Privacy Policy for the DX Marathon

Posted on October 13 2024

1. Introduction

Welcome to the DX Marathon. This Privacy Policy is designed to help you understand how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your personal information when you use our site and the DX Marathon program in general (“the Program”).

2. Information We Collect

2.1 Personal Information

We may collect personal information that you provide voluntarily when participating in the Program, such as your name, email address, or other contact details.

2.2 Usage Information

We may automatically collect certain information about your participation in the Program, your use of the DX Marathon website, and the Submission Tool, including device information, operating system, app usage statistics, performance and crash information.

2.2 Operation Information

Some of our offerings are based around the idea of collecting and processing Amateur Radio operation data. This data might be stored on your device, shared with us, other users of the app, or shared with other services as part of features such as Log Exports, Log Submissions, Spotting, etc. This data might include, but is not limited to, your callsign, the location of your operation, information about the stations you contacted, frequency, mode, and time of the contact, and any other relevant information you provide.

3. How We Use Your Information

We may use the collected information for the following purposes:

As part of features explicitly intended to collect data, such as your submission for the DX Marathon.
To better understand how our offerings are used in order to improve them.
To better understand how our offerings perform and how they fail in order to improve them.
To notify you of new app features or services.
To respond to your inquiries, comments, or requests.

We may share your information in the following circumstances:

With your consent to share data publicly, such as reporting the results of the DX Marathon.
With service providers and third-party partners who assist us in operating our offerings, such as site statistics, app monitoring or error reporting services.
To comply with legal obligations or protect our rights.

5. Your Choices

You may have various rights and choices regarding your information:

You can access, update, or delete your personal information by contacting us by email to help@dxmarathon.com.
You can opt-out of receiving promotional communications from us.
You can disable certain settings or features that collect information.

6. Data Security

We take reasonable measures to protect your information; however, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee the absolute security of your data.

7. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time. Any changes will be reflected with a revised “Last Updated” date at the top of this page. Please review this policy periodically for changes.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests related to this Privacy Policy or your personal information, please contact us at help@dxmarathon.com.