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Privacy Policy

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This Privacy Policy explains how F1 Card Index ("we", "us", the "Site") handles information when you visit. We've tried to keep it plain and honest. By using the Site, you agree to the practices described here.

Information we collect

F1 Card Index does not require you to create an account, and we do not ask you to submit personal information to browse the Site. We collect:

• Information you choose to send us — for example, if you email us or use a contact form, we receive your name, email address, and the contents of your message.
• Information collected automatically — like most websites, standard server logs and analytics may record information such as your IP address, approximate location, browser type, device, referring page, and pages viewed.
• Cookies and similar technologies — set by us and by third parties (including advertising and analytics providers), as described below.

Cookies and local storage

The Site uses your browser's local storage to remember preferences (such as your selected theme) and to cache market data for performance. This information stays in your browser and is not, by itself, transmitted to us as personal data.

Cookies may also be set by the third-party services described below. You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings; disabling them may affect how some features work.

Google AdSense and advertising cookies

We use Google AdSense to display advertising on the Site. Google and its partners use cookies and similar technologies (including the DoubleClick/DART cookie) to serve and measure ads.

• Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this Site and/or other websites.
• These cookies may process data such as your IP address, device and browser information, and ad interactions to deliver, cap, and measure advertising and to detect fraud or abuse.
• You can review and control the ads Google shows you, and opt out of personalized advertising, at Google Ads Settings. More detail is available in Google's Advertising & Cookies documentation.

Third-party ad vendors

In addition to Google, other third-party advertising vendors and ad networks may serve ads on the Site and may set or read their own cookies and identifiers. Each operates under its own privacy policy, over which we have no control. You can opt out of personalized advertising from many participating vendors here:

• aboutads.info/choices (Digital Advertising Alliance, US)
• youronlinechoices.eu (EU)
• Network Advertising Initiative

Personalized and non-personalized ads

Ads on the Site may be personalized or non-personalized:

• Personalized ads use cookies and identifiers to tailor advertising to your likely interests based on your prior activity. These require your consent where the law demands it (see below).
• Non-personalized ads (NPA) are not based on your past behavior. They are targeted using contextual information such as the content of the page and coarse (e.g. country-level) location. Non-personalized ads still use a limited number of cookies for purposes such as frequency capping, aggregated ad reporting, and fraud and abuse protection.

Where required by law, or where you decline consent to advertising cookies, advertising will be limited to non-personalized ads.

Analytics

We may use analytics tools (for example, a privacy-conscious web analytics provider) to understand aggregate traffic and usage. These tools may set cookies or use similar identifiers and may process information such as pages viewed, referrer, device, and approximate location. The data is used in aggregate to measure and improve the Site.

Affiliate links

Some outbound links on the Site are affiliate links. If you click one and make a qualifying purchase, we may earn a commission at no additional cost to you. Affiliate programs may set their own cookies once you click through, under their own privacy policies. See our Disclaimer for more.

Email and contact form data

If you contact us by email or through any contact form, we collect the information you provide — typically your name, email address, and the content of your message — solely to respond to and manage your enquiry. We do not use this information for marketing without your consent, and we do not sell it. We retain it only for as long as needed to handle your request and for reasonable record-keeping, after which it is deleted.

Cookie consent for EU/UK users

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, data-protection and e-privacy laws (including the GDPR, UK GDPR, and the ePrivacy rules) require your consent before non-essential cookies — including advertising and analytics cookies — are placed on your device.

• On your first visit, we present a cookie consent banner (a consent management platform) that lets you accept, reject, or customize non-essential cookies. For EEA/UK visitors, advertising is delivered in line with these choices.
• If you reject or do not consent to advertising cookies, you will only be shown non-personalized (contextual) ads, and only strictly necessary cookies will be used.
• You can change or withdraw your consent at any time by reopening the cookie settings via the consent banner, or by clearing cookies in your browser.
• Lawful bases: we rely on your consent for advertising and analytics cookies; on our legitimate interests and/or performance of your request for essential Site operation and for responding to messages you send us.

Third-party links

The Site links to external marketplaces and auction sites (such as eBay and others). We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites. Please review their policies separately.

Children's privacy

The Site is not directed to children under the age of 13 (or the equivalent minimum age in your jurisdiction), and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them.

Your choices and rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights under laws such as the GDPR, UK GDPR, or CCPA — including rights to access, correct, delete, or restrict personal information, to object to certain processing, and to withdraw consent (for example, to advertising cookies) at any time. To make a request, contact us using the details on the Contact page.

Data security

We take reasonable measures to protect information, but no method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. Material changes will be reflected by updating the date at the top of this page. Continued use of the Site after changes constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.

Contact

Questions about this policy? Reach us via the Contact page.