Privacy Policy

We collect only what the site needs to work:

• Newsletter. Your email address, when you subscribed, and whether you have unsubscribed.
• Comments. Your email address, the username you choose, and the comments you post. Your email address is never shown publicly.
• Contact. Whatever you send us through the contact or advertising forms.
• Reader counts. We count article views and shares, reactions, poll votes, and match picks as totals. To stop the same visitor being counted twice, and to limit abuse, we keep a one-way scrambled value made from your IP address and browser type for a limited time (from 30 minutes for a page view to 12 months for a poll vote). We cannot turn that value back into your IP address.
• Advertising. When an ad is shown or clicked we record which ad, which page, the referring page, and scrambled versions of your IP address and browser type. These records are deleted after 180 days.
• Payments. If you buy a subscription, Stripe collects your payment details. We receive your email address and subscription status, never your card number.

We use this information to operate and improve United Volleyball Network, send newsletters and updates you have requested, respond to inquiries, analyze traffic and engagement, process transactions where applicable, and protect the security and integrity of our services.

We rely on trusted providers to run UVN. These may include:

• Resend, for transactional and marketing email delivery when you sign up or interact with email-based features.
• Google Analytics 4 (GA4) , for aggregated analytics about site usage. It is loaded only if you choose Accept on our cookie banner. If you decline, or your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal, it is not loaded at all.
• Stripe, for payment processing when you make a purchase or subscription; Stripe handles card data according to its own privacy and security practices.

Each provider processes data under its own terms. We encourage you to review their privacy policies for details.

Google Analytics cookies are set only after you accept them on our cookie banner. You can change your choice at any time with the Cookie settings link at the bottom of every page.

Separately, we use a small number of items that the site needs and that are not used for advertising or tracking: a sign-in cookie if you log in to comment, and entries in your browser's local storage that remember your cookie choice and which polls, reactions, and match picks you have already used on this device.

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or export personal data we hold, or to object to or restrict certain processing. To exercise these rights, contact us using the information below. We will respond within a reasonable timeframe as required by applicable law.

Every newsletter and marketing email we send identifies United Volleyball Network as the sender, includes our postal address, and has an unsubscribe link that works without signing in. Unsubscribing takes effect immediately.

We retain personal information only as long as needed for the purposes described in this policy, to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. Retention periods may vary by data type and legal requirements.

For privacy-related questions or requests, contact United Volleyball Network through our contact page.