Privacy Policy

Last updated: March 2025

Footly places great importance on protecting your personal data. This privacy policy explains what data we collect, why, and how we use it, in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR – EU Regulation 2016/679).

1. Data Controller

Footly – Ardèche, France

Email: contact@footly.fr

2. Data We Collect

We collect the following data depending on how you use our services:

Via the contact form

First and last name
Email address
Club name (optional)
Message content

Via the Footly app

Account information (name, email, encrypted password)
Club and team information
Player data (name, date of birth, age category)
Contact details (parents, guardians)
Browsing and usage data (via analytics tools)

Via analytics tools (website)

IP address (anonymised)
Pages visited, session duration
Browser and device type

Tools used: Google Analytics, PostHog

3. Purposes of Processing

Responding to your enquiries – processing your message submitted via the contact form.

Providing the Footly service – managing clubs, teams, call-ups, matches and communication.

Improving the app – anonymised analysis of behaviour to optimise the user experience.

Ensuring security – protection against unauthorised access and fraud prevention.

4. Legal Basis

The processing of your data is based on:

Performance of a contract – for the provision of the Footly service.
Your consent – for sending communications and analytics cookies.
Our legitimate interest – for improving the service and ensuring security.

5. Retention Period

Your data is kept only for as long as necessary for its purpose:

Active account data: duration of the contractual relationship + 3 years
Contact data (form): 3 years maximum
Anonymised analytics data: 25 months maximum

6. Data Sharing

Your data is never sold to third parties. It may be shared with the following technical service providers as part of delivering the service:

Hosting provider (Hostinger) – server infrastructure
Google Analytics – audience analysis (anonymised data)
PostHog – product analytics (pseudonymised data)

These providers act as data processors and are bound by contractual confidentiality obligations.

7. Your Rights (GDPR)

In accordance with the GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

Right of access

Obtain a copy of your data.

Right to rectification

Correct inaccurate data.

Right to erasure

Request deletion of your data.

Right to data portability

Receive your data in a structured format.

Right to object

Object to certain types of processing.

Right to restriction

Suspend the use of your data.

To exercise these rights, contact us at contact@footly.fr. If a dispute remains unresolved, you may lodge a complaint with the CNIL (the French data protection authority).

8. Cookies

The website www.footly.fr uses cookies for audience analysis purposes (Google Analytics, PostHog). These cookies do not collect data that directly identifies you.

You can configure your browser to refuse cookies. This will not affect your access to the site.

9. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your data against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure or destruction: encryption of data in transit (HTTPS), hashed passwords, restricted access to sensitive data.

10. Changes

This policy may be updated at any time. In the event of a substantial change, we will notify you by email or via an in-app notification. The date of the last update is shown at the top of this page.