Last Updated: November 22, 2025

This privacy policy has been compiled to better serve those who are concerned with how their ‘Personally Identifiable Information’ (PII) is being used online.

PII, as described in privacy law and information security, is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context.

Privacy Policy

Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect, or otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with our cricket information and analysis website, CricketCounsel.com.

What Personal Information Do We Collect From Visitors?

When visiting our cricket website, contacting us, or engaging with our cricket content on CricketCounsel.com, you may be asked to enter your name, email address, cricket preferences, favorite teams, preferred cricket formats, or other details to help enhance your cricket information experience.

We collect this information primarily when you reach out to us through our contact forms or email us directly regarding our cricket articles, match analyses, player insights, tactical breakdowns, or tournament coverage.

We may also collect information about your cricket interests, preferred cricket formats (Test, ODI, T20, franchise leagues), favorite international or domestic teams, preferred tournaments (such as IPL, World Cups, bilateral series, or other major cricket competitions), reading preferences, and areas of cricket interest (batting techniques, bowling strategies, fielding tactics, team management, cricket history, etc.) to help us deliver more relevant cricket content that aligns with your specific interests.

It’s important to note that CricketCounsel.com does not currently offer user account registration or newsletter subscription services.

Therefore, we do not collect information through account creation or email subscription processes.

The primary way we collect personal information is through direct communication when you contact us via email or contact forms to ask questions, provide feedback, request clarifications, or engage with our cricket counsel and analysis.

When Do We Collect Information?

We collect information from you when you visit our cricket website, fill out a contact form, send us an email inquiry, comment on our cricket articles (if commenting is enabled), share our cricket content on social media platforms, engage with our interactive features, or interact with any website functionality.

Additionally, we automatically collect certain technical information when you browse our cricket analysis, read match breakdowns, view player assessments, study tactical insights, check tournament coverage, explore cricket education content, or access any pages on CricketCounsel.com.

This automatic data collection occurs through cookies and tracking technologies that help us understand how visitors interact with our cricket content, which analytical articles are most popular, which tactical breakdowns resonate with readers, how long visitors spend on different types of content, what cricket topics generate the most interest, and what types of cricket counsel and guidance our audience finds most valuable.

We also collect information when you click on affiliate links for cricket equipment or services, view advertisements, engage with embedded media content (videos, social media posts, infographics), or interact with third-party content integrated into our website.

How Do We Use Your Information?

We may use the information we collect from you when you visit our website, contact us via email, respond to cricket-related inquiries, browse cricket articles, view match coverage, engage with tactical analysis, or use certain other site features in the following ways:

• To personalize your cricket experience: We analyze your browsing behavior, reading patterns, and content engagement to understand your specific cricket interests and deliver content about your preferred cricket formats, teams, players, tournaments, and tactical aspects of the game. This helps us recommend relevant articles, match analyses, player insights, tactical breakdowns, and cricket counsel that align with your interests and knowledge level.
• To improve our cricket website: We use visitor data, feedback, and engagement metrics to enhance our cricket content quality, website design, navigation structure, content organization, search functionality, and overall user experience. Understanding how cricket enthusiasts interact with our analytical content helps us make strategic improvements that better serve the cricket community seeking expert counsel and insights.
• To provide better cricket content and counsel: Your engagement with different types of cricket articles, match analyses, player assessments, tactical breakdowns, strategic insights, cricket education content, and tournament coverage helps us understand what content resonates with our audience. This enables us to focus on creating more of the cricket counsel, analysis, and information that fans want to read and learn from.
• To respond to inquiries and provide support: When you contact us with questions about cricket tactics, feedback on our analyses, requests for clarification on cricket concepts, correction requests, technical website issues, or any other inquiries, we use your contact information to provide timely, accurate, and helpful responses that reflect our commitment to serving as your trusted cricket counsel.
• To analyze cricket content performance: We study which cricket topics, match analyses, player insights, tactical discussions, strategic breakdowns, cricket education articles, and tournament coverage generate the most interest and engagement. This data-driven approach helps us optimize our editorial strategy, refine our analytical approach, and cover cricket topics that matter most to readers seeking expert cricket counsel.
• To understand our audience: We analyze demographic information, geographic distribution, device usage, browsing patterns, and content preferences to better understand who our readers are and what they seek from Cricket Counsel. This helps us tailor our content strategy to meet the needs of cricket enthusiasts at various knowledge levels.
• To maintain website security: We monitor website traffic, user behavior patterns, access logs, and system activities to identify potential security threats, prevent spam and malicious activities, detect unauthorized access attempts, protect against cyber threats, and ensure both our website and our visitors remain safe from security vulnerabilities.
• To comply with legal obligations: We may use and disclose your information as required by applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, court orders, or governmental requests. We will also use information to enforce our terms of service, protect our rights and property, and ensure compliance with our policies.
• To improve our services: We continuously evaluate how we can enhance the quality of our cricket counsel, expand our coverage, improve our analytical depth, and better serve cricket fans seeking expert insights and guidance.

