
PRIVACY POLICY
INTRODUCTION
Effective Date: May 14, 2025
At 6ix Pickle Inc. (“6ix Pickle,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), your privacy is of paramount importance.
This policy describes:
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How we collect, use, disclose, and protect the personal information of our customers and website users (“you”).
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Describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the website visitfairgrounds.com (our “Website”).
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Our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.
We will only use your personal information in accordance with this policy unless otherwise required by applicable law. We take steps to ensure that the personal information that we collect about you is adequate, relevant, not excessive, and used for limited purposes.
Privacy laws in Canada generally define “personal information” as any information about an identifiable individual, which includes information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person.
This policy applies to information we collect, use, or disclose about you:
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On this Website.
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In email, text, and other electronic messages between you and this Website.
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Through mobile and desktop applications you download from this Website, which provide dedicated non-browser-based interaction between you and this Website.
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When you interact with our advertising and applications on third-party websites and services if those applications or advertising include links to this policy.
The Website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins, services, social networks, or applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow the third party to collect or share data about you. If you follow a link to a third-party website or engage a third-party plugin, please note that these third parties have their own privacy policies and we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. We do not control these third-party websites, and we encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.
This policy DOES NOT apply to information that:
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We collect offline or through any other means, including on any other Company or third-party website.
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You provide to or is collected by any third party, through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or on the Website.
Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices for collecting, processing, and storing your information. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Website. By accessing or using this Website, you indicate that you understand, accept, and consent to the practices described in this policy. This policy may change from time to time (see Changes to Our Privacy Policy). Your continued use of this Website after we make changes indicates that you accept and consent to those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.
SCOPE OF THIS POLICY
This Privacy Policy applies to all individuals who interact with 6ix Pickle, including but not limited to visitors, members, customers, event participants, vendors, and users of our website and digital services. It governs how we handle personal information in all formats — electronic, verbal, and written.
INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We collect information that identifies, relates to, describes, or could reasonably be associated with you (“Personal Information”). This may include:
a. Information You Provide to Us Directly:
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Contact Information: Name, email address, phone number, mailing/billing address.
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Account Information: Username, password, preferences, booking history.
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Payment Information: Credit card number (processed securely via third-party processors), billing address.
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Demographic Information: Age, gender, and emergency contact (if required).
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Media & Content: Photos or videos taken at 6ix Pickle facilities or events (with consent).
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Communications: Emails, feedback forms, customer service inquiries, and event registration forms.
b. Automatically Collected Information:
When you access our website or interact with our digital services, we may collect:
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Device Information: IP address, browser type, device type, operating system.
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Usage Data: Pages visited, time spent on site, referral URLs, interactions.
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Cookies & Tracking Technologies: Session cookies, persistent cookies, web beacons, pixel tags (see Section 7).
As you navigate through and interact with our Website, we may use cookies or other automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:
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Details of your visits to our Website, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Website.
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Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.
We may also use these technologies to collect information about your online activities over time and across third-party websites or other online services (behavioural tracking). To learn more or to opt-out of tailored advertising please visit Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada Opt-Out Tool for information on how you can opt out of behavioural tracking on this Website and how we respond to web browser signals and other mechanisms that enable consumers to exercise choice about behavioural tracking.
HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
We use your information for the following purposes:
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Service Delivery: To provide pickleball bookings, memberships, training, and event access.
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User Experience: To personalise your interaction with our platforms and services.
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Transaction Processing: To process payments and issue receipts securely.
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Marketing & Communications: To send you updates, promotional offers, and newsletters (with opt-out options).
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Security & Integrity: To prevent fraud, misuse, and unauthorised access to accounts.
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Legal & Compliance: To comply with legal obligations and resolve disputes.
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To present our Website and its contents to you.
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To provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us.
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To fulfill the purposes for which you provided the information or that were described when it was collected, or any other purpose for which you provide it.
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To provide you with notices about your account, including expiration and renewal notices.
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To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts with you, including for billing and collection or to comply with legal requirements.
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To notify you about changes to our Website or any products or services we offer or provide through it.
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To improve our Website, products or services, marketing, or customer relationships and experiences.
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To allow you to participate in interactive features, social media, or similar features on our Website.
