Effective Date: July 2, 2025
At NBA Playoff (https://nba-playoff.com/), we are committed to protecting the privacy of our users and ensuring compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) for individuals in the European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA). Our website focuses on sports content and collects minimal personal data.
1. What is GDPR?
The GDPR is a European data protection law effective since May 25, 2018. It gives individuals greater control over their personal data and ensures organizations process such data lawfully and transparently.
2. Lawful Basis for Processing
We process data under these lawful bases:
- Legitimate Interests: Non-personal data (e.g., analytics) to improve site performance and content relevance.
- Consent: For features like newsletters or accounts, we will obtain explicit consent. You can withdraw consent at any time.
3. Data We Process
- Non-Personal Data: IP address, browser type, OS, pages visited, time spent, referral URLs (via tools like Google Analytics).
- Cookies: For preferences and analytics. Manage cookies via your browser.
- No Sensitive Data: We do not intentionally collect special category data.
4. Use of Data
We use collected data to:
- Operate and maintain our website.
- Improve content and user experience.
- Ensure site security.
- Meet legal obligations.
5. Data Retention
Analytics data is kept for as long as necessary for its purposes, typically following standard industry practices.
6. Data Security
We use technical and organizational measures to protect your data. While no online transmission is 100% secure, we follow industry best practices.
7. Sharing of Data
We do not sell or rent personal data. Limited anonymized data may be shared with trusted providers (e.g., Google Analytics), all GDPR-compliant.
8. Your GDPR Rights
You have the right to:
- Be informed about data collection.
- Access, correct, or delete your data.
- Restrict or object to processing.
- Request data portability.
- Avoid automated decision-making (not applicable here).
Contact us to exercise these rights. We will respond within one month.
9. International Data Transfers
Data may be processed outside the EU/EEA with safeguards like Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) or GDPR-compliant providers.
10. Children’s Privacy
We do not knowingly collect data from children under 16. Any such data found will be deleted.
11. Policy Updates
We may update this policy and will post the revised date above. Please review regularly.
12. Contact Us
Email: contact@nba-playoff.com