Privacy Policy
Effective Date: August 27, 2026
Last Updated: August 27, 2026
RealGarza.com is operated by Real Garza ("Real Garza," "we," "us," or "our").
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect information when you visit or interact with RealGarza.com, including its articles, account features, games, forms, and other services (collectively, the "Website").
This Privacy Policy does not govern third-party websites, applications, or services that may be linked to or embedded in the Website.
By using the Website, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
1. Information We Collect
The information we collect depends on how you use the Website.
Information You Provide to Us
You may provide information directly to us when you:
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Create or maintain a Website account.
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Log in to the Website.
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Contact us.
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Submit a form.
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Send us a message.
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Submit comments or other content where such features are available.
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Participate in interactive Website features.
This information may include:
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Your name.
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Username.
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Email address.
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Account and authentication information.
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Communications you send to us.
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Information contained in content you voluntarily submit.
Please do not submit Social Security numbers, complete financial-account numbers, payment-card numbers, medical records, passwords for other services, or other highly sensitive information through ordinary Website forms or communications.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit RealGarza.com, our Website, hosting provider, security tools, content-management system, extensions, and other service providers may automatically collect certain technical information, such as:
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Internet Protocol (IP) address.
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Browser type and version.
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Device type.
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Operating system.
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Referring page or website.
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Pages visited.
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Date and time of access.
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Session information.
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Website interactions.
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Error and diagnostic information.
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Security logs.
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Approximate geographic location derived from an IP address.
This information is generally used to operate, secure, diagnose, and improve the Website.
2. Account and Login Information
RealGarza.com may provide account-registration, login, "remember me," password-recovery, username-recovery, or passkey functionality.
When you use those features, authentication-related information may be processed or stored by the Website's content-management system, hosting environment, authentication technology, or related service providers.
We use account information to:
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Authenticate users.
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Maintain accounts.
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Provide account-related features.
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Prevent unauthorized access.
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Detect fraud or abuse.
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Respond to account-support requests.
You are responsible for protecting the credentials associated with your account.
3. Cookies and Similar Technologies
RealGarza.com may use cookies, local storage, session identifiers, scripts, pixels, or similar technologies.
These technologies may be used for purposes such as:
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Maintaining Website sessions.
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Keeping users logged in when requested.
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Remembering Website preferences.
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Providing security features.
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Detecting malicious activity.
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Measuring Website performance.
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Understanding Website traffic.
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Supporting embedded third-party content.
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Supporting affiliate or referral attribution.
Some cookies are necessary for Website functionality.
Third-party services embedded in or linked from the Website may also use their own cookies or tracking technologies according to their own privacy policies.
You can usually control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may cause portions of the Website to function incorrectly.
4. How We Use Information
We may use information collected through the Website to:
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Operate and maintain RealGarza.com.
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Provide Website functionality.
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Create and maintain user accounts.
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Authenticate users.
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Respond to communications.
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Provide technical support.
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Improve Website functionality and performance.
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Diagnose technical problems.
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Prevent spam, fraud, unauthorized access, or abuse.
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Protect the security of the Website and its users.
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Understand how visitors use the Website.
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Maintain Website records.
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Comply with applicable laws and legal obligations.
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Enforce our Terms of Service.
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Protect our rights or the rights and safety of others.
We may also use aggregated or de-identified information that cannot reasonably be linked to an identifiable individual.
5. Analytics and Website Measurement
We may use Website analytics, server statistics, or similar measurement tools to understand:
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How visitors reach the Website.
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Which pages are viewed.
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How the Website performs.
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How visitors interact with Website content.
Depending on the technology used, analytics providers may receive information such as IP addresses, device information, browser information, and Website interactions.
If we materially change the Website's use of analytics or advertising technologies, we may update this Privacy Policy accordingly.
6. Affiliate Links, Referral Links, and Third-Party Retailers
RealGarza.com contains or may contain affiliate and referral links.
When you click one of these links, you may be redirected to a third-party website. That third party may collect information from you according to its own privacy policy.
The third party may also receive information indicating that you arrived from RealGarza.com or may use referral identifiers or cookies to attribute a transaction to Real Garza.
Real Garza may receive compensation, commissions, referral rewards, credits, or other benefits when visitors complete qualifying actions through certain links.
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
RealGarza.com may also link to other retailers, financial platforms, social networks, payment services, and third-party services.
Third-party services are responsible for their own privacy practices.
7. Affiliate and Advertising Disclosures
The existence of this Privacy Policy does not replace disclosures that may appear next to individual affiliate links, advertisements, sponsored content, or endorsements.
Where appropriate, affiliate or compensated relationships may also be disclosed directly within or near the relevant Website content.
8. Embedded and Third-Party Content
RealGarza.com may display or link to content provided by third parties, including:
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YouTube or other video services.
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Social media platforms.
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Retailers.
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Financial platforms.
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Payment services.
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Affiliate networks.
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Advertising services.
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Other websites and online services.
When you interact with third-party content, those services may receive information about your interaction.
Some embedded services may collect information automatically when the content loads, depending on how the integration is configured.
Real Garza does not control the privacy practices of those third parties.
9. How We May Disclose Information
We may disclose information in the following circumstances.
Service Providers
We may provide information to vendors that help us operate the Website, such as:
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Website hosting providers.
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Security providers.
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Content-management and software providers.
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Analytics providers.
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Technical-support providers.
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Email or communications providers.
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Website extension or plugin providers.
These providers may process information as necessary to provide their services.
Legal and Safety Purposes
We may disclose information if we reasonably believe doing so is necessary to:
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Comply with applicable law.
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Respond to lawful legal process.
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Respond to a subpoena, warrant, court order, or government request.