How Do We Protect Your Information?

We take the protection of your personal information seriously and implement various security measures to maintain the safety of your data when you enter, submit, or access your information on CricketCounsel.com.

Our website uses secure hosting services provided by reputable hosting companies that employ industry-standard security protocols, encryption technologies, and protective infrastructure.

We conduct regular malware scanning and security audits to ensure our website remains free from viruses, malicious code, security vulnerabilities, and other threats that could compromise visitor data or website integrity.

Our hosting infrastructure includes firewalls, intrusion detection systems, DDoS protection, and other advanced security technologies designed to prevent unauthorized access to our servers, databases, and sensitive information.

We implement SSL/TLS encryption (HTTPS) to secure data transmission between your browser and our servers, protecting information as it travels across the internet.

It’s important to note that CricketCounsel.com focuses primarily on delivering cricket analysis, tactical insights, player assessments, match breakdowns, cricket education, and expert counsel to cricket enthusiasts.

We do not collect, store, or process any sensitive financial information such as credit card numbers, bank account details, payment information, or other financial data on our platform. Since we do not process payments directly through our website, we do not implement PCI (Payment Card Industry) compliance standards or vulnerability scanning specifically related to financial transactions.

We limit access to personal information to only those team members, contractors, or service providers who need access to perform their duties and who are bound by confidentiality obligations.

We regularly review and update our security practices to address emerging threats and maintain appropriate protection for your information.

While we strive to use commercially acceptable and industry-standard means to protect your personal information, please remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.

Therefore, while we implement reasonable and appropriate security measures consistent with industry standards, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information against all possible threats.

Do We Use Cookies and Tracking Technologies?

Yes. Cookies are small text files that a website or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive or mobile device through your web browser (if you allow) that enable the site’s or service provider’s systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information about your preferences and behavior.

We use cookies to help us understand your cricket preferences, remember your favorite cricket content, track your reading history on CricketCounsel.com, recognize returning visitors, maintain your session during your visit, and improve your overall browsing experience.

Cookies help us compile aggregate data about site traffic, content engagement, popular articles, user navigation patterns, and cricket content interaction so we can offer better website experiences, more relevant cricket articles, improved content organization, and more valuable cricket counsel in the future.

They also enable us to understand which cricket topics, analytical approaches, tactical discussions, teams, tournaments, players, and types of cricket counsel generate the most interest and engagement among our readers seeking expert insights.

Types of cookies we use:

• Essential Cookies: These are necessary for the website to function properly and cannot be disabled. They enable basic functions like page navigation, secure areas access, and website security.
• Analytics Cookies: We use analytics services like Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our website, which pages they visit, how long they stay, where they come from, and what actions they take. This information is collected anonymously and helps us improve our content and user experience.
• Advertising Cookies: We use advertising networks like Google AdSense to display relevant advertisements. These cookies help serve ads based on your interests and measure advertising effectiveness.
• Preference Cookies: These remember your preferences and settings to provide a more personalized experience on return visits.

For more detailed information about how we use cookies, please refer to our separate Cookie Policy page.

You can control cookie settings through your browser preferences. However, disabling cookies may affect certain features and functionality of our website.

Third Party Disclosure and Data Sharing

We do not sell, trade, rent, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information unless we provide you with advance notice and obtain your explicit consent, except as described in this privacy policy.

This does not include website hosting partners, cricket data providers, analytics services, advertising networks, affiliate program partners, and other trusted third parties who assist us in operating our cricket website, conducting our business, delivering cricket content and counsel, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.

