This Privacy Policy explains how Sportez ("Sportez", "we", "us" or "our") collects, uses, shares and protects personal data when you interact with our service, our Telegram and Discord channels, our website at https://sportez.pro (if available), and any related services (together, the "Service").
Sportez is a sports-betting analysis and tipster community: an information, analysis, and entertainment service that publishes value-betting analyses and picks ("picks" or "tips") with a transparent, automatically-settled track record. We are an independent affiliate partner of licensed bookmakers. We are NOT a bookmaker or gambling operator: we do not accept or place bets, do not hold customer funds, and do not provide financial or investment advice. The Service is not, and must not be treated as, a tool or promise of profit.
⚠️ No guarantee of profit. Sportez provides sports-betting analysis for information and entertainment only. It is not betting advice and offers no guarantee of profit. "Value betting" means a mathematical edge over the odds, not certainty, and "no bet" is a valid outcome.
The data controller responsible for your personal data is:
This Policy applies to personal data we process about members, prospective members, visitors and people who contact us. Where we determine the purposes and means of processing your personal data, we act as the "controller" under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the UK GDPR and other applicable data protection laws.
Some third-party platforms we rely on (for example Telegram, Discord, Whop and payment processors) act as independent controllers of the data you provide directly to them and operate under their own privacy policies. We encourage you to review those policies.
You can reach us on all data protection matters at [email protected].
We aim to collect the minimum personal data needed to run the community. Depending on how you interact with us, we may process the following:
The categories of cookies and similar technologies we may use are:
| Category | Purpose | Typical duration | Provider / source | Legal basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | Core site functions, security, load balancing, remembering your cookie choices | Session to 12 months | First-party / hosting provider | Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f)); necessary, no consent required |
| Preferences | Remembering language and display settings | Up to 12 months | First-party | Consent (Art. 6(1)(a)) where not strictly necessary |
| Analytics | Measuring traffic and improving the site | Up to 24 months | First-party / analytics provider | Consent (Art. 6(1)(a)) |
| Marketing (if used) | Measuring campaigns and affiliate referrals | Up to 12 months | First-party / affiliate networks | Consent (Art. 6(1)(a)) |
You can withdraw cookie consent at any time through the cookie banner control on https://sportez.pro or by clearing cookies in your browser; withdrawal does not affect processing carried out before withdrawal.
We do not intentionally collect special categories of personal data, and we ask that you do not send such data to us.
Where the GDPR or UK GDPR applies, we rely on the following legal bases:
| Purpose | Examples | Legal basis |
|---|---|---|
| Providing VIP membership and managing access | Granting, maintaining, renewing and expiring VIP access; linking access to your Telegram/Discord identifiers | Performance of a contract with you (Art. 6(1)(b)) |
| Operating the free community and delivering picks/analyses | Processing free-tier Telegram/Discord identifiers to distribute analyses and image cards in free channels and to administer those channels | Our legitimate interests in running and growing the community (Art. 6(1)(f)) |
| Administering the affiliate free-access route | Verifying a qualifying bookmaker registration and granting time-limited free access | Performance of a contract / taking steps at your request (Art. 6(1)(b)); legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f)) |
| Processing payments and keeping accounting records | Confirming subscription payments; record-keeping | Performance of a contract (Art. 6(1)(b)); legal obligation (Art. 6(1)(c)) |
| Responding to your communications and support requests | Answering questions and feedback | Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f)); performance of a contract where relevant |
| Security, fraud prevention and enforcing our rules | Preventing abuse, duplicate or fraudulent free-access claims, and enforcing community terms and 18+ rules | Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f)); legal obligation (Art. 6(1)(c)) |
| Marketing and updates (where applicable) | Optional promotional messages or newsletters | Consent (Art. 6(1)(a)), which you may withdraw at any time |
| Complying with legal and regulatory obligations | Responding to lawful requests; tax/accounting; age-related and advertising compliance | Legal obligation (Art. 6(1)(c)) |
Legitimate interests for free-tier identifiers. Where we rely on legitimate interests to process free-tier Telegram/Discord identifiers (because there is no paid contract with free members), we have carried out a balancing assessment. Our interest is in operating, securing and growing a free community and delivering the picks members have chosen to receive. We process only the minimal identifiers that the platforms necessarily expose to channel administrators, we do not use them for unrelated purposes, and members can leave a channel at any time. We consider this processing to have a limited impact on your privacy and to be reasonably expected by anyone joining a free channel. You may object at any time to processing based on our legitimate interests, as described in Section 7; on a valid objection we will stop unless we have compelling legitimate grounds or need the data for legal claims. A fuller summary of any of our legitimate-interests assessments is available on request at [email protected].
