Privacy Policy
Leopards Basketball (“we”, “our”, “us”) is committed to maintaining the highest standards of privacy and data protection for all visitors, users, and customers of our website, leopardsbasketball.com (“Website”). This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your personal information, in compliance with applicable data protection laws, including but not limited to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand our practices regarding your personal data and how we treat it.
1. Commitment to Privacy and Data Protection
At leopardsbasketball.com, protecting your privacy is a core principle. We are fully dedicated to processing personal data responsibly, transparently, and in accordance with global privacy laws. Whether you engage with our Website casually or as a registered user, your rights and personal data protection matter to us.
2. Scope of Policy and Data Controller
This Privacy Policy applies to all personal data collected through your interaction with leopardsbasketball.com, including but not limited to data collected via forms, user accounts, newsletters, and online purchases.
The data controller responsible for your personal information is:
Leopards Basketball
Email: [email protected]
As the data controller, we determine the purposes and means of processing your data in compliance with applicable regulations.
3. Categories of Data Processed
We may collect and process the following categories of personal information, depending on your interaction with leopardsbasketball.com:
a. Usage Data
Information about how you use our Website, including pages visited, time spent, browser type, IP address, referral sources, and session data.
b. Account Data
Personal identifiers used to register an account or engage with our services, such as your full name, email address, mailing address, and phone number.
c. Profile Data
Information such as your interests, purchase history, browsing behavior, and preferences for receiving marketing or promotional communications.
d. Communication Data
Correspondence sent via contact forms, support inquiries, email interactions, and participation in customer service communications.
e. Technical Data
Details pertaining to your device and application settings, including device model, operating system, browser settings, language preferences, and system configuration.
f. Transaction Data
Records of products or services you’ve purchased from leopardsbasketball.com, billing and shipping addresses, payment confirmation, and order history.
g. Preference Data
Marketing and subscription choices, newsletter opt-ins, product category preferences, and responses to marketing campaigns.
4. Legal Bases for Processing
We process your personal data only when we have a lawful basis to do so. The legal bases for processing include:
– Consent: Where you have explicitly consented to processing for a specific purpose, such as email newsletters.
– Contractual Necessity: Where processing is required to fulfill a contract with you, e.g., to deliver purchased items.
– Legal Obligation: Where we are legally required to retain or disclose specific information.
– Legitimate Interests: Where processing is necessary for our legitimate business interests, provided those interests are not overridden by your rights and freedoms.
5. Your Rights
Visitors and users of leopardsbasketball.com have the following rights concerning their personal data:
– Right of Access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
– Right to Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
– Right to Erasure: Request deletion of your personal data, subject to legal limitations.
– Right to Restriction: Request that we restrict processing your data in certain circumstances.
– Right to Data Portability: Request that we transfer your personal data to another controller in a structured, commonly used format.
– Right to Object: Object to the processing of your data based on our legitimate interests or for direct marketing.
To exercise your rights, please email us at [email protected].
6. Security Measures
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your data from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or disclosure. Our protective measures include:
– Secure socket layer (SSL) encryption for data in transit
– Role-based access control for internal systems
– Routine backups and disaster recovery protocols
– Staff training and limited access to personal data based on responsibility
While we work diligently to secure your data, no system is impervious to all threats. We encourage users to also take steps to protect their accounts and devices.
7. International Transfers
Your personal data may be transferred to and stored in countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA) or the United States, depending on your location. Whenever we transfer your data internationally, we ensure an adequate level of protection by:
– Implementing Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission
– Using service providers located in jurisdictions recognized by the European Commission as offering adequate data protection
– Conducting transfer impact assessments where appropriate
8. Data Retention
We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, subject to applicable legal or regulatory retention obligations.
Retention timeframes may include the following:
– Account Data: Retained for the duration of account existence plus 2 years
– Transaction Data: Retained for up to 7 years for financial and audit compliance
– Communication Data: Retained for 3 years from the date of last contact
– Usage Data & Technical Data: Retained for up to 18 months for performance monitoring
– Preference Data: Retained until consent is withdrawn
9. Cookie Policy
leopardsbasketball.com uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance user experience, analyze traffic, and support marketing functions. Cookies used include:
– Essential Cookies: Necessary for the operation of the Website (e.g., session management, login)
– Functional Cookies: Enable enhanced features like remembering preferences
– Performance Cookies: Help us understand Website performance via aggregated analytics
– Analytics Cookies: Allow us to measure user engagement and improve services
10. Cookie Management and Compliance
We comply fully with GDPR and CCPA requirements on cookie deployment. On your first visit, we will present you with a cookie banner requesting your consent for non-essential cookies. You may modify your preferences or withdraw consent at any time by accessing the cookie settings panel on our Website.
Under the CCPA, California residents may also opt out of the “sale” of their personal information, which extends to certain data sharing involving cookies. You may exercise your rights at any time through the appropriate “Do Not Sell My Personal Information” link on leopardsbasketball.com or by contacting [email protected].
11. Special Protections for Children
Our Website is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from individuals under 13 years of age. If we learn that we have inadvertently collected such information, we will take steps to delete it promptly. Parents or legal guardians may contact us at [email protected] to request the removal of a minor’s data.
12. Policy Updates & User Notifications
We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time to reflect changes in legal, regulatory, or operational requirements. Where material changes are made, we will post the revised version on leopardsbasketball.com and may notify users via email or a banner notification.
Users are encouraged to review this Privacy Policy periodically to remain informed of how their data is processed and protected.
13. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or would like to exercise any of your rights regarding personal data, please do not hesitate to contact us:
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://leopardsbasketball.com
We are committed to ensuring compliance with relevant data protection regulations and to addressing your privacy concerns in a timely and respectful manner.