Terms of Service and Privacy Policy for NTRA

If you require any more information or have any questions about our privacy policy, please feel free to contact us by email at Privacy.

At www.ntra.com we consider the privacy of our visitors to be extremely important. This privacy policy document describes in detail the types of personal information is collected and recorded by www.ntra.com and how we use it.

Log Files
Like many other Web sites, NTRA.com makes use of log files. These files merely logs visitors to the site – usually a standard procedure for hosting companies and a part of hosting services’s analytics. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. This information is used to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses, and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.

Cookies and Web Beacons
NTRA.com uses cookies to store information about visitors’ preferences, to record user-specific information on which pages the site visitor accesses or visits, and to personalize or customize our web page content based upon visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends via their browser.

DoubleClick DART Cookie

→ Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on NTRA.com.
→ Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our site’s visitors based upon their visit to NTRA.com and other sites on the Internet.
→ Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy at the following URL – http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html

Our Advertising Partners
Some of our advertising partners may use cookies and web beacons on our site. Our advertising partners include …….

  • DoubleClick

While each of these advertising partners has their own Privacy Policy for their site, an updated and hyperlinked resource is maintained here: Privacy Policies.
You may consult this listing to find the privacy policy for each of the advertising partners of NTRA.com.

These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology in their respective advertisements and links that appear on NTRA.com and which are sent directly to your browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. Other technologies (such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons) may also be used by our site’s third-party ad networks to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on the site.

NTRA.com has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

Third Party Privacy Policies
You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information on their practices as well as for instructions about how to opt-out of certain practices. NTRA.com’s privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or web sites. You may find a comprehensive listing of these privacy policies and their links here: Privacy Policy Links.

If you wish to disable cookies, you may do so through your individual browser options. More detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at the browsers’ respective websites. What Are Cookies?

Children’s Information
We believe it is important to provide added protection for children online. We encourage parents and guardians to spend time online with their children to observe, participate in and/or monitor and guide their online activity.
NTRA.com does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If a parent or guardian believes that NTRA.com has in its database the personally-identifiable information of a child under the age of 13, please contact us immediately (using the contact in the first paragraph) and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

Online Privacy Policy Only
This privacy policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website and regarding information shared and/or collected there.
This policy does not apply to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.

User Generated Content Policy
When you transmit, upload, post, e-mail or otherwise make available data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, images, videos, messages or other materials (“User Content”) on or to ntra.com or any other website, microsite, or any other internet property owned, operated or sponsored by National Thoroughbred Racing Association (collectively “NTRA”), you are entirely responsible for such User Content. Such User Content constitutes a Submission as defined below. This means that you, and not NTRA or its affiliates, are entirely responsible for all User Content that you post to any NTRA Web Properties. All users of NTRA Web Properties agree that their access to and use of any NTRA Web Properties are subject to this User Generated Content Policy and all applicable laws, and that any such access or use is undertaken at the user’s own risk. The terms of this User Generated Content Policy are subject to change at any time without prior notice. Any such changes will be reflected on the User Generated Content Policy page of the ntra.com website.
Any inquiries, feedback, suggestions, ideas or other information or User Content you provide us, including submitting your name, social media handle, any accompanying text, and an image or images from your Twitter™, Instagram™ or other social media site account(s), using hashtag #NHC2018 or #ECLIPSEAWARDS (collectively, “Submissions”) will be treated as non-proprietary and non-confidential. For good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which hereby is acknowledged, by uploading, posting, e-mailing or otherwise submitting Submissions to any of the NTRA Web Properties, you grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to NTRA an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use, telecast, copy, perform, display, reproduce, edit, distribute, copy, edit, change, modify, add to, subtract from and otherwise exploit the Submissions, or any portion thereof, in any manner (including without limitation promotional and advertising purposes) and in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such Submissions, and to grant and authorize sublicenses of the foregoing without any compensation to you or to any third party.

You also acknowledge that your Submissions will not be returned and NTRA may use your Submissions, and any ideas, concepts or know-how contained therein, without payment of money or any other form of consideration, for any purpose including advertising, promotional, marketing, publicity, trade or commercial purposes, without attribution, and without the requirement of any permission from or payment to you or to any other person or entity.

