Privacy Policy

Last Updated: August 20, 2026

Welcome to Sports Fountain. We value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, join our Fan Zone, or engage with our community.

Information We Collect

We collect information to provide you with a better experience. The types of data we collect depend on how you interact with us.

Account Registration: When you sign up using your email address, we collect your name, username, and email address.

Community Interactions: When you leave a comment or participate in the Fan Zone, we collect the content of your message and the username you choose to display.

Newsletter: If you subscribe, we collect your email address and basic delivery information such as whether an email was opened.

Technical Data: To keep our site secure and functional, we collect standard technical information including your IP address, browser type, device information, operating system, referring page, and the pages you view.

Social Media and Third-Party Logins

If you choose to register or log in using a third-party account such as Google, X/Twitter, or Facebook, we receive basic profile information from that service to verify your identity.

What we receive: Typically limited to your public profile name, email address, and profile picture.

What we do not receive: We never receive your password. We do not have access to your private messages, contacts, or timeline, and we cannot post on your behalf.

Purpose: We use this information solely to create and secure your account.

Your use of these services is also governed by their own privacy policies, which we encourage you to read.

Comments and Public Data

Any information you disclose in public comment sections or the Fan Zone becomes public. Please exercise caution when deciding to share personal details in these forums.

When you leave a comment, an anonymized string created from your email address (a hash) may be sent to the Gravatar service to check whether you have a profile picture associated with it. Gravatar’s privacy policy is available on their site.

Embedded Content

Articles on Sports Fountain may include embedded content such as videos, social media posts, and images from other sites. Embedded content behaves exactly as if you had visited that other website directly. These sites may collect data about you, use cookies, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content.

Advertising and Analytics

Sports Fountain is supported by advertising.

Third-party advertising: Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to our site and other sites on the internet. You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings, and you can opt out of third-party vendor cookies through the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.

Analytics: We use analytics services, including Google Analytics, to understand how readers find and use our site. These services collect information such as pages viewed, time on site, approximate location derived from IP address, and referral source. This helps us understand which coverage is useful to readers.

How We Use Your Data

We use your data to manage your account and provide support, publish and display your comments and Fan Zone contributions, send newsletters or updates if you have opted in, monitor and prevent spam and abusive behavior, understand how our content performs, serve advertising that keeps the site free to read, and comply with legal obligations.

How We Share Your Data

We do not sell your personal information. We share data only with service providers who help us operate the site, including our web host, email newsletter provider, analytics providers, and advertising partners. We may also disclose information where required by law or to protect our rights, safety, or property.

Cookies

We use cookies to improve your experience. These fall into three broad categories: essential cookies that keep you logged in and keep the site secure, analytics cookies that help us understand site usage, and advertising cookies placed by our ad partners.

You can adjust your browser settings to refuse cookies, though some site features may not function as intended.

Data Retention

We keep account information for as long as your account remains active. Comments and Fan Zone posts remain until you delete them or your account is closed. Newsletter data is retained until you unsubscribe. Technical logs are typically kept for a short period for security and troubleshooting purposes.

Your Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to request access to the personal data we hold about you, ask us to correct inaccurate data, request deletion of your data, object to or restrict certain processing, receive a copy of your data in a portable format, and withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent.

If you are in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, these rights arise under the GDPR. If you are a California resident, you have rights under the CCPA, including the right to know what personal information we collect and the right to opt out of the sharing of personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at the address below. Every newsletter also includes a one-click unsubscribe link.

Children’s Privacy

Sports Fountain is not directed at children under 13, and you must be at least 13 to register for an account. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided us with personal data, contact us and we will delete it.

Data Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your data, including secure connections (HTTPS) and restricted access to account information. No method of transmission over the internet is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.

International Data Transfers

Sports Fountain serves a global audience, and our service providers may store or process data in countries other than your own, including the United States. By using the Services, you understand that your information may be transferred to and processed in these locations.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. We will indicate changes by updating the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page. Significant changes will be noted more prominently.

Contact Us

If you have questions about your data or this policy, contact us at: info@sportsfountain.com