Privacy Policy
Effective Date: September 29, 2025
Last Updated: September 29, 2025
Introduction
Bay Area Sports Wire (“we,” “our,” or “us”) operates the website bayareasportswire.com (the “Service”). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website.
Information We Collect
Information Automatically Collected
When you visit our Service, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including:
- Device Information: IP address, browser type, browser version, operating system, and device type
- Usage Data: Pages visited, time and date of visit, time spent on pages, unique device identifiers
- Location Data: General location information based on IP address
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Service:
- Essential Cookies: Required for website functionality
- Analytics Cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with our website via Google Analytics 4
- Advertising Cookies: Used by Google AdSense to serve personalized advertisements
How We Use Your Information
We use the collected information to:
- Provide, operate, and maintain our website
- Improve, personalize, and expand our Service
- Understand and analyze how you use our Service
- Serve relevant advertisements through Google AdSense
- Monitor and prevent technical issues
- Track article clicks and user engagement for content optimization
Third-Party Services
Google AdSense
We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our Service. Google AdSense uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other websites. You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings.
Google Analytics 4
We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our Service. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information such as how often users visit our site, what pages they visit, and what other sites they used prior to coming to our site. We use this information to improve our Service. You can learn more about how Google uses data when you use our site by visiting Google’s Privacy Policy.
Third-Party Content
Our Service aggregates and displays headlines and links from various news sources via RSS feeds. When you click on these links, you will be directed to third-party websites that have their own privacy policies. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these external sites.
Your Cookie Choices
You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. However, if you do this, you may have to manually adjust preferences every time you visit our site, and some features may not function properly.
To manage cookies:
- Browser Settings: Most browsers allow you to refuse cookies through their settings
- Google Ad Personalization: Visit Google Ads Settings
- Network Advertising Initiative: Visit NAI Opt-Out
- Digital Advertising Alliance: Visit DAA Opt-Out
California Privacy Rights (CCPA)
California residents have specific rights regarding their personal information:
- Right to know what personal information is collected
- Right to know if personal information is sold or disclosed
- Right to refuse the sale of personal information
- Right to request deletion of personal information
- Right to non-discrimination for exercising privacy rights
To exercise these rights, please contact us at the information provided below.
Children’s Privacy
Our Service is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us.
Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your information. However, no electronic transmission over the internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.
Data Retention
We retain automatically collected information for up to 26 months for analytics purposes. You may request deletion of your data by contacting us.
International Data Transfers
Your information may be transferred to and maintained on servers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where data protection laws may differ.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Last Updated” date.
Contact Information
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your privacy rights, please contact us at:
Email: privacy@sportswirenetwork.com
Website: https://www.bayareasportswire.com/contact/
Address: Bay Area Sports Wire, California, USA
Consent
By using our Service, you consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.