GDPR Compliance Statement

1. Consent

We process your personal data when you have given clear consent for us to process it for specific purposes, such as:

• Email newsletter subscriptions
• Marketing communications
• Non-essential cookies and tracking technologies

You can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us or using the opt-out mechanisms we provide.

2. Contract

We process your personal data when it is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party, or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract. This includes:

• Creating and managing your user account
• Providing access to account features and services
• Saving and managing your favourite sponsors

3. Legal Obligation

We process your personal data when it is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, such as:

• Maintaining records for tax and accounting purposes
• Responding to legal requests or court orders
• Compliance with data protection regulations

4. Legitimate Interests

We process your personal data when it is necessary for our legitimate interests or those of a third party, provided your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests. This includes:

• Website security and fraud prevention
• Improving our services and user experience
• Analysing website usage and performance
• Network and information security

1. Right of Access (Article 15)

You have the right to obtain confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning you is being processed, and to access that personal data. You can access most of your personal data directly through your account settings, or request a complete copy by contacting us.

2. Right to Rectification (Article 16)

You have the right to have inaccurate personal data corrected and incomplete personal data completed. You can update your personal information at any time through your account settings.

3. Right to Erasure / "Right to be Forgotten" (Article 17)

You have the right to request the deletion of your personal data when:

• The data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected
• You withdraw consent and there is no other legal basis for processing
• The data has been unlawfully processed
• The data must be erased to comply with a legal obligation

You can delete your account and all associated data at any time through your account settings.

4. Right to Restriction of Processing (Article 18)

You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances, such as when you contest the accuracy of the data or object to the processing.

5. Right to Data Portability (Article 20)

You have the right to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, and to transmit that data to another controller. To request your data in a portable format, please contact us.

6. Right to Object (Article 21)

You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data when it is based on legitimate interests or for direct marketing purposes. You can object by contacting us or using opt-out mechanisms we provide.

7. Rights Related to Automated Decision-Making (Article 22)

You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning you. We do not currently use automated decision-making that produces legal effects.

8. Right to Withdraw Consent (Article 7)

Where processing is based on consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.