Privacy Policy

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.

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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 breaking sports news website.

What Personal Information Do We Collect?

When subscribing to our newsletter, creating an account, or engaging with our breaking sports content on GroundUpdate.com, you may be asked to enter your name, email address, favorite teams, breaking news preferences, or other details to help enhance your sports news experience. We collect this information to provide you with personalized breaking sports news, real-time notifications, and story updates that align with your interests in soccer, cricket, basketball, football, tennis, and other sports we cover.

When Do We Collect Information?

We collect information from you when you subscribe to our breaking news newsletter, register for real-time notifications, participate in sports polls or surveys, comment on breaking stories, share content on social media, or enter information on our site. Additionally, we may collect data when you interact with our breaking news coverage, bookmark urgent stories, set up news alerts, or customize your breaking news 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 sports survey or marketing communication, browse breaking news stories, or use certain other site features in the following ways:

To personalize your sports news experience and deliver breaking news about your favorite teams, leagues, and sports
To improve our website and news delivery features to better serve sports news enthusiasts
To provide timely breaking news notifications and urgent updates for your preferred teams
To send periodic emails about major sports developments, breaking stories, and exclusive news
To analyze sports news preferences and enhance our breaking news 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 GroundUpdate.com. We use regular malware scanning and secure hosting services to ensure your data remains protected. Our breaking sports news platform does not store sensitive financial information, as we focus primarily on delivering sports news content and breaking developments. 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 breaking news preferences, favorite teams, and reading history. They help us understand your sports interests based on previous site activity, which enables us to provide improved sports content and personalized breaking news recommendations.

We use cookies to:

Remember your favorite teams and breaking news preferences
Provide personalized breaking sports news and content
Track sports content engagement and popular breaking stories
Compile aggregate data about site traffic and sports news interaction
Enhance user experience with customized breaking news 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 news 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 news 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 news 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, breaking sports news coverage to our users.

California Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance

According to CalOPPA, we agree to the following: Users can visit our sports news 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 breaking sports news content is designed for general audiences with an interest in sports entertainment and current 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 breaking sports news updates, urgent 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.