Privacy Policy & Cookies

We take your privacy very seriously. This Privacy Policy describes the use of cookies and how we collect, use, store, process, and share your information in relation to this website. Children (under 18s) are not eligible to use our site and should not submit any information to us.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. This makes your name, website address and comment (but not your email address) viewable by the general public on the website.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Cookies

The website does use some cookies (small text files that are stored on a computer for record-keeping purposes) when you browse it. These are used to ensure the proper running of this website, and also to help us improve your experience when browsing. Some cookies remain on your computer until you delete them. Others expire when you close your browser. You may set your browser setting to attempt to reject cookies (see below).

Cookies do not contain any information that personally identifies you, but personal information that we store about you may be linked by us, to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.

We may use the information we obtain from your use of our cookies for the following purposes: to recognise your computer when you visit the Site, to track you as you navigate the Site, and to enable the use of certain features on the Site, to improve the Site’s usability, to analyse use of the Site, in the administration of the Site, to improve the security of the Site, to personalise the Site for you, including targeting advertisements which may be of particular interest to you.

For example, if you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to save your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

When you use the Site, you may also be sent cookies by selected third parties who may use the information they obtain from your use of their cookies: to track your browser across multiple websites, to build a profile of your web surfing, to target advertisements which may be of particular interest to you.

See below how you can control the use of cookies.

What types of cookies do we use?

Essential: Some cookies are essential for you to be able to experience the full functionality of our site. They allow us to maintain user sessions and prevent any security threats. They do not collect or store any personal information.

Statistics: These cookies store information like the number of visitors to the website, the number of unique visitors, which pages of the website have been visited, the source of the visit etc. These data help us understand and analyze how well the website performs and where it needs improvement.

Marketing: Our website displays advertisements. These cookies help us keep track of the efficiency of ad campaigns.

Functional: These are the cookies that help certain non-essential functionalities on our website. These functionalities include embedding content like videos or sharing contents on the website on social media platforms.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, odds feed etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Linked Sites

Our site may contain links to third party websites, including social media features such as Facebook, Twitter or Google+ buttons and feeds as well as banners and widgets from bookmakers. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of any linked sites and the linked sites may collect personally identifiable information from you that is not subject to our control. The data collection practices of linked sites will be governed by that site’s privacy policy.

Analytics

We may use Google Analytics to analyse the use of the Site. Google Analytics generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies, which are stored on users’ computers. The information generated relating to the Site is used to create reports about the use of the Site. Google will store this information. See Google Analytics Privacy Policy here.

Who we share your data with

We don’t not share any personal data with anyone.

How long we retain your data

We don’t keep the contact form submissions. After reading them, we reply (if needed) and delete the message.

Google Analytics retains data before automatically deleting it: 38 months.

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request (via our contact form) to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

How can you opt-out from cookies?

Visiting and browsing this website means that you agree to the use of cookies in accordance with the provisions of this privacy policy. You can always withdraw your consent by deleting cookies and changing cookie settings in your browser. Also, you can set your browser settings to block cookie use. However, remember that disabling cookies may cause difficulties in using our website as well as many other websites that use cookies.

To learn more about cookies and how you can disable and manage them please see here.

To learn more about behavioural advertising practice or to opt-out of this type of advertising, please see here.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments are checked through an automated spam detection service.

We also use a firewall and malware scanner to protect our website. The scanner may collect some information automatically from you and store it in log files. This collection may include, but is not limited to: your host for Internet access, the Internet address of the site from which you came, the date and time of your access, your computer’s IP address and information about its operating system, browser, and host, the date and time you access the pages you visit on our website. The scanner collects this non-identifying information in order to help diagnose problems and to administer its service. See the scanner Privacy Policy here.

How we protect your data

We use best endeavour to safeguard the confidentiality of your personally identifiable information including encryption (SSL), firewall and malware scanner.

Changes and Updates to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to revise this Privacy Policy by updating it and posting it at this page, with the new terms taking effect on the date of posting. You should periodically review this Privacy Policy to ensure you are familiar with the most current version. Your use of our site after the date posted above constitutes your acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy.

Contact information

For any privacy-specific concerns, please conatct us.