Privacy Policy

PocketCards.net ("we", "our", or "the site") is a resource for Pokémon TCG Pocket players. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your information when you use our website.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect information you provide directly (e.g. when signing in with Google, updating your profile, or using the trading features), such as your name, email address, and profile picture from your Google account. We also store data you choose to save, such as your card collection and wishlist (including when stored locally in your browser). We may collect usage data (e.g. pages visited, device type) through analytics services to improve the site.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use your information to provide and improve our services (card database, collection tracking, trading hub), to authenticate you, to display your profile and trades to other users where relevant, and to communicate with you when necessary. We do not sell your personal information to third parties.

3. Cookies and Local Storage

We use cookies and similar technologies for authentication and session management. Your collection and wishlist data may be stored in your browser's local storage. You can clear this data through your browser settings at any time.

4. Third-Party Services

We use third-party services such as Google (for sign-in), analytics providers, and hosting infrastructure. These services have their own privacy policies governing how they process data. We encourage you to review their policies.

Microsoft Clarity and Microsoft Advertising

We partner with Microsoft Clarity and Microsoft Advertising to capture how you use and interact with our website through behavioral metrics, heatmaps, and session replay to improve and market our products/services. Website usage data is captured using first and third-party cookies and other tracking technologies to determine the popularity of products/services and online activity. Additionally, we use this information for site optimization, fraud/security purposes, and advertising. For more information about how Microsoft collects and uses your data, visit the Microsoft Privacy Statement.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our website. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit the site, what pages they visit, and what other sites they used prior to coming to the site. We use the information we get from Google Analytics to improve our site and services. Google Analytics collects the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit the site, rather than your name or other identifying information. We do not combine the information collected through Google Analytics with personally identifiable information. Google's ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to this site is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy. You can prevent Google Analytics from recognizing you on return visits by disabling cookies in your browser or using the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. For more information, see Google's Privacy Policy.

Google AdSense

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our website. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to our website or other sites on the Internet. You may opt out of personalized advertising in Google's Ads Settings. For more information, see Google's partner sites policy.

5. Data Security

We take reasonable measures to protect your data, including secure connections (HTTPS) and secure authentication. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure; we cannot guarantee absolute security.

6. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have rights to access, correct, or delete your personal data, or to object to or restrict certain processing. To exercise these rights or ask questions about this policy, contact us on X (Twitter).

7. Changes

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top will reflect the latest version. Your continued use of the site after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.