1. Introduction and Scope

PhillySportsPack.com ("PSP," "we," "us," or "our") operates the website located at https://www.phillysportspack.com (the "Site"). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect information about you when you visit or use our Site, create an account, submit data, or otherwise interact with our services (collectively, the "Services").

By accessing or using the Site, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, please do not access or use the Site.

This Privacy Policy applies to all visitors, users, and others who access the Site. It does not apply to information collected by us offline or through any other means, or to information collected by any third party, including through any application or content that may link to or be accessible from or through the Site.

2. Information We Collect

2.1 Information You Provide Directly

We collect information you voluntarily provide when you:

• Create an account: name, email address, username, and password.
• Subscribe to a school or player: your preferences and associated email address.
• Submit a correction or nomination: player name, school, sport, and any notes you provide.
• Post a comment: your display name, comment text, and any other content you submit.
• Contact us: your name, email address, and message content.
• Participate in polls or community features: your votes and responses (which may be anonymous or associated with your account).
• Advertise with us: business name, contact information, and payment details (processed by third-party payment processors; we do not store full payment card data).

2.2 Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the Site, we and our service providers may automatically collect certain technical information, including:

• Log data: IP address, browser type, browser version, operating system, referring URLs, pages visited, time and date of visits, and time spent on pages.
• Device information: hardware model, operating system version, unique device identifiers, and mobile network information.
• Cookies and similar technologies: session identifiers, preferences, and analytics data. See Section 4 for more information.
• Usage data: search queries, filter selections, pages viewed, links clicked, and other interactions with the Site.

2.3 Information About Athletes and Public Figures

Our Site maintains a historical and editorial database of Philadelphia-area high school athletes and their careers. This database includes:

• Names, schools attended, graduation years, and positions;
• Statistical records compiled from publicly available sources;
• Career information including college attendance, draft information, and professional team affiliations;
• Awards, honors, and historical records;
• Recruiting information from publicly available scouting databases.

This information is compiled from public records and publicly available sources for editorial, educational, and historical purposes. See Section 8 for more information about athlete data and requests.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

• Providing the Services: operating, maintaining, and improving the Site; processing account registrations; fulfilling your requests.
• Personalization: saving your school and player preferences; customizing your experience based on your selected sports, schools, and followed athletes.
• Communications: sending you account-related notices, updates to the Privacy Policy or Terms of Service, and — where you have consented — notifications about players or schools you follow.
• Analytics and improvement: understanding how users interact with the Site, identifying technical issues, and improving our features and content.
• Safety and security: detecting and preventing fraud, abuse, unauthorized access, and other harmful activity; enforcing our Terms of Service.
• Legal compliance: complying with applicable laws, regulations, legal process, and governmental requests.
• Advertising: if you have consented, delivering relevant advertisements and measuring advertising effectiveness through our advertising partners.

We will not use your personal information for purposes materially different from those described in this Privacy Policy without providing you with prior notice and, where required by law, obtaining your consent.

4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

4.1 Types of Cookies We Use

• Strictly necessary cookies: Required for the Site to function, including authentication cookies that keep you logged in.
• Functional cookies: Remember your preferences, such as your selected schools or sports filters.
• Analytics cookies: Help us understand how visitors use the Site (e.g., Google Analytics, Vercel Analytics).
• Advertising cookies: Used by our advertising partners to deliver relevant ads and measure campaign effectiveness (if advertising is enabled on the Site).

4.2 Your Cookie Choices

When you first visit the Site, you will be presented with a cookie consent banner that allows you to accept or decline non-essential cookies. You may also control cookies through your browser settings. Note that disabling certain cookies may affect Site functionality.

For information about opting out of Google Analytics, visit: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

5. How We Share Your Information

We do not sell your personal information. We may share your information in the following circumstances:

5.1 Service Providers

We share information with trusted third-party vendors who provide services on our behalf, including:

• Supabase, Inc. — database hosting and authentication services;
• Vercel, Inc. — website hosting and deployment infrastructure;
• Google LLC — analytics services (Google Analytics);
• Payment processors — for processing advertiser and any future subscriber payments.

These providers are contractually prohibited from using your information for any purpose other than providing services to us.

5.2 Legal Requirements

We may disclose your information if we believe in good faith that such disclosure is necessary to: (a) comply with applicable law or legal process; (b) protect the rights, property, or safety of PSP, our users, or the public; (c) respond to claims that any content violates the rights of third parties; or (d) detect, prevent, or address fraud, security, or technical issues.

