Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

At Football Filter, we take your privacy seriously. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our personalized football news filtering service. Please read this policy carefully to understand our practices regarding your personal data.

2. Information We Collect

We collect several types of information to provide and improve our service:

Personal Information

• Account Information: When you register, we collect your email address, username, and password.
• Profile Information: User preferences, such as favorite teams, leagues, and players you choose to follow.
• Subscription Information: For premium users, we collect payment information through our secure payment processors.

Automatically Collected Information

• Usage Data: Information about how you interact with our service, including articles viewed, filters applied, time spent, and features used.
• Device Information: IP address, browser type and version, operating system, and device identifiers.
• Cookies and Similar Technologies: Data collected through cookies, web beacons, and similar tracking technologies.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the collected information for various purposes, including:

• Providing and personalizing our service based on your preferences
• Filtering and delivering relevant football news content
• Processing and managing your subscription
• Improving and optimizing our service and algorithms
• Communicating with you about updates, features, or support issues
• Analyzing usage patterns to enhance user experience
• Detecting and preventing fraudulent activity or security breaches
• Complying with legal obligations

4. Sharing Your Information

We may share your information with:

• Service Providers: Third-party companies who assist us in providing the service (hosting, payment processing, analytics)
• Business Partners: When necessary for specific features or joint offerings
• Legal Requirements: When required by law, regulation, or legal process
• Business Transfers: In connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets

We do not sell your personal information to third parties for advertising purposes.

5. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Football Filter uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our service and store certain information. Cookies are small files placed on your device that enable us to remember your preferences, analyze usage patterns, and improve our service.

Types of cookies we use:

• Essential Cookies: Required for the operation of our service
• Preference Cookies: Allow us to remember your settings and preferences
• Analytics Cookies: Help us understand how users interact with our service
• Authentication Cookies: Recognize you when you return to our service

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some features of our service may not function properly without cookies.

6. Your Privacy Rights and Choices

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information:

• Access: Request access to your personal information
• Correction: Update or correct inaccurate data
• Deletion: Request deletion of your personal information
• Restriction: Request restriction of processing of your data
• Data Portability: Request transfer of your information to another service
• Objection: Object to processing of your personal information

To exercise these rights, please contact us using the information provided at the end of this policy.

7. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

8. Data Retention

We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. When we no longer need your data and there is no need to keep it to comply with our legal obligations, we will either delete it or anonymize it.

9. International Data Transfers

Your information may be transferred to and processed in countries other than the one in which you reside. These countries may have different data protection laws. When we transfer your data internationally, we take steps to ensure that adequate safeguards are in place to protect your information.

10. Children's Privacy

Our service is not intended for children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so that we can take appropriate actions.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Email: privacy@thefootball.news