1. Introduction
Off The Bench ("we," "our," or "us") operates offthebench.com and affiliated sports media channels. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, store, utilize, and protect your information when you visit our website, subscribe to our publications, or engage with our sports coverage and match centre tools.
2. Information We Collect
We collect information in the following circumstances to deliver reliable sports news and personalized coverage:
- Direct Communications: When you subscribe to our newsletter or contact our editorial staff, we collect your email address and any correspondence details you provide.
- Usage and Telemetry Data: We automatically collect standard technical data, including IP address, browser type, device identifiers, referring URLs, and page visit duration.
- Cookies and Tracking: We utilize essential cookies to maintain user preferences (such as favorite sports leagues and theme settings) and analytics cookies to measure article readership.
3. How We Use Your Information
We process your data strictly under legitimate legal bases, including:
- Publishing, optimizing, and securing our digital publications and live match feeds.
- Delivering requested editorial newsletters and breaking sports alerts.
- Detecting, preventing, and mitigating security threats, spam, or abuse.
- Complying with applicable statutory regulations and legal disclosures.
4. Data Sharing and Third-Party Providers
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information. We may share information with trusted infrastructure providers who assist us in hosting, email distribution, and analytics, strictly bound by confidentiality and security obligations. Live score statistics are served via certified sports data providers.
5. Your Rights and Choices
Depending on your jurisdiction (including rights under GDPR and CCPA), you are entitled to request access to, rectification of, or deletion of your personal data. You may unsubscribe from our editorial newsletters at any time via the one-click unsubscribe link located in every email footer.
6. Security Safeguards
We enforce administrative, technical, and physical measures designed to protect information from unauthorized access, loss, or alteration. All web communications are encrypted in transit using industry-standard TLS protocols.
7. Contact Us
For privacy inquiries, rights requests, or questions regarding this policy, contact our compliance team directly at:
privacy@offthebench.com