Privacy policy
How Sunday Marathon handles account, correction, race listing, analytics, advertising, and payment data.
Last updated: May 21, 2026
What Sunday Marathon is
SundayMarathon.com is a marathon directory and race-planning website. Runners use it to find races, compare dates and locations, save races, submit corrections, and follow official links.
Information we collect
- Contact details you submit, such as name, email address, and message content.
- Account details you provide, such as email address, display name, profile fields, saved races, completed races, and reviews.
- Race submissions, correction reports, club submissions, and other information you choose to send us.
- Email preferences if you sign up for alerts or updates.
- Basic technical and usage data, such as browser type, device type, pages visited, referral source, approximate location, and error logs.
- Payment and subscription status from our payment provider for Pro membership. Listing or claiming a race is free and does not involve payment. We do not collect or store card numbers.
How we use information
- To operate the marathon directory, search, calendar, account, review, and correction features.
- To respond to contact messages, race corrections, submissions, and support requests.
- To improve race data quality, page usefulness, and website reliability.
- To send email updates only when you ask for them or when service notices are needed.
- To manage organizer listing and claim records and Pro membership billing records.
- To protect the site from spam, abuse, fraud, and security issues.
- To comply with legal, tax, accounting, or payment obligations.
Cookies and analytics
We use essential cookies for sessions and security. We may use analytics to understand page usage and improve the website. You can control cookies in your browser settings, but some account or form features may not work without essential cookies.
Advertising and Google AdSense
We use Google AdSense to show advertising on some public content pages. Google and its partners may use cookies, web beacons, IP addresses, device identifiers, and similar technologies to serve, measure, and improve ads.
Google may use information from your visits to this and other websites to show personalized ads when permitted by your settings and applicable law. You can manage or turn off personalized Google ads at Google My Ad Center. You can also learn about industry opt-out choices at aboutads.info.
Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve ads based on prior visits to Sunday Marathon or other websites. Blocking cookies in your browser may affect ad personalization and some site features.
Payments
Pro membership billing is handled through Dodo Payments as Merchant of Record. Listing or claiming a race is free and does not involve payment. Payment details are collected by Dodo Payments, not by Sunday Marathon. We may receive payment status, subscription status, customer ID, invoice information, and similar records needed for support, fraud prevention, and accounting.
Third-party services
- Hosting and infrastructure providers keep the website online.
- Google Analytics may measure website usage when configured.
- Dodo Payments may process Pro membership billing.
- Official race websites, registration platforms, travel websites, and affiliate partners may collect information after you leave Sunday Marathon.
Third-party sites have their own privacy policies. Always review them before submitting information or registering for a race.
Race registration
Sunday Marathon does not process race registrations. Registration links send you to official organizers or third-party registration platforms. Their privacy and payment practices apply after you leave this site.
Data retention
- Account data is kept while your account is active or as needed for support and legal obligations.
- Contact messages and correction reports may be kept so we can resolve issues and improve race data.
- Email update records are kept until you unsubscribe or ask us to remove them.
- Payment records are kept as required for tax, accounting, support, and payment-provider obligations.
- Analytics and technical logs may be retained in aggregated or limited form to improve reliability.
Your choices
- You can contact us to request access, correction, or deletion of personal data we hold about you.
- You can unsubscribe from optional email updates.
- You can manage browser cookies in your browser settings.
- Existing paid members can manage billing from https://sundaymarathon.com/membership/manage.
Security
We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect personal data, including HTTPS and access controls. No internet service can be guaranteed completely secure.
Children
Sunday Marathon is not directed to children under 18. If you believe a child has submitted personal data, contact us so we can review and remove it when appropriate.
International use
Sunday Marathon is operated from India and serves runners internationally. Your information may be processed in countries other than your own by our service providers.
Contact
For privacy requests, use the contact form or email Sunday Marathon directly.