We do not make decisions that produce legal effects concerning you, or similarly significantly affect you, based solely on automated processing within the meaning of Art. 22 GDPR. Our fraud/abuse detection and free-access eligibility checks may use automated steps (for example matching referral identifiers or flagging duplicate claims), but any decision to refuse, suspend or revoke access that significantly affects you involves human review, and you can contact us to express your point of view or contest the outcome. We do not carry out marketing profiling that significantly affects you.
We do not sell your personal data. We share personal data only as needed with the following categories of recipients, who act as our processors or as independent controllers:
Where third parties act as our processors, they are bound by data processing agreements that satisfy Art. 28 GDPR, requiring them to protect your data, process it only on our documented instructions, impose confidentiality, and assist us with security and data subject requests. These processors operate in various locations, including the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States; international transfers are addressed in Section 5. A current list of the processors we use, together with links to their privacy notices and the relevant data processing terms, is available on request at [email protected].
We and many of our service providers operate internationally, including in the United States and other countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA) and the United Kingdom. When we transfer personal data outside the EEA/UK to a country not deemed to provide an adequate level of protection, we put in place appropriate safeguards, such as the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) and the UK International Data Transfer Agreement or Addendum, along with any additional measures required.
For transfers to the United States, we rely on the SCCs and the UK Addendum and, where the specific provider is certified, additionally on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (and the UK Extension and the Swiss-US framework where applicable). Some of our US-based providers (which may include Whop, Stripe, Airtable and Discord) participate in the Data Privacy Framework; where a given provider is not certified, we rely on the SCCs/UK Addendum and supplementary measures alone. You may contact us at [email protected] for more information or a copy of the relevant safeguards.
We keep personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes described in this Policy. Our standard retention criteria and periods are:
| Data category | Retention period | Criterion |
|---|---|---|
| Membership and access data (incl. Telegram/Discord identifiers, tier, expiry, source) | Duration of membership + 12 months after access expires | Handling renewals, disputes and abuse prevention |
| Payment and accounting records | 6 years (or the longer/shorter period required by applicable tax and accounting law) | Statutory tax/accounting retention obligations |
| Affiliate free-access verification data (linked to you) | Free-access period + 12 months | Auditing the program and preventing duplicate/fraudulent claims |
| Communications and support records | 24 months after the matter is closed | Handling and following up on your request |
| Website/analytics and cookie data | Per the durations in the cookie table in Section 2.5 (up to 24 months) | Measuring and improving the site |
| Marketing consents and opt-out records | Until consent is withdrawn, then a short record of the opt-out is kept to honour your choice | Demonstrating and honouring your preferences |
Where local law requires a longer or shorter period than stated above, that legal period prevails. When personal data is no longer needed, we delete or anonymise it. Our pick ledger (track record) is retained as an integral part of our transparent record, but it does not need to identify you personally.
If you are in the EEA or the UK, you have the following rights in respect of your personal data, subject to conditions and exceptions in applicable law:
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at [email protected]. We may need to verify your identity before acting on your request, and we will respond within the timeframes required by law. Exercising your rights is free of charge in most cases.
Providing your data is not a statutory requirement, but some data is necessary for us to provide the Service. In particular, without a valid Telegram and/or Discord identifier we cannot grant or maintain VIP access or deliver picks to you; without the payment data processed by Whop and its payment processors we cannot set up a paid subscription; and without affiliate referral confirmation we cannot grant free-access via the affiliate route. If you do not provide this data, the relevant part of the Service will be unavailable to you.
Notice at Collection (California). This section, together with Sections 2-6, serves as our notice at collection for California residents.
