Privacy Statement

Last updated: January 1, 2025

Introduction

SportChallenge.online respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy statement explains how we collect, use, and protect your data when you visit our website or use our services.

1. Data We Collect

1.1 Data You Provide Directly

  • Account information: Name, email address, organization
  • Sports data: Activities you register through our app
  • Communication: Messages you send to us via contact forms
  • Registration information: Information you provide when signing up for a SportChallenge

1.2 Automatically Collected Data

  • Website usage: Pages you visit, time of visit, click behavior
  • Technical data: IP address, browser type, operating system
  • Cookies: Small text files that remember your preferences

2. Purposes of Data Processing

We use your data for the following purposes:

2.1 Service Delivery

  • Managing your SportChallenge account
  • Registering and tracking sports activities
  • Calculating scores and rankings
  • Sending updates about your SportChallenge

2.2 Communication

  • Answering your questions and requests
  • Sending important service updates
  • Informing about new features and services
  • Paper delivery: Email addresses used for sending the SportChallenge paper are used exclusively for this purpose and any follow-up emails. You can unsubscribe at any time via the unsubscribe link in the emails.

2.3 Service Improvement

  • Analyzing usage patterns to improve our app
  • Developing new features
  • Resolving technical issues

3. Legal Basis for Processing

We process your data based on:

  • Consent: For marketing communication and non-essential cookies
  • Contract performance: For delivering our services
  • Legitimate interest: For improving our services and website
  • Legal obligation: For meeting accounting and tax obligations

4. Data Sharing

We do not share your personal data with third parties, except in the following cases:

4.1 Service Providers

  • Hosting and cloud storage providers
  • Email service providers
  • Analytics services (anonymous)

4.2 Legal Obligations

  • When legally required
  • To protect or enforce our rights
  • In case of a court order

5. Data Storage and Security

5.1 Retention Period

  • Account information: As long as your account is active
  • Sports data: 2 years after last activity
  • Communication: 3 years after last contact
  • Website analytics: 26 months

5.2 Security Measures

  • SSL encryption for all data transfer
  • Access control and authentication
  • Regular security updates
  • Backup and recovery procedures

6. Your Rights

You have the following rights regarding your personal data:

6.1 Access and Inspection

  • Requesting an overview of your stored data
  • Receiving a copy of your data

6.2 Correction and Completion

  • Correcting inaccurate data
  • Completing incomplete data

6.3 Deletion

  • Requesting deletion of your data
  • Withdrawing your consent

6.4 Restriction and Objection

  • Restricting the processing of your data
  • Objecting to certain processing activities

6.5 Data Portability

  • Receiving your data in a structured format
  • Transferring your data to another service provider

7. Cookies

7.1 Types of Cookies We Use

We use only the following cookies:

  • Functional cookies: For basic website functionality (essential for the site to work)
  • Google Analytics (anonymous mode): For understanding website usage in fully anonymous form

Important: We do not use analytical cookies (except anonymous Google Analytics) or marketing cookies. Google Analytics runs in anonymous mode, which means your IP address is anonymized and no personal data is collected.

7.2 Cookie Settings

You can manage your cookie settings via:

  • Your browser settings
  • Privacy settings in your account

8. International Data Transfer

Your data is stored within the European Economic Area (EEA). If data is transferred outside the EEA, we ensure appropriate protective measures in accordance with the GDPR.

9. Minors

Our services are not intended for persons under 16 years of age. We do not knowingly collect data from minors without consent from parents or guardians.

10. Changes to This Privacy Statement

We may update this privacy statement from time to time. Important changes will be communicated to you by email or via a notification in the app. We advise you to check this page regularly.

11. Contact

For questions about this privacy statement or your data, you can contact us:

SportChallenge.online

  • Email: info@sportchallenge.online
  • Website: https://sportchallenge.online/en/contact

12. Complaints

If you are not satisfied with how we process your data, you can:

  1. Contact us using the information above
  2. File a complaint with the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens - AP)
  3. Exercise your right to an effective judicial remedy

This privacy statement is drawn up in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Dutch privacy legislation.