1. Who we are

Pure Predictions ("the site", "we", "us") is operated by Tom Pedley as a personal project.

Site:https://www.purepredictions.co.uk
Contact for privacy questions:admin@purepredictions.co.uk

We are the data controller for the personal data described below.

2. What we collect and why

We only collect the minimum needed to run the site:

Data	When	Why
Email address	When you register or sign in	To create and identify your account.
Nickname	When you choose one after signing in	Shown on leaderboards and in groups so others can see who you are.
Your predictions and scores	When you make predictions	To score them and rank you on the leaderboards.
Group membership	When you create or join a group	To show group leaderboards to members.
Sign-in credentials (e.g. passkeys)	When you set up passwordless sign-in	Handled by our authentication provider, Hanko — we never see or store passwords.
Session cookie	When you sign in	To keep you signed in across pages and visits.
IP address and basic request data	Whenever you visit	Logged transiently by our hosting provider for security and reliability.
Anonymous usage analytics	Only if you accept analytics cookies	To understand how the site is used and improve it.

We do not collect or process any special-category data (health, political views, etc.), and we don't profile you or use your data for automated decision-making.

3. Legal bases (UK GDPR)

Purpose	Legal basis
Creating your account and letting you play	Contract — you've asked us to provide the service.
Keeping you signed in	Contract — necessary to deliver the sign-in feature you used.
Showing your nickname, predictions and rank on leaderboards	Legitimate interests — providing the core game and leaderboards.
Server logs / security	Legitimate interests — keeping the site secure and reliable.
Analytics	Consent — only if you've accepted analytics cookies.

You can withdraw consent for analytics at any time using the "Cookie preferences" link in the footer. Withdrawing consent does not affect any processing that happened before you withdrew it.

4. Cookies and similar storage

Pure Predictions uses a small number of cookies and browser-storage entries:

Strictly necessary (always on):

A session cookie set by our authentication provider (Hanko) when you sign in — keeps you signed in.
Browser localStorage keys (your cookie choice and small preferences such as the colour theme) — these never leave your browser.

Analytics (only with your consent):

Google Analytics cookies (_ga, _ga_*) — see Google below.

You can change your cookie preferences at any time using the "Cookie preferences" link in the footer.

5. Who we share data with

We don't sell your data and we don't share it with anyone for marketing. The only third parties that process your data when you use Pure Predictions are:

Hanko — handles sign-in and stores your authentication credentials. We receive your email address and a user identifier. See Hanko's Privacy Policy.
Google Analytics — only if you accept analytics cookies, Google Analytics receives anonymous usage data (pages visited, rough device info).
Our hosting provider — processes server requests and stores the database. They have no independent right to use your data.
jsDelivr (CDN) — serves the cookie consent banner script. They see the request your browser makes for the script (your IP and user-agent) but no Pure Predictions data.
Google Fonts — serves the site's fonts. Your browser's request includes your IP and user-agent.

6. International transfers

Hanko processes data within the EU. Google operates from the United States, so if you accept analytics cookies your analytics data is transferred to the US — Google relies on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and Standard Contractual Clauses for these transfers.

7. How long we keep data

Account, nickname, predictions and group membership — kept while your account exists. You can ask us to delete your account at any time (see Section 9) and we will delete your account and associated data.
Session cookie — expires according to your authentication provider's settings.
Server / security logs — retained for a short period for security and reliability, then deleted.
Google Analytics data — retained according to the Google Analytics account configuration (currently 14 months).

8. Where data is stored

Account, prediction and group data is stored in our database.
Authentication credentials are held by Hanko (in the EU).
Analytics data is held by Google.

9. Your rights

Under UK GDPR you have the right to:

Access — ask for a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
Rectification — ask us to correct anything that's wrong.
Erasure — ask us to delete your account and associated data.
Restriction — ask us to stop processing your data in certain cases.
Portability — receive your data in a machine-readable format.
Object — object to processing based on legitimate interests.
Withdraw consent — for any processing based on consent (e.g. analytics).

To exercise any of these, email admin@purepredictions.co.uk. We aim to respond within 30 days.

10. Complaints

If you're not happy with how we've handled your data, you can complain to the UK Information Commissioner's Office:

Website: https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/
Helpline: 0303 123 1113

You're welcome to come to us first — we'd rather resolve it directly.

11. Children

Pure Predictions is not aimed at children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal data to us, please contact us and we'll delete it.

12. Changes to this policy

If we materially change this policy, we'll update the "Last updated" date at the top and, where appropriate, surface the change in the app.

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