Last updated: 4. September 2026
This page explains what personal data SpanishMatchdays.co.uk collects, why we collect it, and what you can do about it. We have tried to keep it specific rather than generic — everything below describes what this Site actually does.
The short version: we do not sell anything, run accounts or a newsletter, or build advertising profiles. The only personal data most visitors ever give us is an anonymous analytics record, and only if you agree to it.
1. Who We Are
This Site is owned and operated by eCanary Ltd, a company registered in England under company number 12974602, with its registered office at 9a Wick Road Business Park, Wick Road, Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex, CM0 8FA.
eCanary Ltd is the data controller for the personal data described on this page. That means we decide why and how it is processed, and we are responsible for it under UK data protection law.
For anything relating to privacy or your data, contact us through our Contact page.
2. What We Do Not Collect
It is worth being clear about this first, because it rules out most of what privacy policies usually cover.
We do not:
- Operate user accounts, logins, or profiles
- Run a newsletter or mailing list
- Accept comments on articles
- Take payments, or handle any card or banking details
- Run advertising, retargeting, or remarketing pixels
- Sell, rent, or trade personal data to anyone, for any purpose
- Knowingly collect data from anyone under 18 (see section 9)
If you never contact us and you decline analytics cookies, we hold no personal data about you beyond the short-lived server logs described below.
3. What We Collect, and Why
Server logs
Our hosting provider records standard technical information every time a page is requested: your IP address, browser and device type, the page requested, the referring page, and a timestamp.
- Why: to keep the Site running, diagnose faults, and protect against attacks and abuse.
- Legal basis: legitimate interests — running a secure, functioning website.
- Retention: our host holds these logs for a short rolling period and does not use them to identify individual visitors or build profiles.
Analytics (Google Analytics 4)
We use Google Analytics 4 to understand which articles people read and how they reach us. This only runs if you accept analytics cookies. If you decline, we collect no analytics data.
When it does run, it records a randomly generated device identifier, the pages you view, how long you spend on them, approximate location (country or region, derived from a truncated IP address), and your device, browser and referring source.
- Why: to see what content is worth writing more of.
- Legal basis: your consent, which you can withdraw at any time.
- Retention: analytics records expire after 14 months.
- Processor: Google. See the Cookie Policy for the specific cookies and their lifespans.
We do not enable Google Signals, advertising features, or cross-device tracking on this property.
Contact form and email
If you use our contact form or email us, we receive your name, your email address, and whatever you choose to put in your message.
- Why: to read and reply to you.
- Legal basis: legitimate interests — responding to someone who has deliberately got in touch. Where your message concerns a legal request (for example, a correction, a takedown, or a data rights request), we also process it to meet our legal obligations.
- Retention: we keep correspondence for up to 24 months, then delete it, unless it relates to a complaint or legal matter we still need a record of.
Please do not send us sensitive information. In particular, if you are contacting us about a gambling harm concern, you do not need to give us any detail about your own gambling — and we would rather you contacted GamCare on 0808 8020 133, who are trained for it and confidential.
Embedded content from other websites
Some articles embed posts from X (formerly Twitter) and, occasionally, videos from YouTube. These load directly from those companies’ servers, which means they can see your IP address and may set their own cookies — exactly as if you had visited x.com or youtube.com yourself.
These embeds only load if you accept “embedded content” cookies. If you decline, we show a placeholder with a link instead.
X and Google act as independent controllers for anything they collect this way, under their own privacy policies. We have no access to it.
Affiliate links
When you click a link to a bookmaker or casino — including our /offer/ links — you leave this Site. The operator’s own privacy policy applies from that point, and they will usually attach a tracking code so they know the referral came from us.
We receive aggregate referral reporting from operators: how many people clicked, how many signed up. We do not receive your name, your account details, what you bet, or what you lost, and we do not try to match referral data back to individual visitors.
4. Who We Share Data With
We share data only with the suppliers that make the Site work:
| Who | What they do | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Hostinger | Website hosting and server logs | EU / EEA |
| Google (Analytics) | Analytics processing, if you consent | US, under UK-approved transfer safeguards |
| X Corp. | Serving embedded posts, if you consent | US, under UK-approved transfer safeguards |
| Google (YouTube) | Serving embedded videos, if you consent | US, under UK-approved transfer safeguards |
We will also disclose data where we are legally required to — for example, in response to a valid request from a regulator or a court order.
We do not share data with gambling operators, advertising networks, or data brokers.
5. International Transfers
Google and X are US-based. Where personal data reaches them, it is transferred under the safeguards UK data protection law requires — the UK Extension to the EU–US Data Privacy Framework, or the International Data Transfer Addendum to the standard contractual clauses.
6. How Long We Keep Things
| Data | Kept for |
|---|---|
| Server logs | Short rolling period set by our host |
| Analytics records | 14 months |
| Contact correspondence | Up to 24 months |
| Records of a complaint or legal matter | As long as needed for that matter, then deleted |
7. Your Rights
Under UK data protection law, you have the right to:
- Access the personal data we hold about you
- Correct it, if it is wrong
- Delete it
- Restrict or object to how we use it
- Receive it in a portable format
- Withdraw consent at any time, where consent is the basis we rely on — withdrawing it does not affect anything done before you withdrew it
To exercise any of these, email us. We will respond within one month. There is no charge.
Realistically, for most visitors, the answer to an access request will be that we hold nothing identifiable — but ask, and we will check properly and tell you either way.
Withdrawing analytics consent does not require an email: use the cookie settings floating icon on the bottom-left side of the screen to change your choice at any time.
8. Complaints
If you think we have handled your data badly, please tell us first — we would rather fix it.
You also have the right to complain directly to the UK regulator:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF
Helpline: 0303 123 1113
9. Children
This Site carries gambling-related content and is strictly for adults aged 18 or over. We do not direct content at under-18s, and we do not knowingly collect their personal data.
If you believe a child has provided us with personal data, contact us, and we will delete it.
10. Changes to This Policy
If we change how we handle personal data, we will update this page and change the “Last updated” date at the top. Where a change is significant, we will make that clear on the Site rather than relying on you to re-read this page.
11. Related Pages
- Cookie Policy — the specific cookies, what they do, and how to change your choice
- Terms and Conditions
- Affiliate Disclosure
- Responsible Gambling