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Investigate suspected fraud or abuse.
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Protect Website security.
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Protect our legal rights.
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Protect the rights, property, or safety of another person.
Business Transfer
Information associated with the Website may be transferred if ownership or operation of RealGarza.com or substantially all related assets is sold, transferred, reorganized, or otherwise changed.
10. Sale of Personal Information and Targeted Advertising
As of the Last Updated date of this Privacy Policy, Real Garza does not knowingly sell personal information to data brokers for monetary compensation.
Some state privacy laws define terms such as "sale," "sharing," or "targeted advertising" more broadly than an ordinary sale for money.
If RealGarza.com uses technologies in the future that constitute a sale, sharing, or targeted advertising under an applicable privacy law, we will provide legally required disclosures and opt-out mechanisms when applicable.
We do not knowingly sell the personal information of children.
We do not knowingly sell precise geolocation information.
11. Sensitive Personal Information
RealGarza.com is not designed to collect sensitive personal information such as:
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Social Security numbers.
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Government identification numbers.
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Complete financial-account credentials.
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Payment-card information.
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Medical records.
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Genetic information.
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Biometric identifiers used to uniquely identify a person.
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Precise geographic-location information.
Please do not submit such information unless a Website feature specifically and legitimately requests it.
12. Data Retention
We retain information for only as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected or for legitimate operational, security, recordkeeping, and legal purposes.
For example:
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Account information may be retained while an account remains active and for a reasonable period afterward.
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Communications may be retained as necessary to address the request or maintain appropriate records.
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Security and server logs may be retained for diagnostic, security, fraud-prevention, or operational purposes.
Retention periods may also depend on the practices of hosting providers and other service providers.
We may retain information longer where necessary to comply with law, resolve disputes, investigate abuse, prevent fraud, or enforce agreements.
13. Data Security
We use reasonable administrative and technical measures intended to protect information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.
Security measures may include access controls, secure connections, Website security tools, authentication safeguards, software updates, monitoring, and other appropriate measures.
However, no website, network, database, or Internet transmission method can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
We cannot guarantee absolute security.
14. Children's Privacy
RealGarza.com is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13 years of age.
We do not knowingly collect personal information online from a child under 13 in circumstances requiring parental consent.
Children under 13 should not create Website accounts or submit personal information through RealGarza.com.
If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 in violation of applicable law, we will take reasonable steps to delete that information.
A parent or legal guardian who believes a child has provided personal information may contact us through the Website.
15. Your Privacy Choices and Rights
Depending on where you live and which privacy laws apply to Real Garza, you may have rights relating to your personal information.
These may include the right to:
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Ask whether we process personal information about you.
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Request access to personal information.
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Request correction of inaccurate information.
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Request deletion of information.
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Request a portable copy of certain information.
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Request information about third parties that received personal information.
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Opt out of certain uses of personal information.
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Opt out of the sale of personal information where applicable.
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Opt out of targeted advertising where applicable.
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Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
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Appeal certain privacy-request decisions where applicable.
Privacy rights vary by jurisdiction and may be subject to exceptions.
We will provide rights required by applicable law.
16. Oregon Privacy Rights
The Oregon Consumer Privacy Act provides certain rights to Oregon residents when the law applies to a particular business or processing activity.
Where Real Garza is subject to the Oregon Consumer Privacy Act, eligible Oregon consumers may have rights including:
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Accessing personal data.
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Correcting inaccurate personal data.
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Deleting personal data.
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Obtaining a copy of personal data.
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Obtaining information about certain third parties that received personal data.
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Opting out of certain sales of personal data.
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Opting out of targeted advertising.
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Opting out of certain profiling activities.
Where legally required, we will also recognize qualifying universal opt-out mechanisms.
Oregon privacy rights are subject to statutory applicability thresholds, exemptions, and exceptions.
17. California Privacy Rights and CalOPPA Disclosures
California residents may have privacy rights under California law depending on the particular law and whether its requirements apply to Real Garza.
California consumers may contact us to request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information where applicable.
RealGarza.com may permit third-party services, embedded content providers, or other providers to collect information concerning Website activity as described in this Privacy Policy.
Do Not Track
Some Internet browsers allow users to transmit a "Do Not Track" signal.
There is currently no universally adopted standard governing ordinary browser Do Not Track signals, and RealGarza.com does not necessarily respond to traditional Do Not Track signals.
This is separate from legally recognized universal opt-out mechanisms such as Global Privacy Control.
Where applicable law requires Real Garza to recognize a qualifying universal opt-out signal, we will do so.
18. Privacy Requests
To submit a privacy request, account-deletion request, or question regarding your information, contact Real Garza through the Contact Us page on RealGarza.com.
Please clearly describe your request.
We may request information reasonably necessary to verify your identity before providing access to, correcting, or deleting personal information.
We may deny or limit a request when permitted or required by law, including when we cannot reasonably verify the request.
19. Third-Party Websites
Links from RealGarza.com may take you to websites that we do not operate.
We are not responsible for the privacy, security, content, or data-handling practices of third-party websites.
We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any third-party website before submitting information to it.
20. International Visitors
RealGarza.com is operated from the United States.
If you access the Website from outside the United States, information may be processed in the United States or other jurisdictions in which service providers operate.
Data-protection laws in those jurisdictions may differ from those where you live.
21. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy when our Website, technologies, service providers, or legal obligations change.
When we update it, we will revise the Last Updated date at the top of the policy.
Material changes may also be communicated through additional Website notices where appropriate.
We encourage visitors to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
22. Contact Us
Questions or requests concerning this Privacy Policy may be submitted through the Contact Us page on RealGarza.com.
Website: RealGarza.com