Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is caa.cy
The Cyprus Airsoft Association (CAA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and supporting airsoft activities in Cyprus. For any inquiries, you can contact us at:

Email: contact@caa.cy

We are committed to protecting your personal information and ensuring its privacy, accuracy, and security.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to assist with spam detection. Comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract location data from images on the site.

Contact Forms

If you submit a contact form, we collect the data entered in the form (e.g., name, email, and message content). This data is retained for up to [INSERT TIME PERIOD] for customer service purposes but is not used for marketing without explicit consent.

Cookies

We use cookies to enhance your browsing experience. Cookies we use include:

Session cookies for logged-in users.

Preference cookies to remember your settings.

Analytics cookies to gather anonymous data about website usage.

You can control cookies through your browser settings.

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Analytics

We use Google Analytics to track anonymous website usage data.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

We may share data with the following third parties for legitimate purposes:

Payment processors for handling fees.

Cloud hosting providers.

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

Event management platforms.

We ensure that all third parties comply with relevant privacy standards. Links to their privacy policies are available upon request.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

Access your personal data.

Request corrections to inaccurate or incomplete data.

Request deletion of your data.

Object to or restrict processing of your data.

Withdraw consent for data processing.

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us.

This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

To exercise these rights, contact us at contact@caa.cy.

Where your data is sent

Data may be transferred outside the European Union for hosting or processing by third parties.