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To measure or understand the effectiveness of the advertising we serve to you and others, and to deliver relevant advertising to you.
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In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.
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For any other purpose with your consent.
We may use the information we have collected from you to enable us to display advertisements to our advertisers' target audiences. Even though we do not disclose your personal information for these purposes without your consent, if you click on or otherwise interact with an advertisement, the advertiser may assume that you meet its target criteria.
LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING
Under Canadian law, your consent is our primary basis for collecting and processing personal information. In certain circumstances, we may also process your data under the following lawful bases:
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Performance of a Contract: To fulfill our obligations (e.g., membership, court booking).
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Legal Obligations: To comply with tax, accounting, or regulatory requirements.
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Legitimate Interests: To maintain and improve business operations, safety, and customer service, where such interests are not overridden by your rights and freedoms.
CONSENT AND YOUR RIGHTS
a. Providing Consent
By using our services, visiting our website, or providing personal information voluntarily, you consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information as described in this policy.
b. Withdrawing Consent
You may withdraw your consent at any time, subject to legal or contractual restrictions. To do so, contact us at info@6ixpickle.com.
c. Your Privacy Rights (PIPEDA and GDPR-aligned):
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Access your personal data.
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Correct or update inaccurate data.
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Request deletion of your data (subject to retention obligations).
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Object to or restrict certain processing.
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Portability of data (if applicable).
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File a complaint with the Privacy Commissioner of Canada.
HOW WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION
We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:
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Tracking Technologies and Advertising. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. To learn how you can manage your Flash cookie settings, visit the Flash player settings page on Adobe's website. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this Website may not be accessible or may not function properly. For more information about tracking technologies.
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Third-Party Advertising. If you do not want us to share your personal information with unaffiliated or non-agent third parties for promotional purposes, you can opt-out by emailing info@6ixpickle.com.
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Promotional Offers from the Company. If you have opted in to receive certain emails from us but no longer wish to have your contact information used by the Company to promote our own or third parties' products or services, you can opt-out by sending us an email stating your request to info@6ixpickle.com. If we have sent you a promotional email, you may unsubscribe by clicking the unsubscribe link we have included in the email. This opt-out does not apply to information provided to the Company as part of a product purchase, warranty registration, product service experience, or other transactions.
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Targeted Advertising. If you do not want us to use information that we collect or that you provide to us to deliver advertisements according to our advertisers' target-audience preferences, you can opt out by sending us an email stating your request to info@6ixpickle.com.
We do not control third parties' collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However, these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way. You can opt out of several third party ad servers' and networks' cookies simultaneously by using an opt-out tool created by the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada. You can also access these websites to learn more about online behavioural advertising and how to stop websites from placing cookies on your device. Opting out of a network does not mean you will no longer receive online advertising. It does mean that the network from which you opted out will no longer deliver ads tailored to your web preferences and usage patterns.
COOKIES AND TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES
We use cookies and similar technologies to improve website functionality and analyze user behaviour. These include:
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Essential Cookies: Required for core site functionality.
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Performance Cookies: Collect usage data to improve site performance.
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Marketing Cookies: Track user behaviour for targeted ads or promotions (used only with your consent).
The information we collect automatically is statistical information and may include personal information, and we may maintain it or associate it with personal information we collect in other ways that you provide to us, or receive from third parties. It helps us to improve our Website and to deliver a better and more personalised service, including by enabling us to:
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Estimate our audience size and usage patterns.
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Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customise our Website according to your individual interests.
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Speed up your searches.
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Recognise you when you return to our Website.
The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:
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Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website.
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Flash Cookies. Certain features of our Website may use local stored objects (or Flash cookies) to collect and store information about your preferences and navigation to, from, and on our Website. Flash cookies are not managed by the same browser settings that are used for browser cookies. For information about managing your privacy and security settings for Flash cookies, see Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.
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Web Beacons. Pages of our Website and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).
Third Party Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies.
Some content or applications on the Website, including advertisements, are served by third-parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, and application providers. These third parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our Website. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioural) advertising or other targeted content. In addition to helping advertisers reach the right people for their products and services, behavioural advertising helps support our Website so that you can enjoy free content.
