Privacy Policy ​

Last updated: 26 August 2023

Hey there, and welcome to homecrowd.io.

homecrowd.io is a privately operated website created by football enthusiasts for fans just like you. Our main aim? To offer a straightforward tool for creating and sharing football lineup images.

We never intended to collect as much personal data as possible. Our vision has always centered on keeping things clean, speedy, and uncomplicated. From the outset, we've built with privacy in mind, so there's no overload of social plugins, trackers, or ads here.

For the finer details on our approach to privacy, the sections below provide comprehensive insights. βš½οΈπŸ“œ

Processed Data ​

In the digital world, most online actions involve data exchange. From basic details like browser type to more personal info like your IP address, platforms process data to improve user experience and ensure safety.

Essential Data ​

When you visit our site to create and share your favorite football lineups, there's some basic information we automatically collect. This isn't unique to our platform; it's a standard part of how the internet operates. Here's a quick breakdown:

  • IP Address: Just like a postal address for your home, an IP address is a unique identifier for your device. Due to the technical requirements of HTTP requests, IP addresses are logged. We primarily store this to analyze and address any technical issues or potential abuse.

  • Device Information: This includes details about the device you're using, like the type (e.g., smartphone, computer) and the browser. These details are collected as a natural part of the communication between your device and our server, helping to ensure everything functions correctly.

  • General Request Details: Whenever you interact with our site, details of the request such as the URL you accessed, the timestamp of your visit, and HTTP headers might be logged. This aids in monitoring the platform's performance and ensuring its security.

  • Status Code: After making a request to our site, a status code is returned, indicating the success or failure of the request. These codes help diagnose potential issues, ensuring a seamless experience for users.

  • Retrieved Files: Any files or resources you retrieve from our platform (e.g., images, stylesheets) are logged for performance and caching purposes.

Our ethos is clear: minimal data collection. We capture only the essential information required to ensure our platform operates smoothly and securely for all users.

Football Lineup Data ​

Football, being the beautiful game it is, attracts discussions, debates, and predictions. Our platform is dedicated to facilitating these discussions by allowing users to create and share football lineups and images as well as match performance ratings. When you create a lineup on our platform, it becomes necessary for us to store lineups, which inherently include personal data like player names. Here's what you as a creator needs to know and be aware of.

  1. Official Teams from Top Tier Leagues: Player names from these teams are often subjects of public discussion. They're recognized figures, and their names are available through various public sources like club homepages, media outlets, tickers, and forums. Using their names in lineups is typically considered as serving the legitimate interest of a public debate around football tactics, performance, and potential lineups.

  2. Personal Lineups: We understand that football isn't just about the famous players or top tier teams. It's also about the weekend matches with friends, village clubs, or youth teams. However, when creating these lineups, it's vital to remember that these might involve names not publicly recognized. While our platform offers the tool to create and share these lineups, you as a user bear the responsibility for the content. Therefore, always ensure that you're not exposing personal data of a third person without their consent. Always secure permission, utilize only first names, and refrain from revealing age, birthdate, or location. Respect privacy, especially when it concerns someone not in the public eye.

  3. Your Personal Data: You can use our platform anonymously. Beyond essential data, no further personal details are saved with lineups unless provided. Optionally, you can add your name to a lineup for public display.

It's all about enjoying the game while keeping privacy in mind.

Duration of Lineup Storage ​

From now on, when you create and share a lineup on our platform, you can choose how long it will publicly be available for everyone to see. You can pick from:

  • 1 Day: Great for discussions right before a game.

  • 3 Days: Good for a weekend of matches or post-game analysis.

  • 3 Weeks: For those who want their lineups visible over a longer period, like during a tournament.

After the time you pick is up, the lineup is automatically removed and won't be publicly accessible. We believe in keeping the fun of football discussions while respecting privacy.

Contact Data ​

When you reach out to us, we handle your personal data with discretion and respect. Data you explicitly share is processed solely for the specified purpose, driven by our "legitimate interest" in addressing your concerns or fulfilling your request.

Specifically, we collect your e-mail and name with the singular intention of processing your inquiry. We retain this information only for the duration necessary for its intended use or within the bounds of legally mandated retention periods.

Rest assured, your data will never be merged with other data sets or employed to construct personal profiles.

Tracking ​

In our pursuit of maintaining a user-friendly experience, we prioritize minimizing tracking on our platform as much as possible.

Social Sharing ​

We're committed to providing a clutter-free experience on our platform. That's why you won't find any embedded social plugins or buttons that might track you as you navigate our site.

However, we understand the joy of sharing a well-crafted lineup! If you decide to share your lineup on social media or any other platform, our site will facilitate opening the respective platform's app or site for you. From that point onwards, the process is outside our control.

It's essential to be aware: Once you move to another platform, you'll be under their terms of service and privacy policy. Always be informed and cautious about where and how you share.

Remember, our priority is to maintain your privacy on our site. What happens outside is, unfortunately, beyond our reach. Stay savvy, and happy sharing!

Google Fonts ​

We use Google Fonts to enhance the look of our platform. However, all fonts are served locally from our servers. This means no tracking when you load our page. Simply put, you get the style without any data concerns.

Ad Networks ​

We consciously opt out of integrating ad networks. This choice ensures you won't be unwittingly tracked or bombarded with unsolicited advertisements during your time on our platform.

