PICK ’EM SPORTS

COOKIE & WEBSITE PRIVACY NOTICE

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This Cookie & Website Privacy Notice explains how Pick ’Em Technologies (“we,” “our,” or “us”) uses cookies and similar tracking technologies on our website at pickemsports.co (the “Site”). This notice supplements our Privacy Policy, which governs the broader collection and use of your information across the Pick ’Em Sports platform.

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They help the site recognize your device and remember certain information about your visit, such as your preferences, language settings, and browsing behavior. Similar technologies include web beacons, pixels, and local storage.

2. Cookies We Use

We use the following categories of cookies on the Site:

2.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the Site to function and cannot be switched off. They are typically set in response to actions you take, such as setting privacy preferences, logging in, or filling in forms. Without these cookies, certain parts of the Site will not work.

  • Session management: Maintaining your browsing session while you navigate the Site

  • Security: Protecting against cross-site request forgery and other security threats

2.2 Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with the Site by collecting and reporting information anonymously. This helps us improve the Site’s structure, content, and user experience.

  • Google Analytics: We may use Google Analytics to collect information about Site traffic, page views, referral sources, and user behavior. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect this data in an aggregated, anonymous form. You can learn more about Google’s practices at google.com/policies/privacy/partners.

2.3 Functional Cookies

These cookies enable enhanced functionality and personalization, such as remembering your preferences or display settings. If you do not allow these cookies, some features of the Site may not function properly.

2.4 Marketing / Advertising Cookies

We do not currently use marketing or advertising cookies on the Site. If this changes in the future, we will update this notice and provide appropriate consent mechanisms before deploying any such cookies.

3. Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies on the Site are placed by third-party services that appear on our pages. We do not control these third-party cookies. The third-party services we currently use that may set cookies include:

Each of these providers has its own privacy policy governing how they collect and use data. We encourage you to review their respective privacy policies.

4. Cookie Banner and Your Consent

When you first visit the Site, you will be presented with a cookie consent banner that allows you to accept or decline non-essential cookies.

  • Strictly necessary cookies do not require your consent and are always active, as they are required for the Site to function.

  • Analytics and functional cookies are only activated after you provide consent through the cookie banner.

You may change your cookie preferences at any time by clearing your browser cookies and revisiting the Site, which will re-trigger the cookie banner.

5. How to Control Cookies

In addition to the cookie banner, you can control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:

  • View what cookies are stored on your device

  • Delete all or specific cookies

  • Block cookies from specific or all websites

  • Block third-party cookies

  • Set preferences for certain types of cookies

Please note that blocking or deleting cookies may affect the functionality of the Site.

For Google Analytics specifically, you can opt out by installing the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-On, available at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

6. Do Not Track Signals

Some browsers offer a “Do Not Track” (DNT) setting that sends a signal to websites you visit indicating that you do not wish to be tracked. There is currently no industry-wide standard for how websites should respond to DNT signals. At this time, the Site does not respond to DNT signals. If a standard is established in the future, we will update this notice with our approach.

7. Data Collected Through the Site

In addition to cookies, when you visit pickemsports.co we may collect the following information:

  • Log data: IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages visited, and timestamps

  • Device data: Screen resolution, device type, and language preferences

  • Interaction data: Clicks, scrolls, and time spent on pages

This data is used to understand how visitors use the Site, to improve its content and performance, and to ensure security. It is not used to personally identify individual visitors unless combined with information you voluntarily provide (such as signing up for an account).

8. Data Retention

Cookie data is retained for the duration specified by each cookie’s expiration. Session cookies are deleted when you close your browser. Persistent cookies remain on your device for their specified lifetime or until you delete them.

Analytics data collected through Google Analytics is retained in accordance with Google’s data retention settings, which we have configured to the minimum retention period available.

9. Children

The Site is not directed to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly use cookies to collect data from children under 13. Our full children’s privacy policy is detailed in Section 8 of our Privacy Policy.

10. Changes to This Notice

We may update this Cookie & Website Privacy Notice from time to time. Changes will be posted on the Site with an updated “Last Updated” date. If we make material changes to how we use cookies — for example, introducing marketing or advertising cookies — we will provide prominent notice and, where required, obtain your consent.

11. Contact Us

If you have questions about our use of cookies or this notice, please contact us at:

Pick ’Em Technologies

Email: support@pickemtech.com

Website: pickemsports.co

Mailing Address: 2241 Chapline St. Wheeling, WV 26003

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