This Privacy Policy outlines how The Sports Geek gathers, utilizes, maintains, and shares information obtained from users (referred to as \"user,\" \"users,\" \"you,\" or \"your\") visiting The Sports Geek website (referred to as \"we,\" \"the site,\" \"this site,\" or \"our site\").
Information for Personal Identification
We might gather personal identification details from users through various methods, such as when they visit our site, fill in a form, or engage with other available features or services. Users could be prompted to provide information like their name and email address. However, it's possible to browse our site without revealing any personal details. We only obtain personal identification information if it is willingly provided by users. This information includes email addresses that we store securely in our database. Users have the option to decline to provide personal identification, but doing so may limit their ability to participate in certain activities on the site.
Information for Non-Personal Identification
We may gather non-personal identification data from users whenever they visit our site. This information can include browser type, the device being used, and various technical aspects of how users connect to our site, such as operating systems, internet service providers, and additional similar details.
Web browser cookies
Our website may utilize \"cookies\" to enrich the user experience. These cookies are files placed on the user's hard drive by their web browser for record-keeping and occasionally for monitoring user activity. Users have the option to configure their web browser to refuse cookies or to receive alerts when they are sent. However, if they choose this option, certain areas of the website may not operate correctly.
How we use collected information
The Sports Geek may gather and use users' personal information for several key purposes:
- To operate our website – This ensures that content is displayed properly across the site.
- To tailor user experience – By collecting aggregate data, we aim to understand the general usage patterns of our users regarding the services and resources we offer on our site.
- To send periodic communications to users – This is intended for addressing inquiries, questions, and other requests.
How we protect your information
We implement suitable practices for data collection, storage, and processing, as well as security measures to safeguard against unauthorized access, modification, disclosure, or destruction of personal information, including usernames, passwords, transaction details, and data held on our site.
Sharing your personal information
We do not sell, trade, or lease users' personal identification information to third parties. However, we may share general aggregated demographic information that is not linked to any personal identification, such as visitor numbers and activities, with our business partners, trusted affiliates, and advertisers for the reasons mentioned above. We might also use third-party service providers to assist in operating our business and site or to conduct specific activities on our behalf, like sending newsletters or surveys. Your information may be shared with these third parties for those specific purposes only when you have given us explicit permission.
Conditions under which we may disclose personal information
If legally compelled, we may need to reveal your personal information to comply with the law, including defending our rights, ensuring user or public safety, or adhering to any legal notice issued to us. Additionally, in the event of a sale or bankruptcy of our site, we might be required to share or sell any personal or non-personal data you have provided.
Electronic newsletters
If users opt in to our mailing list, they will receive communications that may contain news about our company, updates, and relevant product or service information. We might engage third-party service providers to help manage our business operations or site activities such as sending newsletters or conducting surveys. With your consent, we may share your information with these service providers for the limited purposes mentioned.
Third party websites
Users might encounter ads or other content on our site that link to the websites and services of our partners, suppliers, advertisers, sponsors, licensors, and various third parties. We do not control these external sites' content or links and are not accountable for the practices of those websites. Additionally, the content and links on these sites may change frequently. They may also have their own privacy policies and customer service terms. Engagement with any external website, including those linked from ours, is subject to that site's own terms and conditions.
Advertising
Advertisements displayed on our website may be provided by our advertising partners, which may utilize cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time an online advertisement is sent, compiling non-personal identification data about you or others who use the same computer. This information is invaluable in helping ad networks deliver targeted ads that they anticipate will be of most interest to you. Please note that this privacy policy does not apply to the use of cookies by advertisers.
Google DART
Some advertisements may be delivered by Google on our site through services like AdSense and Google Analytics. Google's operation of the DART cookie allows it to display ads based on users' visits to our site as well as other websites they navigate. The DART cookie utilizes \"non-personally identifiable information\" and does not gather personal details such as your name, email, physical address, etc. You can opt-out of DART cookie usage by visiting Google Privacy & Terms which contains their advertising and content network privacy policy.
Changes to this privacy policy
The Sports Geek reserves the right to modify this privacy policy at any moment. When this occurs, we will place a notice on the homepage of our site. We strongly encourage users to regularly check this page for updates to remain informed about how we manage and protect the personal information we gather. You understand and agree that it is your responsibility to periodically review this privacy policy and stay updated on any alterations.
Your acceptance of these terms
By utilizing our site, you confirm your acceptance of this policy. If you do not concur with the terms of this policy, we kindly ask you to refrain from using our site. Your continued use of the site after any changes to this policy will be interpreted as your acceptance of those modifications. Our Terms of Use provisions will take precedence over this Privacy Policy in the event of any contradictory statements found within.
Contacting us
If you have any inquiries regarding this Privacy Policy, our site’s operational practices, or your interactions with us, please contact us .