Privacy Policy
Last revised: Dec 15, 2023.
This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) describes how Best Version Media, LLC (“BVM” “we,” or “us”) collect, use, share, retain, and safeguard your Personal Information when you visit our websites, including www.bvmsports.com, www.bestversionmedia.com, and portal.bestversionmedia.com (“Websites”), use our mobile application (“App”) and otherwise interact with us, including when you use our services (our “Operations”). We refer to our Websites, App, and Operations together as our “Platform.”
We may modify this Privacy Policy at any time. All changes will be effective immediately upon posting to the Platform. Material changes will be conspicuously posted on the Platform or otherwise communicated to you.
IF YOU ARE A CALIFORNIA RESIDENT, PLEASE SEE THE “YOUR CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS” SECTION BELOW FOR ADDITIONAL TERMS THAT APPLY TO YOU.
CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT
For purposes of this Privacy Policy, “Personal Information” means information that alone or in combination identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or household. Personal information does not include deidentified or aggregated consumer information or information that is available in public records.
We collect the following categories of Personal Information:
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| Identifiers | Full Name, mailing address, Internet Protocol Address (“IP Address”), email address, Social Security number, driver’s license number, telephone number, birth date, Zip Code |
| Protected Classifications | Age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, religion or creed, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, sex (including gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy or childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, veteran or military status |
| Commercial Information | Products / services purchased or considered; other purchasing or consumer histories or tendencies |
| Internet Activity | Browsing history; search history; information regarding your interactions with the websites, application, or advertisement; electronic device identifier; hardware information; operating system version; browser type and version; browser language; media access control (MAC); screen resolution; cookie information; system type; access times; referring website URLs |
| Geolocation Data | Imprecise location information, like the city, state and ZIP code associated with your IP address. |
| Audio Visual Information | Voice recordings and images. |
| Employment Information | Professional or employment-related information that you provide when you apply for a position with us. |
| Education Information | Education-related information, including information you provide when you apply for a position with us. |
De-Identified / Aggregated Data
We may aggregate or de-identify Personal Information we collect through our Platform. Any information or data that has been de-identified and/or aggregated so that it no longer contains Personal Information will not be treated as Personal Information (for example, we may aggregate Personal Information to calculate the percentage of users in a particular zip code).
How Long We Keep Your Personal Information
We retain Personal Information only as long as we have a legitimate business purpose to keep it or as required by law. These purposes may include retaining Personal Information in order to:
- complete the transaction for which the Personal Information was collected;
- continue our ongoing business relationship with you;
- ensure the security and integrity of our Platform; and
- satisfy any legal, regulatory, tax, accounting or reporting requirements.
To determine the appropriate retention period for individual categories of Personal Information we collect, we consider the nature and sensitivity of the Personal Information; the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of the Personal Information; the purposes for which we process that Personal Information and whether we can fulfill those purposes through other means; and applicable legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, reporting or other requirements.
Sources of the Information We Collect and Purposes for Which We Collect It
The charts below lists the categories of Personal Information we may collect, what we use it for, and who we collect it from. This may include information you provide directly to us, the information we collect automatically when you use our Platform, and the information we collect from third-party sources. Subject to the exemptions below, BVM agrees that it will not share information received via SMS/text with 3rd parties unless the conveying party approves the use of information received. BVM does not share personal data (phone numbers) and consent with third parties/affiliates or partners.
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Disclosing Personal Information
We may disclose or share your Personal Information as follows:
| With Whom We Disclose Personal Information | Purpose for Disclosing | Category of Information |
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| Employees, Affiliates, and Subsidiaries (with a need to know) |
Business Purposes including to communicate with you; provide customer services, improve our products and services, and process payments Website Management including troubleshooting problems, improving the content and functionality of the Platform, and to customize the Platform to you and our users. |
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| Service Providers |
Business Purposes including for payment processing, customer service, and analytics. Website Management including hosting, troubleshooting problems, improving the content and functionality of the Platform, statistical and other analyses of the Platform, and to customize the Platform to you and our users. Employment Purposes including managing employment applications and our internal employee management purposes. |
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| Third-Party Advertising Networks and Social Media Platforms |
Marketing & Advertising Purposes including to provide targeted advertising and other marketing communications. Business Purposes including to perform data analysis and statistical analysis for us. |
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| Government and Law Enforcement | Legal Purposes. We will cooperate with law enforcement and other governmental agencies, and may disclose Personal Information: (i) if we believe in good faith we are legally required to disclose that Personal Information, (ii) if we are advised to disclose Personal Information by our legal counsel, or (iii) when necessary to identify, contact or bring a legal action against someone who may cause or be causing harm to, or interfering with the legal rights of, BVM or any other party. |
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| Professional Advisors | Business Purposes including to receive advice from our professional advisors, such as our attorneys, accountants, financial advisors and business advisors, in their capacity as advisors to us. |
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| New Owners | Change in ownership. We may share your Personal Information in connection with a contemplated or completed strategic business transaction such as a merger, acquisition, sale of all or substantially all of our assets or stock to a subsequent owner or operator, a dissolution, bankruptcy, liquidation or other similar business transaction where personal information may be shared, sold or transferred to that third party, including during the due diligence process. |
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Your Choices
In addition to the rights described in the “Your California Privacy Rights” section below, we recognize that you may want to limit how your Personal Information is used and shared. We currently offer the following choices and options:
- Update Your Personal Information or Delete Your Account. You may update your Personal Information or request that we delete your account by contacting us using the information in the “Contact Us” section below.
