected during any session of usage by you (hereinafter “your information”).

Your information is collected via two ways. Firstly, by browsing “Cloverdale Hockey” will cause the software to create a number of cookies, which are small text files that are downloaded on to your computer’s web browser temporary files. The first two cookies just contain a user identifier (hereinafter “user-id”) and an anonymous session identifier (hereinafter “session-id”), automatically assigned to you by the software. A third cookie will be created once you have browsed topics within “Cloverdale Hockey” and is used to store which topics have been read, thereby improving your user experience.

We may also create cookies external to the software whilst browsing “Cloverdale Hockey”, though these are outside the scope of this document which is intended to only cover the pages created by the software. The second way in which we collect your information is by what you submit to us. This can be, and is not limited to: posting as an anonymous user (hereinafter “anonymous posts”), registering on “Cloverdale Hockey” (hereinafter “your account”) and posts submitted by you after registration and whilst logged in (hereinafter “your posts”).

Your account will at a bare minimum contain a uniquely identifiable name (hereinafter “your user name”), and a personal password used for logging into your account (hereinafter “your password”). A personal, valid email address (hereinafter “your email”) is optional. Your information for your account at “Cloverdale Hockey” is protected by data-protection laws applicable in Canada. Any information beyond your user name and your password required by “Cloverdale Hockey” during the registration process is either mandatory or optional, at the discretion of “Cloverdale Hockey”. In all cases, you have the option of what information in your account is publicly displayed. Furthermore, within your account, you have the option to opt-in or opt-out of automatically generated emails (only using a confimed email address) from the software.

Your password is ciphered (a one-way hash) so that it is secure. However, it is recommended that you do not reuse the same password across a number of different websites. Your password is the means of accessing your account at “Cloverdale Hockey”, so please guard it carefully and under no circumstance will anyone affiliated with “Cloverdale Hockey” or another 3rd party, legitimately ask you for your password. Should you forget your password for your account, you can use the “I forgot my password” feature provided (verified email only). This process will ask you to submit your user name and your email, then the software will generate a new password to reclaim your account.