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Sports Highlights USA

This Privacy Policy explains the data processing practices of Sports Highlights USA (the “Site” or “We”) and outlines the rights of our visitors and users. Our website address is: https://hithighlights.com/.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture is visible to the public alongside your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact Forms

We collect the data you provide (Name, Email, Message) when you use our contact form. This is used solely to respond to your inquiry. We use the WPForms Modern Anti-Spam Protection feature to filter out bots, which does not collect or store personal data.

Cookies and Opt Out Controls

If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience, so you do not have to re-enter your details when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set several cookies to save your login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

The cookies are used for user convenience (comments), to manage your login session, and to save display preferences. These cookies last for two days to one year.

The DART cookie is used by Google and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if the visitor had visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Advertising and Analytics

We use Google AdSense to serve advertisements on our site. Google uses cookies and web beacons to collect data, including your IP address, browser type, and time of visit, to serve ads based on your prior visits to this or other websites. The use of the DART cookie enables Google and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our sites and/or other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google Ad and Content Network privacy policy.

We use Google Analytics to track and analyze website traffic and user behavior (e.g., pages viewed, time spent on site, device type). Google processes this data for us. We use this data to improve our website content and user experience. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy.

Google AdSense and Analytics data are retained for around 26 months. This data is used for two main purposes: to deliver targeted, interest-based advertisements (based on Legitimate Interest/Consent) and to track and analyze website traffic and user behavior in order to improve site content and enhance the user experience (based on Legitimate Interest).

Who do we share your data with?

We share data with third-party service providers that help us operate our website and fulfill the purposes listed above. These providers process data on our behalf for the purposes listed above, including: Google AdSense (for advertising) and Google Analytics (for traffic analysis). We only share the minimum necessary data required for these services to function.

How long do we retain your data?

Comments: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely.

User Accounts: For registered users, we store the personal information they provide in their user profile.

Analytics Data: We retain Google Analytics data for a period set in our Google Analytics settings (by default, 26 months).

What rights do you have over your data?

If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you have the right to:

  1. Request Access to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you.
  2. Request Erasure of any personal data we hold about you (this does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes).

Where do we send your data?

Visitor comments, contact form entries, and analytics data are processed and stored by third-party services that may be located outside of your country or the country where the data was originally collected.

Specifically:

  1. Automated Spam Detection: Visitor comments and submissions from our contact forms are checked through an automated spam detection service (such as Akismet or a built-in WordPress service).
  2. Google Services (AdSense & Analytics): Information collected by Google cookies and scripts for AdSense and Analytics is transferred to, and processed by, Google servers, which are primarily located in the United States and other international locations.
  3. International Data Transfer Safeguards: For visitors located in the European Union (EU) or other regions with robust data protection laws, we rely on Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) or other legally approved transfer mechanisms that Google provides to ensure their data is protected to an equivalent standard as required by their home country.

Our contact information

If you have questions about this privacy policy or wish to exercise your data rights, please get in touch with us at admin@hithighlights.com or via the Contact link in the navigation menu.