Last Updated: January 1, 2025

This privacy policy has been compiled to better serve those who are concerned with how their ‘Personally Identifiable Information’ (PII) is being used online.

PII, as described in US privacy law and information security, is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context.

Privacy Policy

Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect, or otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with our cricket news and information website, CricketBureau.com.

What Personal Information Do We Collect From Visitors?

When visiting our cricket website, contacting us, or engaging with our cricket content on CricketBureau.com, you may be asked to enter your name, email address, cricket preferences, favorite teams, or other details to help enhance your cricket information experience.

We collect this information primarily when you reach out to us through our contact forms or email us directly regarding our cricket articles, match reports, player statistics, or tournament coverage.

We may also collect information about your cricket interests, preferred cricket formats (Test, ODI, T20), favorite international or domestic teams, preferred tournaments (such as IPL, World Cup, or other major cricket competitions), and reading preferences to help us deliver more relevant cricket content that aligns with your interests.

It’s important to note that CricketBureau.com does not currently offer user account registration or newsletter subscription services.

Therefore, we do not collect information through account creation or email subscription processes. The primary way we collect personal information is through direct communication when you contact us via email or contact forms.

When Do We Collect Information?

We collect information from you when you visit our cricket website, fill out a contact form, send us an email inquiry, comment on our cricket articles (if commenting is enabled), share our cricket content on social media platforms, or interact with our website features.

Additionally, we automatically collect certain technical information when you browse our cricket news, read match reports, view player statistics, check tournament schedules, or access any pages on CricketBureau.com.

This automatic data collection occurs through cookies and tracking technologies that help us understand how visitors interact with our cricket content, which articles are most popular, how long readers spend on different pages, and what types of cricket information our audience finds most valuable.

We also collect information when you click on affiliate links, view advertisements, or engage with third-party content embedded on our website.

How Do We Use Your Information?

We may use the information we collect from you when you visit our website, contact us via email, respond to cricket-related inquiries, browse cricket articles, view match coverage, or use certain other site features in the following ways:

• To personalize your cricket experience: We analyze your browsing behavior to understand your cricket interests and deliver content about your preferred cricket formats, teams, players, and tournaments. This helps us recommend relevant articles, match reports, and cricket news that align with your interests.
• To improve our cricket website: We use visitor data and feedback to enhance our cricket content, website design, navigation structure, and overall user experience. Understanding how cricket fans interact with our website helps us make improvements that better serve the cricket community.
• To provide better cricket content: Your engagement with different types of cricket articles, match reports, player profiles, and tournament coverage helps us understand what content resonates with our audience. This enables us to focus on creating more of the cricket information that fans want to read.
• To respond to inquiries and provide support: When you contact us with questions about cricket, feedback on our articles, correction requests, or technical issues, we use your contact information to provide timely and helpful responses.
• To analyze cricket content performance: We study which cricket topics, match reports, player analyses, and tournament coverage generate the most interest. This data-driven approach helps us optimize our editorial strategy and cover cricket news that matters most to our readers.
• To maintain website security: We monitor website traffic and user behavior to identify potential security threats, prevent spam, detect malicious activities, and protect both our website and our visitors from cyber threats.
• To comply with legal obligations: We may use and disclose your information as required by applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, or governmental requests.

How Do We Protect Your Information?

We take the protection of your personal information seriously and implement various security measures to maintain the safety of your data when you enter, submit, or access your information on CricketBureau.com.

Our website uses secure hosting services provided by reputable hosting companies that employ industry-standard security protocols.

We conduct regular malware scanning to ensure our website remains free from viruses, malicious code, and other security threats that could compromise visitor data.

Our hosting infrastructure includes firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and other security technologies designed to prevent unauthorized access to our servers and databases.

It’s important to note that CricketBureau.com focuses primarily on delivering cricket news, match reports, player statistics, and tournament information.

