This Privacy Policy was last updated on May 1, 2022.
Who We Are
Our website address is https://pickleballday.com. You can visit the About pages, Terms, and Disclaimer.
PickleballDay.com has recently updated its privacy policy. Our first priority is the users’ privacy, and the update was to let you know how we collect and use the personal information you share with us while you visit our website.
You accept the practices described in this Privacy Policy by following these steps:
- By visiting our website “PickleballDay.com”
- By signing up for membership registration
Our Privacy Policies explain:
- How do we maintain the execution of online and offline information?
- What types of information do we collect?
- What is the purpose of the information collected?
Note that all terms in this Privacy Policy carry the exact meaning as in our Terms of Service.
The Types of Information We Collect
The primary aim of collecting information about our users is to improve their user experience. It also allows us to diversify our offline and online services.
We collect the relevant pieces of personal information only. There are several ways we can collect data about you:
- The information we get directly from you.
- The data you send us when you sign up on our website and create your account. During signup, you provide us with your name, email, address, phone number, etc. This also includes your gender, date of birth, and zip code.
- We collect your activity information while you visit our website through cookies, pixel tags, local storage, and other available technologies. The pieces of information that we collect in this way include your location, browser data, and device information. Also, we may collect details of activities on our site, like how many and which pages were visited, the links and products clicked, the duration of your visit on each page and on the site, etc.
- Social networks are also a source of data. When you enter our website from a social platform, we might use the data you have given to that site. The type of information you share with social sites includes your name, email, and pictures.
- We might require and collect information from third-party service providers, like mailing list providers.
- We may collect information about you from publicly accessible sources.
- Passively collected data might be a source also.
- The information might come from other sources as well.
Sometimes, we collect information about you from our partners when you use their services. Also, you may participate in online contests, surveys, and promotions, from which we may collect your personal information like billing and shipping addresses, credit card information, and phone numbers. In the same way, we may collect information when you participate in discussion forums.
Information About the Site Visit
We collect information about your visit to our sites through third-party applications and cookies. The information includes
- How frequently is the site visited?
- How frequently are any pages or parts of pages visited?
- How long do you stay on a certain page?
- Which product do you click or check?
- What type of product do you often check for?
We need this to improve your visiting experience. And we can reorganize and improve the user experience, which will decrease your reading time and help you select the right product in less time. The information we collect in this way helps to improve your shopping experience too. So next time you revisit the site, we can show you the desired posts and products.
You can choose to prefer the acceptance of the cookies or customize the cookies. Most browsers have the settings to prevent cookies.
You can always turn off the cookies. But what will happen if you turn off shut off them? You can still visit the website and all its pages, but certain features, including shopping and payment options, may not be available to you.
Third-Party Platform Advertising
We might use third-party advertising platforms by companies like Google, Pinterest, and Facebook. We might use this medium to offer you online ads.
Third-party platforms assist us in personalizing the ads we decide to display to you. However, these platforms do not receive any of your personal data. We and our partner vendors only use your email to operate the ads. However, the third-party partners can get more information based on your clicks on the displayed ads.
If you want to know more about third-party ad platforms and their policies, read more about Internet-based advertising. This article may help you in this regard.
How Your Information is Reserved and Protected
We have a commitment to our users to protect their data. We maintain several practices, including management and technical practices, to secure our data system. We value the security, integrity, and confidentiality of your information.
However, though no system is completely impenetrable, we have applied the best technology to reduce the security breach.
All connections are established and transmitted through encryption high-tech like SSL (read the dedicated section later). And only a few employees and third-party plugins and platforms have limited access.
How We Share Your Information
We collect and store various types of data that we get directly from you and through third-party partners. We use and share the information in several ways:
- Sharing with similar platforms and service providers
- Sharing with selected partners during co-sponsored promotions and marketing
- To act in accordance with the legal and regulatory contract or obligation of Pickleballday.com
- To defend and secure the protection of our website and users.
Your Privacy and Data Rights on Our Site
By logging into our site, you automatically become a registered user and become a subscriber to our email communication. If you do not want to receive promotional emails from PickleballUniversity.com, just write us at info@Pickleballday.com or simply click the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the email. However, you can anytime resubscribe to our mailing list and receive useful templates, blogs, and tips.
Comments
When you, as a visitor, leave your comments on our site, we collect the data from the comment form. Besides, we also collect additional data like IP addresses and browser user agent strings to detect spamming.
An incognito string will be automatically created from the email address you input, which is called a hash. The hash may be given to the Gravatar service. You can have their privacy policy at https://automattic.com/privacy.
When the admin approves your comment, your profile picture will be visible to all users and non-users.
