Privacy Policy for Amateur Sports Network.

1. Who we are

Amateur Sports Network (“we”, “us”, “our”) is a media platform focused on UK grassroots and youth sport. This Privacy Policy applies to our website and related communications, including submissions made through our contact form.

2. Personal data we collect

We may collect the following categories of personal data:

• Contact details: name, email address, and any details you include in messages.
• Submission content: match reports, fixture details, photos, links, and related context.
• Technical/usage data: device and browser information, approximate location (e.g. region), and interaction signals collected by analytics tools (if enabled).

You should avoid including sensitive personal data in submissions (e.g. health information, personal addresses of minors, or private identifiers). If you submit content about young athletes, ensure it is appropriate and lawful.

3. How we use your data

We use personal data to:

• Respond to messages and submissions.
• Review, edit, and publish community sport content (with attribution where relevant).
• Maintain site functionality, prevent abuse, and improve content experience.
• Measure site performance and improve usability via analytics (where enabled).

4. Legal bases

Depending on the context, we process personal data on the basis of one or more of the following:

• Consent (e.g. when you submit via the form and agree to share content).
• Legitimate interests (e.g. running a community media platform, improving site quality).
• Contractual necessity (where applicable, e.g. if we agree specific publishing services).
• Legal obligations (where required by law).

5. Sharing & third parties

We do not sell personal data. We may share data with service providers who help us run the website, such as hosting providers or analytics services, only as needed to operate the platform.

External links on our site may lead to third-party websites. Their privacy practices are not controlled by us.

6. Data retention

We keep submissions and contact messages for as long as necessary to respond, maintain editorial records, or comply with legal requirements. We minimise retention when data is no longer needed.

7. Your rights

Subject to applicable law, you may have the right to:

• Request access to your personal data.
• Request correction or deletion.
• Object to processing or request restriction.
• Request data portability (where applicable).
• Withdraw consent at any time (where processing relies on consent).

To exercise your rights, contact us using the details in section 10.

8. Security

We apply reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect data against loss, misuse, unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no online system is 100% secure.

9. Cookies & analytics

We may use cookies and similar technologies to operate the website and understand usage. For details about which analytics signals may be collected, see our Cookies Policy.

11. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. When we do, we will update the effective date shown above.