- Update your Account. You can access and update your information through your account on our Platform.
- Opt Out of Targeted Marketing. If you wish to limit or opt out of third-party advertising, you can do one or more of the following:
- Change your Browser Settings. The Options/Settings section of most internet browsers will tell you how to manage cookies and other technologies that may be uploaded to your device, including how to disable such technologies. You can disable our cookies, or all cookies, through your browser settings, but please note, disabling cookies may impact some of the features of our Websites and prevent them from operating as intended. You can learn more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been uploaded to your device and how to manage and delete them, by visiting All About Cookies.
- Change your Preferences. To change your preferences with respect to certain online ads and to obtain more information about ad networks and online behavioral advertising visit the National Advertising Initiative Consumer Opt Out page and the Digital Advertising Alliance’s Consumer Choice Tool. Please note that even if you opt-out of receiving interest-based advertising, you will still receive advertisements, but they will be more general in nature. In addition, the electronic device you use to visit our Websites may offer relevant privacy settings; please see the device settings for details.
- Opt Out of Marketing Emails. You can opt out of marketing or advertising emails by clicking on the unsubscribe button in the email or contacting us at webmaster@bestversionmedia.com with “Unsubscribe” in the subject line. To opt-out of other communications (e.g., postal marketing and telemarketing), please contact us as set forth in the “Contact Us” section below. Opting out of marketing communications does not prevent you from receiving other, non-marketing communications from us.
Tools We Use
Cookies and other Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and other tracking technologies including pixel tags and web beacons to gather more information about how our Platform are used. A “cookie” is a small text file that our Platform save onto your computer or device when you use the Platform that allows the Platform to remember your actions and preferences and recognize you or your browser. Web beacons / pixel tags are small graphics on a webpage that monitor your activity when viewing a webpage.
We use these tools to learn whether the Platform are operating optimally, learn whether you are a repeat visitor to our Platform, personalize advertising, obtain valuable data and statistics about the usage and effectiveness of our Platform, and help us provide an enjoyable, personalized and innovative online experience for you. We may combine information gathered from cookies with other Personal Information.
Generally, the type of information we collect through cookies and other tracking technologies is specific to your computer or other device and includes the IP address, date and time the device accessed our Platform, what parts of our Platform were visited, your internet services provider, the device ID number, approximate geographic location, browser type, the websites you visit before and after coming to our Platform, and whether the web pages requested were delivered successfully.
The Options/Settings section of most internet browsers will tell you how to manage cookies and other technologies that may be uploaded to your device, including how to disable such technologies. You can disable our cookies, or all cookies, through your browser settings, but please note, disabling cookies may impact some of the features of our Platform and prevent them from operating as intended. You can learn more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been uploaded to your device and how to manage and delete them, by visiting https://www.allaboutcookies.org/.
We may also use session replay tools. Session replay is the reproduction of a user’s interactions on a website or web application exactly how the user actually experienced it. Session replay transforms logged user events, such as mouse movements, clicks, page visits, scrolling, tapping, etc., into a reproduction of what the user actually did on the site or app.
We use session replay tools to gain a more complete picture of how users interact with our Platform.
Analytics
Our Websites use third-party analytics tools, including those listed below.
