Privacy Policy: Data Collection, Storage, and User Rights
Last updated: June 2024
This page explains what Rolling Wheels Raceway gathers when you visit, how that information is stored and shared, and the steps you can take to review or remove it.
We run a motorsports site, not a data brokerage. The information we touch exists to keep the site running, answer your questions, and understand which race recaps people actually read. This policy lays out the specifics in plain terms.
If anything here is unclear, reach out through our Contact Us page. We'd rather explain than leave you guessing.
Data We Collect
Most of what we record happens automatically and looks the same as any standard web server log.
Server logs
When your browser requests a page, our hosting environment notes the basics: IP address, user agent string, the referring page that sent you, and a timestamp. These logs help us spot outages, block abuse, and confirm the site loads quickly on race weekends when traffic spikes.
Contact form submissions
If you fill out a form, we keep what you typed — your name, email, and message. That's the only way we can write back. We don't sell it or fold it into a marketing list without your say-so.
Newsletter and subscription data
Sign up for event alerts or our racing series digest and we store your email plus your subscription preferences. Every email includes an unsubscribe link, and using it removes you from the active list.
Uses of Collected Information
The data we hold serves a handful of practical purposes, nothing more exotic than that.
- Improving the experience. Knowing which pages get traffic tells us where to focus — more coverage of popular series, faster fixes on broken links.
- Measuring performance. Aggregate analytics show load times, bounce points, and seasonal patterns around our events schedule.
- Answering inquiries. Contact details let us respond to questions about tickets, results, or track access.
We do not use your information to build advertising profiles today.
Third-Party Services
Running a site means leaning on a few outside providers. Here's who touches data and why.
Analytics providers
We may use a privacy-conscious analytics tool to count visits and measure performance. These services see aggregate patterns, not your identity.
Advertising networks
We don't currently run ad networks. If that changes, this policy will be updated before any advertising cookies are set, and we'll explain what's involved.
Hosting and content delivery
Our pages are served through hosting and CDN partners that cache content closer to you for speed. They process the same server-log details described above as part of delivering the site.
Cookies and Tracking
Cookies are small files your browser stores. We group ours into three buckets.
Strictly necessary
Handle consent choices and keep your session working. The site can't function properly without these.
Analytics
Record visit patterns and performance data in aggregate so we can see what's working.
Advertising
Reserved for future ad personalization. Not active at this time.
You control cookies through your browser settings — block them, delete them, or set the site to ask each time. Disabling necessary cookies may break parts of the site.
Your Rights
You have real control over the information tied to you.
- Access. Ask what we hold about you and we'll provide it.
- Deletion. Request removal of your contact or subscription data.
- Opt-out. Decline analytics tracking through cookie settings, and unsubscribe from emails anytime.
To make any request, message us through the Contact Us page with a short note about what you'd like. We'll confirm once it's handled.
Storage & Deletion
We keep data only as long as it's useful for the purpose it was collected.
Server logs rotate out on a routine schedule. Contact submissions stay until your question is resolved and a reasonable follow-up window passes. Newsletter data lives as long as you stay subscribed.
When you ask us to delete something, we remove it from active systems and let any backups age out naturally on their normal cycle. We'll tell you when the active removal is done.
Policy Updates
This policy will change as the site grows — new analytics tools, eventual advertising, or shifts in how we handle subscriptions. When that happens, we update the date at the top and revise the relevant sections.
For significant changes, such as introducing advertising cookies, we'll make the update obvious before anything new takes effect. Checking back here from time to time is the surest way to stay current. Related terms are covered in our Terms of Service.