JustPinochle.com Privacy Policy

Last Updated: May 20, 2026

1. Introduction

JustPinochle.com ("JustPinochle," "we," "us," or "our") is owned and operated by Pirrotta Consulting, LLC. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, retain, protect, transfer, and otherwise process personal information when you access or use JustPinochle.com, any related websites, online services, accounts, gameplay features, tournaments, leaderboards, chat or messaging features, customer support features, email communications, analytics systems, and any other services that link to this Privacy Policy (collectively, the "Services").

JustPinochle is intended to be an online pinochle game and community platform where users may register with an email address, create an account, play collaborative pinochle with others, participate in tables or games, interact with other users, and use related social, ranking, tournament, and gameplay features that may be added over time.

This Privacy Policy is designed to provide a broad and durable privacy notice for current and future platform functionality. Some features described in this Privacy Policy may not be available at launch or may be introduced, modified, or discontinued later.

This Privacy Policy is intended to align with applicable privacy, consumer protection, online safety, and data protection requirements, including, where applicable, the California Consumer Privacy Act as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (collectively, "CCPA/CPRA"), other U.S. state consumer privacy laws, the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR"), UK GDPR, the UK Data Protection Act, Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act ("PIPEDA"), the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act ("COPPA"), and other applicable laws. Because privacy laws differ by jurisdiction and may apply differently depending on the user, feature, data type, and business activity, certain sections apply only where required by law.

By accessing or using the Services, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with our practices, please do not use the Services.

2. Company Information and Contact Details

Pirrotta Consulting, LLC
PO Box: 4628 Broadway Suite A #1152
Allentown, PA 18104
United States

Phone: (484) 809-9449
Email: webmaster@pirrotta.com

For privacy requests, account questions, data access requests, or questions about this Privacy Policy, contact us at webmaster@pirrotta.com.

3. Scope of This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to personal information collected or processed through or in connection with the Services, including information collected through:

• Account registration and login.
• Gameplay, multiplayer tables, match history, and game statistics.
• Leaderboards, rankings, tournaments, leagues, challenges, and community features.
• Chat, messaging, comments, reports, support tickets, and other communications.
• Email newsletters, service emails, invitations, and notifications.
• Cookies, analytics tools, security tools, advertising technologies, and similar tracking technologies.
• Payment, billing, subscriptions, virtual items, or other paid features if introduced.
• Mobile or app-based experiences if later released.
• Any future features that link to this Privacy Policy.

This Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party websites, applications, platforms, payment processors, social networks, advertising networks, app stores, or other services that we do not own or control, even if they are linked from or integrated with the Services. Those third parties are responsible for their own privacy practices.

4. Personal Information We Collect

We may collect personal information directly from you, automatically from your device or use of the Services, from other users, from service providers, and from third-party partners. The categories below are written broadly to account for current and reasonably foreseeable functionality.

4.1 Information You Provide Directly

We may collect information you provide directly to us, including:

• Name, display name, username, or profile name.
• Email address.
• Password or authentication credentials.
• Account recovery information.
• Profile photo, avatar, preferences, bio, or other optional profile information.
• Communications you send to us, including support requests, bug reports, feedback, legal notices, or business inquiries.
• Communications you send through the Services, such as chat messages, table messages, comments, friend invitations, or direct messages if those features are enabled.
• Tournament, league, event, or challenge registration information.
• User reports, moderation appeals, complaints, safety reports, and related evidence.
• Marketing preferences and communication preferences.
• Payment, billing, tax, or transaction information if paid services are introduced.
• Any other information you choose to submit.

4.2 Gameplay, Platform, and Community Information

Because JustPinochle is a multiplayer game platform, we may collect and process gameplay-related information, including:

• Game participation history.
• Match history and completed games.
• Table participation and table settings.
• Scores, rankings, ratings, streaks, achievements, badges, and statistics.
• Tournament, league, ladder, or event participation.
• In-game behavior and timing information.
• Friend lists, invitations, blocked users, and user relationship data.
• Reports of cheating, harassment, abuse, collusion, or misconduct.
• Moderation history, warnings, restrictions, suspensions, bans, and appeals.
• Anti-cheat, fraud prevention, abuse detection, and platform integrity signals.
• Community participation and interactions.
• Technical gameplay logs used to diagnose errors, improve functionality, detect abuse, or resolve disputes.