We do not collect, store, or process any sensitive financial information such as credit card numbers, bank account details, or payment information on our platform. Since we do not process payments directly through our website, we do not implement PCI (Payment Card Industry) compliance standards or vulnerability scanning related to financial transactions.

While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, please remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.

Therefore, while we implement reasonable security measures, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information.

Do We Use Cookies and Tracking Technologies?

Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your web browser (if you allow) that enable the site’s or service provider’s systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information.

We use cookies to help us understand your cricket preferences, remember your favorite cricket content, and track your reading history on CricketBureau.com.

Cookies help us compile aggregate data about site traffic and cricket content interaction so we can offer better website experiences and cricket articles in the future.

They also enable us to understand which cricket topics, teams, tournaments, and players generate the most interest among our readers.

Third Party Disclosure and Data Sharing

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information unless we provide you with advance notice and obtain your consent.

This does not include website hosting partners, cricket data providers, analytics services, advertising networks, and other trusted third parties who assist us in operating our cricket website, conducting our business, delivering cricket content, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential.

The third-party services we work with include:

• Website hosting providers: These companies host our website infrastructure and may have access to server logs and technical data.
• Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to analyze website traffic, user behavior, and content performance. Google Analytics collects data anonymously and provides us with insights about how visitors interact with our cricket content.
• Google AdSense: We display advertisements through Google AdSense to support our cricket website and provide free cricket content to our readers. Google may use cookies to serve relevant advertisements based on your browsing history.
• Affiliate networks: We participate in affiliate marketing programs. When you click affiliate links and make purchases, affiliate networks may use cookies to track referrals and attribute commissions.
• Social media platforms: If we embed content from platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or YouTube, these platforms may set their own cookies and collect data according to their privacy policies.

We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our website policies, protect our rights or others’ rights, property, or safety, or assist in investigations of fraudulent or illegal activity.

Third Party Links to Other Websites

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third-party cricket products, services, cricket equipment recommendations, or links to other cricket-related websites, cricket news sources, official cricket boards, or cricket statistics platforms.

These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies over which we have no control or responsibility.

We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content, privacy practices, and activities of these linked sites.

Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our cricket website and welcome any feedback about these third-party websites.

We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party sites you visit from links on CricketBureau.com.

Google Advertising and AdSense Compliance

Google’s advertising requirements can be summed up by Google’s Advertising Principles, which are available at https://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/answer/1316548?hl=en.

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements related to cricket and sports content on our website.

We have implemented Google AdSense to help support our cricket platform and provide free cricket news, match reports, player statistics, and tournament coverage to our global audience of cricket enthusiasts.

The advertisements displayed may be related to cricket equipment, cricket merchandise, sports betting services (where legal), cricket video games, cricket tours, or other cricket-related products and services.

Google uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other websites on the Internet.

You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings at https://adssettings.google.com/.

Alternatively, you can opt out of third-party vendor use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.

California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA) Compliance

CalOPPA is the first state law in the United States to require commercial websites and online services to post a privacy policy. According to CalOPPA, we agree to the following:

• Anonymous website visits: Users can visit our cricket website anonymously without being required to provide personal information or create an account.
• Privacy Policy accessibility: Our Privacy Policy link includes the word ‘Privacy’ and can be easily found on the homepage of CricketBureau.com and in our website footer on every page.
• Privacy Policy updates: Users will be notified of any privacy policy changes on our Privacy Policy page. We will update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this policy whenever changes are made.
• Personal information changes: Users can request changes to their personal information by emailing us directly at businessbuddykb@gmail.com. We will respond to such requests within a reasonable timeframe.

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Compliance

The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) puts parents in control and protects the privacy of children under 13 years of age.

We do not specifically market to children under 13 years of age. Our cricket content is designed for general audiences with an interest in cricket news, match coverage, player information, and tournament updates.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly as possible.

If you believe that we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at businessbuddykb@gmail.com.

