At MetroLeague.org (“we,” “our,” or “us”), your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your information when you visit https://www.metroleague.org/. By using our website, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
1. Information We Collect
Personal Information
We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide, including:
- Name
- Email address
- Information submitted through contact forms
- Comments or feedback
- Any other information you choose to provide
Automatically Collected Information
When you visit our website, we may automatically collect:
- IP address
- Browser type and version
- Device information
- Operating system
- Pages visited
- Date and time of your visit
- Referring website
- General location (country or city)
2. How We Use Your Information
We may use the information we collect to:
- Operate and maintain our website
- Improve user experience
- Respond to inquiries and customer support requests
- Send newsletters or updates if you subscribe
- Analyze website traffic and performance
- Prevent fraud, abuse, or unauthorized activities
- Comply with legal obligations
3. Cookies
MetroLeague.org uses cookies and similar technologies to:
- Remember user preferences
- Improve website functionality
- Measure website performance
- Understand visitor behavior
You can disable cookies through your browser settings. Please note that some website features may not function properly if cookies are disabled.
4. Third-Party Services
MetroLeague.org may use third-party service providers to operate, analyze, advertise on, and improve our website. These providers may collect information about your visits to our website through cookies, web beacons, pixels, SDKs, or similar technologies.
Third-party services we may use include, but are not limited to:
- Google Analytics
- Google AdSense
- Mediavine
- Mediavine’s advertising partners and technology providers
- Email marketing providers
- Social media platforms
- Affiliate marketing networks
These third parties may collect information such as your IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited, referring URLs, approximate location, and information about your interactions with advertisements.
Each third-party service provider processes information according to its own privacy policy and applicable data protection requirements.
5. Affiliate Disclosure
MetroLeague.org participates in affiliate marketing programs. This means we may earn a commission when you purchase products through affiliate links, at no additional cost to you.
Affiliate relationships do not influence our editorial content, reviews, or recommendations.
6. Mediavine Advertising
MetroLeague.org may participate in the Mediavine Publisher Network. Mediavine and its advertising partners may use cookies, web beacons, pixels, and similar technologies to collect information about visitors and provide, personalize, measure, and improve advertising services.
Information collected through advertising technologies may include:
- IP address
- Browser and device information
- Approximate geographic location
- Pages visited
- Referring URLs
- Advertising interactions
- Information about browsing activity on this and other websites
- Advertising identifiers and similar technical information
Mediavine may work with third-party advertising partners to deliver advertisements and measure advertising performance. These partners may use their own cookies or similar technologies in accordance with their respective privacy policies.
Advertising partners may use information collected through these technologies to provide personalized or interest-based advertising where permitted by applicable law and where the required consent has been obtained.
For more information about Mediavine’s privacy practices and advertising partners, please review Mediavine’s applicable privacy documentation and opt-out/consent options.
7. Email Communications
If you subscribe to our newsletter, we may occasionally send:
- Sports news
- Outdoor activity updates
- Adventure guides
- Promotional content
- Website announcements
You may unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link included in every email.
8. Comments
When visitors leave comments, we collect the information shown in the comment form along with the visitor’s IP address and browser information to help detect spam.
Spam detection services may process this information.
9. Data Sharing
We do not sell your personal information.
We may share your information only when necessary:
- With service providers who help operate our website
- To comply with legal obligations
- To protect our legal rights
- During a business transfer such as a merger or acquisition
10. Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as necessary to:
- Provide requested services
- Meet legal obligations
- Resolve disputes
- Enforce our policies
11. Security
We implement reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information.
However, no internet transmission or electronic storage method is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
12. Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the right to:
- Access your personal information
- Correct inaccurate information
- Request deletion of your data
- Object to certain processing
- Withdraw consent
- Request a copy of your data
To exercise these rights, please contact us.
13. Children’s Privacy
MetroLeague.org is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so we can remove it promptly.
14. External Links
Our website may contain links to third-party websites.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those external websites. We encourage you to review their privacy policies before providing personal information.
15. International Visitors
If you access MetroLeague.org from outside the country where our servers are located, your information may be transferred to and processed in other countries where data protection laws may differ.
16. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.
Any changes will be posted on this page along with an updated “Last Updated” date. Continued use of the website after changes become effective constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.
Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)
The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.
First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The “help” feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at All About Cookies.
Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.
The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:
- IP Address
- Operating System type
- Operating System version
- Device Type
- Language of the website
- Web browser type
- Email (in hashed form)
Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.
If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.
For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit Mediavine Partners.
Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, our privacy practices, or your personal information, please contact us through our Contact page.
Website: https://www.metroleague.org/
Email: [email protected]