Categories of personal information we collect include: identifiers (such as Telegram/Discord usernames and IDs, and email address); customer records and commercial information (such as subscription, payment-confirmation and transaction history); internet or other electronic network activity information (such as website/analytics and cookie data); and the contents of communications you send us. We do not collect "sensitive personal information" as defined under the CPRA (we do not collect government IDs, precise geolocation, racial/ethnic origin, religious beliefs, health, sexual orientation, account log-in credentials, or the contents of your private bookmaker account).
Sources of personal information: directly from you; from the platforms and providers you interact with to reach us (Telegram, Discord, Whop and its payment processors); from bookmaker affiliate networks (registration confirmations and referral identifiers); and automatically from your device when you use our website (cookies/analytics).
Categories of third parties to whom we disclose personal information (for business purposes only): the messaging/community platforms (Telegram, Discord); our membership/payment providers (Whop, Stripe, Telegram Stars); bookmaker affiliate networks; our database provider (Airtable); analytics/website providers; and our professional advisers and authorities where legally required.
Purposes: the business purposes described in Section 3. Retention: we retain each category of personal information for the periods set out in Section 6.
Your California rights may include:
We do not sell your personal information, and we do not "share" it for cross-context behavioural advertising, as those terms are defined under the CCPA/CPRA. If this ever changes, we will update this Policy and provide a clear opt-out mechanism.
Other US state privacy laws. If you are a resident of Virginia (VCDPA), Colorado (CPA), Connecticut (CTDPA), Utah (UCPA), Texas (TDPSA), Oregon (OCPA) or Montana (MCDPA), you may have comparable rights to access, correct, delete and obtain a portable copy of your personal data, and to opt out of targeted advertising, sale, and certain profiling. We do not sell personal data or conduct targeted advertising or profiling producing legal or similarly significant effects as defined under those laws.
Submitting a request and appeals. To exercise any of these rights, contact us at [email protected]. You may use an authorised agent where permitted by law, and we will take steps to verify your request. If we deny your request, you may appeal that decision by replying to our response or writing to [email protected] with the subject "Privacy Appeal"; we will respond to your appeal within the timeframe required by your state's law, and if your appeal is denied you may contact your state Attorney General.
Some browsers offer a "Do Not Track" (DNT) signal; because there is no common industry standard for DNT, our website does not respond to DNT signals. However, where our website is subject to the CCPA/CPRA, we treat a Global Privacy Control (GPC) or similar opt-out preference signal as a valid request to opt out of any "sale" or "sharing" for the browser or device that sends it. As noted above, we do not sell or share personal information, so there is no such activity to stop; if this ever changes, we will honour GPC signals accordingly.
The Service is strictly for adults. It is intended only for persons who are at least 18 years old, or older where a higher minimum age applies under the law of your jurisdiction. We do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under that age.
In addition, and consistent with the US Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), the Service is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that a child under 13 (or under the applicable minimum age) has provided us with personal data, please contact us at [email protected] and we will take reasonable steps to verify the position and delete the data.
🔞 18+ only. This platform is strictly for adults aged 18 or older (or higher where local law requires). The Service is not directed to children, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under the applicable minimum age.
We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against unauthorised access, loss, misuse or alteration. These measures include limiting access to personal data to those who need it, relying on reputable service providers (such as Whop, Airtable, Telegram and Discord) that maintain their own security controls, and using secure configurations and access controls for our systems. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, however, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
If a personal data breach occurs that is likely to result in a risk to your rights and freedoms, we will notify the competent supervisory authority without undue delay and, where feasible, within 72 hours of becoming aware of it, in accordance with Arts. 33-34 GDPR (and the UK GDPR). Where the breach is likely to result in a high risk to you, we will also inform you without undue delay, unless an applicable exemption applies. We maintain an internal record of breaches as required by law.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology or legal requirements. When we make material changes, we will update the "Last updated" date above and, where appropriate, provide additional notice through our channels. Your continued use of the Service after an update takes effect constitutes acceptance of the revised Policy.
If you have any questions, concerns or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or your personal data, please contact:
If we are required to designate a representative under Article 27 of the GDPR or UK GDPR, their contact details will be published here.
This Policy is governed by the applicable laws of the operator's place of establishment, without prejudice to the mandatory consumer and data-protection rights of your country of residence, consistent with the governing-law provision of our Terms of Service. Nothing in this Policy limits or overrides mandatory local data-protection law that applies to you.
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