- Google Analytics. Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”), to assist us in understanding how our Websites are used. Google Analytics will place cookies on your computer or mobile device that will generate information that we select about your use of the Websites, including your computer’s or mobile device’s IP address. That information will be transmitted directly to and stored by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. Please note that by doing so, you may not be able to use the full functionality of our Platform. The use of cookies by Google Analytics is covered by Google’s privacy policy, available at https://policies.google.com/privacy. Google allows you to opt out of Google Analytics. You may opt-out by visiting https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
- Google Tag Manager – We may use Google Tag Manager (“GTM“), a tag management system that allows JavaScript and HTML tags to be quickly deployed and updated on portions of our Websites for tracking and analytics. We use GTM on our Websites to include Google Analytics. If you have opted out of Google Analytics, GTM takes this opt out into account. For more information about Google’s privacy practices applicable to GTM, please refer to https://policies.google.com/privacy/ and the terms of use at https://www.google.com/analytics/tag-manager/use-policy.
- You may opt out to Hotjar’s creation of a user profile, Hotjar’s storing of data about your usage of the Services, and Hotjar’s use of tracking cookies on other websites by opting out here. You may disable cookies as discussed above, but that may impact your use and enjoyment of the Services.
Interest Based Advertising
BVM uses vendors to help it provide online behavioral advertising (also called “targeted advertising” or “interest based advertising”) which is the practice of tracking an individual’s online activities over time, including searches the person conducts, webpages visited and content viewed in order to deliver targeted advertising based on the person’s interests. The data collected may contain, or be associated with, your Personal Information. These advertisements may appear on the Websites and on other websites, or may be sent to you via email.
- Facebook. We use Facebook Custom Audiences to deliver targeted advertisements to website visitors on Facebook based on email addresses that we have collected. You may learn more about Facebook Custom Audiences by visiting For more information about Facebook’s privacy practices, please refer to their privacy policy, available at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy. To opt out, please visit https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences.
- Google Analytics’ Advertising Features.We have enabled and implemented the following Google Analytics Advertising Feature DoubleClick. To opt out of remarketing advertising provided through Google, to customize your ad preferences, or to limit Google’s collection or use this information, visit Google’s Safety Center and Google’s Ad Settings and follow Google’s personalized ad opt-out instructions. Opting out will not affect your use of the Services.
- Meta’s Advertising Tools.We use the remarketing services of provided by Meta (previously Facebook) on our Websites. We use the Meta Custom Audiences to deliver targeted advertisements to website visitors across Meta owned social media platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, based on email addresses that we have collected. You may learn more about Meta Custom Audiences by visiting here. To learn more about Meta’s Privacy Policy including their services and your rights, please click here.
Social Media
We are active on social media, including Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram (“Social Media”).
The Platform allows you to connect and share data with Social Media. These features may require us to use cookies, plug-ins, and APIs provided by such Social Media companies to facilitate those communications and features. The Platform may also use advertising networks and services offered by Social Media companies to deliver advertising content. Use of these services requires the applicable Social Media company to implement cookies or pixel tags to deliver ads to you while you access the Platform.
Anything you post on Social Media is public information and will not be treated confidentially. We may post (or re-post) on the Platform and our Social Media pages any comments or content that you post on our Social Media pages.
Your use of Social Media is governed by the privacy policies and terms of the third parties that own and operate those websites and not by this Privacy Policy. We encourage you to review those policies and terms before using any Social Media features provided through our Platform or third-party websites.
Children
The Platform is not directed at children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect, use, share or sell Personal Information from children under 13. If a parent or legal guardian learns that their child provided us with Personal Information without his or her consent, please contact us and we will make commercially reasonable attempts to delete such Personal Information.
Third-Party Websites
The Platform may link to, or be linked to, websites not owned or controlled by BVM. BVM is not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of any third parties or any third-party websites. This Privacy Policy does not apply to any third-party websites or to any Personal Information that you may provide to third parties. You should read the privacy policy for each website that you visit.
YOUR CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS
The terms in this section are only applicable to California residents.
Under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act, (together, the “CCPA”), California residents have additional rights with regard to their Personal Information. We have provided a summary of those rights below. In the event of a conflict between this Section and the remainder of this Policy, this Section shall take precedence for those California residents. Certain capitalized terms not defined in this Policy have the meanings set forth in the CCPA.
Subject to exceptions permitted by applicable laws and verification of your identity, if you live in California, you may exercise the following rights with regard to your Personal Information. Capitalized terms in this Section that are not defined elsewhere in this Privacy Policy have the definitions set forth in the CCPA.
Disclosing Information
In the last 12 months we have not Sold your Personal Information to a third party for monetary compensation. We may share the following categories of Personal Information with third parties that provide us with targeted advertising or data analytics services.
- Identifiers
- Commercial Information
- Internet Activity
You have the right to opt-out of the sale or sharing of your Personal Information as described below.
We Do Not Use or Disclose Sensitive Information
We do not use or disclose sensitive information, as defined in the CPRA.