Information From Third-Party Payment Processors
While purchasing products through our website, we use third-party payment gateways for the payment process. The third-party service providers or applications need definite financial information for your payment completion, and they may reserve and share it with the first party. The payment gateways can ask for general information, including your name, email address, phone number, and billing details.
Media
When you upload an image to the website, you are recommended to upload images without embedded location data. It is also called EXIF GPS. For your clarification, EXIF GPS stands for Exchangeable Image File Format, and it contains specific data related to an image captured by a digital camera. EXIF GPS is also applicable to any kind of media, including video.
The reason you should remove EXIF GPS before you pass a media file is that the visitors to the site can download and then extract the location and device data.
Cookies Policy
We like your engagement in our posts and would love to hear your thoughts. Whenever you comment on any post on our site, you decide to save your name, email, and more. For your information, cookies can store a wide range of information, including your names, emails, phone numbers, home address, etc.
Accepting cookies can give you a better user experience on our website. For example, you do not have to fill in your details every time you need to leave a comment. However, declining cookies may interfere with some of the features on the websites. Therefore, the cookies will be removed after one year. And you can remove cookies through your browser settings.
- We will set temporary session cookies when you visit the site’s login page. This cookie will ask your permission to accept cookies. The temporary cookies will not collect any personal data and expire once you close your browser.
- After creating the profile and logging into the site, several cookies save your login information, including your screen options. Generally, login cookies expire in two days, and they can last for two weeks when you select the option “Remember Me”. And it’s deleted once you log out. Besides that, Screen options cookies stay for a year.
Policy About Embedded Content From Another Website
We have embedded content in some of our articles. These inserted contents, including images, videos, and articles, act in the same way as other visitors interact with the site. For example, if you have already logged in to the related websites, the sites might collect your data and use cookies when you click on these embedded contents. Also, they might fix third-party trackers with their content and keep track of your interaction with their content.
How Long Do We Keep Your Data
When you comment, we reserve both your comment and related metadata indefinitely, generally. This helps the site admin identify your ID and approve the subsequent comments on the discussion or a new post. This also reduces your time to make the following comments without having to fill in the details repeatedly. Also, it expedites publishing your comments.
We store your personal information when you become a registered user. However, you can delete your account at any time. Moreover, you can check and change your personal data on the site, but you cannot change your username. This is because every user has a unique username on the site, and you can only delete your username.
The site admins can see anyone’s information included in their profile. Though they have the option of changing users’ information, they do not interfere.
What Rights Will You Have Over Your Information
If you are a registered member or you have an account (profile) on this site, you can request and receive an exported file. This exported file has all the information we have about you, including the data you have given to us. You can download it in CSV, PDF, or XLS files.
If you feel to remove any data, you can request to the admin through emails. For your information, you can request to change or remove any general information like your phone number or email. However, the request will not be applicable to the information that we need to keep for legal and security reasons.
How and Where Do We Forward Your Data
As a visitor, when you leave a comment, we check it through an automated third-party spam detection service.
Really Simple SSL
SSL, or Secure Sockets Layer, keeps the internet connection secure and safeguards the sensitive data between the systems. The Really Simple SSL plugin detects website settings and sets up the website automatically to run over HTTPS. On top of that, Really Simple SSL plugins do not process any of your sensitive Personal Identifiable Information (PII).
As SSL plugins do not violate the collection of personal sensitive information, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is not applicable to them and their usage.
You can read more about the Really Simple SSL privacy policy on their website.
Google Analytics Policy
We use Google Analytics to analyze our visitors and their interactions with our website. This helps us to make better content and improve our services for our potential customers.
You can check here for more details on how Google Analytics collects and stores data.
Mail Chimp Policy
We use MailChimp for creating and sending emails to our users. Mailchimp collects the user data, that we reserve for sending engaging emails to the right audiences. Mailchimp stores data on its servers located in the United States. So any data stored by Mailchimp can be transferred to, stored, or processed in the United States. However, Mailchimp does not sell, rent, share, or provide any of the stored data.
For more details on Mailchimp’s privacy policy, read this website.
International Users
Website visitors from any country outside of the United States should comprehend that any data provided to Pickleballday.com may be redirected to the United States. By preferring to visit our website, take part in our services, and provide data to us, you consent that when any disagreement happens in connection with us, it will be following the terms and conditions of our site.
Children’s Privacy and Parental Controls
We do not ask for any kind of personal information from children under 18. Besides, if you are under 18, we do not prefer you to use our site as you are not authorized to share personal information without your parent’s approval.
Anyway, if children under 18 have to visit our site for some reason, we recommend their parents use online parental control tools. In this way, they can control their kids and refrain from submitting personal information to online sites.
