Privacy policy

Welcome to the SoccerSTATS.com Privacy Policy. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data through a minimalist approach to data collection.

1. Information We Collect and How We Use It

We do not require you to register, create an account, or submit personal information to browse the public areas of our website. The data processed on our website falls into the following categories:

• Website Traffic & Analytics: To understand how visitors use our site, we use Google Analytics and StatCounter. Both services are configured to prioritize your privacy. The Google Analytics IP anonymization feature is activated, meaning your IP address is shortened before transmission. StatCounter also utilizes a "Mask IP address" option, storing only a partial, non-identifiable segment of your IP.
• Advertising: Our website displays advertisements. We do not directly collect, receive, or process personal data for advertising purposes. Consent and data treatment for localized advertising are handled entirely by our Consent Management Platform (CMP) provided by InMobi, which captures and respects your privacy preferences before any ad-related cookies are set.
• Membership Program (Steady): In some regions, we offer an ad-free, premium membership program managed entirely by our third-party partner, Steady Media GmbH, based in Germany. Steady acts as the Merchant of Record, handling all account creation, financial transactions, and VAT collection. We do not invoice you directly, nor do we ever receive or store your credit card details or physical address. Steady shares limited identification data with us (such as your name, email address, and active membership plan) solely so we can grant you access to members-only content on our website.
• Contacting Us: We do not operate a contact form, email newsletter, or marketing list. If you choose to contact us via direct email or our social media channels, you are providing your personal information (like your email address or social handle) voluntarily. We use this information exclusively to read and reply to your specific query.

2. Cookies

A cookie is a small text file containing information that a server sends to your browser. We use session cookies to ensure the website functions correctly (such as remembering your selected display language or active membership status). Third-party services integrated into our site (InMobi, Google Analytics, StatCounter, and Steady) may also set cookies to fulfill their operational, analytical, or consent-tracking functions.

You can instruct your browser to stop accepting cookies or to prompt you before accepting a cookie. However, please note that disabling certain cookies may prevent the membership login or specialized statistical features from functioning properly.

3. Data Retention

We strive not to preserve any personal information for longer than reasonably needed. Emails sent to our support inbox are periodically deleted once the query is resolved. Membership data shared by Steady is only utilized while your membership remains active.

4. Third-Party Advertising and Cookies

Use of Cookies and Tracking Identifiers
This website partners with Google AdSense to serve advertisements. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies, device identifiers, and web beacons to collect anonymous browsing data (such as your IP address, browser type, and interaction with ads). This data is used to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites across the internet.

Personalized and Non-Personalized Ads

• Personalized Advertising: Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve targeted ads to you based on your browsing history across the web.
• Non-Personalized Advertising: Even if you choose not to consent to personalized ads via our consent banner, cookies and identifiers are still utilized for essential ad operations, including frequency capping, aggregated ad reporting, and fraud prevention.

User Choice and Opt-Out Controls
You have complete control over how your data is used for advertising. You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting:

• Google Ads Settings to manage the ads you see from Google.
• The AboutAds.info Opt-Out Portal to opt out of third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalized advertising.
• Additionally, you can adjust or revoke your advertising preferences at any time using the dedicated Privacy Settings link provided by our InMobi Consent Management Platform (CMP) on this site.

For more information on how Google manages data in its ad products, please review the Google Privacy & Terms Site.

5. Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service. Google Analytics is operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies". These are text files that are stored on your computer and that allow an analysis of the use of the website by you. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Google Analytics cookies are stored based on Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior to optimize both its website and its advertising.

• IP anonymization in Google Analytics
  We have activated the Google Analytics IP anonymization feature on this website. Your IP address will be shortened by Google within the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area prior to transmission to the United States. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address sent to a Google server in the US and shortened there. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide other services regarding website activity and Internet usage for the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with any other data held by Google.
• Browser plugin
  You can also prevent the data generated by cookies about your use of the website (incl. your IP address) from being passed to Google, and the processing of these data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en. For more information about how Google Analytics handles user data, see Google's privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en.
• Outsourced data processing
  We have entered into an agreement with Google for the outsourcing of our data processing and fully implement the strict requirements of the Dutch data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.

6. Cloudflare

This website also makes use of services provided by Cloudflare Inc., 101 Townsend St, San Francisco, CA 94107, United States of America. Cloudflare provides this website with a Content Delivery Network (CDN) service and additional security against DDoS attacks. This website makes use of the CloudFlare service, including the related cookies, based on Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in ensuring that the website is functioning properly. The CloudFlare service may set cookies on your browser and your browser may transfer personal information to CloudFlare's servers in the process, for that information to be processed by CloudFlare in the United States. The type of information transfered can include data such as the IP address used by your browser to connect to the website, and browser and device characteristics.

While Cloudflare no longer relies on the EU-U.S. and the Swiss -U.S. Privacy Shield as a lawful basis for international transfers of personal information from the EEA and Switzerland to the U.S., Cloudflare remains certified under both the EU-U.S. and the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Frameworks respectively as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information transferred from the EEA, the UK, and Switzerland to the United States. If you are a resident of the EEA, you may want to read Cloudflare's commitment to GDPR compliance page on Cloudflare's website. For more information on the handling of personal data by CloudFlare, please read CloudFlare privacy policy.

7. Video player

This website makes use of a video player that may appear for some territories. The video player is provided by Sky UK Limited, Grant Way, Isleworth, Middlesex TW7 5QD, United Kingdom. The video content made available through the player may also include advertising. The personal data collected by the video player and that may be shared with Sky is of the following types: Advertising identifier, Device identifier, IP address, Behavioural information about the user's use of the web site, User agent. The personal data is deleted from the website no later than 30 days after it was collected by Sky. Sky may keep such data for a longer period (to the extent required) where required under law or to comply with law enforcement or regulatory requests.

The processing of data that may be shared with Sky is to be used for the following purposes:

• serving targeted advertising and/or content on the website;
• measuring the delivery and effectiveness of such advertisements. This would include reporting for fraud prevention and brand safety purposes;
• measuring, understanding, and reporting on users' usage of the website.

For general information from Sky UK related to privacy and the use of cookies, you may want to read Sky Privacy Centre.
You may grant or revoke consent for the processing of the personal data through the use of the video player by enabling or disabling the related advertising partners in the partners list featured on the Privacy Settings tool.

For inquiries regarding this Privacy Policy, or to exercise your right to access, correct, or delete any personal data we may hold, please reach out to us at the email provided on our Contact page.