The third-party services we work with include:

• Website hosting providers: These companies host our website infrastructure, store our content, and may have access to server logs, technical data, and backup information necessary to maintain website operations.
• Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to analyze website traffic, user behavior, content performance, engagement metrics, and audience demographics. Google Analytics collects data anonymously using cookies and provides us with insights about how visitors discover, navigate, and interact with our cricket content and analysis.
• Google AdSense: We display advertisements through Google AdSense to support our cricket website operations and provide free cricket content, analysis, and counsel to our readers. Google may use cookies and similar technologies to serve relevant advertisements based on your browsing history and interests across the web.
• Affiliate networks: We participate in affiliate marketing programs for cricket equipment, cricket services, sports products, and related offerings. When you click affiliate links and make purchases, affiliate networks may use cookies and tracking technologies to track referrals, attribute sales, and calculate commissions. Examples may include Amazon Associates and other cricket-related affiliate programs.
• Social media platforms: If we embed content from platforms like Facebook, Twitter/X, Instagram, YouTube, or other social networks, these platforms may set their own cookies, collect data according to their privacy policies, and track your interactions with embedded content.
• Content Delivery Networks (CDNs): We may use CDN services to deliver website content faster and more efficiently to users around the world. These services may collect technical information about your device and connection.
• Email service providers: If we implement email communications in the future, we may use email service providers to send newsletters, updates, or respond to inquiries. These providers would have access to email addresses and related communication data.

We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our website policies and terms of service, protect our rights or others’ rights, protect property or safety, investigate or assist in investigations of fraudulent or illegal activity, or respond to legal process or government requests.

In the event of a business transfer, merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your personal information may be transferred to the acquiring entity, subject to the same privacy protections described in this policy.

Third Party Links to Other Websites

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third-party cricket products, cricket services, cricket equipment recommendations, cricket training resources, or links to other cricket-related websites, cricket news sources, official cricket boards (ICC, BCCI, ECB, Cricket Australia, etc.), cricket statistics platforms (Cricinfo, Cricbuzz, etc.), cricket equipment retailers, cricket academies, or other external resources.

These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies over which we have no control or responsibility.

We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content, privacy practices, data collection methods, security measures, and activities of these linked sites.

Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our cricket website and welcome any feedback about these third-party websites if you encounter any issues or concerns.

We encourage you to carefully review the privacy policies of any third-party sites you visit from links on CricketCounsel.com before providing any personal information or engaging in transactions.

When you click on affiliate links or external links, you may be redirected to third-party websites, and any information you provide to those sites is governed by their privacy policies, not ours.

Google Advertising and AdSense Compliance

Google’s advertising requirements can be summed up by Google’s Advertising Principles, which are available at https://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/answer/1316548?hl=en.

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements related to cricket, sports content, cricket equipment, cricket services, and other relevant topics on our website.

We have implemented Google AdSense to help support our cricket platform financially and enable us to provide free cricket analysis, tactical insights, player assessments, match breakdowns, cricket education, and expert counsel to our global audience of cricket enthusiasts seeking quality cricket information.

The advertisements displayed may be related to cricket equipment and gear, cricket merchandise and apparel, sports betting services (where legally permitted), cricket video games, cricket tours and travel, cricket coaching and training, cricket books and media, sports nutrition, fitness products, or other cricket-related and sports-related products and services.

Google uses cookies and similar technologies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other websites on the Internet, creating personalized advertising experiences.

Your advertising choices:

You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings at https://adssettings.google.com/.

Alternatively, you can opt out of third-party vendor use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info or www.youronlinechoices.com (for European users).

You can also control advertising cookies through your browser settings, though this may affect the relevance of ads you see.

Please note that opting out of personalized advertising does not mean you will stop seeing ads; it means the ads you see will be less relevant to your interests.

California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA) Compliance

CalOPPA is the first state law in the United States to require commercial websites and online services to post a privacy policy. According to CalOPPA, we agree to the following:

• Anonymous website visits: Users can visit our cricket website anonymously without being required to provide personal information, create an account, or register for services. You can browse our cricket analyses, tactical insights, and expert counsel without identifying yourself.
• Privacy Policy accessibility: Our Privacy Policy link includes the word ‘Privacy’ and can be easily found on the homepage of CricketCounsel.com and in our website footer on every page, ensuring you can always access our privacy practices.
• Privacy Policy updates: Users will be notified of any privacy policy changes on our Privacy Policy page. We will update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this policy whenever changes are made. For material changes that significantly affect your rights, we will provide additional prominent notice.
• Personal information changes: Users can request access to, corrections of, or deletion of their personal information by emailing us directly at [your contact email]. We will respond to such requests within a reasonable timeframe as required by law, typically within 30 days.
• Do Not Track signals: We currently do not respond to Do Not Track (DNT) browser signals, as there is no industry-wide standard for how to respond to such signals. However, you can control cookies through your browser settings and opt out of personalized advertising as described in this policy.

