Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how Pádel & Match uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit padelandmatch.com.

It should be read together with our Privacy Policy, which explains more generally how Pádel & Match collects, uses and protects personal data.

We aim to use cookies transparently and only where they are necessary for the operation of our website or where you have made an appropriate choice regarding optional cookies.

Padelandmatch.com is operated by:

Dessy Schoenmakers, trading as Pádel & Match Spanish Tax Identification Number (NIE/NIF): Y329168F International Tax Identification Number: ES4329168F

Calle Los Naipes 3, puerta 2 29738 Torre de Benalgabón Málaga, Spain

Email: contact@padelandmatch.com Website: padelandmatch.com Instagram: @padelandmatch

Hereinafter referred to as "Pádel & Match", "we", "us" or "our".

For questions regarding cookies, privacy or the processing of personal data, you may contact us at contact@padelandmatch.com.

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit a website.

They allow a website to remember certain information about your visit, your device or your preferences.

Cookies can be used for purposes such as:

• enabling essential website functionality
• remembering user preferences
• maintaining secure website sessions
• processing bookings or payments
• understanding how visitors use a website
• measuring website performance
• measuring the effectiveness of marketing campaigns
• personalising advertising where permitted

Similar technologies, such as pixels, tags, local storage or software development tools, may perform comparable functions.

For simplicity, this Cookie Policy refers to these technologies collectively as "cookies" unless otherwise stated.

Padelandmatch.com may use the following categories of cookies.

A. Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly or to provide a service specifically requested by you.

They may be used for purposes such as:

• website security
• fraud prevention
• maintaining website sessions
• remembering cookie consent choices
• enabling forms
• managing event registrations
• supporting ticket purchases
• processing payments
• ensuring essential website functionality

Because these cookies are necessary for the operation of the website or a service you request, they may not require prior consent under applicable law.

Disabling these cookies through your browser may prevent parts of padelandmatch.com from functioning correctly.

B. Functional Cookies

Functional cookies may allow the website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced functionality.

For example, they may remember:

• language preferences
• location or city preferences
• event preferences
• other website settings

Where required by applicable law, these cookies will only be activated after you have provided consent.

C. Analytics and Performance Cookies

Analytics cookies help us understand how people use padelandmatch.com.

They may provide information such as:

• how visitors arrive at the website
• which pages are visited
• how long visitors spend on particular pages
• which events receive the most interest
• how visitors navigate through the website
• whether technical errors occur
• how effectively the website converts visitors into registrations or ticket purchases

We may use this information to improve the Pádel & Match website, event discovery process and overall customer experience.

Where consent is legally required, analytics cookies will not be activated until you have given your consent.

D. Advertising and Marketing Cookies

Pádel & Match may use advertising or marketing technologies to measure and improve promotional campaigns.

For example, these technologies may help us understand whether someone visited padelandmatch.com after seeing a Pádel & Match advertisement on another platform.

They may also allow advertising platforms to measure conversions or, where permitted, help us show relevant Pádel & Match advertising to people who have previously interacted with our website.

These technologies may be provided by third-party platforms such as social media or online advertising providers.

Where required by applicable law, advertising and marketing cookies will only be activated after you have given consent.

Cookies may be either first-party or third-party cookies.

First-party cookies are placed directly by padelandmatch.com.

Third-party cookies are placed or controlled by another organisation whose technology or service is used on our website.

Third-party technologies may potentially be used in connection with services such as:

• website hosting
• website analytics
• event registration
• ticketing
• payment processing
• embedded content
• social media
• advertising
• conversion measurement

Third-party providers may process information according to their own privacy and cookie policies.

We aim to use reputable providers and to limit third-party technologies to those reasonably required for operating, analysing or promoting Pádel & Match.

Padelandmatch.com may integrate with third-party booking, ticketing or payment services.

For example, payments are processed through Shopify, our e-commerce and payments platform, or another payment service provider.

These services may use cookies or similar technologies that are necessary to:

• process transactions
• maintain secure payment sessions
• prevent fraud
• remember transaction status
• provide their services

Where a third-party service independently determines how it processes information, its own privacy and cookie policies may apply.

Pádel & Match does not need to store your complete payment card details where payment information is processed directly by an independent payment provider.

Pádel & Match operates social media accounts, including @padelandmatch on Instagram.

Our website may contain links to social media platforms or may in the future contain embedded social media functionality.

Social media platforms may use their own cookies or tracking technologies when you interact with their services.

Pádel & Match does not control cookies placed independently by social media platforms.

Your interaction with those platforms is also subject to their respective privacy and cookie policies.

