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Privacy Policy for Tournaments.cy

Last updated: January 1, 2026

Welcome to Tournaments.cy (operated by SPOTHUB LTD). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website ([https://tournaments.cy](https://tournaments.cy)), use our tournament management platform, register teams, schedule matches, or interact with our services.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not access or use our platform.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect several types of information from and about users of our platform, including:

  • Personal Identification Information: Name, email address, phone number, and any other details you provide when filling out contact forms, or registering for a tournament.
  • Tournament & Team Data: Information regarding sports clubs, team names, player rosters, match schedules, scores, and tournament metadata submitted by organizers or participants.
  • Technical and Usage Data: IP address, browser type and version, time zone setting, operating system, platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.
  • Cookies and Tracking Data: Data collected through cookies and similar tracking technologies regarding how you navigate and interact with our website (see Section 5 for details).

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes, including to:

  • Provide, operate, and maintain the Tournaments.cy platform and its tournament management features (online registration, scheduling, live updates).
  • Process tournament registrations and manage team rosters.
  • Communicate with you, including responding to inquiries sent via our contact form, providing customer support, and sending administrative notifications.
  • Improve user experience through internal research, analytics, and performance monitoring.
  • Ensure platform security, prevent fraud, and protect against unauthorized access (such as cross-site request forgery attacks).
  • Comply with legal obligations.

3. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data (GDPR)

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA) or Cyprus, our legal basis for collecting and using your personal information depends on the specific context:

  • Performance of a Contract: Processing is necessary to provide the tournament management services you or your club have signed up for.
  • Consent: Where you have given explicit consent (e.g., agreeing to non-essential cookies or submitting voluntary contact forms).
  • Legitimate Interests: Processing for security, platform optimization, and improving our services, provided your rights do not override those interests.
  • Legal Obligation: Compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Tournaments.cy uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your browsing experience. You can manage your preferences through our cookie banner or browser settings.

The cookies we use include:

  • Essential Cookies: Required for core website functionality, security, and user session management. They do not require your consent. Examples include:

  • tournamentscy_cookie_consent: Stores your cookie preferences.

  • tournamentscy_session: Identifies your active browsing session.

  • XSRF-TOKEN: Protects against Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks.

  • Analytics Cookies: Used to understand how visitors interact with our website (e.g., Google Analytics cookies like _ga, _ga_D2GNQL8KC3, _gid, _gat) to help us improve our services.

5. Sharing Your Information

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties. We may share data under the following circumstances:

  • Tournament Organizers: If you register for a specific tournament, relevant details (such as team names and contact info) are shared with the authorized organizers of that tournament to facilitate the event.
  • Service Providers: Trusted third-party vendors who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, provided they agree to keep this information confidential.
  • Legal Requirements: When required by law, court order, or governmental authority to protect our rights, safety, or property.

6. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal data against accidental loss, unauthorized access, alteration, or disclosure. However, no electronic transmission over the internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.

7. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction (including GDPR regulations in Cyprus), you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • The right to access: Request copies of your personal data.
  • The right to rectification: Request correction of any inaccurate or incomplete information.
  • The right to erasure: Request the deletion of your personal data under certain conditions.
  • The right to restrict processing: Request the restriction of processing your data.
  • The right to data portability: Request the transfer of your data to another organization.
  • The right to object: Object to our processing of your personal data.
  • The right to withdraw consent: Withdraw consent at any time where we relied on consent to process your data.

8. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we protect your information.

9. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, you can contact us via the contact form on Tournaments.cy or reach out directly to SPOTHUB LTD.