At ChessPicks.com, we are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring you have a secure online experience. This Privacy Policy outlines how we handle your personal information and your rights regarding this data.
Location Data in Images
We advise against uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) as they can be downloaded and the location data extracted by any visitor to the website. To protect your privacy, please remove any such data from images before uploading them to our platform.
Use of Cookies
Commenting on our site: If you leave a comment on ChessPicks.com, you may choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience, so you don’t have to re-enter your details when you comment again. These cookies remain for one year.
Login information: When you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
Upon logging in, we set several cookies to store your login info and screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, while screen option cookies last for a year. Selecting “Remember Me” keeps your login active for two weeks. Logging out removes these cookies.
Editing or publishing content: If you edit or publish an article, a cookie will store in your browser, indicating the post ID of the article you edited. It contains no personal data and expires after 1 day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on ChessPicks.com may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Such content from other websites behaves as though the visitor has visited the source website directly. These sites may collect data, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including tracking your engagement if you are logged in to their website.
Data Sharing
Your data’s confidentiality is paramount. If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. Apart from this, we do not share your personal information with third parties unless legally required.
Data Retention
We retain your data for as long as necessary to provide you with our services. For comments, this means indefinitely, to recognize and approve follow-up comments. For registered users, we store the personal information provided in their user profiles. Users can manage their personal information at any time, except for changing their username. Administrators may also access this information.
Your Rights Over Your Data
If you have an account or have left comments on our site, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided. You can also request the deletion of your personal data. This excludes data retained for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Automated Data Checks
Visitor comments may be screened by an automated spam detection service to protect the site from unwanted or malicious content.
DMCA Compliance Statement for ChessPicks.com
At ChessPicks.com, we respect the intellectual property rights of others and expect our users to do the same. We adhere to the provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and are committed to responding promptly to copyright infringement notices and complying with applicable copyright laws.
Copyright Infringement Notification
If you believe that your copyrighted work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement and is accessible on our website, please notify us by submitting a complaint to our designated agent. We require that your notification be in writing and include the following information:
- A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
- Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site.
- Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material.
- Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted.
- A statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
- A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
Please send your complaint to our designated agent at the following address:
Email: info@chesspicks.com
We take all valid complaints seriously and will review your claim within a reasonable timeframe. If your complaint is deemed valid, we will take the necessary actions to remove the infringing material or disable access to it.
Counter-Notification
If you believe that the material you posted on our website was removed by mistake or misidentification, you can send us a counter-notification. Be advised that we will share your counter-notification with the complaining party who filed the original infringement notice. If they do not file a court action against you within 14 business days of receiving the counter-notification, we may reinstate the material in question.
Disclaimer
Please note that the information provided in this DMCA Compliance Statement does not constitute legal advice. We recommend seeking the assistance of legal counsel if you are unsure of your rights and obligations under the DMCA and applicable laws.