Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are

Tennis Championship Wimbledon is an independent editorial website operated at tennischampionshipwimbledon.com. We are not affiliated with the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC) or any official Wimbledon entity.

For privacy-related enquiries, please contact us at: [email protected]

2. Information We Collect

We collect two types of information from visitors to our website:

2.1 Information You Provide Voluntarily

When you contact us by email at [email protected], you may provide personal information such as your name and email address. We collect this information solely to respond to your enquiry. We do not add you to any mailing list, share your contact details with third parties, or retain your information beyond the period necessary to address your query.

2.2 Information Collected Automatically

When you visit our website, certain information is collected automatically by our hosting infrastructure and third-party services. This may include:

• Your IP address and approximate geographic location (country or city level)
• Your browser type and version
• Your operating system
• The pages you visit on our website and the time you spend on them
• The website that referred you to ours (if applicable)
• The date and time of your visit

This information is collected via server logs and third-party analytics tools. It is used in aggregate form to understand how visitors use our website and to improve our content. We do not use this data to personally identify individual visitors.

3. Cookies

Our website uses cookies — small text files placed on your device by your browser — to enable certain website functionality and to serve relevant advertising.

3.1 Types of Cookies We Use

3.2 Managing Cookies

You can control and manage cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to refuse all cookies, accept only certain types of cookies, or delete cookies that have already been set. Please refer to your browser’s help documentation for instructions.

Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of our website and the relevance of advertisements you see.

4. Google AdSense & Advertising

Our website uses Google AdSense to display advertisements. Google AdSense uses cookies and similar technologies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website and other websites on the internet.

Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve advertisements to you based on your interests and your visit to our site. You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.

4.1 Third-Party Advertising Partners

Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to our website or other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our sites and/or other sites on the internet.

Users may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance opt-out page or by using the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.

5. Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to help us understand how visitors use our website. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit our website, what pages they visit and what other websites they used prior to coming to our website.

Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit our site, rather than your name or other personally identifying information. We do not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with personally identifiable information.

Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to our website is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy. You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

6. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

• To operate and improve our website — understanding how visitors use our site helps us improve its content, structure and performance.
• To respond to your enquiries — when you contact us by email, we use your contact information solely to respond to your message.
• To serve relevant advertising — Google AdSense uses cookies to serve advertisements that may be relevant to your interests.
• To comply with legal obligations — we may process your data where required by applicable law.

We do not sell, rent or trade your personal information to any third party for their own marketing purposes.

7. Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected:

• Email correspondence — we retain email correspondence for up to 12 months to maintain a record of contact history, after which it is deleted.
• Server log data — automatically collected server data is typically retained for up to 90 days.
• Analytics data — Google Analytics data is retained according to Google’s own retention policies (typically up to 26 months).
• Cookie data — see the cookie duration table in Section 3 above.

8. Data Security

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect the personal information we hold against unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration or destruction. These measures include:

• HTTPS encryption for all pages on our website (SSL/TLS certificate)
• Secure email practices for correspondence involving personal data
• Access controls limiting who within our team can access personal data

However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure. While we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee absolute security.

9. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal data:

9.1 For EU/UK Residents (GDPR)

If you are located in the European Union or United Kingdom, you have the following rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or UK GDPR:

• Right of access — you have the right to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
• Right to rectification — you have the right to request correction of inaccurate personal data.
• Right to erasure — you have the right to request deletion of your personal data in certain circumstances.
• Right to restrict processing — you have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.
• Right to data portability — you have the right to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format.
• Right to object — you have the right to object to our processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected].

9.2 For California Residents (CCPA)

If you are a California resident, you have rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), including:

• The right to know what personal information we collect, use, disclose and sell about you.
• The right to delete personal information we have collected about you.
• The right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information. (We do not sell personal information.)
• The right to non-discrimination for exercising your CCPA rights.

To exercise your California privacy rights, contact us at [email protected].

10. Children’s Privacy

Our website is not directed at children under the age of 13 (or under 16 for residents of the European Union). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under these ages. If you believe we have inadvertently collected personal information from a child, please contact us immediately at [email protected] and we will take steps to delete such information.

11. Third-Party Links

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, including official sources such as wimbledon.com, broadcaster websites and ticket platforms. This Privacy Policy applies only to our website. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party websites and we encourage you to review the privacy policies of any website you visit.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, legal requirements or other factors. When we make material changes to this policy, we will update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page.

We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we protect your information. Your continued use of our website after the effective date of any changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.

13. Contact Us About Privacy

If you have any questions, concerns or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us: