ChessRoots
Privacy Policy
This privacy policy will explain how ChessRoots uses the personal data we collect from you when you use our website.
1. What data do we collect?
When you register for ChessRoots we will store your email address. When you pay with PayPal they store personal information, you can read their Privacy Policy here.
We do not store or have access to your payment information such as your credit card details, we leave this to our payment providers. When you use one of our authorization providers (Lichess, Amazon, Facebook or Google) they store personal information. We do not store or have access to your password, we leave this to our authorization providers.
2. How will we use your data?
We will only use your email address for account recovery or to provide you with essential account information. We will not share your email address with third parties or send advertisements to you.
From PayPal we can access and store information including your delivery address to calculate the VAT tax we need to pay. However we have no access to payment information like credit card details.
3. What are your data protection rights?
ChessRoots would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:
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The right to access – You have the right to request for copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
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The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request to complete the information you believe is incomplete.
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The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
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The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
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The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
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The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at our email: [email protected]
4. Cookies
Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information. When you visit our websites, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology
For further information, visit allaboutcookies.org.
4.1 How do we use cookies?
ChessRoots uses cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our website, including:
- Keeping you signed in
- Letting paying members access our database
- Understanding how you use our website
4.2 What types of cookies do we use?
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Functionality
ChessRoots uses these cookies so that we recognize you on our website and remember your previously selected preferences. These could include your authentication partner and session tokens. A mix of first-party and third-party cookies are used.
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Advertising
ChessRoots uses these cookies to collect information about your visit to our website, the content you viewed, the links you followed and information about your browser, device, and your IP address. ChessRoots sometimes shares some limited aspects of this data with third parties for advertising purposes. We may also share online data collected through cookies with our advertising partners. This means that when you visit another website, you may be shown advertising based on your browsing patterns on our website.
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Information Gathering
We can use third party cookies including Google Analytics to understand how you came to our website and how you use it.
4.3 Third-party Partners
The following third parties can set cookies on our website:
- Amazon
4.4 How to manage cookies
You can set your browser not to accept cookies, and allaboutcookies.org tells you how to remove cookies from your browser. Some of our website features may not function as a result. For example you will be unable to log into your account but will be able to use the standard free features of the website.
5. Privacy policies of other websites
ChessRoots contains links to other websites. Our privacy policy applies only to our website, so if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.
6. Changes to our privacy policy
ChessRoots keeps its privacy policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 20 September 2019.
7. How to contact us
If you have any questions about ChessRoots' privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Email us at: [email protected]