Privacy Policy

The policies below are applicable to the www.xcelenergycenter.com website maintained jointly by the Saint Paul Arena Company (SPAC), Minnesota Wild and Americaneagle.com. The site is produced by Americaneagle.com. The Saint Paul Arena Company and Minnesota Wild are committed to both protecting the privacy of users of its interactive products and services and providing those users with as many opportunities and services as possible. Throughout cyberspace, we want to contribute to providing a safe and secure environment for users, and in particular, ensure that kids' information is protected. If you don't find your concern addressed here, feel free to contact us by e-mail info@xcelenergycenter.com or at the address set forth below.

What Personal Information Do We Collect?

(a) Personally Identifiable Information
The SPAC and Minnesota Wild collects personal information during (i) personal profile, contest or sweepstakes registration, (ii) subscription registration for services that require a subscription (iii) certain surveys or polls conducted on our website and (iv) online shopping. Personal information includes, among other things, a users name, credit card number, address, telephone number, date of birth, gender, email address or other internet address (collectively referred to as 'personal information'). In addition, registration is required and personal information is collected in certain other portions of the service in which users specifically and knowingly provide such information along with content submissions, community postings (i.e., chat or bulletin boards), suggestions, information requests or voting.

(b) Non-Personally Identifiable Information
In addition to the use of personal information to operate the Xcel Energy Center website, the SPAC and Minnesota Wild may also gather non-personally identifiable information, which may be used by the SPAC and Minnesota Wild. Generally 'non-personally identifiable information' means information that is collected through 'traffic data' and may entail the use of 'Cookies', 'IP addresses' or other numeric codes used to identify a computer or monitor how a user accesses a website. This non-personally identifiable information helps us determine how our customers use the site, so we can improve our site and ensure that it is as appealing as we can make it for as many of you as possible. We also provide statistical 'ratings' information to our SPAC and Minnesota Wild corporate partners about how our members, collectively, use www.xcelenergycenter.com. We do this so they too can understand how people use our site in order for them to make business decisions directed towards providing you with the best possible experience. This information is also used to generate advertising rates, and may be shared with advertisers, sponsors, and other SPAC and Minnesota Wild corporate partners. For example, we may disclose to advertisers that www.xcelenergycenter.com online audience is x percent male and y percent female.

(c) How To Contact Us To Prevent Disclosure of Personal Information
If you do NOT want your personal information maintained in our database and/or subject to disclosure to third parties, please send an email to info@wild.com your personal information will remain confidential. In the event that you supply the SPAC and Minnesota Wild with personal information and later that information changes, or if you change your mind and decide not to make such information available to SPAC and Minnesota Wild's select business partners, you may correct, update, or remove the personal information you give us. You can do this by contacting our Internet Service's department at info@wild.com or by contacting the following individual at the SPAC and Minnesota Wild:

Holly Doyle
Minnesota Wild
317 Washington Street
Saint Paul, MN
(651) 602-6011

Information We Ask About You

We may specifically ask for personal information about you when you sign up to use a service or when you order a product. We will need certain information -- such as name, email address or screen name, billing address, type of computer, credit card number -- in order to provide that service or product to you. We also may ask you for information about your interests and other personal information so that both you and we can take advantage of the interactivity of the Internet, but you may always choose whether to respond or not.

How We Use the Information

We NEVER disclose credit card or related transactional information to third parties not involved in your transaction. The SPAC and Minnesota Wild reserves the right to use, store, provide or disclose personal information collected during your individual visits to our site and the information that you may give us, such as your name, address, email address, date of birth, gender or telephone number. In many cases our use or disclosure would be an added benefit to you. For example, if you sign up to receive information on contests and promotions through our XPress E-Newsletter we may use your personal information to offer discount coupons for services or related products. You may contact us at any time in order to direct us to remove your information from future mailings. Any use, storage, provision or disclosure of your personal information by the SPAC and Minnesota Wild will be made in strict compliance with any applicable laws.

The SPAC and Minnesota Wild may also disclose personal information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to (a) conform to applicable law or comply with legal process served on the SPAC and Minnesota Wild or the website; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of the SPAC and Minnesota Wild, the site or the users of www.xcelenergycenter.com, and (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the Xcel Energy Center, the site or the public.

Policies for Children Under 13

Safeguarding the personal information of children is extremely important to us. We encourage parents and guardians to spend time online with their children and to participate in the interactive activities offered on the site. As to children under 13 who use the Xcel Energy Center website, SPAC and Minnesota Wild does not provide any personally identifiable information, regardless of its source, to any third party for any purpose whatsoever. When a child under 13 wishes to register or access the site, he or she will immediately be directed to a consent form to be completed by a parent or guardian. The SPAC and Minnesota Wild will only accept the child's personal information if the parent completes the form granting the child access to the site. The SPAC and Minnesota Wild will also send an email to the parent or guardian to confirm the consent.

