Privacy Policy
Ultimate Racing Pigeons Association respects the privacy of clubs, members, visitors, and users who access our website, race results, reports, and club management platform.
1. Introduction
Ultimate Racing Pigeons Association (“URPA,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) provides a racing pigeon club management and race results platform. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, how certain race information may be published, and how users may contact us regarding privacy-related questions.
2. Information We Collect
URPA may collect information necessary to operate and manage club and race records, including:
- Club name, acronym, and club-related details.
- Member name, loft name, and contact information.
- Loft coordinates or location data used for distance calculations.
- Pigeon band information, including band number, organization, year, letters, color, and sex.
- Race information, including station, release date, release time, weather, race entries, arrivals, velocities, rankings, and points.
- Uploaded race files, including Benzing or similar race clock files.
- Messages submitted through contact or registration forms.
- Basic technical information such as browser type, device type, IP address, and website usage data.
3. How We Use Information
URPA uses collected information to:
- Register and manage clubs.
- Register members, lofts, pigeons, races, and race entries.
- Calculate race distances, speeds, rankings, points, and official reports.
- Publish race results and ranking reports.
- Process imported race files.
- Respond to contact requests, support requests, and club registration inquiries.
- Improve website performance, security, and user experience.
- Maintain accurate records for club and race administration.
4. Public Race Results and Published Information
URPA is a race results and club management platform. Certain information may be displayed publicly as part of official race reports, historical records, and rankings.
Public information may include:
- Club name.
- Member or loft name.
- Pigeon band ID.
- Race name, station, date, season, and category.
- Arrival time, distance, speed, position, points, and ranking.
- Champion Bird, Champion Loft, Single Flyer, and related reports.
By submitting or importing race-related information into URPA, clubs and authorized users understand that race results and ranking information may be published publicly.
5. Information Sharing
URPA does not sell personal information.
We may share or disclose information only when necessary to:
- Provide and operate our services.
- Publish official race results and reports.
- Work with authorized club administrators or race secretaries.
- Comply with legal obligations or valid governmental requests.
- Protect the security, integrity, and proper operation of the URPA platform.
- Prevent fraud, misuse, unauthorized access, or improper manipulation of race data.
6. Data Accuracy
Club administrators, race secretaries, and authorized users are responsible for providing accurate information when registering clubs, members, pigeons, races, and race entries.
URPA may correct or update information when necessary to maintain accurate race records, resolve technical errors, or support proper race administration.
7. Data Security
URPA takes reasonable administrative, technical, and procedural measures to protect information from unauthorized access, misuse, loss, alteration, or disclosure.
However, no website, online platform, or electronic system can guarantee absolute security. Users are responsible for keeping their login credentials confidential and for notifying URPA if they believe unauthorized access has occurred.
8. Data Retention
URPA may retain race records, member records, pigeon records, club records, uploaded race files, and related administrative data as long as necessary to operate the platform, maintain historical race results, comply with obligations, resolve disputes, and preserve racing records.
Certain public race results may remain available as part of historical club and competition records.
9. Cookies and Website Analytics
URPA may use cookies or similar technologies to improve website functionality, remember user preferences, protect the website, analyze traffic, and improve performance.
Users may disable cookies through their browser settings, but some website features may not function properly if cookies are disabled.
10. Third-Party Services
URPA may use third-party services for website hosting, email, security, analytics, forms, or platform functionality. These providers may process limited information only as necessary to provide their services.
URPA is not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party websites linked from our website.
11. Children’s Privacy
URPA does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 years of age. If we become aware that information has been submitted by a child without proper consent, we will take appropriate steps to remove it.
12. User Requests
Users, club officials, or authorized representatives may contact URPA to request correction, review, or removal of certain information, subject to race record integrity, club administration requirements, and legal or operational obligations.
Some information related to official race results may not be removed if it is part of legitimate historical race records.
13. Changes to This Privacy Policy
URPA may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Updates will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.
Continued use of the website or platform after updates are posted means the user accepts the revised Privacy Policy.
Contact URPA
Questions about this Privacy Policy may be sent to Ultimate Racing Pigeons Association.
info@urpigeons.com