At footballcentury.com we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and safeguard your data under the Isle of Man Data Protection Act 2018 and UK GDPR.
1. Data We Collect
Because our website uses “Privacy by Design,” we strictly limit the data we collect to what is necessary to run the game:
- Authentication Data: When you sign up using Google or Apple, we collect your email address and basic public profile token. If you use Apple’s “Hide My Email” feature, we receive and securely process the masked relay email address provided by Apple.
- Game Configurations: We store your custom chosen Team Name, points total, and mini-league memberships.
- Technical Logs: We log standard server interaction data, such as IP addresses and browser types, strictly for website security, performance monitoring, and anti-cheat tracking.
2. How We Use Your Data
We process your personal data under the lawful basis of Contractual Necessity to provide you with the game platform and Legitimate Interests to prevent cheating. Your data is used exclusively to:
- Create and manage your game account.
- Calculate points and rank your team on our public Global Leaderboard and private mini-leagues.
- Authenticate your secure logins via Google or Apple.
- Prevent system exploits, bots, and duplicate accounts.
3. Data Protection and Global Leaderboard Visibility
- No Real Names: Your real first and last names, if gathered from social sign-ins, are hidden in our secure database and are never displayed publicly. Only your custom Team Name is shared with other users.
- Email Privacy: Your email address is strictly hidden and is never visible to other players on leaderboards or inside mini-leagues.
- Leaderboard Opt-Out: If you do not wish to be listed publicly, you can tick the “Hide my profile from the Global Leaderboard” box in your account settings. Your points will still calculate for your private leagues, but your name will be completely hidden from the public global directory.
4. Data Sharing and Advertising
- No Selling of Data: We do not sell, rent, or trade your email address or personal details to any third-party marketing companies.
- Future Advertising: We may introduce third-party advertisements on this website in the future. If implemented, these networks may use basic browser cookies to serve relevant ads, subject to a cookie consent banner where you can adjust your tracking preferences.
5. Your Rights & Account Deletion (“Right to Be Forgotten”)
Under Isle of Man data protection laws, you have the right to access, correct, or delete the personal data we hold about you.
- You can delete your account at any time by clicking the “Delete Account” button in your profile settings.
- Upon confirmation, your email address, login tokens, and profile data will be permanently wiped from our active databases, and your Team Name will instantly vanish from the Global Leaderboard and all mini-leagues.
For any privacy-related questions or data inquiries, please contact us at: info@footballcentury.com.