Here is how that process will work. All users who register on the website receive an e-mail confirming their registration. When a child under 13 registers (submits personal information), the child is required to get his or her parent or guardian's permission to use the website and to submit the email address of his or her parent or guardian. After the child has registered with his parents consent, the parent or guardian will then receive an email alerting them to that registration and providing instructions on how the parent can delete any personal information, such as the child's email address, that the SPAC and Minnesota Wild has retained and instructing SPAC and Minnesota Wild not to allow the child to use the website. If the parent or guardian asks SPAC and Minnesota Wild to delete the child's personal information, the child will not be able to access the website.

No information collected from users under 13 years of age is used for any marketing or promotional purpose whatsoever, either inside or outside of the SPAC and Minnesota Wild. We do not allow children under 13 years of age to be listed in any member directories or to receive direct marketing communications from the SPAC and Minnesota Wild or other third parties. SPAC and Minnesota Wild may, however, collect certain personally identifying information to protect the integrity of the website and the safety of children under 13 using the site. In the event SPAC and Minnesota Wild collects such information, the information will be deleted from the SPAC and Minnesota Wild systems as soon as possible.

Even after a parent or guardian has given his or her consent for a child to use www.xcelenergycenter.com, the parent or guardian may at anytime contact our Customer Service department to review, alter or delete previously disclosed personal information. In order to review or revoke consent to use the website or to delete previously disclosed personal information, you may email the SPAC and Minnesota Wild's Internet Services department at info@wild.com or contact the following individual directly:

Holly Doyle
Minnesota Wild
317 Washington Street
Saint Paul, MN
(651) 602-6011

There are a number of emerging standards in the area of children's privacy that will affect how we process a child's personal information in the future. We are monitoring these changes and will redesign our systems in order to comply with these new requirements.

Use of Cookies

What about 'Cookies?'

'Cookies' are pieces of information that a website transfers to your computer's hard disk for record-keeping purposes. 'Cookies' make Web-surfing easier for you by saving your passwords, purchases, and preferences while you're at our website. The use of 'Cookies' is standard in the Internet industry, and many major websites use them to provide useful features for their customers. By showing how and when guests use the site, 'Cookies' help us see which areas are popular and which are not. Many improvements and updates to the site are based on such data as total number of visitors and pages viewed. This information is most easily tracked with 'Cookies.' 'Cookies' in and of themselves do not personally identify users, although they do identify a user's computer. Most Internet browsers are initially set to accept 'Cookies.' If you prefer, you can set yours to refuse 'Cookies' or to alert you when 'Cookies' are being sent. However, it is possible that some areas of the site, such as the shopping, contest, and game areas, will not function properly if you do so.

How We Do Not Use Cookies

Our website never uses 'Cookies' to retrieve information from your computer that was not originally sent in a 'Cookie.' Except as described in this privacy policy, we do not use information transferred through 'Cookies' for any promotional or marketing purposes, nor is that information shared with any third parties whatsoever. We do not use Cookies' to identify specific individuals, except in such cases as online shopping and contest registration (where a 'Cookie' allows you to enter a contest every day without registering again each time). You may occasionally get 'Cookies' from our advertisers. We do not control these 'Cookies,' and these 'Cookies' are not subject to our 'Cookie' policy. The use of advertising 'Cookies' sent by third-party servers is standard in the Internet industry.

Links to Other Sites

Users should be aware that when you are on www.xcelenergycenter.com you could be directed to other websites that are beyond our control. There are links on our site that take you to other websites outside our service. These links include links from advertisers, sponsors and partners that may use the Xcel Energy Center logo as part of a co-branding agreement. These other sites may send their own cookies to users, collect data or solicit personal information. Always be aware of where you end up. Please keep in mind that whenever you give out personal information online - for example, via message boards or chat - that information can be collected and used by people you don't know. While the SPAC and Minnesota Wild strives to protect your personal information and privacy, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you disclose online and you do so at your own risk. Finally, please note that this policy applies only to the SPAC and Minnesota Wild, and not to other companies or organizations' websites to which we link.

Security Policy

The importance of security for all personal information associated with you is of utmost concern to us. We exercise great care in providing secure transmission of your information from your PC to our servers. Personal information collected by the SPAC and Minnesota Wild sites is stored in secure operating environments that are not available to the public. In many instances, such as in the case of credit card numbers, the personal information is encrypted before you conduct your transaction. Only those employees who need access to your information in order to do their jobs are allowed access.

Chat Sessions and Newsgroups

In addition to directly providing information to the SPAC and Minnesota Wild, you might also provide personal information through chat sessions, e-mail exchanges or newsgroups made available to you on www.xcelenergycenter.com. This Privacy Policy does not cover this type of transfer of your personal information. You should always be careful when distributing your personal information in this manner. And remember that online chat sessions and newsgroup use is considered public and you are responsible for your actions in these areas.

Your Acceptance of These Terms

By using this site, you signify your acceptance of the SPAC and Minnesota Wild Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our website. Your continued use of the SPAC and Minnesota Wild sites and our affiliate sites following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes.

Changes

The SPAC and Minnesota Wild is committed to maintaining its position as a premier site on the Internet. As our site continues to develop, we may add new services and features to our website. In the event that these additions affect our Privacy Policy, this document will be updated appropriately.

Questions

Questions regarding this statement should be directed to Holly Doyle, 317 Washington Street, Saint Paul , MN 55102 or via email to info@xcelenergycenter.com.