Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Last updated: 31 July 2026

Football Vows respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information of visitors who use our website.

This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, when it may be shared and the choices available to you.

This policy applies to:

https://footballvows.com/

By accessing or using Football Vows, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Who We Are

Football Vows is an independent football news, analysis and information website covering football clubs, players, competitions, transfers, statistics and related topics.

For privacy-related questions, contact:

Email: admin@footballvows.com

2. Information We May Collect

We may collect information that you provide directly and information generated automatically when you use the website.

Information you provide

You may provide personal information when you:

  • Submit a contact form.
  • Leave a comment.
  • Subscribe to a newsletter.
  • Create or use an account.
  • Participate in a poll, prediction or discussion.
  • Contact us by email.
  • Report an error or request a correction.

This information may include your name, email address, username, message content and any other information you choose to provide.

Information collected automatically

When you visit Football Vows, certain technical information may be collected automatically, including:

  • Internet Protocol address.
  • Browser type and version.
  • Device type.
  • Operating system.
  • Referring website.
  • Pages viewed.
  • Date and time of access.
  • Approximate location based on your IP address.
  • Time spent on pages.
  • Links and features used.
  • Cookie identifiers and advertising identifiers.

This information helps us operate the website, understand how it is used, improve performance and protect it from fraud, abuse and security threats.

3. How We Use Information

We may use collected information to:

  • Provide and maintain Football Vows.
  • Publish and manage comments.
  • Respond to enquiries and support requests.
  • Send newsletters requested by subscribers.
  • Improve our articles, navigation and website features.
  • Understand readership and website traffic.
  • Measure content performance.
  • Detect spam, fraud and malicious activity.
  • Protect the security of the website.
  • Display and measure advertising.
  • Comply with legal and regulatory obligations.
  • Enforce our Terms and Conditions.
  • Keep records of consent choices.

We do not use personal information for purposes that are materially different from those described in this policy without providing appropriate notice.

4. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Football Vows and its service providers may use cookies, pixels, tags, local storage and similar technologies.

Cookies are small files stored on your device. They can help websites remember preferences, measure traffic, provide security and display relevant advertisements.

We may use the following categories of cookies:

Essential cookies

These cookies support important website functions, including security, login sessions, cookie preferences and protection against spam.

Preference cookies

These remember choices such as display settings, language or previously selected options.

Analytics cookies

Where enabled, analytics cookies help us understand how visitors use Football Vows, which pages are popular and where technical improvements may be required.

Advertising cookies

Advertising cookies may be used to display, limit, personalise and measure advertisements. They may also help detect invalid activity and advertising fraud.

You can manage non-essential cookie choices through the consent banner or cookie settings displayed on the website.

You can also remove or block cookies through your browser settings. Blocking some cookies may affect the way certain website features operate.

5. Google AdSense and Advertising

Football Vows may use Google AdSense and other advertising services to display advertisements.

Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve advertisements based on a visitor’s previous visits to Football Vows or other websites.

Google’s use of advertising cookies enables Google and its advertising partners to serve advertisements based on visits to Football Vows and other websites on the internet.

Depending on your location and consent choices, advertisements may be personalised or non-personalised.

Personalised advertisements may be selected using information such as previous browsing activity, interests, approximate location or interactions with other websites.

Non-personalised advertisements are generally selected using contextual information, such as the content of the page, general location and current search or browsing terms. Non-personalised advertising may still use cookies for frequency control, security, fraud prevention and aggregated reporting.

Visitors can manage personalised advertising through Google Ads Settings:

https://adssettings.google.com/

Visitors may also learn about choices offered by participating advertising companies through:

https://www.aboutads.info/choices/

Third-party advertising vendors and networks may use their own cookies or similar technologies. Their information practices are governed by their respective privacy policies.

6. Consent for Visitors in the EEA, United Kingdom and Switzerland

Where legally required, Football Vows requests consent before using non-essential cookies or processing personal information for personalised advertising.

Visitors in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom and Switzerland may be shown a consent message that allows them to:

  • Accept advertising and analytics cookies.
  • Reject non-essential cookies.
  • Choose which purposes and vendors they allow.
  • Withdraw or change their choices later.

Football Vows may use Google’s consent-management platform or another consent-management platform certified by Google and integrated with the applicable Transparency and Consent Framework.

Consent can be changed through the cookie settings link available on the website.

Rejecting personalised advertising does not necessarily remove all advertisements. You may continue to see contextual or non-personalised advertisements.