You can opt-out of several third party ad servers' and networks' cookies simultaneously by using an opt-out tool created by the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada. You can also access these websites to learn more about online behavioural advertising and how to stop websites from placing cookies on your device. Opting out of a network does not mean you will no longer receive online advertising. It does mean that the network from which you opted out will no longer deliver ads tailored to your web preferences and usage patterns.
We do not control these third parties' tracking technologies or how they are used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly. For more information please email us at info@6ixpickle.com.
You can manage cookie preferences through your browser settings or consent tools on our site.
DATA RETENTION
We retain personal information only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy, or as required by law. Retention periods depend on the type of information and legal obligations. When data is no longer required, we securely delete or anonymize it.
DATA SECURITY
We implement administrative, physical, and technical safeguards to protect your information, including:
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Encrypted payment processing.
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Secure login and password management.
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Access controls and employee training.
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Regular vulnerability assessments and updates.
The security of your personal information is very important to us. We use physical, electronic, and administrative measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure.
The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of our Website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone. We urge you to be careful about giving out information in public areas of the Website like message boards, which any Website visitor can view.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the Internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.
CHILDRENS PRIVACY
Our Website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. No one under age 13 may provide any information to the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information on this Website or on or through any of its features/register on the Website, make any purchases through the Website, use any of the interactive or public comment features of this Website, or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or user name you may use. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at info@6ixpickle.com.
TRANSFERRING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We may transfer personal information that we collect or that you provide as described in this policy to contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business (such as analytics and search engine providers that assist us with Website improvement and optimisation) and who are contractually obligated to keep personal information confidential, use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them, and to process the personal information with the same standards set out in this policy.
We may process, store, and transfer your personal information in and to a foreign country, with different privacy laws that may or may not be as comprehensive as Canadian law. In these circumstances, the governments, courts, law enforcement, or regulatory agencies of that country may be able to obtain access to your personal information through the laws of the foreign country. Whenever we engage a service provider, we require that its privacy and security standards adhere to this policy and applicable Canadian privacy legislation.
By submitting your personal information or engaging with the Website, you consent to this transfer, storage, or processing.
If we transfer personal data outside Canada (e.g., using U.S.-based service providers), we ensure adequate data protection measures, such as contractual clauses or adherence to recognized standards, are in place to protect your privacy rights.
THIRD-PARTY LINKS
Our website and communications may contain links to third-party websites (e.g., Instagram, Eventbrite). This policy does not apply to those platforms. We encourage you to review their respective privacy practices before providing any personal information.
We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:
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Tracking Technologies and Advertising. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. To learn how you can manage your Flash cookie settings, visit the Flash player settings page on Adobe's website. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this Website may not be accessible or may not function properly.
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Third-Party Advertising. If you do not want us to share your personal information with unaffiliated or non-agent third parties for promotional purposes, you can opt-out by emailing info@6ixpickle.com.
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Promotional Offers from the Company. If you have opted in to receive certain emails from us but no longer wish to have your contact information used by the Company to promote our own or third parties' products or services, you can opt-out by sending us an email stating your request to info@6ixpickle.com. If we have sent you a promotional email, you may unsubscribe by clicking the unsubscribe link we have included in the email. This opt-out does not apply to information provided to the Company as part of a product purchase, warranty registration, product service experience, or other transactions.
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Targeted Advertising. If you do not want us to use information that we collect or that you provide to us to deliver advertisements according to our advertisers' target-audience preferences, you can opt out by sending us an email stating your request to info@6ixpickle.com.
We do not control third parties' collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However, these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way. You can opt out of several third party ad servers' and networks' cookies simultaneously by using an opt-out tool created by the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada. You can also access these websites to learn more about online behavioural advertising and how to stop websites from placing cookies on your device. Opting out of a network does not mean you will no longer receive online advertising. It does mean that the network from which you opted out will no longer deliver ads tailored to your web preferences and usage patterns.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. Any changes will be posted on our website with a revised “Last Updated” date. If we make material changes, we will notify you via email or a prominent site notice. Continued use of our services after updates indicates your acceptance of the revised policy.
CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have questions, concerns, or requests related to your privacy or this Privacy Policy, please contact us at
6ix Pickle Inc.
102 Berkeley St, Toronto
ON M5A 2W7, Canada
Email: info@6ixpickle.com