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Compliance

The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) puts parents in control and protects the privacy of children under 13 years of age.

We do not specifically market to or target children under 13 years of age. Our cricket content, tactical analysis, expert counsel, and strategic insights are designed for general audiences with an interest in cricket news, match coverage, player information, tactical discussions, and tournament updates.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 years of age.

If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly as possible and take steps to prevent future collection.

If you believe that we might have any information from or about a child under 13, or if you are a parent or guardian who wants to review or request deletion of your child’s information, please contact us immediately at [your contact email], and we will take prompt action.

Fair Information Practices and Data Breach Notification

The Fair Information Practices Principles form the backbone of privacy law in the United States, and the concepts they include have played a significant role in the development of data protection laws around the globe.

To be in line with Fair Information Practices, should a data breach occur that compromises user personal information, we will take the following responsive action:

Notification timing: We will notify affected users via email within 7 business days of discovering the breach. We will also provide notification through a prominent notice on our website homepage within 7 business days.

Notification content: The notification will include comprehensive information about:

• The nature and scope of the breach
• The types of information that were compromised
• The date or estimated date of the breach
• Steps we are taking to address the breach and prevent future incidents
• Resources available to affected individuals
• Recommendations for users to protect themselves
• Contact information for questions and concerns

Remedial actions: We will take immediate steps to contain the breach, assess the damage, prevent further unauthorized access, conduct a thorough investigation, and implement additional security measures.

We also agree to the Individual Redress Principle, which requires that individuals have the right to legally pursue enforceable rights against data collectors and processors who fail to adhere to the law.

This principle requires not only that individuals have enforceable rights against data users, but also that individuals have recourse to courts or government agencies to investigate and prosecute non-compliance by data processors.

CAN-SPAM Act Compliance

The CAN-SPAM Act is a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations.

Currently, CricketCounsel.com does not operate an email newsletter service or automated email marketing campaigns.

However, we may collect your email address when you contact us directly with inquiries, feedback, questions about cricket analysis, requests for clarification, or support requests.

In such cases, we use your email address solely to respond to your specific inquiry and will not add you to any marketing lists without your explicit, informed consent.

If we implement a newsletter service in the future, we commit to full CAN-SPAM compliance:

• Honest email headers: Our emails will accurately identify the sender (CricketCounsel.com) with truthful routing information and will not contain misleading or deceptive subject lines.
• Clear identification: Marketing emails will be clearly identified as advertisements or promotional content, allowing recipients to immediately recognize them as such.
• Physical address inclusion: All commercial emails will include our valid physical business location or post office box.
• Opt-out mechanism: We will provide a clear, conspicuous, and easy way to unsubscribe from future emails in every message. The unsubscribe process will be simple and not require any information beyond an email address.
• Prompt opt-out processing: We will honor opt-out requests promptly, within 10 business days maximum, and will not charge any fee for processing unsubscribe requests.
• Third-party compliance: If we hire third parties to handle our email marketing, we will ensure they comply with all CAN-SPAM requirements and will remain responsible for their compliance.

To unsubscribe from any future correspondence or to request removal from any communication lists, you can email us at [your contact email], and we will promptly remove you from all correspondence lists.

Your Privacy Rights and Choices

Depending on your location and applicable laws, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information:

• Right to Access: You can request access to the personal information we hold about you, including details about how we collect, use, and share your information.
• Right to Correction: You can request correction of inaccurate, incomplete, or outdated personal information we maintain about you.
• Right to Deletion: You can request deletion of your personal information, subject to certain legal exceptions (such as compliance with legal obligations, exercise of legal claims, or legitimate business purposes).
• Right to Object: You can object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances, particularly for direct marketing purposes or when processing is based on legitimate interests.
• Right to Restriction: You can request restriction of processing of your personal information under certain conditions.
• Right to Portability: You can request a copy of your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format that can be transferred to another service provider.
• Right to Withdraw Consent: Where processing is based on consent, you can withdraw your consent at any time, though this won’t affect the lawfulness of processing before withdrawal.
• Right to Lodge Complaints: You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you believe we have violated your privacy rights.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [your contact email] with your specific request, including:

• Your name and contact information
• A clear description of your request
• Any relevant details that help us locate your information
• Verification of your identity (we may request additional information to confirm your identity before processing requests)

We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe as required by applicable law, typically within 30 days. In some cases, we may need additional time and will inform you of any delays.