Fair Information Practices and Data Breach Notification

The Fair Information Practices Principles form the backbone of privacy law in the United States, and the concepts they include have played a significant role in the development of data protection laws around the globe.

To be in line with Fair Information Practices, should a data breach occur that compromises user personal information, we will take the following responsive action:

We will notify affected users via email within 7 business days of discovering the breach. We will also provide notification through a prominent notice on our website within 7 business days.

The notification will include information about the nature of the breach, the types of information that were compromised, steps we are taking to address the breach, and recommendations for users to protect themselves.

We also agree to the Individual Redress Principle, which requires that individuals have the right to legally pursue enforceable rights against data collectors and processors who fail to adhere to the law.

This principle requires not only that individuals have enforceable rights against data users, but also that individuals have recourse to courts or government agencies to investigate and prosecute non-compliance by data processors.

CAN-SPAM Act Compliance

The CAN-SPAM Act is a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations.

Currently, CricketBureau.com does not operate an email newsletter service.

However, we may collect your email address when you contact us directly with inquiries, feedback, or support requests.

In such cases, we use your email address solely to respond to your specific inquiry and will not add you to any marketing lists without your explicit consent.

If we implement a newsletter service in the future, we commit to full CAN-SPAM compliance:

• Honest email headers: Our emails will accurately identify the sender (CricketBureau.com) and will not contain misleading subject lines.
• Clear identification: Marketing emails will be clearly identified as advertisements or promotional content.
• Physical address inclusion: All marketing emails will include our physical business location.
• Opt-out mechanism: We will provide a clear and conspicuous way to unsubscribe from future emails, and we will honor opt-out requests promptly within 10 business days.
• Third-party compliance: If we hire third parties to handle our email marketing, we will ensure they comply with CAN-SPAM requirements.

To unsubscribe from any future correspondence, you can email us at businessbuddykb@gmail.com, and we will promptly remove you from all correspondence lists.

Your Privacy Rights and Choices

Depending on your location and applicable laws, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information:

• Access: You can request access to the personal information we hold about you.
• Correction: You can request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal information.
• Deletion: You can request deletion of your personal information, subject to certain legal exceptions.
• Objection: You can object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
• Portability: You can request a copy of your personal information in a structured, machine-readable format.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at businessbuddykb@gmail.com with your specific request. We will respond within a reasonable timeframe as required by applicable law.

International Users and Data Transfers

CricketBureau.com is operated from India and is intended to serve a global audience of cricket fans.

If you are accessing our website from outside India, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in India or other countries where our service providers operate.

By using our website, you consent to the transfer of your information to countries outside your country of residence, which may have different data protection laws than those in your country.

We will take appropriate measures to ensure that your personal information receives an adequate level of protection in the jurisdictions in which we process it.

Changes and Updates to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time without prior notice. Any changes will be effective immediately upon posting the updated Privacy Policy on our website.

We will update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this policy to reflect the date of the most recent changes.

We encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed about how we are protecting your personal information and to be aware of any changes.

Your continued use of CricketBureau.com after any modifications to this Privacy Policy will constitute your acknowledgment of the modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the updated Privacy Policy.

If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy that significantly affect your rights, we will provide prominent notice on our website or notify you by email (if we have your email address) prior to the changes taking effect.

Contact Us and Privacy Questions

If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy, concerns about how we handle your personal information, requests to exercise your privacy rights, or any other privacy-related inquiries, you may contact us using the following methods:

• Email: businessbuddykb@gmail.com
• Website: Cricketbureau.com
• Contact Page: Visit our Contact Us page for additional ways to reach us

We are committed to resolving any privacy concerns or complaints you may have.

When you contact us, please provide as much detail as possible about your concern so we can address it appropriately.

We will make every effort to respond to your inquiry within a reasonable timeframe, typically within 7-10 business days.

Thank you for trusting CricketBureau.com with your information.

We are committed to protecting your privacy while delivering quality cricket content to fans around the world.