4.3 Information Collected Automatically

When you access or use the Services, we may automatically collect information such as:

• IP address.
• Device identifiers and browser identifiers.
• Browser type and version.
• Device type, operating system, and system settings.
• Language settings.
• Referring and exit pages.
• Pages viewed, links clicked, and features used.
• Dates and times of access.
• Session duration.
• Approximate location derived from IP address.
• Error logs, crash reports, performance logs, and diagnostic data.
• Cookie identifiers and similar tracking identifiers.
• Security logs and fraud prevention signals.
• Interactions with emails, notifications, or messages, such as opens or clicks where legally permitted.

4.4 Cookies and Similar Technologies

We and our service providers may use cookies, pixels, SDKs, tags, local storage, web beacons, server logs, and similar technologies. These technologies may be used to:

• Keep you signed in.
• Remember preferences.
• Secure the Services.
• Detect fraud, abuse, cheating, automation, or unauthorized access.
• Measure traffic and performance.
• Understand how users interact with the Services.
• Improve features and user experience.
• Support advertising, remarketing, or promotional measurement if introduced.
• Maintain consent and privacy preferences.

We may use service providers such as Google Analytics, Cloudflare, hosting providers, security tools, accessibility and usability vendors, email delivery providers, and similar service providers. If advertising or remarketing technologies are later introduced, they may be subject to separate consent controls where required. You can change your analytics-cookie choice at any time using the "Manage cookies" link in our site footer.

4.5 Information from Third Parties

We may receive information from third parties, including:

• Authentication providers if you use third-party login functionality.
• Payment processors if paid features are introduced.
• Fraud prevention, security, or anti-abuse providers.
• Analytics and infrastructure providers.
• Email and notification providers.
• App stores or platform providers if mobile applications are released.
• Other users who invite, report, block, message, or interact with you.
• Publicly available sources, where permitted by law.

5. Notice at Collection for California and Similar State Privacy Laws

The following table provides a high-level notice of categories of personal information we may collect, the purposes for which we may use the information, the categories of sources, and the categories of recipients to whom we may disclose the information. Not all categories apply to every user.

We do not seek to collect sensitive personal information such as government ID numbers, precise geolocation, health information, financial account numbers, biometric information, racial or ethnic origin, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, or similar sensitive data through standard gameplay features. Users should not submit sensitive personal information through chat, profile fields, community features, or support channels unless specifically requested and legally appropriate.

6. How We Use Personal Information

We may use personal information for the following purposes.

6.1 To Provide and Operate the Services

We use personal information to create and maintain accounts, authenticate users, enable multiplayer gameplay, seat players at tables, track match progress, calculate scores, maintain rankings, operate leaderboards, provide game history, send notifications, and make the Services function.

6.2 To Support Community and Gameplay Integrity

We may use personal information to detect, investigate, prevent, and respond to cheating, collusion, harassment, spam, abuse, automation, account sharing, ban evasion, fraud, security incidents, or violations of our Terms of Service. This may include reviewing gameplay logs, timing data, chat messages, reports, account history, device information, and related technical signals.

6.3 To Communicate with You

We may use personal information to send account emails, security notices, password reset emails, service updates, tournament or game notifications, responses to support requests, policy updates, and marketing communications where permitted by law. You may opt out of promotional emails, but you may still receive transactional or service-related communications.

6.4 To Improve and Develop the Services

We may use information to understand how users interact with the Services, diagnose issues, test features, improve gameplay, optimize user experience, develop new features, and measure performance.

6.5 To Personalize the Services

We may use information to personalize gameplay experiences, display relevant settings, remember preferences, recommend tables or features, and provide user-specific account functionality.

6.6 For Analytics and Measurement

We may use analytics tools to measure traffic, engagement, retention, conversion, and feature usage. Analytics may include information such as page views, feature interactions, session duration, device type, approximate location, and referral source.

6.7 For Payments and Paid Features

If paid features are introduced, we may use personal information to process transactions, manage subscriptions, provide digital items or premium services, prevent payment fraud, issue receipts, maintain financial records, and comply with tax and accounting obligations.

