This Privacy Policy establishes the terms in which MTBDATA (hereinafter "the Company", "we", or "us") uses and protects the information provided by its users and professional riders when using the website mtbdata.com.
We are committed to the security of our users' data. When we ask you to fill in personal information fields, we do so ensuring that it will only be used in accordance with this document. However, this Privacy Policy may change over time or be updated, so we recommend reviewing this page continuously to ensure you agree with such changes.
Our website collects personal data in two different ways:
A. Provided Directly by You:
Users: Name, email address, and demographic information when registering or subscribing.
Professional Riders/Teams: Identity verification documents and profile photos when claiming a profile.
Payment Information: If you purchase a Premium subscription, our payment processors (e.g., Stripe, PayPal) will process your billing details. MTBDATA does not store your full credit card information.
B. Collected from Public Sources (Sports Data):
To fulfill our mission as a statistical database, we collect and process publicly available data regarding professional sporting results from official sources (such as the UCI, National Federations, and public event classifications). This includes names, nationalities, age categories, and race results of athletes participating in official competitions.
We use the information collected for the following purposes:
Service Provision: To provide access to the database, manage user accounts, and process Premium subscriptions.
Legitimate Interest (Sports Database): To maintain a historical record of Mountain Bike statistics for informational and journalistic purposes.
Profile Verification: To ensure that a user claiming a professional profile is indeed the athlete they claim to be.
Communications: To send periodic emails with special offers, new products, or relevant updates. You may unsubscribe from these emails at any time.
MTBDATA is highly committed to keeping your information secure. We use advanced SSL encryption systems and constantly update them to ensure there is no unauthorized access. We implement technical and organizational security measures established in current GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) legislation.
A cookie refers to a file sent to request permission to be stored on your computer. Our website uses cookies to:
Identify the pages visited and their frequency for statistical analysis.
Recognize you individually to provide a personalized service (e.g., keeping you logged in).
You can accept or deny the use of cookies; however, most browsers automatically accept cookies as they serve to provide a better web service. You can delete cookies at any time from your computer. If declined, you may not be able to use some of our services (such as Premium features).
We do not sell, assign, or distribute personal information that is collected without your consent, unless required by a judge with a court order.
To provide services strictly necessary for the development of our activity, mtbdata.com shares data with the following service providers under their corresponding privacy conditions:
Hosting & Infrastructure: (e.g., AWS, DigitalOcean) to host the database.
Payment Processors: To securely manage subscriptions and billing.
Analytics: (e.g., Google Analytics) to understand web traffic.
Email Marketing: To manage our newsletter and transactional emails.
At any time, you may restrict the collection or use of personal information.
Users: You can access, rectify, or delete your account data via your profile settings.
Professional Riders: If you wish to rectify incorrect data in your public sporting profile or claim ownership of it, please use the "Claim Profile" feature or contact us directly.
This website may contain links to other sites that may be of interest to you. Once you click on these links and leave our page, we no longer have control over the site to which you are redirected and are not responsible for the terms or privacy or the protection of your data on those third-party sites.