1. Introduction
This Privacy Policy applies to worldcupdex.org and its subdomains (collectively, the "Site" or "we"), a fan information and community hub dedicated to the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The Site provides schedules, team and player profiles, predictions, quizzes and shareable fan cards.
We respect your privacy. This Policy explains what information we collect when you use the Site, how it is used and stored, and the rights you have over that information. By accessing or using the Site you acknowledge that you have read this Policy. If you do not agree with any part of it, please discontinue use of the Site.
2. Information We Collect
We collect information in three broad categories:
2.1 Automatically collected information
- Browser and device data: browser type and version, operating system, device model, screen resolution and language preference.
- Access data: IP address (used for abuse prevention and coarse geographic analytics only), timestamps, the pages you view and the referring URL.
- Interaction events: clicks, prediction submissions, fan-card generation and share actions captured as product analytics events.
2.2 Information collected by third parties
- Google Analytics 4 measures aggregate traffic, user journeys and page performance using pseudonymous device and event data.
- Google AdSense serves personalized or non-personalized advertising and may set cookies, device identifiers and session storage to do so.
- Cloudflare Pages, our edge hosting provider, may log connection metadata for security and performance purposes.
2.3 Information you provide directly
- The Site does not offer account registration, newsletter sign-up or contact forms, so we do not actively collect your name, email address or phone number.
- Nicknames and prediction picks generated through Fan Card or the Predictions module are stored only in your browser's local storage and are never uploaded to our servers.
3. How We Use Information
We use the information described above only for the following purposes:
- To operate, maintain and improve the features, performance and user experience of the Site.
- To analyze traffic trends, popular pages and user journeys, and to refine content structure.
- To improve the relevance of advertising and affiliate recommendations shown on the Site.
- To protect the integrity of the Site, including the detection and prevention of abusive requests, scraping and click fraud.
- To comply with applicable laws, regulations and lawful requests from public authorities.
4. Cookies and Similar Technologies
The Site uses cookies, localStorage and similar technologies to deliver core functionality and measurement. They fall into four categories:
You may disable or clear cookies at any time through your browser settings, but doing so may break features such as language persistence and locally stored predictions.
5. Third-Party Services and Data Sources
The Site integrates the following third-party services, each governed by its own privacy policy:
- Google Analytics 4 — Traffic and interaction analytics.Google Privacy Policy
- Google AdSense — Display advertising and monetization.Google Advertising Policies
- Commission Junction (CJ Affiliate) — Affiliate click tracking and commission settlement.CJ Privacy Policy
- Cloudflare Pages — Edge CDN, deployment and DDoS protection.Cloudflare Privacy Policy
- TheSportsDB / Football-Data.org — Public sports data sources used to retrieve team, player and fixture information; no personal data of yours is shared with them.TheSportsDB
6. Your Rights (GDPR and CCPA)
Depending on the laws that apply to you, you may have the following rights:
- Right of access: request a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
- Right to deletion: request that we delete personal information about you, subject to legal retention obligations.
- Right to restriction and objection: request that we pause or restrict certain types of processing.
- Right to data portability: receive your personal information in a machine-readable format.
- Right to withdraw consent: revoke a previously granted consent at any time.
To exercise any of these rights, please reach out through the channels listed on our Contact page. We will respond to your request within 30 calendar days.
7. Children's Privacy (COPPA)
The Site is not directed to children under the age of 13 and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. If you are a parent or guardian and believe a child has interacted with the Site, please contact us.
If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected personal information from a child under 13, we will delete it and disable any associated access promptly after verification.
8. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page and the "Last updated" date at the top will be revised accordingly.
For material changes (such as a meaningful expansion of data collection or the addition of important third-party services) we will provide a prominent notice on the home page. We encourage you to revisit this page periodically.
9. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, our data practices, or wish to exercise your rights, please visit our Contact page for the available channels.