6.8 For Legal, Safety, and Compliance Purposes

We may use personal information to comply with laws, respond to lawful requests, enforce agreements, protect rights and property, establish or defend legal claims, protect users, and maintain the security and integrity of the Services.

7. Legal Bases for Processing for EEA, UK, and Similar Jurisdictions

Where GDPR, UK GDPR, or similar laws apply, we rely on one or more of the following legal bases:

Where we rely on consent, you may withdraw consent at any time. Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing before withdrawal.

8. How We Disclose Personal Information

We may disclose personal information as described below.

8.1 Service Providers and Processors

We may disclose information to vendors and service providers that perform services on our behalf, such as hosting, infrastructure, analytics, authentication, email delivery, customer support, payments, fraud prevention, security, accessibility, logging, moderation, and data storage.

8.2 Other Users

Certain information may be visible to other users as part of gameplay and community features, such as your username, display name, avatar, table participation, game status, rankings, leaderboards, chat messages, profile information, tournament participation, achievements, or other public or semi-public activity.

8.3 Legal, Safety, and Enforcement

We may disclose information if we believe disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with law, respond to legal process, enforce our Terms of Service, investigate fraud or abuse, prevent harm, protect safety, protect our rights or property, or assist law enforcement or regulators.

8.4 Business Transfers

If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, bankruptcy, sale of assets, or transition of service to another provider, personal information may be disclosed or transferred as part of that transaction.

8.5 With Your Consent or Direction

We may disclose information when you consent, direct us to do so, or intentionally use a feature that shares information with others.

9. Sales, Sharing, and Targeted Advertising

We do not sell personal information for monetary compensation.

Some privacy laws define "sale," "sharing," or "targeted advertising" broadly. If we use advertising, remarketing, or cross-context behavioral advertising technologies in the future, those technologies may be considered a "sale," "sharing," or "targeted advertising" under certain laws. Where required, we will provide an opt-out mechanism, consent tool, or other required notice.

As of the Last Updated date, JustPinochle is intended primarily as an account-based online gameplay platform and may use analytics and operational cookies. If advertising or remarketing technologies are introduced later, this Privacy Policy and related cookie notices should be updated accordingly.

10. Cookies, Consent, and Your Choices

You may control cookies through your browser settings. Some browsers allow you to block or delete cookies, limit cross-site tracking, or send privacy preference signals. If you disable certain cookies, some features may not function properly.

Where required by law, we may provide cookie banners, consent tools, or preference centers that allow you to manage non-essential cookies, analytics, advertising, or similar technologies. JustPinochle shows a cookie banner on first visit that lets you accept or decline Google Analytics cookies, and you can change that choice at any time using the "Manage cookies" link in the footer. Analytics cookies are not set unless you accept.

Certain privacy laws require businesses to recognize opt-out preference signals in specific circumstances. To the extent such laws apply to us and our technology supports the required signals, we will process those signals as required. We treat a browser "Do Not Track" signal as a decline of analytics cookies.

11. User-Generated Content and Public Areas

The Services may include user-generated content features, such as usernames, profiles, avatars, chats, comments, table messages, rankings, leaderboards, tournament pages, public profiles, or other interactive areas.

Information you submit to public or shared areas may be visible to other users or the public. You should not submit information that you consider private or sensitive. We may moderate, remove, preserve, or disclose user-generated content as described in this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service.

12. Children's Privacy and Teen Users

The Services are not directed to children under 13 years of age, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 without legally required parental consent.

If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 in violation of applicable law, we may delete the information, restrict the account, and take other appropriate steps.

Users under the age of majority in their jurisdiction should use the Services only with permission from a parent or legal guardian. Parents or guardians who believe a child has provided personal information may contact us at webmaster@pirrotta.com.

Because the Services may involve multiplayer interaction, chat, or community features, parents and guardians should supervise minors' use of the Services.

13. Data Retention

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including to provide the Services, maintain account records, preserve gameplay integrity, prevent fraud and abuse, maintain security, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce agreements.

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information, account status, legal obligations, operational needs, and security considerations. For example:

We may retain certain information after account deletion where permitted or required by law, including information necessary for security, fraud prevention, legal compliance, dispute resolution, or enforcement of our Terms.

14. Security

We use commercially reasonable technical, administrative, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information. These safeguards may include access controls, encryption, logging, monitoring, secure infrastructure, account protection measures, and vendor management practices.

