Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: http://theoffthebenchsports.com.

Off the Bench has updated its privacy policy to provide understandable language concerning the information we collect, what we use it for, and the limited instances in which we share it with others. Please read our privacy policy carefully to fully understand how we collect, protect, or otherwise handle your personal information.

By using this website, you are accepting the practices described in the below privacy policy. If you do not agree to the terms of this privacy policy, please do not use this website.

Comments

We may make comment areas, chat rooms, and message boards available to you. Please understand that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information. We have no control over its use, and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.

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

Third-party websites

Our website may contain links to third-party websites or mobile applications. Please be aware that we do not control these linked websites and that this Privacy Policy does not apply to those websites. We strongly recommend that you review the privacy policy of every website you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites or services.

We use Google AdSense Advertising on our website. Google, as a third-party, uses cookies to provide advertisements on our website. Users can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Settings page.

Cookies

We use cookies, beacons, tags, scripts, pixels, and similar tracking technologies (collectively, “cookies”) to recognize your browsers or device, record your preferences, and track the use of our website.

We may also use cookies to monitor traffic, improve the website, and make it easier and/or relevant for your use.

Our advertisers and third-parties providing goods and services through our website may also assign their own cookies, something that we do not and cannot control.

Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but, if you prefer, you can usually change your browser setting to disable or reject cookies. If you delete your cookies or if you set your web browser to decline or disable cookies, some features may not work or may not work as designed.

We also use third-party advertising companies to provide advertisements when you visit our website. Our advertisers may use other third-party advertising technology to target advertising on our website. In doing so, a unique third-party cookie or cookies may be placed on your browser to help manage and optimize our advertising.

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 exact same way as if the visitor has 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.

Data collection

You may choose not to provide us with any personal information. In such an event, you can still access and use this website; but you will not be able to access and use the portions of this website that require your personal information.

We do not sell names, email addresses, or other personally identifiable information you enter on this website to any third parties, including advertisers, unless we have your permission to do so, such as through a registration for a contest, survey, or particular services or information.

Personal data. While using our website, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to: email address; first and last name; address, state, province, ZIP/postal code, city; and usage data.

Usage data. Usage data is collected automatically when using the website. “Usage data” is data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the website or from the website infrastructure itself. Usage data may include information such as your device’s Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our website that you visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.

When you access the website by or through a mobile device, we may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile internet browser you use, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data. We may also collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our website or when you access the website by or through a mobile device.

Use of your personal information

We may use personal information for the following purposes:

— To provide and maintain our website, including to monitor the usage of our website.

— To manage your account and manage your registration as a user of the website. The personal information you provide can give you access to different functionalities of the website that are available to you as a registered user.

— To contact you by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication.

— To provide you with news, special offers, and general information about other goods, services, and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information.

— To attend and manage your requests to us.

— To evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by us about our website users is among the assets transferred.

— To use for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and to evaluate and improve our website, products, services, marketing, and your experience.

We may share your personal information in the following situations:

— We may share your personal information with service providers (or any natural or legal person who processes the data or information on our behalf, including third-party companies or individuals) to monitor and analyze the use of our website, to contact you.

— We may share or transfer your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of our assets, financing, or acquisition of all or portion of our business, including our website, to another company.

— We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this privacy policy. Affiliates includes any parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that we control or that are under common control with us.

— We may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services, or promotions.

— We may disclose your personal information for any other purposes with your consent.

We may also disclose your personal information in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: comply with a legal obligation; protect and defend the rights or property of Off the Bench; prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the website; protect the personal safety of users of the website or the public; and protect against legal liability.

Retention of your personal information

We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy. We will retain and use your personal information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

We will also retain usage data for internal analysis purposes. Usage data is typically retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strength the security or to improve the functionality of our website, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Transfer of your personal information

Your information is processed in the State of Arkansas and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. This means that your personal information may be transferred to, and maintained on, computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.

Your consent to this privacy policy followed by your submission of such information represented your agreement to that transfer of your personal information.

We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data and information is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.

Delete personal information requests

For personal information removal requests, please contact us through the contact form. Otherwise, our website may give you the ability to delete certain information about you from within the website. Please not, however, that we may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.

If at anytime you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, you can follow the instructions to unsubscribe at the bottom of each email.

Changes to our privacy policy

We may change this privacy policy at any time. Please check this page periodically for changes. Your continued use of our website following the posting of changes to these terms means you accept those changes. Changes to this privacy policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Security

We take reasonable measures to help protect data we collect from unauthorized access and use. We cannot, however, fully eliminate security risks associated with the storage and transmission of personal information or data.

California residents

To comply with the California Online Privacy Protection Act, users may visit our website anonymously; our privacy policy includes the word “Privacy” and can easily be located; and we will add a link to the privacy policy on our home page or as a minimum, on the first significant page after entering our website.

Fair information

To comply with Fair Information Practices, should a data breach occur, we will notify you via email within seven business days.

Children

This website is not intended for children under the age of 13. If that is you, please do not use this website. We nor any third-party advertisers knowingly collect personal information on children under the age of 13, under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998.