Whenever padelandmatch.com uses optional cookies, you will be presented with a cookie consent banner on your first visit.

Optional cookies will not be activated unless and until you provide the appropriate consent.

You can choose whether to accept or reject non-essential cookies.

Strictly necessary cookies may remain active because they are required for the website or a service you have requested to operate correctly.

The cookie banner offers the following options, all with equal prominence:

• Accept: Allows the use of optional cookies, which are currently the marketing cookies from Meta.
• Reject: Only cookies that are necessary for the website and requested services will be used.
• Settings: Allows you to select which optional categories of cookies you wish to permit.

If you reject optional cookies or do not make a choice, no Meta technology is loaded and no data is sent to Meta.

Declining optional cookies does not prevent you from accessing the basic content of padelandmatch.com.

Where processing is based on consent, you may change your cookie preferences or withdraw your consent at any time.

You can do this through the "Cookie settings" link at the bottom of every page of padelandmatch.com. If you withdraw your consent, nothing more is sent to Meta and the Meta cookies are removed from our domain.

Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before consent was withdrawn.

You may also be able to delete or block cookies through your browser settings.

Most internet browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings.

Depending on your browser, you may be able to:

• view stored cookies
• delete individual cookies
• delete all cookies
• block cookies
• block third-party cookies
• receive a warning before cookies are stored

Blocking all cookies may affect the functionality of padelandmatch.com and other websites.

The exact procedure depends on the browser and device you use.

Cookies may be either session cookies or persistent cookies.

Session cookies normally expire when you close your browser.

Persistent cookies remain on your device for a defined period or until you delete them.

The duration of a cookie depends on its purpose and the technology or service provider responsible for it.

We aim not to retain cookie-derived information for longer than reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.

Where a cookie consent management tool is used, more detailed information about individual cookies, their providers, purposes and duration may be made available through that tool.

Some information collected through cookies may constitute personal data under applicable data protection law.

Depending on the technology used, this may include information such as:

• IP address
• device identifiers
• browser information
• approximate location
• website activity
• referring source
• advertising identifiers
• information associated with a booking or website session

Where cookie information constitutes personal data, it will be processed in accordance with our Privacy Policy and applicable data protection legislation, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) where applicable.

Some third-party technology providers may process information outside Spain or the European Economic Area.

Where personal data collected through cookies or similar technologies is transferred internationally, appropriate safeguards will be used where required by applicable data protection law.

Depending on the provider and destination, these may include an adequacy decision adopted by the European Commission, approved contractual safeguards or another lawful transfer mechanism.

Further information regarding international data transfers is available in our Privacy Policy.

Pádel & Match events are intended for adults aged 18 or over, unless a higher minimum age is specified for a particular event.

Padelandmatch.com is not intended to provide dating or matching services to children.

We do not knowingly use cookies for the purpose of profiling children for Pádel & Match dating or matching activities.

The cookies and similar technologies used on padelandmatch.com are listed below, grouped by type.

A. Strictly Necessary Cookies (no consent needed)

• pm_consent (first-party, Pádel & Match): stores your cookie choice, that is, whether you accepted or rejected marketing cookies. Duration: 12 months. After 12 months, we ask for your choice again.
• padel_admin (first-party, Pádel & Match): login session for Pádel & Match administrators. Duration: 12 hours.
• pm_internal (first-party, Pádel & Match): marks an administrator's own browser so that it is excluded from our visitor statistics. Duration: 12 months.
• pm_invite_<event> (first-party, Pádel & Match): only set when you open a personal early-access invitation link; it gives your browser access to that event before it goes on general sale. Duration: until the day after the event.

The padel_admin and pm_internal cookies are only ever set on the devices of Pádel & Match administrators, never for regular visitors.

B. Own Visitor Statistics (no cookies)

We measure how our website is used with our own visitor statistics, which run on our own server. We do not use an external analytics provider such as Google Analytics. These statistics use no cookies and no local storage on your device.

We record the pages visited, the referring website or campaign (UTM parameters in the link), the device type (mobile, tablet or desktop, based on screen width), the language version of the site, which buttons and links are clicked, and whether the ticket or waitlist form is started or submitted (never what is typed into it).

IP addresses are not stored in these statistics. To count unique visitors per day, our server derives a temporary code from your IP address and browser type, combined with a random value that changes every day and is then discarded. After that day, the code can no longer be traced back to anyone, and a returning visitor cannot be recognised on another day.

These statistics are used only in aggregated form to improve our website and event offering. They are not combined with other data (for example, they are not linked to ticket orders or waitlist entries), not shared with third parties and not used for profiling or advertising. They are kept for a maximum of 25 months and then deleted automatically.