7. Analytics

Where enabled, Football Vows may use analytics services such as Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with the website.

Analytics providers may collect information including:

  • Pages visited.
  • Time spent on the website.
  • Referring sources.
  • Browser and device information.
  • Approximate geographic region.
  • Interactions with website features.

We use this information in aggregated form to improve content, performance and user experience.

Analytics cookies are used only where permitted by applicable law and the visitor’s consent choices.

8. Comments

When visitors leave comments, we may collect the information entered in the comment form, together with the visitor’s IP address and browser information.

This information may be used for:

  • Publishing the comment.
  • Identifying and preventing spam.
  • Moderating abusive or unlawful content.
  • Protecting the website and other visitors.

Comments may remain publicly visible until they are removed by Football Vows or deleted following an appropriate request.

Do not include private, financial, medical or otherwise sensitive information in a public comment.

9. Contact Forms and Email

When you contact Football Vows, we may retain your name, email address, message and relevant correspondence.

This information is used to respond to your request, maintain records and prevent abuse.

We do not use contact-form enquiries for unrelated marketing unless you have separately agreed to receive such communication.

10. Newsletter Subscriptions

When newsletter services are available, subscribers may be asked to provide an email address and, optionally, a name.

Subscription information is used to send requested football news, website updates or other relevant content.

Every promotional email should include an unsubscribe option. You may also request removal by contacting admin@footballvows.com.

11. Embedded Content and External Links

Football Vows articles may include embedded videos, images, social-media posts, statistics, maps or other content supplied by external websites.

Embedded content may behave as though you visited the external website directly. Those websites may collect information, use cookies and track your interaction with their content.

Football Vows may also link to external football clubs, leagues, news organisations and other third-party websites.

We do not control the privacy practices, accuracy or security of external websites. Visitors should review the privacy policies of those services before providing personal information.

12. Information Sharing

We may share limited information with service providers that help us operate Football Vows, such as:

  • Website-hosting providers.
  • Security and anti-spam services.
  • Analytics providers.
  • Advertising partners.
  • Email and newsletter providers.
  • Comment-management services.
  • Website-development and maintenance providers.

These providers may process information only as necessary to provide their services, comply with legal duties or protect their systems.

We may also disclose information when reasonably necessary to:

  • Comply with a legal obligation.
  • Respond to a lawful request.
  • Protect the rights and safety of Football Vows or its users.
  • Investigate fraud, abuse or security incidents.
  • Enforce our website terms.
  • Complete a legitimate business transfer.

Football Vows does not sell personal information for direct monetary payment.

Some privacy laws may define personalised advertising or the transfer of identifiers to advertising partners as “sharing.” Visitors can manage such processing through our consent and cookie settings.

13. Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy.

Retention periods may depend on:

  • The type of information.
  • The reason it was collected.
  • Legal and accounting requirements.
  • Security and fraud-prevention needs.
  • Whether a user requests deletion.
  • Whether information is required to resolve a dispute.

Some technical and security records may be retained for a limited period after a user leaves the website.

14. Data Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical and organisational measures to protect information against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure or destruction.

However, no website, internet transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Visitors are responsible for protecting their passwords, devices and account information.

15. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the right to:

  • Request access to personal information held about you.
  • Correct inaccurate information.
  • Request deletion of certain information.
  • Restrict or object to certain processing.
  • Withdraw consent.
  • Request a portable copy of information.
  • Object to personalised advertising.
  • Complain to an appropriate data-protection authority.

These rights may be subject to legal exceptions.

To submit a privacy request, email:

admin@footballvows.com

Please provide enough information for us to understand and verify the request. We may request additional details to confirm your identity before disclosing or deleting personal information.

16. International Processing

Football Vows and its service providers may process information in countries other than the country where you live.

Privacy laws in those locations may differ. Where required, reasonable safeguards may be used to protect personal information transferred internationally.

17. Children’s Privacy

Football Vows is intended for a general football audience and is not directed specifically at children under the age of 13.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 without appropriate authorisation.

A parent or guardian who believes that a child has provided personal information may contact admin@footballvows.com to request its removal.

18. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in:

  • Website features.
  • Advertising services.
  • Analytics tools.
  • Legal requirements.
  • Data-processing practices.

The revised version will be published on this page with an updated date.

Material changes may also be communicated through a notice on the website.

19. Contact Us

For questions, complaints or requests concerning this Privacy Policy, contact:

Football Vows
Website: footballvows.com
Email: admin@footballvows.com

For questions regarding privacy, contact: adminfootballvows@gmail..com