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About This Policy
WicketYard is an independent cricket publication offering match information, stories, cricket culture and historical content.
This Privacy Policy applies to our website, wicketyard.com, and the services we provide through it.
If you have questions about this policy or how your information is handled, you can contact us at hello@wicketyard.com.
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Information We Collect
We may collect or process the following types of information when you use WicketYard.
Technical Information
When you visit our website, technical information such as your IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited and request times may be processed to deliver and maintain the website.
Website Preferences
We use a cookie to remember your browser's detected time zone so that cricket information can be displayed using an appropriate local time.
Website Usage Information
We use analytics to understand how visitors interact with our website. This may include page views, navigation activity, general usage patterns and website performance.
Information You Provide
When you contact us, we receive the information you choose to share, such as your email address, message and any supporting details.
Administrative Information
Authorized administrators may provide authentication and operational information when accessing restricted editorial systems.
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How We Use Information
We use information to:
- Provide cricket scores, stories and other website content.
- Display match information using relevant time-zone preferences.
- Maintain website functionality, reliability and security.
- Understand website traffic and improve the visitor experience.
- Identify and resolve technical problems.
- Respond to enquiries, editorial corrections, privacy requests and content-rights concerns.
- Manage and protect authorized administrative access.
We process information for these purposes in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
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Cookies and Analytics
Cookies
WicketYard uses a cookie to remember your local time zone so that cricket information can be displayed at the appropriate time.
This preference cookie has a configured maximum lifetime of one year.
Analytics
We use website analytics to understand traffic, visitor interactions and performance. This information helps us improve WicketYard and identify technical issues.
Some analytics technologies may use cookies or similar technologies. Where applicable, we provide information and choices required by privacy laws.
Managing Cookies
You can manage or delete cookies through your browser settings.
Removing the time-zone cookie may cause the website to detect your browser's time zone again on a subsequent visit.
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Third-Party Services
WicketYard uses external service providers for website hosting, infrastructure, analytics and communication.
These providers may process technical information or personal information necessary to deliver their services.
We also obtain cricket scores and related information from external data sources. These data services are distinct from services that process visitor information.
Our website may contain links to external websites. Those websites operate under their own privacy policies and practices.
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Information Retention and Security
Information is retained according to its purpose, the systems involved and applicable legal requirements.
Technical records, analytics information, administrative records and correspondence may have different retention periods.
We use technical safeguards and access restrictions to help protect the information handled through our website and administrative systems.
While we take reasonable measures to protect information, no internet-connected service can guarantee absolute security.
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Your Choices and Privacy Rights
Depending on applicable law, you may have rights concerning your personal information, including requesting access, correction or deletion.
You can contact WicketYard about privacy-related questions or requests at:
Please describe your request and provide enough information for us to identify the relevant records.
We may ask for additional details when reasonably necessary to verify your authority or process your request.
We review privacy requests in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our website, information-handling practices or applicable legal requirements.
When updated, the effective date displayed on this page will reflect the revised policy.