Privacy Policy
Last updated: February 21, 2026
Overview
MahjongCompare ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website mahjongcompare.com.
Information We Collect
Automatically Collected Information
When you visit our website, we may automatically collect certain information, including:
- Device information (browser type, operating system)
- IP address and general location
- Pages visited and time spent on pages
- Referring website or search terms
- Click interactions with affiliate links (including IP address and referring page, used for fraud prevention and performance reporting)
Information You Provide
We may collect information you voluntarily provide, such as:
- Email address (if you subscribe to our newsletter)
- Contact information (if you reach out to us)
- Feedback or survey responses
Directory Listing Information
If you claim or submit a listing in our teacher, club, or venue directories, we collect:
- Name and professional credentials
- Email address (for claim verification and edit access)
- Phone number (if provided, displayed on your public profile)
- Location information (city, state)
- Photos you upload for your profile
- Business information (website, social media links, services offered)
Directory listing information you provide is displayed publicly on your profile page. You can update or request removal of your listing at any time by using your edit link or contacting us.
How We Use Your Information
We use the collected information for the following purposes:
- To operate and maintain our website
- To improve user experience and content
- To analyze website traffic and usage patterns
- To send newsletters and updates (with your consent)
- To respond to your inquiries
- To track affiliate link performance for our business
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience:
- Essential cookies: Required for basic website functionality
- Analytics cookies: Help us understand how visitors use our site (Google Analytics, PostHog, Ahrefs)
- Session recording: Microsoft Clarity records anonymized session replays and heatmaps to help us improve usability
- Affiliate cookies: Track referrals to our partner retailers so we can earn commissions
You can control cookies through your browser settings. Note that disabling cookies may affect site functionality.
Third-Party Services
We work with third-party services that may collect information:
- Analytics: Google Analytics, PostHog, Ahrefs
- Session Recording: Microsoft Clarity (anonymized session replays and heatmaps)
- Error Monitoring: Sentry (captures error reports including device and browser information)
- Email: Beehiiv (newsletter), SendGrid (transactional emails such as claim confirmations and edit links)
- Mapping: Mapbox (interactive maps for club and venue directories)
- Affiliate Networks: Amazon Associates, Awin, CJ Affiliate, UpPromote
- Affiliate Data: Strackr (aggregates affiliate reporting)
- Hosting & Infrastructure: Render, Supabase, Cloudflare
These services have their own privacy policies. We encourage you to review them.
Affiliate Disclosure
MahjongCompare participates in affiliate programs. When you click on affiliate links and make purchases, we may earn a commission at no additional cost to you. See our full Affiliate Disclosure for more details.
Data Security
We implement reasonable security measures to protect your information. However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security of your data.
Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the right to:
- Access the personal information we hold about you
- Request correction of inaccurate information
- Request deletion of your information
- Opt out of marketing communications
- Object to certain processing of your data
Children's Privacy
Our website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of significant changes by posting the new policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date.
Contact Us
MahjongCompare is operated by SAP Thumbprint Holdings, LLC.
Mailing Address:
SAP Thumbprint Holdings, LLC
5540 Centerview Drive, Ste 204 PMB 40923
Raleigh, NC 27606
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: hello@mahjongcompare.com