Privacy Policy

Draft date: 29 July 2026

Information That Stays On Your Device

The browser game can save preferences, your analytics choice, and a short local high-score name and match history using browser storage. Park Football does not transmit those local high-score names or settings to us. You can remove them by clearing site data in your browser.

Optional Analytics

After you choose Accept analytics, Park Football loads Google Analytics 4. We send a small allowlisted set of game events such as page visits, match starts and finishes, selected pitch and team size, broad control type, goals, goal kicks, water retrievals, distractions, pauses, rematches, and fixed error codes.

We do not deliberately send Google names, initials, score-entry text, free text, precise location, raw key presses, movement traces, online messages, or a Park Football user ID. Google may automatically receive technical information such as IP address, browser and device information, page address, cookie identifiers, session information, and an approximate location derived from network information. Google processes this information under its own terms and privacy information.

We use analytics to maintain the game, understand aggregate use, diagnose problems, and improve controls, pitches, computer teams, and match completion. Analytics is optional and the game works if you refuse.

Google Advertising

Park Football may use Google advertising services to display, limit, secure, and measure adverts. Advertising can involve Google receiving browser, device, request, IP-address, cookie, advert-view, and advert-interaction information. We will not enable advertising storage or personalized advertising merely because you accepted game analytics. Any advertising implementation must follow the separate consent and child-audience settings described at the time.

We do not sell personal information. We do not permit Park Football gameplay analytics to be used to create a named child profile.

Online Gameplay And Debugging

Online play is not currently part of the static game. If it is introduced, the online service may process:

• the nickname and team presentation you choose to share;
• normalized control inputs, match state, scores, results, and whether opponents are people or bots;
• connection details such as IP address, timestamps, session or match identifiers, latency, disconnections, and protocol version;
• security, moderation, abuse-prevention, and debugging records; and
• support or report information that you or a responsible adult choose to submit.

This information would be used only to provide matches, reconnect players, prevent cheating and abuse, investigate faults, secure the service, respond to reports, and meet legal obligations. The authoritative game server and operational logs will remain separate from Google product analytics.

Legal Reasons For Use

Optional analytics and non-essential cookies rely on consent. Online gameplay information would be used where necessary to provide the requested service. Security, fraud prevention, service debugging, and legal compliance may rely on legitimate interests or legal obligations where appropriate. The final lawful-basis assessment, including children’s interests, must be completed before online play or advertising launches.

Who Receives Information

Information may be handled by Google for analytics and permitted advertising, by hosting and infrastructure providers such as AWS, and by suppliers needed to operate, secure, debug, or support online play. We may also disclose information where required by law or needed to protect players and the service. We do not otherwise share it for unrelated purposes.

Some providers may process information outside the UK. Before launch, the controller will document provider contracts, locations, safeguards, subprocessors, and available transfer mechanisms.

How Long Information Is Kept

• Local settings and match history stay on your device until you clear them.
• The analytics choice stays on your device until you change it, clear site data, or the policy version changes.
• Park Football configures GA4 browser cookies to expire after 60 days without extending that lifetime on return visits. Browser restrictions may shorten this period.
• Google Analytics event-level retention must be configured to two months in the GA4 property before production collection begins.
• Future live match state should be kept only while needed to run or recover a match. Security, debugging, moderation, and match-summary records need a documented retention schedule before online play launches.

Your Choices And Rights

You can reject or withdraw optional analytics below. You can clear local storage and cookies through your browser. Depending on the circumstances, UK data-protection rights can include access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection, portability, withdrawal of consent, and a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office. Children have these rights too, and a parent or responsible representative may help exercise them where appropriate.

Contact ricky@mail.mail-summary.com to make a request. We may need to confirm identity or parental authority before acting on a request, and will only ask for information reasonably needed to do that.

Changes

We will update this notice when analytics, advertising, online play, suppliers, or legal requirements change. Material changes may require a new choice. The published policy will show its effective date and keep previous versions where required.