Because this is audience measurement carried out under the conditions of the AEPD guide "Uso de cookies para herramientas de medición de audiencia" (January 2024), it is exempt from consent under article 22.2 of the Spanish Information Society Services Act (LSSI, Ley 34/2002). The legal basis is our legitimate interest in understanding and improving our website (article 6(1)(f) GDPR).

C. Marketing Cookies (Meta, only with your consent)

We use advertising measurement from Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (Facebook and Instagram) only if you accept marketing cookies in the cookie banner. If you reject marketing cookies or ignore the banner, no Meta technology is loaded and no data is sent to Meta.

• Meta Pixel: a script from Meta that is loaded on padelandmatch.com only after your consent. Meta receives the pages you visit (including which event pages you view), information about your browser and device, and your IP address.
• _fbp (set on our domain by the Meta Pixel, used by Meta): identifies your browser for Meta. Duration: 90 days.
• _fbc (set on our domain by the Meta Pixel, used by Meta): only set when you arrive via a link from a Meta ad. Duration: 90 days.
• Meta Conversions API: when you start a ticket checkout (submit the ticket form) and when you complete a ticket purchase, our server sends that event to Meta with the event type (checkout started or purchase), the amount and currency, the event page address, your email address and telephone number in hashed form (SHA-256, irreversibly encoded), your IP address, your browser user agent and the Meta cookie identifiers (_fbp and _fbc). To be able to send the purchase event after payment, these Meta identifiers, your IP address and your user agent are stored with your ticket order until the purchase event has been sent, and for no more than 7 days.

Purpose: measuring and improving Pádel & Match's advertising on Facebook and Instagram, including showing Pádel & Match ads to people who previously visited our website.

Pádel & Match and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited are joint controllers for the collection of this data on our website and its transmission to Meta. Meta is an independent controller for its further processing, under its own privacy policy. Meta may transfer data to the United States; these transfers are covered by the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (Meta Platforms, Inc. is certified) and by Standard Contractual Clauses.

Legal basis: your consent (article 6(1)(a) GDPR and article 22.2 LSSI). You can withdraw your consent at any time through the "Cookie settings" link at the bottom of every page. After withdrawal, nothing more is sent to Meta and the Meta cookies are removed from our domain. Withdrawal does not affect processing carried out lawfully before it.

D. External Resources and Third Parties

• Google Fonts (fonts.googleapis.com, fonts.gstatic.com): the website loads typefaces directly from Google's servers to display its text correctly. This is an external resource request, not a cookie set by padelandmatch.com, though Google may process your IP address as part of serving these files. See Google's own privacy policy for details.
• Shopify (myshopify.com): when you proceed to pay for a ticket, you interact with a payment page hosted by Shopify, our e-commerce and payments platform. Shopify may set its own cookies on its own domain for cart functionality, fraud prevention and to process your payment securely. Pádel & Match does not control these cookies directly. See Shopify's cookie policy for details.

This list reflects what the website actually uses today. If we add other cookies or tracking technologies in the future, we will update this Cookie Policy and, where required, ask for your consent before they are used.

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in:

• the Pádel & Match website
• our event or booking systems
• analytics tools
• advertising technologies
• service providers
• applicable law
• regulatory guidance

The latest version will be published on padelandmatch.com.

The "Last updated" date at the beginning of this policy indicates when the policy was most recently revised.

This Cookie Policy specifically explains our use of cookies and similar technologies.

For more information about how Pádel & Match collects, uses, shares, stores and protects personal information, as well as your rights under applicable data protection law, please read our Privacy Policy.

Where information collected through cookies constitutes personal data, you may have rights under applicable data protection law, including the right to:

• request access to your personal data
• request correction of inaccurate information
• request deletion in certain circumstances
• request restriction of processing
• object to certain processing
• withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
• lodge a complaint with a competent data protection authority

These rights are subject to applicable legal conditions and exceptions.

To exercise your rights, contact contact@padelandmatch.com.

As Pádel & Match is established in Spain, the relevant supervisory authority will generally be the Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD).

For questions about this Cookie Policy, the cookies used on padelandmatch.com, your cookie preferences or the processing of personal data, please contact:

Pádel & Match Operated by Dessy Schoenmakers Spanish Tax Identification Number (NIE/NIF): Y329168F International Tax Identification Number: ES4329168F

Calle Los Naipes 3, puerta 2 29738 Torre de Benalgabón Málaga, Spain

Email: contact@padelandmatch.com Website: padelandmatch.com Instagram: @padelandmatch

For privacy enquiries or requests to exercise your data protection rights, please email contact@padelandmatch.com.