If you make a Submission, you represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control the rights to your Submission. By making a Submission, you hereby warrant that your Submission is your original creation, has not been copied, recreated, reproduced, previously published, derived from or otherwise taken in whole or in part from any other work and the Submission does not infringe the intellectual property, privacy or publicity rights or any other legal or moral rights of any third party, or violate applicable laws or regulations. You also warrant and represent that each person in the Submission has given their written permission and consent to be included in the Submission and displayed publicly on NTRA Web Properties and other NTRA social media sites and marketing materials and advertising and that you shall furnish such permission and consents promptly to NTRA upon request. You agree to indemnify NTRA and its affiliates for all claims arising from or in connection with any claims to any rights in any Submission or any damages arising from any Submission. You further agree to indemnify and hold NTRA, its officers, directors, and employees (collectively the “Releasees”) harmless from any and all claims by any third party against any of the Releasees (and related damages, expenses, costs, including reasonable attorney’s fees, liabilities, verdicts, judgments and settlements) arising out of use of a Submission or any breach of your representations herein, including but not limited to claims of infringement or violation of trademark, copyright, or other intellectual property rights, rights of publicity, or rights of privacy. Upon submission of Submission you hereby release NTRA and Releasees from, and irrevocably waive, any and all claims that NTRA use of your Photo with or without your name, including but not limited to use on NTRA Web Properties, infringes or violates my rights in your Submission or any work or material contained in your Submission.
Instagram ™, Twitter ™, and other similar social media forums are registered trademarks of their respective companies and not affiliated with NTRA. or ntra.com. Any submission via these or other similar social media sites are subject to all ruled and regulations of such sites.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, NEITHER NTRA NOR ANY OTHER PARTY INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING OR DELIVERING THE SITES IS LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFITS ARISING OUT OF YOUR ACCESS TO, OR USE OF, THE SITES EVEN IF NTRA HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING ON THE NTRA WEB PROPERTIES IS PROVIDED TO YOU “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.
You agree not to engage in or assist or encourage others to engage in transmitting, uploading, posting, e-mailing or otherwise making available on the NTRA Web Properties, User Content that is, or which encourages activity or conduct that is, unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, pornographic, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable; you do not have a right to make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships; is known by you to be false, inaccurate or misleading; you were compensated for or granted any consideration by any third party; contains restricted or hidden content; or infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, right of publicity or other proprietary rights of any party.

While NTRA allows users to post User Content, including images and comments, to NTRA Web Properties, you should be aware that User Content is not reviewed by NTRA before posting and does not necessarily reflect the views of NTRA.

All User Content must be appropriate for a family audience. Any User Content may be removed by NTRA from the NTRA Web Properties at any time and for any reason.
When you submit, post, or otherwise transmit User Content to any NTRA Web Properties you alone are responsible for insuring you have the rights to post that User Content, including, but not limited to, any copyright rights to images or music, and the right to publish the images of the people or items included in the User Content.

Please note that any User Content posted to any NTRA Web Properties may be used by NTRA for commercial purposes and may be copied or exported from any of the NTRA Web Properties and published elsewhere on the internet, including on any social media sites, or otherwise so please exercise discretion in deciding what to post on any of the NTRA Web Properties.

Be aware that NTRA has no control over User Content once it leaves NTRA Web Properties, and it is possible that others may duplicate material found on NTRA Web Properties, including, but not limited to, on other sites on the Internet, including on any social media sites, so please exercise discretion in deciding what to post on any of the NTRA Web Properties.

You further agree not to post any content or mechanism that attempts to gain access to restricted areas of any of NTRA Web Properties, collect or solicit passwords or personal information from other users, or engage in commercial activities via any of NTRA Web Properties.
In addition, you agree not to transmit, upload, post, e-mail, or otherwise make available any software viruses, unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, solicitation or promotional material, including chain letters, mass mailings, or any form of “spam.” You further agree not to impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity; intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national or international law; or collect or store personally identifiable data about other users.

NTRA does not endorse or control the User Content transmitted or posted on the NTRA Web Properties and therefore, NTRA does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of User Content. You understand that by using this, or any other of the NTRA Web Properties, you may be exposed to User Content that is offensive, indecent or objectionable to you. Under no circumstances will NTRA be liable in any way for any User Content, including, without limitation, for any errors or omissions in any User Content, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred by you as a result of the use of any User Content transmitted, uploaded, posted, e-mailed or otherwise made available via the NTRA Web Properties.

You acknowledge that NTRA has the right – though not the obligation – in our sole discretion to refuse to post or remove any User Content and it reserves the right to change, condense, edit, modify, transmit, display, or delete any User Content and you waive any rights you have in having the material altered or changed in a manner not agreeable to you. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing or any other provision of these Terms and Conditions, NTRA has the right to remove any User Content that violates this User Generated Content Policy or is otherwise objectionable and, solely as to the posting of content, it reserves the right to terminate access to submit UGC to NTRA Web Properties without prior notice for any user who violates this User Generated Content Policy or infringes the rights of others. Please note that any such termination will not affect your ability to make purchases, or otherwise interact with the services NTRA provides.

NTRA respects the copyrights of others. If you believe in good faith that your copyrighted work has been reproduced on our site without authorization in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, you may notify our designated copyright agent either by mail to NTRA, 401 W Main Street, Suite 222 Lexington, KY 40507 or to info@ntra.com This contact information is only for suspected copyright infringement. Any personal information you provide in your e-mail will be used only for purposes related to your e-mail. While NTRA strives to make NTRA Web Properties safe and positive places, they remain public forums, and other users may attempt to obtain personal information about you in order to harass or injure you. By using the NTRA Web Properties you acknowledge and agree that NTRA is not responsible for others’ misuse of information publicly disclosed here. Please carefully select the type of information that you post or share, and report any abuses to us.

Consent
By using our website, you hereby consent to our privacy policy and agree to its terms.

Payment

NHC Tour payments are charged annually at the beginning of each calendar year, no matter when your membership is paid throughout the year. For example, if you join the NHC Tour in July, you will be charged for the next tour year the following January, not July. If you wish to remove yourself from auto renewal, you can do so by email hshort@ntra.com within 30 days of your autorenewal.

Update
This Privacy Policy was last updated on: Friday, January 12th, 2018.

Should we update, amend or make any changes to our privacy policy, those changes will be posted here.