Last updated: August 30, 2026
RaysAddiction respects the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you visit RaysAddiction.com, how that information may be used, and the choices available to you regarding your information.
Who We Are
RaysAddiction is an independent baseball fan website and community focused on Tampa Bay baseball, its players, prospects, history, ballparks, and fan culture.
Our website is RaysAddiction.com.
RaysAddiction is an independent fan-operated website and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or otherwise associated with the Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, or their respective affiliates.
Information We Collect
The information collected through RaysAddiction depends on how you interact with the website. It may include information you voluntarily provide, such as your name, email address, account information, or comments, as well as limited technical information automatically transmitted when you access the site.
Technical information may include your IP address, browser type, device information, referring pages, and similar information commonly used for website security, operation, analytics, and performance.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on RaysAddiction, we collect the information entered into the comment form as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user-agent information. This information may be used to help identify and prevent spam, abuse, and other malicious activity.
If Gravatar functionality is enabled, an anonymized string generated from your email address, commonly called a hash, may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine whether you use that service. After your comment is approved, your Gravatar profile image, if applicable, may be publicly visible alongside your comment.
Information about Gravatar’s privacy practices is available through the Automattic Privacy Policy.
Media
If the website permits visitors or registered users to upload images, you should avoid uploading photographs or other images containing embedded location information, including EXIF GPS data.
Depending on how an image is processed by the website, visitors may be able to download publicly accessible images and extract location or other metadata contained within them.
Cookies
RaysAddiction may use cookies and similar technologies to provide website functionality, remember preferences, maintain user sessions, improve performance, and understand how visitors interact with the site.
If you leave a comment, you may have the option to save your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience. This allows those fields to be populated automatically when you leave another comment. These cookies may remain on your device for up to one year.
If you visit a login page, the website may create a temporary cookie to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie does not contain personally identifying information and is generally removed when you close your browser.
When registered users log in, cookies may be created to maintain login information and display preferences. Login cookies generally remain active for two days, while display preference cookies may remain for up to one year. Selecting a “Remember Me” option may allow a login session to persist for approximately two weeks. Logging out removes the applicable login cookies.
If authorized users edit or publish content, the website may create an additional cookie identifying the article or post being edited. This cookie contains no personal information and generally expires after one day.
Third-party services used by RaysAddiction may also place or access cookies as described in their respective privacy policies.
Analytics and Website Performance
RaysAddiction may use analytics, performance-monitoring, security, or similar technologies to understand how visitors use the website, diagnose technical problems, protect the site from abuse, and improve the overall visitor experience.
Depending on the services configured on the website, these technologies may collect information such as pages visited, approximate geographic region, device and browser characteristics, referral sources, and interactions with website features.
Where appropriate, information collected for analytics purposes may be aggregated or otherwise processed to reduce its association with individual visitors.
Embedded Content From Other Websites
Articles and pages on RaysAddiction may contain embedded content from third-party websites, including videos, images, social-media posts, statistics, articles, or other material.
Embedded content generally behaves as though you visited the third-party website directly. Those websites may collect information about you, use cookies or similar technologies, employ additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interactions with the embedded content.
If you have an account with a third-party service and are logged into that service, the provider may be able to associate your interaction with the embedded content with your account.
RaysAddiction does not control the privacy practices of third-party websites or services. You should review the privacy policies of those providers for information about their data practices.
Advertising and Affiliate Links
RaysAddiction may display advertising, sponsorships, affiliate links, or other monetized content.
Advertising and affiliate partners may use cookies, tracking technologies, referral identifiers, or similar mechanisms to measure advertising performance, attribute referrals, prevent fraud, and provide relevant advertising.
If RaysAddiction receives compensation or a commission from a qualifying purchase or referral, appropriate disclosures will be provided where required.
Third-party advertising and affiliate providers operate under their own privacy policies and terms.
Who We Share Your Information With
RaysAddiction does not sell your personal information.
Information may be processed or shared with service providers when reasonably necessary to operate, secure, maintain, analyze, or provide functionality for the website. This may include hosting providers, content-delivery services, security and spam-prevention services, analytics providers, email services, advertising providers, and other technology vendors.
Information may also be disclosed when reasonably necessary to comply with applicable law, respond to valid legal requests, enforce website policies, protect the security of RaysAddiction, or protect the rights and safety of RaysAddiction, its visitors, or others.
If you request a password reset, technical information such as the IP address associated with the request may be included in or associated with the password-reset process.
How Long We Retain Your Information
If you leave a comment, the comment and associated metadata may be retained indefinitely. This allows the website to recognize legitimate follow-up comments and maintain historical discussions without requiring every subsequent comment to be manually moderated.
For registered users, if registration is offered, RaysAddiction may retain the information users provide in their profiles for as long as their accounts remain active or as otherwise necessary to operate the website.
Registered users may generally view, edit, or delete personal information contained in their profiles, subject to technical, administrative, security, or legal limitations. Certain account identifiers, such as usernames, may not be changeable.
Website administrators may also access and modify user information when necessary to administer the website.
Information may be retained for longer periods when reasonably necessary for security, fraud prevention, dispute resolution, legal compliance, backups, or other legitimate operational purposes.
Your Privacy Rights
Depending on where you live, applicable law may provide you with certain rights regarding your personal information.
If you have an account with RaysAddiction or have submitted comments or other personal information, you may request information about the personal data associated with you. Where applicable, you may also request a copy of that information or request that certain personal information be corrected or deleted.
Deletion requests do not necessarily apply to information that RaysAddiction must retain for administrative, security, fraud-prevention, contractual, or legal purposes.
Additional rights may be available under applicable state, federal, or international privacy laws.
Where Your Information Is Processed
Visitor comments and other website activity may be processed by automated spam-prevention, security, hosting, analytics, content-delivery, or other service providers.
Some service providers may process information on servers located outside your state, province, or country. When third-party providers process information, their handling of that information is governed by their respective agreements, policies, and applicable law.
Children’s Privacy
RaysAddiction is a general-audience baseball website and is not directed specifically toward children under the age of 13.
We do not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that personal information from a child under 13 has been collected in circumstances requiring parental consent, we may take reasonable steps to remove that information.
Data Security
RaysAddiction uses reasonable administrative and technical measures intended to protect the website and information processed through it.
However, no website, network, or electronic storage system can guarantee absolute security. Visitors should exercise appropriate care when deciding what information to submit publicly or privately through any website.
Third-Party Websites
RaysAddiction may contain links to websites operated by third parties. A link to another website does not mean RaysAddiction controls or endorses that website’s privacy practices.
Once you leave RaysAddiction, the collection and use of information are governed by the privacy policy and terms of the website or service you visit.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
RaysAddiction may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes to the website, its services, third-party providers, legal requirements, or privacy practices.
When material changes are made, the “Last updated” date at the top of this page will be revised. Visitors are encouraged to review this page periodically.
Contact Us
Questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or personal information associated with RaysAddiction may be submitted through the contact method provided on the RaysAddiction website.
When submitting a privacy-related request, please provide enough information for us to understand and appropriately respond to your request without including unnecessary sensitive information.