POLICIES
PRIVACY POLICY
LAST UPDATED: MARCH 22, 2026
Calgary Wild FC ("we", "us", "our") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard personal information when you visit club.calgarywildfc.com (the "Website"), contact us, or sign up to receive updates from us.
This Privacy Policy is intended to help you understand what information we collect, why we collect it, how we use it, and the choices available to you.
1. WHO WE ARE
Business name: Calgary Wild FC
Website: club.calgarywildfc.com
Email: hello@calgarywildfc.com
For the purposes of applicable privacy laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") where applicable, Calgary Wild FC is the controller of your personal data.
2. INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We may collect the following categories of information:
A. INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE DIRECTLY
You may provide us with personal information when you:
- submit a contact form
- request information or services
- sign up for a newsletter or mailing list
- otherwise communicate with us
Depending on the form, this information may include:
- name
- email address
- phone number
- company name
- subject matter of your inquiry
- any other information you choose to include in your message
B. INFORMATION COLLECTED AUTOMATICALLY
When you use the Website, we or our service providers may automatically collect certain technical and usage information, such as:
- IP address
- browser type and version
- device type
- operating system
- referring pages
- pages visited
- time spent on pages
- date and time of visits
- general geographic region
- interactions with the Website
This information may be collected through cookies and similar technologies, subject to your consent where required by law.
3. HOW WE USE INFORMATION
We may use personal information for the following purposes:
- to operate, maintain, and improve the Website
- to respond to inquiries and communicate with you
- to provide the information, products, or services you request
- to send newsletters or marketing communications you have chosen to receive
- to understand Website traffic and user behaviour
- to monitor the performance and security of the Website
- to comply with legal obligations and enforce our legal rights
4. LEGAL BASES FOR PROCESSING (GDPR)
If GDPR applies to our processing of your personal data, we rely on one or more of the following legal bases:
- Consent: for example, where you voluntarily sign up for newsletters or consent to analytics or marketing cookies.
- Legitimate interests: for example, to respond to inquiries, maintain the Website, improve our services, and protect our business from misuse, where those interests are not overridden by your rights.
- Contract / steps prior to entering a contract: where processing is necessary to respond to a request related to our services or to take steps at your request before entering into an agreement.
- Legal obligation: where we must process personal data to comply with applicable law.
Consent under GDPR must be freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous, and users must be able to withdraw it.
5. COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES
We use cookies and similar technologies to operate the Website, understand how visitors use it, and, where applicable, support marketing and advertising activities.
Cookies may include:
- Strictly necessary cookies: required for core Website functionality, security, and consent preferences
- Analytics cookies: used to understand traffic and usage patterns
- Functional cookies: used to remember certain user preferences
- Advertising / marketing cookies: used by advertising or social media platforms to measure campaigns or personalize ads
Where required by applicable law, we ask for your consent before placing non-essential cookies, including analytics and marketing cookies. You can manage your cookie preferences through our cookie banner, the cookie settings controls on this Website, or your browser settings.
For more information, please review our Cookie Policy .
6. GOOGLE ANALYTICS
We may use Google Analytics to collect information about how visitors use the Website. Google Analytics may collect information such as pages visited, time spent on pages, device information, browser information, approximate geographic location, and interactions with the Website.
Google Analytics uses cookies and similar technologies to help us analyze Website traffic and improve the Website.
Where required by law, Google Analytics will only be activated after you provide consent through our cookie banner.
You can also learn more about how Google uses data in connection with its services by reviewing Google’s privacy documentation, and you may be able to opt out through available browser tools or settings.
7. FORMS AND COMMUNICATIONS
A. CONTACT FORMS
If you contact us through a Website form, we use the information you submit to:
- respond to your inquiry
- provide requested information
- follow up regarding our services
- maintain internal records of communications
We ask that you do not submit sensitive personal information through Website forms unless specifically requested.
B. NEWSLETTER SIGN-UP FORMS
If you subscribe to our newsletter or marketing emails, we use your information to send updates, news, promotions, or other communications you requested.
You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in our emails or by contacting us directly.
Where required by law, we will only send marketing emails where we have an appropriate legal basis, such as your consent.
8. HOW WE SHARE INFORMATION
We do not sell your personal information. We may share personal information with trusted third parties that help us operate the Website or communicate with you, such as:
- Website hosting providers
- analytics providers
- email and newsletter service providers
- form processing or CRM providers
- security and spam prevention providers
- professional advisers or authorities where required by law
These third parties may process personal information on our behalf and are expected to protect it appropriately.
9. INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS
Some of our service providers may process or store personal information outside your province, state, or country, including in countries that may have different data protection laws than your own.
Where required by applicable law, we take reasonable steps to ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place for cross-border transfers of personal data.
10. DATA RETENTION
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including to:
- respond to inquiries
- provide requested services
- send communications you have subscribed to
- comply with legal, accounting, or record-keeping obligations
- resolve disputes and enforce agreements
11. YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS
Depending on where you live, you may have rights regarding your personal information, including the right to:
- request access to personal information we hold about you
- request correction of inaccurate information
- request deletion of your personal information
- object to or restrict certain processing
- withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
- request portability of your personal data, where applicable
- lodge a complaint with a data protection authority
If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at hello@calgarywildfc.com .
12. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
This Website is not intended for children under 16, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children through the Website.
13. SECURITY
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect personal information. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
14. THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES AND SERVICES
Our Website may contain links to third-party websites or services. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those third parties. We encourage you to review their privacy policies before providing personal information.
15. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated "Last updated" date.
16. CONTACT US
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at:
Calgary Wild FC