We value the privacy of all who visit this website. We think it is important that all of our visitors understand our policies with regard to the information that we collect about those who visit this website.

We neither solicit nor collect personal information about visitors to this site.

1. Use of this site requires no sign-up or registration, and no information is solicited from those who wish to view the content of this website or to participate in any interactive activity found on this website (such as our Negro League Baseball Trivia Quiz).
   
2. Unless you wish to contact us via the form contained on our "Contact Us" page you will neither be asked nor required to disclose any information to us that would personally identify you.
   
3. If you do choose to initiate contact with us via our online "Contact Us" form you will be asked to provide us with your name and return email address so that we may appropriately respond to your communication. This information will be used only for the purpose of communicating with you concerning the specific subject matter of your communication to us.
   
4. Throughout our site you may see a feature labeled "Send this page to a friend." When you utilize this feature you will be asked to provide your name and address, and your name and address will be used by our system to generate an email communication to the person(s) your specify on the form. Our system does not retain your name or email address after email to your designated recipient(s) has been been generated and sent. Likewise, we do not record the name(s) or email address(es) of any person(s) to whom you have sent a page referral.

"Cookies" And How We Use Them

Cookies help track a person’s “session” while online. They are used on our site to gather basic tracking information and to monitor the presentation of advertisements. They are especially necessary when playing an interactive game or ordering a product online. Cookies are not related to any personally identifiable information and are not used to retrieve information from your computer that was not originally sent in a cookie.

In some instances, advertisers will set cookies on our site. These cookies are not related to any personally identifiable information that we have collected but are for monitoring and tracking ad impressions.

Many browsers are set to accept cookies. You may prefer to set your browser to refuse cookies. It is possible, however, that some areas of the site will not function properly if you do so. This is especially likely when trying to order a product or play an online game.

Log Files: What They Contain And How We Use Them

Our system maintains a log of all files activity on our website and mail server. With respect to each access of our web server the following information is recorded in log files:

1. The time of each request made to our web server;
2. The type of request made to our server;
3. IP address from which any request to our server is made;
4. The URL from which the access attempt was referred;
5. The specific page or other element requested;
6. The type and version of web browser making the request;
7. Technical information relating to the performance of our server in responding to requests.

We analyze our log files in order to monitor performance of our website, assess traffic levels and demands upon our server resources, and to produce statistical data relating to the number of people who are visiting our website and how they are locating our site (search engines, links in online publications, links in other websites, etc.).  Our log files do not contain any information that would personally identify any visitor to our website.

How We Use Personal Information

Any information that you may provide to us that would personally identify you is treated with a high degree of confidentiality and will be utilized only for the purpose of responding to any communication that you send to us. Such information will not be used for any commercial purpose and will not be sold, shared or otherwise distributed to outside organizations, companies or firms.

We do, however, reserve the right to utilize any information in our possession to (a) protect the security and integrity of our servers, website and staff, (b) cooperate with law enforcement officials in the conduct of a criminal investigation, (c) respond to any order from a court of law to produce such information, and (d) comply with any law or regulation directed at furthering the national security of the United States.

Child Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Privacy Notice

Children’s Privacy: COPPA requires that parents be allowed to review their child’s personal information, have it deleted and refuse to allow further collection or use of that personal information.

We do not knowingly collect any information form any person under the age of 13. Children under 13 years of age are permitted to utilize our website and participate in any activities that may be available on our website with the exception that such children are not permitted to initiate contact with us via our "Contact Us" form.

However, should a person under the age of 13 initiate a communication with us (such as using our "Contact Us" form to ask us a question about some aspect of Negro League history), and should we know that such person is under the age of 13, we will delete the child’s name and email address promptly after responding one time to such request for information. Our response will contain a notification that any further requests for information must be made by the child’s parent.