No method of transmission or storage is completely secure. We cannot guarantee that personal information will always remain secure. Users are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of passwords and account credentials and for notifying us of unauthorized account activity.

15. International Data Transfers

Pirrotta Consulting, LLC is located in the United States. If you access the Services from outside the United States, your information may be transferred to, stored in, and processed in the United States and other jurisdictions where our service providers operate.

Where required by law, we may use appropriate safeguards for international transfers, such as contractual protections or other recognized transfer mechanisms.

16. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have some or all of the following rights:

• The right to know or access personal information we process about you.
• The right to receive a copy of personal information in a portable format.
• The right to correct inaccurate personal information.
• The right to delete personal information, subject to exceptions.
• The right to restrict or object to processing.
• The right to withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
• The right to opt out of targeted advertising, sale, or sharing where applicable.
• The right to limit use of sensitive personal information where applicable.
• The right not to be discriminated against for exercising privacy rights.
• The right to appeal a denied privacy request where applicable.

To submit a request, contact us at webmaster@pirrotta.com. We may verify your identity before fulfilling a request. We may deny or limit requests where permitted by law, including where compliance would interfere with legal obligations, security, fraud prevention, free expression, or the rights of others.

17. California Privacy Notice

This section applies to California residents where the CCPA/CPRA applies.

17.1 Categories of Personal Information Collected

In the preceding 12 months, we may have collected the categories listed in Section 5 above, including identifiers, account information, commercial information if paid features exist, internet or network activity, gameplay and community information, approximate geolocation, audio/visual information if uploaded, inferences, and limited sensitive personal information such as account credentials.

17.2 Sources

We collect personal information from you, your device, your use of the Services, other users, service providers, analytics providers, security providers, and payment providers if paid features are introduced.

17.3 Purposes

We use personal information for the purposes described in Sections 6 and 7, including providing the Services, maintaining security, supporting gameplay, preventing abuse, communicating with users, analytics, and legal compliance.

17.4 Disclosures

We disclose personal information to the categories of recipients described in Section 8.

17.5 Sale or Sharing

We do not sell personal information for monetary compensation. If future advertising or cross-context behavioral advertising technologies constitute sharing or sale under California law, we will provide required notice and opt-out rights.

17.6 Sensitive Personal Information

We do not use or disclose sensitive personal information for purposes that would require a right to limit under the CCPA/CPRA unless we provide the required notice and choice.

17.7 California Rights

California residents may request to know, access, delete, or correct personal information and may opt out of sale or sharing where applicable. California residents may also have the right to limit use of sensitive personal information and the right not to be discriminated against for exercising their rights.

18. Other U.S. State Privacy Rights

Residents of certain U.S. states may have privacy rights under state consumer privacy laws, such as rights to access, correct, delete, obtain a portable copy of personal information, opt out of targeted advertising, opt out of certain profiling, opt out of sale, and appeal denied requests.

To exercise rights, contact webmaster@pirrotta.com. If an appeal process is required by law, you may appeal a decision by replying to our decision email with "Privacy Appeal" in the subject line.

19. EEA, UK, and Swiss Privacy Rights

Where GDPR, UK GDPR, or similar laws apply, you may have the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict, object, request portability, withdraw consent, and lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

We encourage you to contact us first so we can attempt to resolve your concern.

20. Email Communications and Marketing

We may send transactional emails related to your account, security, gameplay, support, policy updates, or operational announcements. You may not opt out of essential service-related emails while maintaining an account.

We may send promotional emails or newsletters where permitted by law. You may opt out of marketing emails by using the unsubscribe link in the email or contacting us.

21. Accessibility

We are committed to improving accessibility and usability. We may use accessibility or usability service providers to support interface improvements, user preferences, diagnostics, and accessibility-related functionality.

22. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The "Last Updated" date indicates when this Privacy Policy was last revised.

If changes are material, we may provide additional notice where required by law. Continued use of the Services after a revised Privacy Policy becomes effective indicates that you have read and understood the revised policy.

23. Contact Information

Pirrotta Consulting, LLC
PO Box: 4628 Broadway Suite A #1152
Allentown, PA 18104
United States

Phone: (484) 809-9449
Email: webmaster@pirrotta.com

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