Privacy Policy

Welcome to https://freestylestats.com ("Site"). Freestyle Stats is a platform dedicated to providing comprehensive information, statistics, and updates about the freestyle rap scene. In order to provide our Site and Services (collectively, "Platform"), we collect personal data from our users ("Users"). Throughout this Privacy Policy, "personal information" or "personal data" refers to any information that is unique to an individual, such as name, email address, IP address and other information that can reasonably identify an individual.

This Privacy Policy, along with our Cookie Policy, covers how we collect, handle and disclose personal data on our Platform, including any affiliated websites, software or platforms owned or operated by Freestyle Stats on which this Privacy Policy appears.

We recommend that you read this Privacy Policy and our Cookie Policy carefully as both provide important information about your personal information and your rights under the law.

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, our Cookie Policy and/or our data practices, or would like to exercise your rights, do not hesitate to contact us at privacy@freestylestats.com or see our information below.

To Whom Does This Policy Apply

This Privacy Policy applies to:

Site Visitors: visitors to our Site.

Children's Privacy

Freestyle Stats does not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 16. If you are under the age of 16, please do not submit any personal data through the Platform. We encourage parents and legal guardians to monitor their children's Internet usage and to help enforce our Privacy Policy by instructing their children never to provide personal data on our Platform without their permission.

If you have reason to believe that a child under the age of 16 has provided personal data to Freestyle Stats through the Platform, please contact privacy@freestylestats.com and we will endeavor to delete that information from our databases.

Changes To This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy was last updated on the date indicated below, but we suggest that you review it from time to time, as our Platform and our business may change. As a result, at times it may be necessary for Freestyle Stats to make changes to this Privacy Policy (and/or our Cookie Policy). Freestyle Stats reserves the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy and/or our Cookie Policy at any time and from time to time without prior notice. However, if we make changes that we believe will materially impact this Privacy Policy, the Cookie Policy or your rights, we will promptly notify you of those changes. Your continued use of the Platform after any changes or revisions to this Privacy Policy shall indicate your agreement with the terms of such revised Privacy Policy.

What Information Do We Collect

What personal information we collect and process depends on how and why you use our Platform. Generally, we process personal information that we receive:

Directly from you when you provide it to us, such as in connection with our Services or Event registrations.

Indirectly, through automated technologies such as cookies, or from third parties.

This is all explained in more detail below.

Information We Collect Directly From You

You can generally visit our Site without having to submit any personal information.

Information We Collect Indirectly

Device and Usage Information

When you download, use or interact with the Site, even if you do not have an account, we, or authorized third parties engaged by us, may automatically collect information about your use of the Site via your device, some of which is considered personal information. "Device and Usage Information" that we collect consists of:

Information About your Device: information about the devices and software you use to access the Site — primarily the internet browser or mobile device that you use, the website or source that linked or referred you to the Site, your IP address or device ID (or other persistent identifier that uniquely identifies your computer or mobile device on the Internet), the operating system of your computer or mobile device, device screen size, and other similar technical information.

Usage Information: information about your interactions with the Platform, including access dates and times, hardware and software information, device event information, log data, crash data, cookie data. This information allows us to understand the screens that you view, how you've used the Platform (which may include administrative and support communications with us), and other actions on the Platforms. We, or authorized third parties, automatically collect log data when you access and use the Platform, even if you have not created an account or logged in. We use this information to administer and improve the Services, analyze trends, track users' use of the Platform, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.

Based on Device and Usage Information, we are also able to determine general location information ("Location Information").

Location Information: we use a third-party database to map the general location to which each IP address corresponds ("Location Information"). The Location Information that is mapped from an IP address is limited to country and city – we do not identify precise location. We use Location Information in order to more effectively provide our Services to our Users.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

Freestyle Stats uses cookies and similar technologies. Through our use of cookies (and similar technologies), we or authorized third parties collect some Device and Usage Information. Some cookies are necessary to make the Site and our content available to you, while others are meant to improve the Site and enable us to analyze and measure audience and traffic. For more information on our use of cookies and the data that they collect, see our Cookie Policy.

Information from Third Parties

In some instances, we process personal information from third parties, which consists of data from our partners. In all such cases, individuals are informed of our processing activities and/or able to choose certain preferences at the time of collection.

Analytics

With the Device and Usage Information collected by our third-party analytics services, such as Google Analytics, as well as Log Data, we generate and process aggregated information, such as statistical or demographic data. Aggregated Information may be derived from personal data, but may not considered personal data if it does not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. For example, we may track the total number of visitors to our Platform, or review Log Data, or track the number of visitors to each page of our Site. We aggregate this data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific feature of the Platform and analyze this data for trends and statistics.