5.3 Business Transfers

If PSP is involved in a merger, acquisition, asset sale, or other business transaction, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction. We will notify you via prominent notice on the Site prior to any such transfer becoming subject to a materially different privacy policy.

5.4 With Your Consent

We may share your information for other purposes with your explicit consent.

6. Data Retention

We retain your personal information for as long as your account is active, as necessary to provide the Services, or as required by law. Specifically:

• Account information: retained until you delete your account, after which it is deleted within 30 days except as required for legal obligations.
• Comments and user-generated content: may be retained after account deletion in anonymized or de-identified form.
• Log and analytics data: typically retained for 24 months on a rolling basis.
• Athlete database records: retained indefinitely as part of our editorial and historical record.

7. Your Privacy Rights

7.1 All Users

Regardless of your location, you have the right to:

• Access, update, or correct your account information through your account settings;
• Request deletion of your account and associated personal information;
• Opt out of marketing communications by clicking "unsubscribe" in any email or by updating your notification preferences.

7.2 California Residents (CCPA/CPRA)

If you are a California resident, you have the right to:

• Know: request disclosure of the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you;
• Delete: request deletion of personal information we have collected from you, subject to certain exceptions;
• Correct: request correction of inaccurate personal information;
• Opt-Out of Sale/Sharing: we do not sell or share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising;
• Limit Use of Sensitive Personal Information: we do not use sensitive personal information beyond what is necessary to provide the Services;
• Non-Discrimination: we will not discriminate against you for exercising any of these rights.

To exercise your California rights, contact us at mwallace35@gmail.com with the subject line "CCPA Request."

7.3 EEA, UK, and Swiss Residents (GDPR)

If you are located in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, or Switzerland, our legal bases for processing your personal information are:

• Contract performance: to provide the Services you requested;
• Legitimate interests: operating and improving the Site, preventing fraud, and ensuring security;
• Consent: for marketing communications and non-essential cookies;
• Legal obligation: complying with applicable laws.

You have the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict processing, portability, and to object to processing. To exercise these rights, contact us at mwallace35@gmail.com with the subject line "GDPR Request." You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority.

8. Athlete Data and Right of Publicity

PSP maintains historical and current athletic records for editorial, educational, and public interest purposes. Our database records athletes' names, statistics, career information, and publicly reported biographical details. We believe this use is consistent with applicable law governing editorial and newsworthy content.

If you are an athlete (or a parent/guardian of a minor athlete) whose information appears on the Site and you believe the information is inaccurate, you may submit a correction request to mwallace35@gmail.com with the subject line "Athlete Data Correction." We will review such requests and correct factual errors in a timely manner.

PSP does not sell athlete data, license athlete likenesses for commercial endorsement purposes, or use athlete information in a manner that implies endorsement of any product or service.

9. Children's Privacy

The Site is not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. Our editorial database includes historical records of high school athletes, including those who were minors at the time of their athletic careers; this information is maintained for educational and historical purposes based on public records.

If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child under the age of 13 has provided personal information to us through account registration or other means, please contact us at mwallace35@gmail.com and we will delete such information promptly.

Users between the ages of 13 and 17 may use the Site with parental consent. We encourage parents and guardians to monitor their children's online activity.

10. Data Security

We implement commercially reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. These measures include encrypted data transmission (TLS/SSL), secure database hosting through Supabase, and access controls limiting who can access user data.

However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security. In the event of a data breach that is likely to result in a risk to your rights and freedoms, we will notify you and applicable authorities as required by law.

11. Third-Party Links and Services

The Site may contain links to third-party websites, including school websites, news outlets, sports organizations, and social media platforms. These third-party sites have their own privacy policies, and we have no responsibility for the content or privacy practices of those sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any site you visit.

Our news feed feature may aggregate headlines and links from third-party sources. Clicking on such links will take you to the third-party's website, which is subject to that site's own privacy practices.

12. DMCA and Copyright

If you believe that content on the Site infringes your copyright, please send a written notice to our designated DMCA agent at mwallace35@gmail.com with the subject line "DMCA Notice" including: (a) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to be infringed; (b) identification of the allegedly infringing material and its location; (c) your contact information; (d) a statement of good faith belief that the use is not authorized; (e) a statement under penalty of perjury that the information is accurate and you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on their behalf; and (f) your physical or electronic signature.

13. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, legal requirements, or other factors. We will notify you of material changes by posting a notice on the Site's homepage or by sending you an email at the address associated with your account prior to the change taking effect.

Your continued use of the Site following notice of changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the revised Privacy Policy, you must stop using the Site.

14. Contact Us

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