Privacy Policy

Protecting your private information is our priority. This Statement of Privacy applies to www.powerlifting-america.com and Powerlifting America and governs data collection and usage. By using the PA website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

In order to better provide you with products and services offered, PA may collect personally identifiable information, such as your:

First and Last Name

Mailing Address

E-mail Address

Phone Number

If you purchase PA’s products and services, we collect billing and credit card information. This information is used to complete the purchase transaction.

PA may also collect anonymous demographic information, such as your:

Age

Gender

Weight Class

We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain products or services.

Use of your Personal Information

PA collects and uses your personal information to operate and deliver the services you have requested. PA may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from PA and its affiliates.

Sharing Information with Third Parties

PA may provide customer information to third parties for the following reasons:

PA provides user information to the organization’s sponsors. Additionally, user information is collected for the purpose of grants.

PA may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is transferred to the third party.

Opt-Out of Sale or Disclosure of Personal Information to Third Parties

In connection with any personal information we may sell or disclose to a third party for a business purpose, you have the right to know:

The categories of personal information about you that we sold and the categories of third parties to whom the personal information was sold.

The categories of personal information that we disclosed about you for a business purpose.

You have the right under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) and certain other privacy and data protection laws, as applicable, to opt-out of the sale or disclosure of your personal information.

To opt-out of the sale or disclosure of your personal information, visit this Web page.

Tracking User Behavior

PA may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within PA, in order to determine what PA services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within PA to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Automatically Collected Information

Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by PA. This information can include your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times, and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain the quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding the use of the PA website.

Use of Cookies

The PA website may use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer.

Links

This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.

Security of your Personal Information

PA secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure through encryption in transit and in storage.

We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.

Right to Deletion

Subject to certain exceptions set out below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will:

Delete your personal information from our records.

Direct any service providers to delete your personal information from their records.

Please note that we may not be able to comply with requests to delete your personal information if it is necessary to:

Complete the transaction for which the personal information was collected.

Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity.

Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality.

Exercise free speech or comply with an existing legal obligation.

Children Under Thirteen

PA collects personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. PA collects this information for the following reason(s): Membership data and event registration.

If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website.

Opt-Out & Unsubscribe from Third-Party Communications

We respect your privacy and give you an opportunity to opt-out of receiving announcements of certain information. Users may opt-out of receiving any or all communications from third-party partners of PA by contacting us here.

E-mail Communications

From time to time, PA may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication. In order to improve our Services, we may receive a notification when you open an email from PA or click on a link therein.

If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from PA, you may opt out of such communications by clicking the UNSUBSCRIBE button or contacting membership@powerlifting-america.com.

External Data Storage Sites

We may store your data on servers provided by third-party hosting vendors with whom we have contracted.

Changes to this Statement

PA reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our website, and/or by updating any privacy information. Your continued use of the website and/or Services available after such modifications will constitute your acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy and your agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.

Contact Information

PA welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that PA has not adhered to this Statement, please contact PA at:

Powerlifting America

11927 Modena Lane

Orlando, Florida 32827

Email: membership@powerlifting-america.com

Effective as of January 10, 2024