Please note that certain rights may be subject to limitations or exceptions based on applicable laws, and we may not be able to fulfill certain requests if doing so would violate legal obligations or legitimate business interests.

International Users and Data Transfers

CricketCounsel.com is operated from India and is intended to serve a global audience of cricket fans, enthusiasts, analysts, and anyone seeking expert cricket counsel and insights.

If you are accessing our website from outside India, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in India or other countries where our service providers, hosting companies, analytics partners, or other third-party services operate.

By using our website, you consent to the transfer of your information to countries outside your country of residence, which may have different data protection laws, regulations, and standards than those in your country.

• For European Economic Area (EEA) and UK users: We acknowledge the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and will take appropriate measures to ensure that your personal information receives an adequate level of protection in the jurisdictions in which we process it, including through standard contractual clauses or other approved transfer mechanisms.
• For users in other jurisdictions: We will comply with applicable data protection laws in your region and ensure appropriate safeguards are in place for international data transfers.

We will take reasonable steps to ensure that your personal information is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy, regardless of where it is processed.

Data Retention

We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

Retention periods vary based on information type:

• Contact inquiries: We retain correspondence and contact information for as long as necessary to respond to your inquiry and maintain records of our communications, typically 3-5 years.
• Analytics data: Cookie-based analytics data is retained according to our analytics provider’s policies, typically up to 26 months for Google Analytics.
• Server logs: Technical logs and access records are typically retained for 6-12 months for security and troubleshooting purposes.
• Legal obligations: We may retain certain information longer if required by law, for legal proceedings, to enforce our terms, or to protect our rights.

When personal information is no longer needed, we will securely delete or anonymize it in accordance with our data retention policies and applicable legal requirements.

Changes and Updates to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to update, modify, or replace this Privacy Policy at any time to reflect changes in our practices, technologies, legal requirements, or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons.

Any changes will be effective immediately upon posting the updated Privacy Policy on our website, unless otherwise specified.

We will update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this policy to reflect the date of the most recent changes.

For significant changes: If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy that significantly affect your rights, expand our data collection practices, change how we use your information, or alter your privacy protections, we will provide prominent notice through one or more of the following methods:

• A prominent banner or notice on our website homepage
• An email notification (if we have your email address)
• A notification in our social media channels
• A reasonable advance notice period before changes take effect

We encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed about how we are protecting your personal information, what data we collect, how we use it, and your privacy rights.

Your continued use of CricketCounsel.com after any modifications to this Privacy Policy will constitute your acknowledgment of the modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the updated Privacy Policy.

If you do not agree with any changes to this Privacy Policy, you should discontinue use of our website.

Privacy Questions and Contact Information

If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy, concerns about how we handle your personal information, requests to exercise your privacy rights, complaints about our privacy practices, or any other privacy-related inquiries, you may contact us using the following methods:

Email: businessbuddykb@gmail.com

Website: CricketCounsel.com

Contact Page: Visit our Contact Us page for additional ways to reach us

We are committed to resolving any privacy concerns or complaints you may have in a timely and professional manner.

When you contact us, please provide as much detail as possible about your concern, inquiry, or request so we can address it appropriately and effectively. Include:

• Your name and contact information
• A clear description of your concern or request
• Any relevant details, dates, or reference information
• The specific privacy issue you want us to address

We will make every reasonable effort to respond to your inquiry within a reasonable timeframe, typically within 7-10 business days for general inquiries and within 30 days for formal privacy rights requests.

For urgent privacy concerns or potential security issues, please clearly mark your communication as “URGENT PRIVACY MATTER” in the subject line.

Commitment to Privacy

Thank you for trusting CricketCounsel.com with your information.

We are committed to protecting your privacy, being transparent about our data practices, respecting your privacy rights, and handling your personal information responsibly while delivering quality cricket analysis, expert counsel, tactical insights, and valuable cricket content to fans around the world.

Your privacy matters to us, and we continuously strive to maintain the highest standards of data protection and privacy practices.

Cricket Counsel – Your Trusted Voice in Cricket