Privacy Policy

Last updated: 22/04/2026

BestPreviews (“BestPreviews”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) operates the website bestpreviews.com.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and share personal data when you visit our website, read our football previews, leave comments, sign up for our newsletter, or join our WhatsApp or Telegram channels or groups.

1. Who we are

Website name: BestPreviews
Website: bestpreviews.com
Contact email for privacy matters: [[email protected]]

2. What personal data we collect

Depending on how you use the site, we may collect the following categories of personal data:

a) Data collected automatically

When you visit our website, we may automatically collect certain technical and usage data, such as:

  • IP address
  • browser type and version
  • device type
  • operating system
  • pages viewed
  • date and time of visit
  • referring website
  • approximate location derived from IP
  • interactions with pages, buttons, forms, and content

This data may be collected through cookies, analytics tools, server logs, and similar technologies.

b) Data you provide to us directly

We may collect personal data that you submit voluntarily, such as:

  • name or username
  • email address
  • comment content
  • any information you include in a message or form
  • newsletter signup details
  • preferences you submit through forms or consent banners

c) Comment-related data

If commenting is enabled on BestPreviews, we may collect:

  • the data entered in the comment form
  • your name or display name
  • your email address
  • your IP address
  • browser/user agent information
  • moderation and anti-spam related metadata

Please do not post sensitive personal information in public comments.

d) Messaging platform data

If you join or interact with our WhatsApp or Telegram communities, those services may collect and process your personal data according to their own privacy policies and terms. Depending on how we set up access, we may see limited information such as your username, profile name, phone number, or activity within a group or channel.

3. How we use your personal data

We may use personal data for the following purposes:

  • to operate, maintain, and secure BestPreviews;
  • to publish football previews and related site content;
  • to analyze traffic, engagement, and site performance;
  • to improve our content, design, and user experience;
  • to detect spam, abuse, fraud, and security incidents;
  • to manage and moderate comments;
  • to send newsletters or other updates where you have subscribed;
  • to provide links or invitations to WhatsApp and Telegram groups/channels;
  • to comply with legal obligations;
  • to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.

4. Legal bases for processing

Where GDPR applies, we rely on one or more of the following legal bases:

  • Consent — for example, where you consent to non-essential cookies, analytics, or sign up for newsletters.
  • Legitimate interests — for example, to secure the website, prevent abuse, moderate comments, understand general site usage, and improve our services where permitted by law.
  • Performance of a contract — if we provide a service you request directly.
  • Legal obligation — where we are required to retain or disclose information under applicable law.

Where consent is required for cookies or similar tracking technologies, we will request it through our consent tools before setting non-essential cookies.

5. Cookies and similar technologies

We may use cookies, pixels, tags, scripts, and similar technologies on BestPreviews.

These may include:

  • strictly necessary cookies required for the website to function properly;
  • analytics cookies to understand traffic and website usage;
  • functional cookies to remember settings or preferences;
  • marketing or third-party tracking technologies if used in the future.

Where required by applicable law, non-essential cookies and tracking technologies will only be used after you give consent. You can also withdraw or adjust your consent settings at any time through our cookie settings tool, if available.

6. Comments

If you add comments on BestPreviews:

  • comments may be visible publicly on the website;
  • we may moderate, edit, hide, or remove comments for legal, editorial, anti-spam, or community reasons;
  • we may use automated spam detection tools;
  • comment metadata may be stored for moderation and security purposes.

If you do not want your name or comment to appear publicly, do not submit a comment.

7. Newsletter and marketing communications

If you subscribe to our email newsletter, updates, alerts, WhatsApp or Telegram communications, or other marketing communications, we may collect and use personal data such as:

  • your email address or other contact details;
  • your signup source;
  • your consent status and preferences;
  • technical metadata related to signup and message delivery;
  • engagement data such as opens, clicks, and similar interaction data, where such tracking is used lawfully.

We use this data to send you football previews, editorial content, updates, newsletters, promotions, and other communications related to BestPreviews.

Where you have specifically agreed, we may also use your contact details to send you marketing communications from BestPreviews and from selected companies within our corporate group, or affiliated or related companies under common ownership or control.

You can unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in the email, adjusting your preferences where available, or contacting us directly.

When we use third-party providers to manage newsletters or marketing communications, those providers may process your personal data on our behalf.

For users in Europe, where applicable law requires consent for electronic direct marketing, we will only send such marketing where we have the required consent or another lawful basis expressly permitted by law. Individuals also have the right to object at any time to the processing of their personal data for direct marketing purposes

8. WhatsApp and Telegram

BestPreviews may offer invitations or links to WhatsApp and Telegram groups, channels, or updates.

If you choose to join one of these, your data will also be processed by the relevant platform provider under that provider’s own terms and privacy policy. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of WhatsApp or Telegram.

Please note:

  • other users in a group may be able to see your profile name, username, messages, or phone number, depending on the platform and settings;
  • content posted in groups may be visible to other members;
  • you should review the privacy settings and terms of the relevant service before joining.

9. Embedded content and third-party services

Our articles or pages may include embedded or linked third-party content and services, such as:

  • videos;
  • social media content;
  • analytics providers;
  • anti-spam tools;
  • newsletter tools;
  • messaging platforms;
  • advertising or tracking technologies, if used.

When you interact with such content or services, those third parties may collect personal data, use cookies, and track your interaction according to their own privacy notices.

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10. Sharing of personal data

We do not sell your personal data.

We may share personal data with:

  • hosting providers and website infrastructure providers;
  • analytics providers;
  • comment moderation and anti-spam providers;
  • email/newsletter service providers;
  • technical, legal, compliance, or security advisers;
  • companies within our corporate group, and with affiliated or related companies under common ownership or control, where reasonably necessary for internal administration, business operations, website management, analytics, support, compliance, fraud prevention, security, and the other purposes described in this Privacy Policy;
  • authorities, regulators, law enforcement agencies, courts, or other third parties where required by law or where necessary to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims;
  • service providers that help us operate BestPreviews.

Where we share personal data within our corporate group or with affiliated or related companies, we do so only where there is an appropriate legal basis and only to the extent necessary for the relevant purpose.

11. International transfers

Some of our service providers may process personal data outside your country, including outside the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom.

Where this happens, we aim to use appropriate safeguards under applicable data protection law, such as contractual safeguards or transfers to jurisdictions recognized as providing an adequate level of protection, where applicable.

12. Data retention

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including for legal, tax, regulatory, dispute resolution, and security purposes.

Examples:

  • analytics data may be retained according to the settings of the analytics provider;
  • newsletter data may be retained until you unsubscribe and for a limited period thereafter for suppression/compliance purposes;
  • comments and moderation records may be retained as long as relevant to site operation, moderation history, or legal/security needs;
  • server and security logs may be retained for a limited period for fraud prevention and technical administration.

13. Your rights

If GDPR or similar European data protection laws apply to you, you may have the right to:

  • request access to your personal data;
  • request correction of inaccurate data;
  • request deletion of your personal data;
  • request restriction of processing;
  • object to certain processing;
  • request portability of data you provided to us;
  • withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent;
  • lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

These rights are not absolute and may be subject to legal exceptions.

To exercise your rights, contact us at: [[email protected]]

14. Children

BestPreviews is not intended for children, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children in violation of applicable law. If you believe a child has provided personal data to us, please contact us so we can review and delete it where appropriate.

15. Security

We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect personal data against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure. However, no online system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

16. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will post the updated version on this page and update the “Last updated” date above.

17. Contact us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle personal data, please contact:

[[email protected]]