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Privacy Policy & Cookie Policy

Last updated: 31/07/2026

1. Who we are

The Weekly Sports Quiz is operated by Maxime Courmont, a sole trader based in the United Kingdom.

Website: theweeklysportsquiz.com

All kind of enquiries: requests@theweeklysportsquiz.com

2. Information we collect

When you participate in The Weekly Sports Quiz, we collect:

• Your email address
• Your quiz score
• Your ranking
• The date and time of your participation
• Technical information required to help keep the competition fair (such as security and anti-cheating information)

We do not intentionally collect unnecessary personal information.

3. Why we collect your information

We use your information to:

• prevent duplicate entries;
• operate and administer the quiz;
• calculate rankings;
• determine qualification for Monthly, Quarterly and Annual competitions;
• detect cheating or abuse;
• contact winners;
• send vouchers to winners;
• send quiz reminders and competition updates where you have agreed to receive them;
• improve the security and reliability of the website.

We never sell your personal information.

4. Lawful basis

We process your information because:

• it is necessary for our legitimate interests in operating a fair competition;
• you have provided consent to receive quiz reminder emails where applicable.

You may withdraw your consent for reminder emails at any time.

5. Email reminders

If you choose to receive reminder emails, we may send you:

• Weekly Sports Quiz reminders;
• competition qualification notifications;
• competition result notifications;
• prize notifications.

We do not send unrelated marketing emails.

6. How long we keep your data

Email addresses, scores and rankings are retained for a maximum of 12 months.

This allows us to administer the Annual GOAT Grand Final and maintain competition history.

After this period, your information will normally be deleted unless we are legally required to retain it.

7. Prizes

If you win a competition:

• your gift card code will be sent to the same email address used to enter the competition;
• a copy of the prize email will be retained as proof that the prize was issued.

8. Sharing information

We do not sell or rent your personal information.

We may use trusted service providers to operate the website and email services, including:

• Cloudflare
• Resend

These providers only receive the information necessary to provide their services.

9. Your rights

Subject to UK GDPR, you may request:

• access to your information;
• correction of inaccurate information;
• deletion where legally appropriate;
• restriction of processing;
• objection to certain processing;
• withdrawal of email consent.

Requests can be sent to: requests@theweeklysportsquiz.com

10. Security

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your information against unauthorised access, loss or misuse.

No online service can guarantee absolute security.

11. Cookies

The Weekly Sports Quiz uses cookies and similar technologies necessary for the operation and security of the website.

These may include cookies provided by Cloudflare for performance, reliability and security purposes.

If additional analytics or advertising technologies are introduced in the future, this policy will be updated accordingly.

12. Changes

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.

The latest version will always be available on the website.