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Central Valley is using a new online background checking system for this year.  There is no charge for the coach to enter their information.   Click on REGISTER to start your background check.  For more information on SportsSignUp click on the the link at the bottom.

SportsSignup is committed to safeguarding your privacy online. Our Privacy Policy is posted below to help you understand the care with which personal information is treated whenever you use our web site.

Personal Information

Our system collects information about individuals, families and teams (registrant) on behalf of the sports league or organization (customer) in which a registrant is participating.  SportsSignup acts as an agent in collecting information from registrants for the customer and produces a variety of reports and notification for the customer about registrants.

The information collected will not be shared with any party other than the authorized representatives of the customer, unless we are required to do so to complete a requirement for a customer, such as when team information is sent to a separate scheduling program, personal information is sent to a background check company with the applicant’s permission.

Registrant information is protected by a password that Registrant chooses.  Users should assure that the password selection is not obvious (birthdate, name, address, etc.) and should change it periodically.

Registrant information is stored in Microsoft’s SQL Server Database, which supports industry standard security.  The Database is hosted by Logical Net, a top-grade hosting company and Microsoft Certified Partner. Logical Net uses the latest technologies available when ensuring data security and database availability. 

Credit Card Information

When Registrants register through our system to make any type of payment via credit card, the payment information is entered on a secure web page, and processed by Authorize.Net, a leader in secure payment processing.  Only the last 4 digits of the credit card number are stored in the SportsSignup system.  Credit card processing is handled by First Data Corporation, the world’s largest credit card processor. A charge from www.SportsSignup.com will appear on credit card statement.

Social Security Numbers

SportsSignup has a product to help manage the background check process for an organization’s volunteers.  While it is understandable that consumers are reluctant to disclose their Social Security numbers, it is a crucial piece of information to help ensure the name being provided will match potential criminal records.  Social Security numbers are captured as part of a volunteer’s profile, and passed on to ChoicePoint Corporation (via secure communications), who performs the background check.  The Social Security numbers are deleted from the SportsSignup system once the results are returned from ChoicePoint (often minutes after the user supplies the information).

Mailing Lists

Emailing Registrants is the primary method by which Customers communicate with Registrants -- and a vital component of the SportsSignup system. Therefore, Registrants can expect to receive periodic emails from the Customer regarding sign-up deadlines, meeting notices, and other timely notifications.  

SportsSignup will never provide Registrant email addresses to a third party without Registrant’s express permission, unless required by the Customer (see above).

SportsSignup and our partners commit to the highest level of security available. This statement covers the following topics, and what SportsSignup and our partners are doing to ensure the security of your information and the availability of our application:

Web Security

It is important and expected that the link between the end user’s Browser and our Web Site (web server) is secure – that the information remains private and integral. Our application uses Secure Sockets Layer, SSL, the standard security technology for creating an encrypted link between a web server and a browser. SSL is an industry standard that uses 128 bit key encryption, and is used by millions of websites in the protection of their online transactions with their customers.

In order to be able to generate an SSL link, a web server requires an SSL Certificate (X.509). Our certificate is provided by Comodo Group (comodogroup.com).

The complexities of the SSL protocol remain invisible to your customers. Instead their browsers provide them with a key indicator to let them know they are currently protected by an SSL encrypted session - the Padlock:

( As seen by users of Internet Explorer 6.0 )

Clicking on the Padlock displays our SSL Certificate and details. When a browser connects to a secure site it will retrieve the site's SSL Certificate and check that it has not expired, it has been issued by a Certification Authority the browser trusts, and that it is being used by the website for which it has been issued. If it fails on any one of these checks the browser will display a warning to the end user.

Transaction Security

SportsSignup handles payments by credit card. The credit card processing is also handled securely.

The credit card information is entered on a secure page (SSL). The credit card information is passed to the payment gateway company Authorize.NET (www.authorize.net) via SSL, and is processed by First Data, the worldwide leading credit card processor (www.firstdata.com). We receive back an authorization number, which we store in our database. We do NOT store the entire credit card number – only the last four digits.

Application Security

Our application is running on computers hosted and managed by Logical Net (www.logical.net). The following are several things in place to ensure application security:

• Cisco routers with advanced port blocking.
• All ports except 80 and 443 blocked to the public
• Maintenance access to server only via VPN
• Intrusion Detectoin
• Security auditing
• All usernames/passwords are changed from their default values
• All applicable Patches and updates are run after testing and approval

Database Security

Data is stored in Microsoft’s SQL Server database. There are several keys to managing a secure database that Logical Net performs:

• Advanced SQL Server Security Configuration
• Installing SQL Server Patches
• No default database passwords
• Run on a dedicated machine with no external visibility

Application Availability

Logical Net has invested in many areas to ensure very high availability (up time). The key to high availability is redundant systems, such that if one fails, another is available to keep the system going while the repair is made.

The data center has fully redundant T-3 links to the Internet. The links are provided by Time Warner and Verizon. The Internet bandwidth providers are Sprint and AT&T.  The core network uses redundant Cisco 7700 series routers and redundant Cisco switches

The data center is controlled and protected with redundant 22-Ton Liebert cooling units, redundant FM200 automatic fire suppression systems, a room-sized UPS, and a generator which starts automatically if power is interrupted. It has fuel sufficient for

The servers have RAID 1 disks (mirrors).