SPORTFAX IS A HOBBY SITE RUN BY ONE PERSON. IT HAS NO ADVERTS AND NOTHING TO SELL. IT COLLECTS AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE ABOUT YOU, AND WHAT IT DOES COLLECT IS SET OUT BELOW.
SPORTFAX IS A TRADING NAME OF METRIQ CONSULTING LIMITED, A COMPANY REGISTERED IN ENGLAND AND WALES, COMPANY NUMBER 16845821. REGISTERED OFFICE: C/O ATKINSON EVANS LIMITED, THE OLD DRILL HALL, 10 ARNOT HILL ROAD, ARNOLD, NOTTINGHAM NG5 6LJ. METRIQ CONSULTING LIMITED IS THE DATA CONTROLLER FOR EVERYTHING DESCRIBED ON THIS PAGE.
SPORTFAX SETS NO COOKIES. IT HAS NO ACCOUNTS, NO LOGINS, NO SIGN-UP AND NO CONTACT FORM, AND IT DOES NOT FOLLOW YOU AROUND THE WEB. IF YOU ONLY READ THE SCORES, NOTHING ABOUT YOU IS STORED AT ALL — THE PAGE NUMBER YOU TYPE IS USED TO SHOW YOU THAT PAGE AND IS NOT RECORDED. TWO THINGS YOU CAN CHOOSE TO TURN ON DO STORE SOMETHING, AND BOTH ARE DESCRIBED BELOW: THE GAMES LEADERBOARDS, AND NOTIFICATIONS IN THE APP.
QUIZFAX, SPOT KICK AND STARTING XI HAVE LEADERBOARDS, AND THOSE DO STORE SOMETHING. WHEN YOU POST A SCORE, SPORTFAX SAVES THE DISPLAY NAME YOU CHOOSE, YOUR SCORE AND HOW LONG YOU TOOK, ALONGSIDE A RANDOM IDENTIFIER MADE UP BY YOUR OWN BROWSER. THAT IDENTIFIER IS ONLY THERE SO THE BOARD CAN SHOW YOU WHICH ROW IS YOURS. IT IS NOT LINKED TO YOUR NAME, YOUR EMAIL OR YOUR DEVICE, AND IT IS NEVER SHARED WITH ANYONE.
THAT IDENTIFIER — AND YOUR DISPLAY NAME, IF YOU TICK THE BOX TO BE REMEMBERED — IS KEPT IN YOUR BROWSER’S LOCAL STORAGE, ALONG WITH A COUPLE OF DISPLAY PREFERENCES AND WHICH ROUNDS YOU HAVE PLAYED. CLEARING YOUR BROWSER STORAGE REMOVES ALL OF IT, AND YOU SIMPLY COME BACK AS A NEW PLAYER.
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO USE A REAL NAME, AND PLAYING WITHOUT POSTING A SCORE STORES NOTHING ON THE SERVER.
THE APP CAN TELL YOU WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS TO A TEAM YOU FOLLOW — A GOAL, A WICKET, A FINAL SCORE. IT IS OFF UNTIL YOU TURN IT ON, AND THE WEBSITE DOES NOT DO THIS AT ALL.
TO SEND ONE, SPORTFAX HAS TO KEEP THREE THINGS: A NOTIFICATION TOKEN YOUR PHONE GIVES US SO THE MESSAGE CAN REACH IT, THE TEAMS YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO FOLLOW, AND WHICH KINDS OF MOMENT YOU ASKED FOR. THEY ARE HELD AGAINST A RANDOM IDENTIFIER YOUR OWN DEVICE MAKES UP, IN THE SAME WAY THE LEADERBOARDS WORK.
THERE IS NO NAME, NO EMAIL AND NO ACCOUNT ATTACHED TO IT. IT IS NOT LINKED TO ANYTHING YOU DO ON THE WEBSITE, IT DOES NOT RECORD WHERE YOU ARE, AND IT IS NEVER SHARED OR SOLD. THE LIST OF TEAMS IS USED FOR ONE THING: DECIDING WHICH PHONE TO SEND A SCORE TO.
TURNING NOTIFICATIONS OFF IN THE APP STOPS THEM IMMEDIATELY. THE TEAMS YOU CHOSE ARE KEPT SO THAT SWITCHING BACK ON DOES NOT MEAN STARTING AGAIN — IF YOU WOULD RATHER THEY WERE DELETED OUTRIGHT, ASK AT THE ADDRESS BELOW AND THEY WILL BE. DELETING THE APP ALSO ENDS IT: THE TOKEN STOPS WORKING, AND WHEN APPLE OR GOOGLE TELL US SO, THE RECORD IS DELETED.
VISITOR COUNTS COME FROM CLOUDFLARE WEB ANALYTICS, WHICH IS COOKIELESS. IT DOES NOT USE COOKIES OR LOCAL STORAGE, DOES NOT FINGERPRINT VISITORS, AND REPORTS ONLY AGGREGATE FIGURES — HOW MANY PEOPLE VIEWED A PAGE, AND HOW QUICKLY IT LOADED. INDIVIDUAL VISITORS ARE NOT IDENTIFIED OR FOLLOWED BETWEEN VISITS.
THE TELETEXT LETTERING IS LOADED FROM GOOGLE FONTS. THIS MEANS YOUR BROWSER REQUESTS THE FONT FILES FROM GOOGLE, AND GOOGLE THEREFORE SEES YOUR IP ADDRESS AND BROWSER TYPE. GOOGLE’S HANDLING OF THAT DATA IS COVERED BY GOOGLE’S OWN PRIVACY POLICY.
THE SITE IS HOSTED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM: IT RUNS ON MICROSOFT AZURE (UK SOUTH), WITH ITS DATABASE HOSTED BY NEON (LONDON). AS WITH ANY WEBSITE, THEIR SERVERS KEEP ROUTINE TECHNICAL LOGS WHICH CAN INCLUDE IP ADDRESSES FOR A SHORT PERIOD, FOR SECURITY AND RELIABILITY. SPORTFAX DOES NOT READ THESE LOGS TO IDENTIFY ANYONE, AND DOES NOT BUILD ANY PROFILE FROM THEM.
SCORES, TABLES AND HEADLINES COME FROM API-FOOTBALL, API-CRICKET, API-FORMULA-1, THE GUARDIAN AND THE OPEN TRIVIA DATABASE. THESE REQUESTS ARE MADE BY SPORTFAX’S OWN SERVERS. NOTHING ABOUT YOU IS SENT TO THEM.
IF YOU HAVE NEVER POSTED A SCORE AND HAVE NEVER TURNED NOTIFICATIONS ON, SPORTFAX HOLDS NO PERSONAL DATA ABOUT YOU AT ALL. IF YOU HAVE DONE EITHER, YOU CAN ASK FOR A COPY OF WHAT IS HELD — YOUR LEADERBOARD ENTRIES, THE TEAMS YOU FOLLOW, OR BOTH — OR HAVE IT DELETED. WRITE TO FEEDBACK@SPORTFAX.CO.UK — IT HELPS IF YOU SAY WHICH DISPLAY NAME YOU USED — AND IT WILL BE ANSWERED. ANY OTHER QUESTION ABOUT PRIVACY CAN GO TO THE SAME ADDRESS.
IF YOU ARE NOT HAPPY WITH THE ANSWER, YOU CAN COMPLAIN TO THE INFORMATION COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE AT ICO.ORG.UK.
IF THIS POLICY CHANGES, THE DATE BELOW CHANGES WITH IT.