Last updated: October 17, 2026
This policy explains what personal data Football Talents Data (“we”, “the Site”) collects, why, and what your rights are. You can reach us at any time through our contact page.
1. Data we collect
- Account data: name, username, email address and an encrypted (hashed) password, when you create an account.
- Messages: your name, email address and message, when you use the contact form.
- Technical data: IP address, browser type and pages visited, processed by our hosting provider and security tools to keep the Site running and safe.
- Advertising data: when ads are shown, Google and its partners may collect information such as your IP address, device identifiers and the pages you visit, through cookies or similar technologies (see section 5).
- Partner banner statistics: we count how many times a partner banner is displayed or clicked. These counts are anonymous: no cookie is used and no personal data is stored.
- Cookies: see section 5.
2. Why we use it
- To create and manage your account.
- To answer your messages.
- To secure the Site and prevent abuse (spam, brute-force attempts).
- To understand how the Site is used and improve it, only if you accept analytics cookies.
- To show advertising, which keeps the Site free. Ads may be personalised only if you agree, where the law requires your consent.
3. Legal basis
Performing our service to you (account), our legitimate interest (security, answering requests, anonymous banner statistics) and your consent (optional cookies, including personalised advertising). We process personal data in line with the applicable law, including Rwanda’s Law No. 058/2021 on the protection of personal data and privacy, and, for visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, the GDPR.
4. Sharing and retention
We never sell your data. It is shared only with service providers needed to operate the Site (hosting and email delivery), who act on our instructions, and with Google as our advertising provider (see section 5). Account data is kept while your account exists; contact messages are kept for as long as needed to handle your request.
5. Cookies and advertising
- Essential: login session cookies and the cookie that remembers your consent choice. They are needed for the Site to work.
- Analytics (optional): used only if you click “Accept all”. You can change your choice at any time with the “Cookie settings” link in the footer.
- Advertising (Google AdSense): we use Google AdSense to display ads. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website and other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this Site and/or other sites on the Internet.
- You can opt out of personalised advertising in Google Ads Settings, or opt out of some third-party vendors’ use of cookies at www.aboutads.info.
- To learn how Google uses information from sites that use its services, see How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.
- Visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland are asked for their consent through Google’s consent message before any personalised ads are shown, and can change their choice at any time from that message.
6. Your rights
You may request access to, correction or deletion of your personal data, object to its processing, or withdraw your consent at any time. Contact us through the contact page, including to request the deletion of your account.
7. Security
Passwords are stored hashed, forms are protected against abuse, and access to the administration is restricted.
8. Changes
We may update this policy; the date above shows the latest version.