Padel Sport Community

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to website owners.

Cookies can be "persistent" or "session" cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your device after you close your browser, while session cookies are deleted when you close your browser.

2. How We Use Cookies

Padel Sport Community uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to:

Remember your preferences and settings
Keep you signed in to your account
Understand how you use our Platform
Improve our services and user experience
Deliver personalized content and advertisements
Analyze traffic and usage patterns

3. Types of Cookies We Use

3.1 Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the Platform to function properly. They enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. You cannot opt-out of these cookies.

Authentication cookies to keep you logged in
Security cookies to protect against fraud
Load balancing cookies for performance

3.2 Performance and Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our Platform by collecting and reporting information anonymously. This helps us improve the way our Platform works.

PostHog analytics cookies to track page views and user behavior
Performance monitoring cookies
Error tracking cookies

3.3 Functionality Cookies

These cookies allow the Platform to remember choices you make and provide enhanced, personalized features.

Language preference cookies
Region and location cookies
User interface customization cookies

3.4 Targeting and Advertising Cookies

These cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are relevant to you and your interests. They also help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.

Social media advertising cookies
Retargeting cookies
Conversion tracking cookies

4. Third-Party Cookies

In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-party cookies to report usage statistics of the Platform and deliver advertisements. These third parties may include:

PostHog for website analytics and user behavior tracking
Social media platforms for social sharing features
Advertising networks for delivering relevant ads
Payment processors for transaction security

These third parties may use cookies to collect information about your online activities across different websites. We do not control these third-party cookies, and you should review their privacy policies for more information.

5. Managing Cookies

You have the right to accept or reject cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer.

5.1 Browser Settings

You can control and manage cookies in various ways:

Browser settings: Most browsers allow you to refuse or accept cookies
Browser extensions: Install extensions that block cookies
Private browsing: Use incognito or private browsing modes

Please note that if you choose to disable cookies, some features of our Platform may not function properly or may be unavailable.

5.2 Cookie Consent

When you first visit our Platform, you may be presented with a cookie consent banner. You can manage your cookie preferences at any time through your account settings or by contacting us.

6. Similar Technologies

In addition to cookies, we may use other similar technologies such as:

Web Beacons: Small graphic images used to track user activity
Local Storage: HTML5 local storage for storing data in your browser
Session Storage: Temporary storage that is cleared when you close your browser
Pixel Tags: Used to track email open rates and website conversions

7. Cookie Retention

The length of time a cookie remains on your device depends on whether it is a "persistent" or "session" cookie. Session cookies are temporary and are deleted when you close your browser. Persistent cookies remain on your device until they expire or are deleted.

We retain cookies for different periods depending on their purpose:

Essential cookies: Until you log out or close your browser
Analytics cookies: Up to 2 years
Advertising cookies: Up to 1 year
Functionality cookies: Up to 1 year

8. Updates to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new Cookie Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date.

9. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us through our platform or at the contact information provided on our website.