U.S. CHESS FEDERATION PRIVACY POLICY

The United States Chess Federation (USCF) maintains records of the names and addresses of its members. To help further the promotion of chess, this information is available for a small service charge to USCF-affiliated tournament organizers, chess clubs, and other chess promoters. USCF may also make that list available for commercial uses with affiliated promotional offers. USCF may also provide single addresses on request to its affiliates for legitimate reasons, such as the distribution of unclaimed prizes. If you are a member or plan to become one, and do not want your name and address to be available for any such affiliated groups or commercial purposes, please notify us.

USCF does not currently make available the email addresses of its members to chess promoters, but may do this in the future, giving 90 days advance notice on this page. Members who provide an e-mail address to the USCF will be able to exclude their email addresses from any such use and from USCF e-mailings that are part of a commercial promotion. The form for this in the Members Only area.

USCF does not currently make available the names, addresses, or email addresses of its non-member customers to outside groups, and it is unlikely this will be done in the future. If this policy should change, we will provide 90 days advance notice on this page.

If USCF requests your phone number, this is in order to be able to contact you if there is a problem with your membership or your merchandise order. Your phone number will not be used for marketing. If USCF should decide to promote its memberships or sales by phone, we will provide 90 days advance notice on this page, and you will be able to have your information deleted from such lists at that time.

USCF will not make your phone number available to other groups. It is unlikely that this policy will change, but if it does, we will provide 90 days advance notice on this page.

USCF operates www.uschess.org and other chess websites. When you visit our sites, our server recognizes your domain name, but not your email address unless there is a specific request for an e-mail address and you provide one.

For purposes of verifying identity and eligibility, USCF maintains a record of the date of birth of its members. The USCF is required by FIDE to supply birthdates for players in FIDE-rated events held in the USA as part of the process of submitting those events for rating by FIDE. This information is not shared with other groups, although chess promoters are able to order lists of names and addresses of players over or under a specified age. With such requests, USCF requires documentation to ensure the purpose behind the request is reasonable.

NOTIFICATION. Should any of the above policies change, we will post notice of the change on this page at least 90 days before the change takes effect.

Updated on 9/27/07 to add the information regarding FIDE and birthdates.