Your Rights and Choices
Subject to certain limitations such as (a) exceptions permitted by applicable law and (b) verification of your identity, you may exercise the following rights with regard to your Personal Information:
Right to Know. You have a right to request that we disclose certain information about you and our collection of your Personal Information over the last 12 months. Once we receive your request and confirm your identity, we will disclose to you:
- The categories of Personal Information we collected about you;
- The categories of sources for the Personal Information we collected about you;
- Our business or commercial purpose for collecting that Personal Information;
- The categories of third parties with whom we share that Personal Information; and
- The specific pieces of Personal Information we collected about you.
Right to Delete. Except in certain cases where the CCPA does not require us to do so or provides an exception, you have the right to request that we delete any of your Personal Information that we collected from you and retain. Once we receive and verify your request, we will delete (and direct our service providers to delete) your Personal Information from our records, unless an exception applies or the CCPA does not require us to do so.
Right to Correct. You have the right to request that we correct inaccurate Personal Information that we collect about you. If we receive a verifiable request, we will consider it, taking into account the nature of the Personal Information and the purposes of the processing of the Personal Information. We may deny your request if we are unable to verify your identity, if we determine that the contested personal information is more likely than not accurate based on the totality of the circumstances. We may request that you provide us with documentation that is relevant to your request.
Please note, we may choose to delete the contested Personal Information as an alternative to correcting it if doing so would not negatively impact you or you consent to our deletion.
Non-Discrimination. You have a right to not receive discriminatory treatment for exercising any of your rights under the CCPA.
Right to Data Portability. You may request a copy of the Personal Information you previously provided to us in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily usable format.
Exercising Your Rights
To exercise your rights described in this Privacy Policy, you may submit your request to us by contacting us at any of the following:
Best Version Media
PO Box 505
Brookfield, WI 53008
262-320-7054
webmaster@bestversionmedia.com
Who May Exercise Your Rights. If you are a California resident, only you or a person that you authorize to act on your behalf may make a request related to your Personal Information. See the section titled “Using an Authorized Agent” for more information. A parent or legal guardian may make a request on behalf of their child.
Verifiable Consumer Request. You must provide sufficient information to allow us to reasonably verify you are the person about whom we collected Personal Information, and you must describe your request with sufficient detail to allow us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to your request.
When we receive your request to exercise your rights under the CCPA, we will: (a) acknowledge receipt of your request; (b) try to match the information you provide in making the request with information we already maintain about you; (c) if required to verify your identity, we may ask you to provide additional information, including Personal Information; and (d) consider various factors when determining how to verify your identity, such as the sensitivity and value of the data, the risk of harm, the likelihood of fraud, etc.
We will only use Personal Information we collect during the verification process for the purpose of verifying your identity. If you maintain an account with us, we may use that account to respond to your request and/or verify your identity. If we are unable to verify your identity as required by applicable laws and regulations, we will decline to comply with your request, and let you know why.
When We Will Respond To Your Request. We will try to respond to your request within 45 days. If we require additional time, we will inform you of the reason and extension period. Any disclosures we provide will only cover the 12-month period preceding our receipt of your request. For data portability requests, we will select a format to provide your Personal Information to you. We may charge a fee to process or respond to your request if it is excessive, repetitive, or manifestly unfounded.
HONORING OPT-OUT PREFERENCE SIGNALS
As described above, we work with certain advertising partners to show ads that are targeted to your interests. These activities may be considered “sharing” of your personal information under California law. To opt out of these activities, you must either:
Submit a Form. You may request to opt- out using our online form and adjust settings for each device and browser you use with the Website.
Opt-out Preference Signals. California residents may opt out by sending an Opt-Out Preference Signal, such as the Global Privacy Control (GPC) on the browsers or extensions that support such a signal. To download and use a browser supporting the GPC browser signal, click here: https://globalprivacycontrol.org/orgs.
If you choose to use the GPC signal, you will need to turn it on for each supported browser or browser extension you use. If you use the GPC signal and do not have an account or are not signed into your account, we will only associate the GPC signal with your browser because the link between your browser and account is not known to us.
California Shine the Light
Pursuant to California Civil Code Section 1798.83, if you are a California resident, you have the right to obtain: (a) a list of all third parties to whom we may have disclosed your Personal Information within the past year for direct marketing purposes, and (b) a description of the categories of Personal Information disclosed, by contacting us per the “Contact Us” Section below.
CONTACT US
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Email: webmaster@bestversionmedia.com
This Page was last modified on Dec 15, 2023.