BETA Sports Cards found at https://betasportscards.com(“Website”) is governed by the following privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”).
We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting the personal data and information collected from individuals that visit our Website. We are issuing this Privacy Policy to inform you about what personally identifiable information we may collect, the types of personal information we collect about you, how we may use it, with whom we share it, and your rights relating to the information we hold about you and other information relating to the privacy of your data.
This statement only applies to this Website.
Please also refer to our disclaimer to read our terms of use!
WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT AND HOW WE USE IT?
Information You Voluntarily Submit to the Website:
We may collect personal information from you such as your name or email address. For example, you may voluntarily submit information to the website by leaving a comment, subscribing to a newsletter, or submitting a contact form. On this website, you are unable to create a user profile, where a name and password is created. Therefore, we will not store usernames and passwords or visible in our records. Leaving a comment, however, is a form of profile where information is voluntarily submitted without a particular login.
Information We Collect from Others: We may receive information about you from other sources. You may link your Facebook, Instagram, and/or Google accounts when you voluntarily submit information to the Website. If you choose to link your Facebook, Instagram, and/or Google accounts, we will receive your name, email address, and profile picture associated with that account.
Automatically Collected Information: We automatically collect certain information about you and the device with which you access the Website. For example, when you use the Website, we will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the Website. We may also collect information about actions you take when using the Website, such as links clicked.
Cookies: We may log information using cookies, which are small data files your browser will store by the Website. We may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalized experience on the Website.
HOW YOUR INFORMATION MAY BE USED
We may use the information collected in the following ways to operate and maintain the Website;
- To create your account, identify you as a user of the Website, and customize the Website for your account;
- To send you promotional information, such as newsletters. Each email promotion will provide information on how to opt-out of future mailings;
- To send you administrative communications, such as administrative emails, confirmation emails, technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts;
- To respond to your comments or inquiries;
- To provide you with user support;
- To track and measure advertising on the Website;
- To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.
THIRD-PARTY USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorize us to share your information. Additionally, the Website may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the Website. Each third-party service provider’s will dictate the use of your personal information by their respective privacy policies.
The Website currently uses the following third-party service providers:
- Google Analytics – For audience usage and insightsGoogle Analytics is one of the most trusted sources on the internet for identifying user behavior, interests, demographics, and frequency of visits to the Website (both the time spent on the Website and a total number of page views). This service tracks Website usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the Website, which helps us to determine what is working and what is not, what information we highlight or what products we sell are useful and interesting. Google Analytics may capture your IP address. However, Google Analytics captures no other personal information. Further information on Google Analytics and their cookie usage on websites can be found here.
ANONYMOUS DATA
From time to time, we may use anonymous data, which does not identify you alone, or when combined with data from other parties. This type of anonymous data may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. Examples of this anonymous data may include analytics or information collected from cookies.
PUBLICLY VISIBLE INFORMATION
If you leave a comment on the Website, certain information may be publicly visible. Your email address (should you wish to fill this out) is therefore visible, although you have the option not to submit it when filling out the information options. It is also your choice and at your discretion, to add an avatar, a profile description, and a link to your website. You may also choose to link your Facebook, Instagram, and Google Account. Therefore, users may see your username, avatar, a profile description, and website information.
COOKIES
The Website uses cookies to store visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information on what pages users’ access or visit, ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same banner ads, customize Website content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends. Our site uses Cookies to remember your user details for future correspondence or form of login. Cookies may also be used by third-party services, such as Google Analytics, as described herein. Since this website also sells products and services, it is important that we use cookies to understand how a user is interacting with the Website, and how many visitors to the site actually make a purchase, since this is what a cookie can track. This also ensures the best and most relevant products and services are being shown to you.
Disabling Cookies: As a user, you may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies, by the Website, by changing the settings of your internet browser which may thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies, you may be delete at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all popular Internet browsers. However, if as a user, you deactivate the setting of cookies in your Internet browser, not all functions of our Website may be entirely usable or function correctly. Therefore, it is advised not to always disable cookies.
ADVERTISING
Display Ads
We may use third-party advertising companies to serve content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use cookies, as noted above. Many of these are affiliate links as well. These links help support the website with any financial liabilities.
Retargeting Ads
From time to time, the Website may engage in remarketing efforts with third-party companies, such as Google, Facebook, or Instagram, in order to market the Website. These companies use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to the Website.
Affiliate Program Participation
The Website may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the Website. If you click on a link for an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions.
BETA Sports Cards is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and links to Amazon.com. Aside from Amazon, this Website uses the Affilinet, AWIN, Shareasale, Tapfiliate, Performance Horizon, Conversant, Get Your Guide, VisitBritain Shop and Zazzle websites to obtain and share these trackable links, as well as other third-party direct affiliate programs. As part of these affiliate programs, the Website will post customized links, provided by the individual companies, to track the referrals to their website. Each program utilizes cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commission on these sales.
Newsletters
On the Website, you may subscribe to our newsletter, which we may use for advertising purposes. All newsletters sent may contain tracking pixels. The pixel is embedded in emails and allows an analysis of the success of online marketing campaigns. Because of these tracking pixels, we may see if and when you open an email and which links within the email you click. Also, this allows the Website to adapt the content of future newsletters to the interests of the user. We will not pass this behavior to third parties.
SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION
At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to the Website. This includes your social security number, information regarding race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information, criminal background, or trade union memberships. If you elect to submit such information to us, it will be subject to this policy.
CHILDREN’S INFORMATION
The Website does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 16. If a parent or guardian believes that the Website has personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 16 in its database, please contact us immediately.
CONTACT INFORMATION
We hope this clarifies any questions you have regarding the use of data and the current changes in the law. At any time, please contact us at betasportscards@gmail.com for questions related to this Privacy Policy.
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