Privacy & Cookie Policy

This page explains what data SpoilSports collects, the cookies we use, and the choices you have. SpoilSports is a free, spoiler-free football highlights site. We keep data collection to a minimum — there are no accounts, and you don't need to give us any personal details to use the site.

Analytics

With your consent, we use Google Analytics (GA4) to understand how the site is used — such as which pages are popular and roughly where visitors come from — so we can improve SpoilSports. Google Analytics sets cookies (e.g. _ga) and collects usage data such as pages viewed, device and browser type, and an approximate, city-level location derived from your IP address. We do not collect your name, email, or anything that directly identifies you.

Analytics only runs after you choose “Accept All”. If you choose “Reject All”, no analytics cookies are set. See Google's Privacy Policy for how Google processes this data.

Cookies & local storage

We set no cookies before you accept. What may be stored:

To change your mind, choose “Reject All” next time, or clear this site's cookies and local storage in your browser.

Embedded videos (YouTube)

Highlights are embedded from YouTube using its standard player. When you press play, YouTube (part of Google) may set its own cookies and collect data about your viewing under Google's Privacy Policy. We only ever pass the video's ID to YouTube — never any information about you.

Feedback you send us

If you use “Report a problem” or “Request a match”, we store what you submit (such as the teams, the date, an optional note, and — for reports — the country you select and the video or page involved) in a private spreadsheet, so we can fix issues and add requested matches. These two forms don't ask for your name or email.

If you use “Contact”, we collect your name, email address, subject and message so we can reply to you and deal with your enquiry. Your message is emailed to us and kept in a private spreadsheet. We use these details only to respond to you and to run and improve SpoilSports — we don't use them for marketing.

If you ask us to “Remind me” when an upcoming match's highlights are available, we store your email address alongside that match in a private spreadsheet, and send you a single email once the highlights are up. We use your address only for that reminder — not for marketing — and every reminder email includes a one-click unsubscribe link. Reminder emails are sent on our behalf by MailerSend.

Hosting

The site is hosted on Cloudflare Pages. Cloudflare processes technical information such as your IP address to deliver and protect the site. See Cloudflare's Privacy Policy.

Legal basis (UK GDPR)

We rely on your consent for analytics cookies, and on our legitimate interest in delivering and securing the site for essential technical processing.

Your choices & rights

You can accept or reject analytics at any time — choose “Reject All”, or clear this site's data in your browser to be asked again. Under UK data protection law you have rights including access to, and deletion of, any personal data we hold. Because we don't operate accounts and collect very little, there is usually little to act on — but you can contact us with any request or question at privacy@spoilsports.net.

Third parties

• Google — Analytics and YouTube.
• Cloudflare — hosting and delivery.
• MailerSend — sending match-reminder emails.

Changes

We may update this policy from time to time; the “last updated” date above shows when it last changed.

Contact

Questions about privacy or this policy: privacy@spoilsports.net.