Contents

1. Introduction
2. Data Controller
3. Data Processing Principles
4. Legal Basis for Data Processing
5. Data Collected
6. Data Safety
7. How We Share Your Data
8. Your Rights (applies to all users worldwide)
9. How to Delete Your Account and Data (ALL users)
10. Privacy Policy Changes
11. Contacts

1. Introduction

This Privacy Policy outlines howBasketnews, UAB (“we,” “us,” “our”) collects, uses, shares, and protects your personal information. We are committed to safeguarding your privacy and handling your data responsibly in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other applicable data protection laws.

By accessing or using our websites, mobile applications, social media profiles, or interacting with us in any other way, you consent to the practices described in this policy.

This Privacy Policy applies toall users worldwide, including visitors and customers, and covers all digital properties owned or operated by Basketnews, UAB.

2. Data Controller

Basketnews, UAB
Legal Entity Code: 305729000
Address: Baltijos st. 53-41, LT-48299, Kaunas, Lithuania
Contact Email:[email protected]

3. Data Processing Principles

• Lawfulness, Fairness, and Transparency: We process personal data lawfully, fairly, and transparently.
• Purpose Limitation: We collect personal data for specified, explicit, and legitimate purposes and do not process it in ways incompatible with those purposes.
• Data Minimization: We collect only what is necessary.
• Accuracy: We strive to keep data accurate and up to date.
• Storage Limitation: We retain data only as long as needed for the purposes collected.
• Integrity and Confidentiality: We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to secure personal data.
• We process personal data only when necessary for the purposes described in this policy.

4. Legal Basis for Data Processing

• Contractual Necessity: order processing and fulfillment; managing customer accounts and subscriptions; handling payments and refunds; customer support and dispute resolution.
• Legitimate Interests: improving services and user experience; preventing fraud; providing relevant service information; personalization; service analytics; establishing or defending legal claims.
• Legal Obligation: compliance with accounting and tax requirements; consumer protection; other statutory duties.
• Consent: e.g., direct marketing (you can withdraw consent at any time).

5. Data Collected

Information You Provide Directly

• Contact Information: name, email address, phone number, postal address.
• Account Information: username, password, security details.
• Content: reviews, comments, photos, videos, and other content you submit.

Information Collected Automatically

• Device Information: device type, operating system, browser, IP address.
• Usage Information: pages visited, interactions, time spent.
• Location Information: when you enable location services.
• Cookies and Similar Technologies: used to enhance browsing, personalize content, and analyze traffic.

Cookies

• Essential ·Functional ·Performance ·Advertising

Tracking Technologies and Analytics

We use tools such as: Meta (Facebook) Pixel, Google Analytics, Google Ads, Google Funding Choices, Microsoft Clarity, Marfeel, and X (formerly Twitter) Pixel. You can manage preferences via your browser settings and, where available, the opt-out mechanisms provided by each service.

Managing your cookie preferences: you can accept all, reject all, or select categories. Disabling certain cookies may impact your experience.

6. Data Safety

We implement technical and organizational measures to protect your data from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or alteration, including access controls, encryption where appropriate, staff training and confidentiality undertakings, and data backups.

Data Breaches: If a breach risks your rights and freedoms, we will notify the relevant authorities and affected individuals as required by law.

7. How We Share Your Data

• We donot sell, rent, or trade your personal data to third parties for marketing purposes.
• Service Providers: IT, payments, marketing, and other vendors (under contracts and only for specified purposes).
• Business Transfers: merger, acquisition, or sale.
• Legal Compliance and protection of rights/safety.
• Transfers outside the EEA: protected by appropriate safeguards (e.g., Standard Contractual Clauses).

8. Your Rights (applies to all users worldwide)

We extend core privacy rights toall users globally, regardless of residence, citizenship, or jurisdiction.

• Right of Access: request a copy of your personal data.
• Right to Rectification: request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
• Right to Erasure (“Right to Deletion”): you may request deletion of your personal data at any time. Upon such request, we will delete your personal data from active systems and, where reasonably possible, notify our processors to do the same, except where we are legally required to retain data (e.g., for tax, accounting, or dispute-resolution purposes).
• Right to Object: especially to direct marketing, in which case we will stop processing for that purpose.
• Additional EEA Rights: restriction of processing and data portability; and the right to withdraw consent when processing is based on consent.

How to exercise your rights

• Via your account (if you have one): sign in and use the available controls.
• By email:[email protected]
• Please clearly indicate which right you wish to exercise and provide information to help identify you.

Response timeline and process

• We generally respond within 30 days; for complex cases we may extend by up to 60 additional days (we will inform you).
• We may request additional information to verify your identity.

If you are in the EEA, you may lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority. We would appreciate the chance to address your concerns first—please contact us.

9. How to Delete Your Account and Data (ALL users)

A) Self-service deletion via your account (recommended)

1. Sign in to your account on our app or website.
2. Go toAccount Settings (e.g.,Profile → Settings).
3. SelectDelete Account (or similarly named option) and confirm.

Once confirmed, youraccount and related personal data will be removed from our active systems. Where reasonably possible, we will instruct our authorized processors to do the same.

B) Request deletion by email

If you cannot sign in or cannot find the function, email us at[email protected] (subject:Data Deletion Request) and include:

• your name and the registered email address;
• any additional details that help us locate the account;
• a clear confirmation that you want to permanently delete your account and related personal data.

We may request additional information to verify your identity.

Exceptions

We may retain certain data as required by law (e.g., tax/accounting) or to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.

Users may request the deletion of their personal data at any time by contacting us at[email protected]. Upon such request, we will delete all personal data unless retention is required by law.

10. Privacy Policy Changes

We may update this Policy from time to time. When we do, we will update the “Effective Date” and “Version” above. We encourage you to review this Policy periodically.

11. Contacts

Data Protection Officer
Basketnews, UAB
Address: Baltijos st. 53-41, LT-48299, Kaunas, Lithuania
Email:[email protected]