This Privacy Policy is subject to change at any time at the sole discretion of David Shama LLC.  If you do not agree with the terms of the Privacy Policy, please do not use this Website. 

David Shama’s Minnesota Sports Headliners Website is owned by David Shama LLC, Eden Prairie, Minnesota. The Website is free to visitors and is advertiser supported. Content is published to report news and offer opinions about Minnesota professional, college and high school sports.  The Website’s purpose is to serve visitors who have interest in state of Minnesota sports, and while occasionally the Website will reference sports beyond Minnesota, there is almost never content specific to international athletics.

This Website is minimal in its collection of information from visitors. Access to the Website requires no registration. The Website offers a “contact” option to visitors providing David Shama’s email address, and using the option is not required to see the Website. It is in place as a service for visitors to obtain more information regarding a subject of their choice.  Email addresses from Website visitors are not retained by David Shama LLC unless requested.

The Website also offers a “comments” option for feedback from visitors specific to an article. Before a comment can be viewed by David Shama LLC the visitor must first type in a name and email address. Such comments maybe edited for clarity, brevity and language, and having the comment on the Website is at the sole discretion of DS LLC.  Neither the personal names, nor email addresses are stored for later use by DS LLC.

The Website has banner and side advertisers, meaning non-essential cookies are used. Clicking on these ads directs a visitor to the advertiser’s website. DS LLC is not responsible for the advertisers products and services, and their websites.  Nor is DS LLC responsible for any website links that could be included in articles on the David Shama’s Minnesota Sports Headliners Website. Be aware other websites may have different Private Policy practices than this one.

Many visitors to the Website are regularly alerted by email to the most recent article being published. These email addresses are from sources other than the David Shama Minnesota Sports Headliners Website. An email opt out option is included on each email sent promoting the latest article.

Do Not Track (DNT) as Part of This Privacy Policy

David Shama’s Minnesota Sports Headliners does not track visitors to obtain personal information for DS LLC. Any comment about not  collecting or tracking browsing data will be reviewed and answered as part of the Website’s DNT policy.

DS LLC has no employees involved with the Website but outside advisors may provide support specific to the Website’s technology and functionality. Such advisors comply with the Privacy Policy as stated here, including DNT. The IONOS hosting site provides provides weekly data regarding visitors and views of the Website including totals. WordPress provides visitors and views totals of the Website. An advisor also weekly provides a total regarding Website viewership based on his interpretation of the Ionos data.  There is no personal data provided to DS LLC about visitors and viewers such as names, physical addresses and email addresses in the reports from the entities or advisor, nor does the advisor collect any such information for his use.

WordPress offers to track internet data, but DS LLC chooses not to ask for or accept this information. Nor does this Website use programs like Google AdSense and Google Analytics to track visitors. The Website doesn’t display Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram and X logos for the purpose of encouraging visitors to follow the Website.

Like most websites, David Shama’s Minnesota Sports Headliners uses cookies and web beacons to improve functions including recognition of browsers. (Cookies are small files used by websites to save users’ browsing information.  Web beacons are used on web pages and emails to determine if users have accessed content.)  Neither the visitor’s name nor any other personal information is revealed by cookies to DS LLC. By using this platform, a visitor consents to the use of cookies. (Note: consider changing browser settings to disable cookies if you have privacy concerns. Disabling cookies for all sites is not recommended as it may interfere with the use of some websites. The best option is to disable or enable cookies on a per-site basis.)

All web servers track basic information about visitors that includes, but is not limited to, IP addresses, browser details, timestamps and referring pages. None of this information can personally identify specific visitors to this Website. The information is tracked for routine administration and maintenance purposes.