Effective date: February 27, 2026
CardLines.com (the "Site") is owned and operated by Media Techs LLC. Media Techs LLC can be contacted at:
info@mediatechs.net
PO Box 80015, Saukville, WI 53080
At CardLines, accessible from https://cardlines.com/, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by CardLines and how we use it.
We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our service to you.
Personal Data: While using our site, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you ("Personal Data"), such as your email address, first name, and last name.
Facebook Data: If you use the "Login with Facebook" feature, we may collect information from your Facebook profile as permitted by your privacy settings. This typically includes your Public Profile information (Name, Profile Picture) and Email Address.
Google Sign-In Data: If you use the "Sign in with Google" feature to log in or create your Cardlines account, we receive a limited set of identity information from Google: your Google account ID, name (first and last), email address, and a flag indicating whether your email has been verified by Google. We do not receive your profile picture, YouTube data, contacts, calendar, files, or any other data from your Google account through this sign-in.
Google / YouTube Data: Separately, if you connect your YouTube account to Cardlines Club from your /my-account/ dashboard, we receive read-only access to limited YouTube data — your YouTube channel ID, your subscriptions, your liked videos, and comments you have posted — used solely to detect engagement with the official Cardlines YouTube channel for loyalty point awards. We never post, comment, like, upload, or modify content on your YouTube account on your behalf. See "Google APIs / YouTube Data" below for full details, scope information, and Limited Use compliance.
CardLines uses the collected data for various purposes:
To provide and maintain our service.
To allow you to participate in interactive features of our site when you choose to do so (e.g., comments, forum, or collection tracking).
To provide customer support.
To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our service.
We process your information to provide the services you have requested, to comply with legal obligations, or based on our legitimate interests in improving the hobby experience on CardLines. We do not sell your personal data to third parties.
In accordance with Facebook Platform Terms, we provide a way for users to request the deletion of their data. If you have used a Facebook Login to access CardLines and wish to delete your data activity, you can do so by following these steps:
Go to your Facebook Account's Settings & Privacy. Click Settings.
Look for Apps and Websites and you will see all of the apps and websites you linked to your Facebook.
Search and click CardLines in the list.
Scroll and click Remove.
Alternatively, you may request manual data deletion by emailing us at info@cardlines.com with the subject line "Data Deletion Request." Once received, we will delete your account and all associated personal data from our systems within [30] days.
CardLines uses Meta Platform APIs (Facebook and Instagram) as part of our Cardlines Club loyalty rewards program. This section describes what social media data we collect, how we use it, and your rights regarding that data.
Data We Collect via Facebook Login:
When you connect your Facebook account to Cardlines Club, we receive and store the following information:
We do not access your friends list, private messages, photos, or any content from your personal Facebook timeline.
Data We Collect via Instagram:
If you connect your Instagram account to Cardlines Club, we store your Instagram username to match your engagement (such as comments on our posts) with your loyalty account.
How We Use Social Media Data:
We use the data collected through Meta Platform APIs solely for the following purposes:
We do not sell, rent, or share your social media data with any third parties. We do not use your data for advertising, profiling, or any purpose unrelated to the Cardlines Club loyalty program.
Data Storage and Retention:
Your social media data is stored in our secure website database. Access tokens are stored to facilitate ongoing engagement verification. We retain this data for as long as your Cardlines Club account is active or as needed to provide you with our services.
Data Deletion:
You may request deletion of your social media data at any time through any of the following methods:
Upon deletion, your social media User ID, access token, and engagement data will be permanently removed from our database. Points previously awarded for verified engagement will remain on your loyalty account.
Third-Party Platform Terms:
Your use of Facebook and Instagram is governed by Meta's own privacy policy and terms of service. We encourage you to review Meta's Privacy Policy for information on how Meta collects and processes your data. Our access to your data through Meta's APIs is subject to Meta's Platform Terms.
Cardlines Club uses Google APIs (specifically the YouTube Data API) as part of our loyalty rewards program. This section describes what Google data we access, how we use it, and your rights.
Data we access via Google sign-in. When you click Connect YouTube on your Cardlines.com /my-account/ page, Google's consent screen lists the access we are requesting. We use only the https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.readonly scope, which gives us read-only access to:
We do not access videos, channels, or content unrelated to Cardlines.
How we use the data. We use Google data only to award loyalty points within the Cardlines Club program when we detect that you have subscribed to the Cardlines channel, liked a Cardlines video, or commented on a Cardlines video. We never upload, modify, post, comment, like, delete, or otherwise write to your YouTube account on your behalf. The integration is read-only.
Limited use. Cardlines Club's use of information received from Google APIs adheres to the , including the Limited Use requirements. We do not use this data for advertising, training machine learning models, transferring it to third parties, or any purpose other than awarding loyalty points within Cardlines Club.
How we store and protect the data. Your Google channel ID and a short-lived access token (refreshed by Google as needed) are stored in our secure WordPress database hosted on Kinsta managed cloud infrastructure (US data center, SOC 2 Type II audited). Access is restricted to authorized Cardlines staff. We do not share, sell, or transfer Google data to any third party.
How to disconnect or delete the data. You may revoke our access at any time:
info@cardlines.com with the subject line "Data Deletion Request" — we will remove all associated Google data within 30 days.If you connect your X (Twitter) account to Cardlines Club, we store your X handle and a short-lived OAuth token. We use the data only to detect whether you follow @card_lines and whether you have liked, replied to, or reposted Cardlines tweets — for the purpose of awarding loyalty points. We never post, like, reply, or repost on your behalf. You can disconnect at any time on /my-account/, which immediately deletes the stored handle and token; you can also revoke from X at .
If you supply your eBay username for Cardlines Club, we store the username only and use it to match your purchases from the Cardlines eBay store, your reviews on Cardlines listings, and your seller-save action — for the purpose of awarding loyalty points. We do not access any other eBay data and there is no OAuth token to revoke. You can remove your eBay username at any time on /my-account/.
CardLines follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. The information collected includes IP addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, and referring/exit pages.
We also use "cookies" to store information including visitors' preferences and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users' experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors' browser type and/or other information.
CardLines's Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.
Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity. CardLines does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13.
CardLines is committed to protecting user privacy. Regarding requests from public authorities for personal data:
Review of Legality: We review every request from public authorities (such as law enforcement or government agencies) to ensure they have a valid legal basis and comply with applicable law.
Challenging Unlawful Requests: We reserve the right to challenge or reject requests that are overly broad, vague, or lack legal merit.
Data Minimization: If we are legally compelled to disclose data, we will only provide the minimum information necessary to satisfy the specific legal requirement.
Documentation: We maintain records of all such formal requests and our responses to them for compliance purposes.
If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us:
By email: info@cardlines.com
By visiting this page on our website: https://cardlines.com/contact/
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