Privacy Policy

Introduction

Showdown Tier ("we", "our", or "us") operates the website showdowntier.com (the "Service"). This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data.

Information Collection and Use

Our website provides statistics through static HTML, JavaScript, and CSS. Third-party services used to deliver the website, measure its usage, and serve advertising may receive or collect information about your visit as described below. If you contact us by email or social media, we receive the information you choose to send and use it to respond to your inquiry.

Types of Data Collected

• Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to analyze website usage and improve our Service. It uses cookies and processes information such as browser type, device information, pages visited, time spent on pages, and referral sources. IP addresses are used to derive approximate location; Google Analytics does not log or store individual IP addresses. This data helps us understand usage and improve the user experience. Please refer to Google's Privacy Policy and Google Analytics data safeguards for more information.
• Cloudflare: Our website is served through Cloudflare, which may automatically collect access information including IP addresses, browser type, browser version, pages visited, time and date of visit, and other diagnostic data to deliver and protect the website and measure traffic. Please refer to Cloudflare's Privacy Policy for more information.

Use of Data

Data collected by third-party services (Google Analytics, Google AdSense, and Cloudflare) may be used for:

• Providing and maintaining the Service
• Analytics to understand Service usage patterns
• Security and protection against malicious activities
• Technical issue detection and prevention
• Delivering, personalizing, and measuring advertising, and preventing advertising fraud

Third-party providers process data under their respective privacy policies. Please refer to those policies and the advertising choices below for more information.

Advertising and Your Choices

Google AdSense is the only advertising service we directly integrate. Where ads are displayed, Google and other third-party advertising providers may use cookies to select ads using your previous visits to Showdown Tier and other websites. Google's advertising cookies allow Google and its partners to personalize the ads you see using browsing activity on this site and elsewhere on the Internet.

We allow third-party advertising through AdSense, including its authorized buyers. These advertising networks and providers may also set or read their own cookies when serving ads on this site. For provider names and links to their websites and privacy information, see Google's certified external vendor directory and ad technology partner information. These are Google's general directories; the providers involved in a particular visit depend on the ads served, your region, and applicable privacy choices. You can also visit a provider's website to use its personalized-advertising opt-out, where offered.

Google may receive information such as your IP address, browser and device information, the page you visit, and your interactions with ads. For details, read How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services and Google's Privacy Policy.

Opt Out of Personalized Advertising

• Google: Visit Google Ads Settings to turn off personalized advertising.
• Other participating providers: Visit the Digital Advertising Alliance's YourAdChoices tools to opt out of personalized advertising from participating companies. These tools do not cover every advertising provider.

Opting out of personalized advertising does not remove all ads or prevent cookies used for other purposes, such as measurement or fraud prevention. Some choices apply only to a particular browser or device and may need to be set again after clearing cookies. Follow the instructions provided by each settings page.

Third-Party Services

Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Cookies

Cookies are small files stored by your browser. Third-party services used on this website may set or read cookies on your device for the purposes described below.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, some third-party features may not function properly.

Types of Cookies That May Be Used

• Analytics Cookies (Google Analytics): Used to collect information about how visitors use our website, which pages they visit, and how long they spend on each page. This helps us improve the website and user experience.
• Advertising Cookies (Google AdSense): May be used to deliver and personalize ads, measure their performance, and prevent fraud. See Advertising and Your Choices above for details and opt-out links.
• Cloudflare Cookies: May be used for security and traffic management, depending on the features in use. Cloudflare Web Analytics itself does not use cookies. See Cloudflare's cookie information.

Data Security

The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13 ("Children"). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Disclaimer

Pokémon and Pokémon character names are trademarks of Nintendo, Creatures Inc., and GAME FREAK inc. This website is an unofficial fan-made statistics platform and is not affiliated with The Pokémon Company, Nintendo, Creatures Inc., GAME FREAK inc., Pokémon Showdown, or PokéAPI.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us via our Contact page.