This privacy policy has been compiled to better serve those who are concerned with how their ‘Personally Identifiable Information’ (PII) is being used online.

PII, as used in US privacy law and information security, is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context.

Privacy Policy

Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect, or otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information on our sports ground reporting website.

What Personal Information Do We Collect?

When subscribing to our newsletter, creating an account, or engaging with our sports ground content on PitchUpdate.com, you may be asked to enter your name, email address, favorite venues, ground reporting preferences, or other details to help enhance your sports venue experience. We collect this information to provide you with personalized sports ground reports, venue notifications, and field condition updates that align with your interests in soccer, cricket, basketball, football, tennis, and other sports venues we cover.

When Do We Collect Information?

We collect information from you when you subscribe to our sports ground newsletter, register for venue notifications, participate in stadium polls or surveys, comment on ground reports, share content on social media, or enter information on our site. Additionally, we may collect data when you interact with our venue coverage, bookmark favorite stadiums, rate ground reports, or customize your sports venue preferences.

How Do We Use Your Information?

We may use the information we collect from you when you register, subscribe to our newsletter, respond to a venue survey or marketing communication, browse sports ground reports, or use certain other site features in the following ways:

  • To personalize your sports venue experience and deliver content about your favorite stadiums, grounds, and sporting facilities
  • To improve our website and ground reporting features to better serve sports venue enthusiasts
  • To provide notifications about venue developments and ground condition updates for your preferred stadiums
  • To send periodic emails about sports ground news, venue developments, and exclusive field reports
  • To analyze sports venue preferences and enhance our ground reporting coverage
  • To respond to customer service requests and technical support inquiries

How Do We Protect Your Information?

We implement appropriate security measures to protect your personal information when you enter, submit, or access your information on PitchUpdate.com. We use regular malware scanning and secure hosting services to ensure your data remains protected. Our sports ground reporting platform does not store sensitive financial information, as we focus primarily on delivering sports venue content and ground condition coverage. We do not use vulnerability scanning to PCI standards as we do not process payments directly on our platform.

Do We Use Cookies?

Yes. Cookies are small files that our site transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your web browser (if you allow) that enables our systems to recognize your browser and capture certain information. We use cookies to help remember your sports venue preferences, favorite grounds, and reading history. They help us understand your venue interests based on previous site activity, which enables us to provide improved sports content and personalized ground report recommendations.

We use cookies to:

  • Remember your favorite venues and sports ground preferences
  • Provide personalized sports ground reports and venue content
  • Track venue content engagement and popular ground reports
  • Compile aggregate data about site traffic and sports venue interaction
  • Enhance user experience with customized sports ground dashboards

Third Party Disclosure

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information unless we provide you with advance notice. This does not include website hosting partners, sports venue data providers, and other parties who assist us in operating our website, delivering sports content, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect our rights or others’ rights, property, or safety.

Third Party Links

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party sports products, services, or links to other sports venue websites. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sports sites. We seek to protect the integrity of our sports ground reporting platform and welcome feedback about these sites.

Google Advertising

Google’s advertising requirements can be summed up by Google’s Advertising Principles, available at https://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/answer/1316548?hl=en. We may display Google AdSense advertisements related to sports content to help support our platform and provide free sports ground reporting to our users.

California Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance

According to CalOPPA, we agree to the following: Users can visit our sports ground site anonymously. Our Privacy Policy link includes the word ‘Privacy’ and can be easily found on our homepage. Users will be notified of any privacy policy changes on our Privacy Policy page. Users can change their personal information by emailing us directly.

Children’s Privacy Protection

We do not specifically market to children under 13. Our sports ground reporting content is designed for general audiences with an interest in sports entertainment and venue information.

Fair Information Practices

In order to be in line with Fair Information Practices, should a data breach occur, we will notify users via email within 7 business days and via in-site notification within 7 business days.

CAN SPAM Act Compliance

We collect your email address to send information regarding sports ground updates, venue notifications, and newsletters. To be in accordance with CAN SPAM, if you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, you can email us, and we will promptly remove you from all correspondence.

Contacting Us

If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy, you may contact us using the information available on our contact page or email us directly at blinkipedia@gmail.com.