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Privacy Policy
Who we are
Footballa Manager Live (the app, we, us) is operated by Footballa Games. For any privacy question or request, contact us at info@footballagames.com.
For UK/EU data-protection law, Footballa Games is the data controller for the personal data described below.
What this policy covers
How we collect, use, store, and protect your personal data when you use Footballa Manager Live, and the rights you have over that data. Footballa Manager Live is a free-to-play live fantasy football game. In-game "Footballa Coins" have no monetary value, cannot be bought, and cannot be cashed out, see our Terms.
The data we collect
Account data (you provide / your sign-in provides):
- Email address (for registered accounts, not for guest accounts).
- Display name / nickname, and optional profile details you choose to add (short bio, favourite team, avatar colour).
- A Firebase authentication identifier that links you to your account.
Guest ("play as a guest") accounts are anonymous: we hold no email for them, only an anonymous identifier and any nickname you set.
Gameplay data (created as you play):
- Your team selections, captain, substitutions, points, rankings, and match history.
- Your Footballa Coins balance and an append-only record of coin movements (grants, entries, winnings). This is game-economy data, not payment data.
Device & technical data:
- A push-notification device token, if you enable notifications (via Firebase Cloud Messaging), so we can send match and results alerts.
- Diagnostic and crash data (via Sentry) to find and fix errors.
- Pseudonymised product-analytics events (via PostHog), e.g. "match completed", keyed to your account identifier, used to understand how the game is used. We do not attach your email or name to analytics events.
We do NOT collect: payment card details, precise location, contacts, photos, or biometric data. We do not knowingly collect data from anyone under 18.
Why we use your data and our legal basis (UK GDPR)
| Purpose | Legal basis |
|---|---|
| Create and run your account; provide the game (scoring, rooms, coins) | Contract, to deliver the service you sign up for |
| Send match/results push notifications you've enabled | Consent, you can turn these off any time in Settings |
| Product analytics to improve the game | Legitimate interests, improving a service you use, using pseudonymised data |
| Diagnostics / crash reporting and security | Legitimate interests, keeping the app working and secure |
| Prevent cheating, fraud, and abuse | Legitimate interests, protecting fair play and other users |
| Comply with legal obligations | Legal obligation |
Who we share it with (processors)
We do not sell your personal data. We use trusted service providers ("processors") who process data on our instructions:
- Google Firebase (Authentication, Cloud Messaging), sign-in and push.
- Railway, application hosting and database.
- Sentry, error and crash diagnostics.
- PostHog (EU cloud), pseudonymised product analytics.
Our live match-data providers (currently API-Football; Sportmonks planned) supply football data to us, we do not send your personal data to them.
International transfers
Some processors may process data outside the UK/EEA. Where they do, we rely on appropriate safeguards (e.g. UK/EU Standard Contractual Clauses or an adequacy decision). PostHog analytics uses EU hosting.
How long we keep it
- Account & gameplay data: for as long as your account is active.
- When you delete your account: we remove or anonymise your personal data promptly (see "Deleting your account" below). Some records that are financial or integrity-related in nature (e.g. the coin ledger, anti-fraud/audit logs) are retained in a pseudonymised form, no longer linked to your identity, for the integrity of the game economy and to meet legal/accounting obligations.
- Diagnostics/analytics: retained on a rolling short-term basis by those processors.
Deleting your account
You can delete your account at any time, directly in the app: Profile → Account → Delete account.
When you delete your account we: remove your email, display name, and profile details; delete your push-notification tokens; and remove your Firebase sign-in credential so it can no longer access the account. Your gameplay/economy history is anonymised (detached from your identity), not tied to you any longer.
You can also request deletion by emailing info@footballagames.com. See our separate Account & Data Deletion page.
Your rights
Under UK/EU data-protection law you have the right to: access your data; rectify inaccurate data; erase your data ("right to be forgotten"); restrict or object to processing; data portability; and to withdraw consent (e.g. notifications) at any time. To exercise any right, email info@footballagames.com. You also have the right to complain to a supervisory authority, in the UK, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), ico.org.uk.
Security
We protect your data to industry standard: encrypted transport (HTTPS/TLS), server-authoritative game logic, secrets held only in environment configuration (never in the app), an append-only coin ledger, input validation, and access controls. No system is perfectly secure, but we take reasonable measures to protect your data and will notify you and the relevant authority of a breach where the law requires.
Children
Footballa Manager Live is not intended for and must not be used by anyone under 18. If you believe a child has provided us personal data, contact info@footballagames.com and we will delete it.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy. We'll change the "Last updated" date above and, for material changes, notify you in the app.
Contact
Footballa Games · info@footballagames.com