2026 World Cup · Privacy Policy | Personal Data Protection

🔒 2026 World Cup · Privacy Policy

Information Collection · Data Use · Your Rights · Cookie Policy

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📋 Information Collected ⚙️ Use of Information 🤝 Sharing & Disclosure ⚖️ Your Rights 🍪 Cookie Policy 📬 Contact Us

📋 Information Collected

What personal data we collect

📝 Information you provide

  • When you register, subscribe to email notifications or use the contact form, we may collect your name, email address, organisation, etc.
  • When you participate in surveys or events, we may collect feedback and contact details.
  • API developers: company name, use case description, technical contact person.

📊 Automatically collected

  • Log data: IP address, browser type, OS, access time, referrer URL.
  • Usage data: page views, clicks, API call counts and response times.
  • Device information: mobile model, screen resolution, language settings.
  • Cookies and similar technologies (see Cookie Policy below).
📌 We do not actively collect sensitive personal information (e.g., ID numbers, bank accounts) unless required by law or with your explicit consent.

⚙️ Use of Information

How we use your information
  • Service delivery & support: verify identity, respond to enquiries, send important notifications (service changes, security alerts).
  • Platform improvement: analyse user behaviour to optimise data presentation, enhance prediction models, fix errors.
  • Personalisation: show relevant team data or odds based on your preferences (no automated decision‑making).
  • Security & compliance: detect anomalies, prevent malicious attacks, meet legal requirements.
  • API usage auditing: analyse call patterns to prevent abuse and ensure service stability.
📢 We never use your personal information for unrelated commercial purposes, nor do we sell or rent your data without consent.

🤝 Sharing & Disclosure

When we share information with third parties

✅ Permitted sharing

  • Service providers: cloud hosting, CDN acceleration, email senders – they process data only on our behalf, under confidentiality agreements.
  • Legal requirements: when required by law, court order or government authority.
  • Platform protection: to protect user safety, platform rights or prevent fraud.
  • Merger/acquisition: personal data may be transferred in accordance with law and remain protected by this policy.

🚫 Never shared

  • We never sell personally identifiable information to advertisers, data brokers or other third parties without your consent.
  • We do not use your data for unrelated marketing activities.
  • Aggregated or anonymised statistics may be shared publicly, but they cannot identify individuals.
📌 When you follow third‑party links (e.g., betting sites, social media), their own privacy policies apply.

⚖️ Your Rights

Your control over personal information

📖 Your rights

  • Right to access: know what personal data we hold about you.
  • Right to rectification: correct inaccurate information.
  • Right to erasure: request deletion where legally permissible.
  • Right to restriction: limit processing in certain circumstances.
  • Data portability: receive a structured copy of your data.
  • Right to withdraw consent: at any time by contacting our DPO.

📧 How to exercise them

  • Send an email to privacy@worldcup2026data.com. We will respond within 15 business days.
  • We may ask for identity verification (e.g., registered email address) to protect your privacy.
  • Requests are generally free, but repeated or excessive requests may incur a reasonable fee.
🌍 EU users also have the right to lodge a complaint with their local data protection authority.

🍪 Cookie & Similar Technologies

How we use cookies to improve your experience
  • Strictly necessary cookies: remember login status and maintain session security; cannot be disabled.
  • Functional cookies: remember preferences (e.g., language, dark mode), up to 6 months.
  • Analytics cookies: use tools like Google Analytics to count visits and page popularity, data is anonymised.
  • Third‑party cookies: embedded social media plugins (Twitter, WeChat) may set their own cookies outside our control.
⚙️ You can disable cookies through your browser settings, but this may affect certain functionality (e.g., staying logged in).

🔐 Data Storage & Security

Protecting your information

📡 Storage location

  • Personal data is stored on Alibaba Cloud servers in Shanghai, China. Backups retained for no more than 2 years.
  • EU user data complies with GDPR storage limits; cross‑border transfers will be subject to your prior consent.
  • API logs are kept for up to 180 days for security auditing.

🛡️ Security measures

  • In transit: TLS 1.3/HTTPS across the whole site.
  • At rest: AES‑256 encryption for sensitive database fields.
  • Access control: strict role‑based permissions; employees sign confidentiality agreements.
  • Incident response: data breaches reported to authorities and affected users within 72 hours.
📌 While we adopt industry‑standard measures, no internet transmission is 100% secure. Please report security vulnerabilities to security@worldcup2026data.com.

🧒 Children's Privacy

Special protection for children under 14

Our platform is not directed at children under 14. If you are under 14, please do not register or submit any personal information. If we learn that we have inadvertently collected children's data, we will delete it immediately. Parents or guardians with concerns may contact us.

🌐 International Data Transfers

Cross‑border data flows

Because we use global CDN services, access logs may be temporarily transmitted to overseas edge nodes (for acceleration only). All processing of personal data remains subject to the PRC Personal Information Protection Law and applicable regulations. For EU users, we implement Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) to ensure transfer legality.

📬 Policy Updates & Contact Us

How to stay informed and ask questions
  • We may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. Material changes will be notified via website pop‑up or email.
  • Current version: v2.1, last updated 6 May 2026.
  • If you have any questions about our privacy practices, please contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO):
📧 Email: privacy@worldcup2026data.com
📞 Phone: +86 (21) 6123-8826 (weekdays 9-18)
📮 Mail: 6F, Building D3, Data Intelligence Park, 718 Lingshi Road, Jing'an District, Shanghai 200072, China
✅ By continuing to use the platform, you confirm that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.
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