However, if we or our third-party analytics service providers combine or connect Aggregated Information with your personal data so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, we treat the combined data as personal data, which will be processed in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Please see our Cookie Policy for more information.

How Do We Use Personal Information That We Collect

We use your personal information for a number of different reasons, as further explained below.

In addition, for users located in the EEA and the UK, we must have a valid legal basis in order to process your personal data. The main legal bases under the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that justify our collection and use of your personal information are:

Performance of a contract — When your personal information is necessary to enter into or perform our contract with you.

Consent — When you have consented to our use of your personal information via a consent form (online or offline).

Legitimate interests — When we use your personal information to achieve a legitimate interest and our reasons for using it outweigh any prejudice to your data protection rights.

Legal obligation — When we must use your personal information to comply with our legal obligations.

Legal claims — When your personal information is necessary for us to defend, prosecute or make a claim.

When We Share Information

We only disclose your personal information as described below.

Third-Party Service Providers

Freestyle Stats discloses users' information to our third party agents, contractors, or service providers who are hired to perform services on our behalf. These companies do things to help us provide the Platform, and in some cases collect information directly. Below is an illustrative list of functions for which we may use third-party service providers:

  • Analytics services
  • Functionality and debugging services
  • Professional service providers, such as auditors, lawyers, consultants, accountants and insurers

Anonymized Information

We share aggregated, automatically-collected or otherwise non-personal information with third parties for various purposes, including (i) compliance with reporting obligations; (ii) for business or marketing purposes; (iii) to assist us and other parties in understanding our users' interests, habits and usage patterns for certain programs, content, services, marketing and/or functionality available through the Platform. We do not share personal information about you in this case.

Additional Information for Users in the EEA and the UK.

If the GDPR applies to you because you are in the EEA or the UK, you have certain rights in relation to your personal data:

The right to be informed: our obligation to inform you that we process your personal data (and that's what we're doing in this Privacy Policy);

The right of access: your right to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you (also known as a 'data subject access request');

The right of rectification: your right to request that we correct personal data about you if it is incomplete or inaccurate (though we generally recommend first making any changes in your Account Settings);

The right to erasure (also known as the 'right to be forgotten'): under certain circumstances, you may ask us to delete the personal data we have about you (unless it remains necessary for us to continue processing your personal data for a legitimate business need or to comply with a legal obligation as permitted under the GDPR, in which case we will inform you);

The right to restrict processing: your right, under certain circumstances, to ask us to suspend our processing of your personal data;

The right to data portability: your right to ask us for a copy of your personal data in a common format (for example, a .csv file);

The right to object: your right to object to us processing your personal data (for example, if you object to us processing your data for direct marketing); and

Rights in relation to automated decision-making and profiling: our obligation to be transparent about any profiling we do, or any automated decision-making.

These rights are subject to certain rules around when you can exercise them.

Site Visitors in the EEA or the UK.

If you are located in the EEA or the UK and you are a Customer, Site Visitor or Event Attendee, and wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, you may contact us at privacy@freestylestats.com using the term "DSR" as your email subject line.

You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal data (or to exercise any of the other rights) unless your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with your request under those circumstances.

If we cannot reasonably verify your identity, we will not be able to comply with your request(s). We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity. This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. Note that this is especially true when you engage a third party to assist you in exercising your rights.

We will respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it may take us longer than a month if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated as required by law. In addition, we will always balance your rights against those of other data subjects in connection with any requests, and in some cases this may require us to redact our responses or deny a request.

Customers also can access, correct, export, or update their Account Information by editing their profile or organization record at https://freestylestats.com. We ask that Customers use this option as a first step when rectifying information.

If you no longer wish to receive our marketing/promotional information, we remind you that you may withdraw your consent to direct marketing at any time directly from the unsubscribe link included in each electronic marketing message we send to you. If you do so, we will promptly update our databases, and will take all reasonable steps to meet your request at the earliest possible opportunity, but we may continue to contact you to the extent necessary for the purposes of providing our Services.

Finally, you have the right to make a complaint at any time to the supervisory authority for data protection issues in your country of residence. We would, however, appreciate the chance to address your concerns before you approach the supervisory authority, so please contact us directly first.

European Representative

Pursuant to Article 27 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Freestyle Stats has appointed European Data Protection Office (EDPO) as its GDPR representative in the EU. You can contact EDPO regarding matters pertaining to the GDPR by:

UK Representative

Pursuant to the UK GDPR, Freestyle Stats has appointed EDPO UK Ltd as its UK GDPR representative in the UK. You can contact EDPO UK regarding matters pertaining to the UK GDPR:

Contact Us

If you have any questions or suggestions regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us at privacy@freestylestats.com.

Last updated: January 1, 2024