Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy for Quinte Contender

Effective Date: August 29, 2025

1. Introduction Welcome to Quinte Contender, accessible at quintecontender.ca. We are committed to protecting the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy outlines the types of information we collect and how it is used.

2. Information We Collect

Information You Voluntarily Provide: We collect personal information when you voluntarily provide it to us. This includes:
- Contact Forms: When you use our contact forms, we collect your name, email address, and the content of your message so we can respond to your inquiry.
- User Tip Submissions: When you use our feature to submit a news tip or shoutout, we collect the information you provide in the submission form.
Information Collected Automatically: We automatically collect certain information as you navigate the site. This includes:
- Analytics: We use Google Analytics to understand our website traffic. This service collects data such as your IP address, browser type, device type, general location, and the pages you visit on our site. This data is aggregated and helps us improve our content and user experience.
- Cookies: Like most websites, we use cookies to enhance your experience. These are small files stored on your computer that help the site function and remember your preferences.
- Spam Protection: We use Google reCAPTCHA v2 on our forms to protect against spam and automated abuse. Your use of reCAPTCHA is subject to the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.

3. How We Use Your Information We use the information we collect for various purposes:

To operate and maintain our website.
To respond to your comments and inquiries.
To send you transactional emails, such as form submission confirmations, via our Brevo-powered email system.
To analyze website usage and improve our services.
To protect our website from spam and abuse.
To display relevant advertising to you.

4. Cookies and Third-Party Advertising (Google AdSense) We plan to use Google AdSense to serve advertisements on quintecontender.ca.

Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our site.
Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our site and other sites on the Internet.
You may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google Ad and Content Network privacy policy. For more information on personalized advertising and your choices, you can visit Google’s Ads Settings page.

5. Data Sharing with Third Parties We do not sell your personal information. We may share your information with the following third-party service providers who perform services for us:

Google: For analytics services (Google Analytics), advertising (Google AdSense), and spam protection (reCAPTCHA).
Brevo: Our transactional email provider that processes and sends emails from our forms.
Namecheap: Our hosting provider, on whose servers our website and its data are stored.

6. Data Security We take reasonable measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access or disclosure. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure.

7. Changes to This Privacy Policy We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

8. Contact Us If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: admin@quintecontender.ca