Last updated: August 24, 2025
Who We Are
Our website address is: https://rwacontest.org. We are committed to protecting your privacy and being transparent about how we collect, use, and protect your information.
Information We Collect
In this policy, “personal information” refers to any data that can be used to identify you directly or indirectly. This may include your name, email address, IP address, and other information you provide to us or that is collected automatically.
Information You Provide to Us
We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide when you interact with our site. This could include:
- Contact Forms: If you use a contact form, we collect the information you submit (e.g., your name and email address) to respond to your inquiry.
- Newsletter Subscriptions: If you sign up for our newsletter, we collect your email address to send you updates.
- Comments: If you leave a comment on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, your IP address, and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
Automatically Collected Information
When you visit our website, we automatically collect certain information, including:
- Your IP address
- Browser type and version
- Operating system
- Referring website
- Pages visited and time spent on our site
- Date and time of your visit
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for the following purposes and with the following legal bases:
- To Improve Our Website: We use automatically collected data to understand how visitors use our site, which helps us improve our content and user experience. Our legal basis for this is our legitimate interest in operating and improving our website.
- To Communicate with You: If you contact us or subscribe to our newsletter, we use your personal information to respond to your requests and send you relevant information. Our legal basis for this is your consent.
- Spam and Abuse Prevention: We use automated spam detection services to analyze visitor comments. This service may use data, including your IP address and the content of your comment, to prevent spam and abuse on our site. Our legal basis is our legitimate interest in maintaining a secure and trustworthy platform.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar technologies to enhance your browsing experience. Specifically:
- Essential Cookies: We set temporary cookies to determine if your browser accepts cookies. These contain no personal data and are discarded when you close your browser.
- Analytics Cookies: We may use cookies to collect anonymized data about how visitors use our website to help us improve our content and user experience.
You can control cookie preferences through your browser settings, though disabling certain cookies may affect site functionality.
Third-Party Content and External Links
Embedded Content
Our site may include embedded content from other websites (videos, images, social media posts, etc.). When you interact with embedded content, the originating website may:
- Collect data about you
- Use cookies and tracking technologies
- Monitor your interactions, especially if you are logged into that external service
Their privacy policies govern how they handle your data.
External Links and Redirects
Our website contains links and redirects to external sites. When you click these links, you will be subject to the privacy policies of those external sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of external websites and encourage you to review their policies.
Data Sharing and Third Parties
We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties. We may share information only in these limited circumstances:
- Legal Requirements: When required by law or to protect our rights and safety.
- Service Providers: We may use third-party services to help us operate our website (e.g., hosting, analytics, spam detection). These providers are given access to the personal information they need to perform their functions but are not authorized to use it for other purposes.
Data Retention
- Visitor Data: Automatically collected visitor information is retained for analytical purposes and may be aggregated and anonymized for website improvement.
- User-Provided Data: Information you provide to us (e.g., contact form submissions) is retained as long as necessary to fulfill the purpose for which it was collected, or as required by law.
- Server Logs: Standard web server logs are retained for security and operational purposes.
Your Rights and Choices
You have the following rights regarding your personal data. To exercise these rights, please contact us at contests@rwa.org.
- Access: Request a copy of personal data we hold about you.
- Correction: Request correction of inaccurate personal information.
- Deletion: Request deletion of your personal data (subject to legal retention requirements).
- Portability: Request transfer of your data in a machine-readable format.
- Objection: Object to the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.
Your California Privacy Rights
If you are a California resident, you have specific rights regarding your personal information under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). These include the right to know what personal information is collected, the right to request deletion of your information, and the right to opt out of the sale of your personal information. Please contact us at the email address provided to exercise these rights.
Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no internet transmission is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
International Data Transfers
If you access our site from outside the United States, your information may be transferred to and processed in countries with different privacy laws. By using our site, you consent to such transfers.
Children’s Privacy
Our website is not intended for children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected such information, we will take steps to delete it promptly.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this privacy policy periodically. We will notify you of material changes by posting the updated policy on this page with a new “Last updated” date. Your continued use of our website after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
Contact Information
If you have questions about this privacy policy or our data practices, please contact us at:
Email: contests@rwa.org
For data protection concerns in the EU, you may also contact your local data protection authority.