1. What Are Cookies?

This Cookie Policy explains how Hudson Valley Pickleball & Golf Center ("HVPG," "we," "us," or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies (like pixels and web beacons) when you visit our website. Cookies are small text files placed on your computer or mobile device when you browse websites. They are essential for allowing websites to function efficiently, enhance your user experience, and provide us with insight into our community's engagement.

By using the HVPG website, you consent to the use of cookies as described in this policy.

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2. Types of Cookies We Use

HVPG utilizes cookies to enhance your experience, primarily falling into three distinct categories:

A. Necessary and Functional Cookies:

These cookies are critical for the website's operation. They enable core functions such as maintaining your login status, processing reservation details through the Club Automation platform, and ensuring the stability of our payment portals. They cannot be turned off in our system as they are required for service provision.

• Purpose: To manage user sessions, verify your identity, and securely handle membership and service access.
• Impact of Removal: Disabling these cookies in your browser will severely impair the functionality of our membership and booking services.

B. Analytics and Performance Cookies:

We use Google Analytics to gather anonymous, aggregated information about website traffic and usage patterns. These cookies help us measure performance, identify popular content, and understand how users interact with our site, allowing us to make necessary improvements.

• Provider: Google Analytics (first-party or third-party depending on configuration).
• Data Collected: Non-personal data such as page views, time spent on site, and geographical region (aggregated).
• Control: These cookies are used only with your consent, typically managed via a consent banner.

C. Marketing and Social Media Cookies:

While HVPG's focus is on providing seamless membership and facility access, our digital presence may involve integrating content from external social media providers (such as Facebook, Instagram, or similar). These integrations may use cookies for tracking purposes.

• Purpose: If utilized (e.g., via embedded content or future pixels), these cookies may track your browsing activity across the web and social platforms to help those third parties deliver tailored content or measure the effectiveness of digital campaigns.
• HVPG Policy: HVPG does not control these third-party cookies. We do not currently use them for active ad targeting, but their presence is dictated by the social media sites themselves when content is integrated or viewed.

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3. Third-Party Service Providers and Off-Site Tracking

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4. Your Options for Managing Cookies

You have the full ability to manage and delete cookies placed on your device:

Browser Controls:

You can use your web browser to accept, refuse, or delete cookies. The controls are typically found within the 'Options' or 'Preferences' section of your browser. Be aware that deleting or blocking essential functional cookies may affect your ability to use the HVPG website and access member-only services.

Analytics Opt-Out:

To prevent your anonymous usage data from being collected by Google Analytics across all websites, Google provides a browser add-on. You can search for the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on for installation details.