Who is responsible
Verdict operates the service. The controller’s legal name, registered address and privacy contact will be stated here once the beta’s legal review is complete. Until then, questions can be raised through the channels described on the Trust & safety page.
What we collect
- Account data. Your email address and whether it is verified, the username you choose, your date of birth, your country, your account status, and the version of the terms you accepted and when. We ask for your date of birth because Verdict is only for people aged 18 or over; it is never shown to anyone. If the date given is under 18 we keep only the fact and time of the refusal, not the date. Authentication is handled by an identity provider; we store the provider’s account identifier, never your password.
- Your profile. If you choose to add them: a display name, a short line about you, the club you follow, and a profile picture. A picture is reduced to a small square in your browser and cleaned of camera data, such as where a photo was taken, before it is sent to us. You can change or remove any of these at any time.
- Activity you choose. The vendors you follow, the records you save, the comments you post, and your notification preferences.
- Viewing history. Which vendor pages you opened in the last thirty days. This is used only to suggest vendors to you, is never shown to anyone else, and is deleted automatically after thirty days.
- Vendor application data (vendors only). A public brand handle, a public bio, your football focus and any public channel links you provide. Identity documents are not collected by this software. Verification outcomes are recorded through a separate restricted process and stored apart from public data.
- Publishing records (vendors only). Every selection you publish, its timestamps, the locked snapshot and its scored result. This record is permanent by design: it is the product.
- Technical data. Server logs needed to run and secure the service. Rate-limit counters use hashed identifiers that rotate on every restart and are never joined back to an account.
What we do not collect
No payment details, no bank or card numbers, no betting stakes or bookmaker accounts, no identity documents through this software, no precise location, no contacts, and no advertising or analytics trackers. There are no third-party scripts, pixels or embedded content on any page.
Why we use it
- To run your account and show you the records you asked to see.
- To deliver the in-site notifications you switched on. Email delivery is not connected in the beta.
- To build and display vendors’ public performance records, which is the service’s purpose.
- To suggest vendors based on your own follows, saved records and recent views.
- To keep the service secure, prevent abuse, and keep an audit trail of administrative decisions.
Who sees it
Members see vendors’ public profiles and records. Beside your comments they see your username, your display name if you set one, and your profile picture if you added one; a vendor’s picture also appears on their public page. Nobody sees your email address, date of birth or country except administrators handling your account. Vendor verification metadata is held in a separate database schema that the ordinary application cannot read. Our processors are the identity provider, the database host, and the sports-data provider that supplies fixtures and results; none of them receives your personal data beyond what is needed to sign you in and run the service.
How long we keep it
Account data is kept while your account exists. Viewing history is deleted after thirty days. Publishing records are kept permanently because a performance record that can be edited or deleted is worthless; if you close a vendor account, your public identity is separated from the record rather than the record being rewritten. Audit records of administrative decisions are kept for as long as the platform must be able to explain them. A full retention schedule is part of the pending legal review.
Your choices
You can change your profile, picture and notification preferences, unfollow vendors, remove saved records and remove your own comments at any time. Your username, date of birth and country are fixed once given; tell us if one of them is wrong. You can ask for a copy of your data, a correction, or closure of your account. The response process and time targets will be published once approved.
Cookies
Verdict uses only the cookies needed to keep you signed in and to run the service. There are no advertising, analytics or tracking cookies, so no consent banner is shown. See the cookie notice.
Changes
This notice is versioned. Material changes will be announced in-site before they take effect.