Other Plugins ​

Rest assured, our platform remains devoid of plugins that might intrude on your privacy. Our aim? A clean, streamlined experience devoid of hidden trackers.

Analytics ​

Understanding our users' needs and refining our platform for optimal user experience are pivotal aspects of our service. To achieve this, we employ Google Analytics 4 (GA4), but always within its most privacy-conscious settings.

Google Analytics 4 ​

If you have given your consent, this website uses Google Analytics 4, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC. The controller for users in the EU/EEA and Switzerland is Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google").

Nature and purpose of the processing ​

Google Analytics 4 uses cookies that enable an analysis of your use of our websites. The information collected by means of the cookies about your use of this website is could be transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

IP anonymisation ​

Google Analytics 4 has IP anonymisation enabled by default. Due to IP anonymisation, your IP address will be shortened by Google within Member States of the European Union or in other states party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. According to Google, the IP address transferred by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

Recorded Behaviour ​

During your website visit, your user behaviour is recorded in the form of "events". Events can be:

  • Page views
  • First visit to the website
  • Start of session
  • Web pages visited
  • Your "click path", interaction with the website
  • Scrolls (whenever a user scrolls to the bottom of the page (90%))
  • Clicks on external links
  • Internal search queries
  • Interaction with videos
  • File downloads
  • Your approximate location (region)
  • Date and time of your visit
  • Your IP address (in shortened form)
  • Technical information about your browser and the end devices you use (e.g. language setting, screen resolution)
  • your internet service provider
  • the referrer URL (via which website/advertising medium you came to this website)

Purposes of the data processing ​

On behalf of the operator Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website and to compile reports on website activity. The reports provided by Google Analytics 4 serve to analyse the performance of our website.

Recipients ​

Recipients of the data are/may be

  • Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (as processor under Art. 28 DSGVO).
  • Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA
  • Alphabet Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA

Third country transfer ​

For the USA, the European Commission adopted a news adequacy decision on 10 July 2023. Google LLC is certified under the EU-US Privacy Framework. Since Google servers are distributed worldwide and a transfer to third countries cannot be completely ruled out, we have also concluded the EU standard contractual clauses with the provider to establish an appropriate level of data protection in those countries.

Retention period ​

The data sent by us and linked to cookies are automatically deleted after 2 month. The maximum lifespan of Google Analytics cookies is 2 years. The deletion of data whose retention period has been reached occurs automatically once a month.

Withdrawal ​

you can object to the data collection by using a Google browser plugin to prevent the information collected by cookies (including your IP address) from being sent to Google Inc. and used by Google Inc. The following link will take you to the corresponding plugin: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

Cookies are small text files stored on your device, often used for various functionalities on websites. On our platform:

  1. Essential Cookies: The only cookies we use by default are the essential ones, required to make our site function smoothly. This might include cookies that remember your settings or record your consent to certain features, ensuring you don’t have to repeatedly set your preferences.

  2. Google Analytics Cookies: If you opt to enable Google Analytics, it will introduce its own set of cookies. Remember, this is entirely your choice and is turned off by default.

We believe in keeping things simple and privacy-focused. With minimal cookie usage, we aim to provide a hassle-free experience without unnecessary data storage.

While navigating our platform, you may come across links that lead to other websites. We include these links for your reference and convenience, but it's essential to note:

Once you click on an external link and leave our site, we don't have control over that website's content or its practices. These external sites have their own terms and conditions, as well as privacy policies. Always take a moment to familiarize yourself with these before sharing any personal information.

We strive to provide quality and relevant content, but we cannot vouch for the practices of other websites. Stay informed and surf wisely!

Profiling ​

None of the data provided to us is used for profiling purposes.

Data Location & Retention ​

All the information, whether provided by you or collected by us, is securely stored within Europe on servers managed by a provider adhering to the SSC (Standard Contractual Clauses) & EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. This ensures that your data is protected under European data protection standards and legislations.

By choosing providers that align with the SSC & EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, we prioritize the safety and integrity of your data, while staying compliant with European data protection guidelines.

For transparency, all our sub-processors are listed below.

Regarding data retention, we hold onto data only as long as necessary to achieve its purpose. Embracing the principle of data economy, we carefully store only the data essential for delivering our service.

Data Protection Measures ​

We employ an array of robust security measures to safeguard your data. This includes data encryption both in transit and at rest, regular software updates, penetration testing, and continuous monitoring for potential vulnerabilities.

Data Subprocessors ​

To support our platform's services, we work with specific data subprocessors:

Google Cloud ​

Google Workspaces ​

Your Rights ​

Under the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Swiss data protection laws, you have specific rights concerning your data:

  • Right to Access: You can request a copy of the data we hold about you.

  • Right to Rectification: If you believe the data we hold is incorrect or incomplete, you can request a correction.

  • Right to Erasure: Under certain conditions, you can request that we delete your data.

  • Right to Restrict Processing: If you believe there's an issue with the data's accuracy or how it's being processed, you can request a restriction on its use.

  • Right to Data Portability: You can request your data in a structured, machine-readable format, and, where feasible, have it transmitted directly to another organization.

  • Right to Object: Under certain conditions, you can object to the processing of your data.

To exercise any of these rights or if you have questions about them, please get in touch.

Updates to This Policy ​

From time to time, we may update our privacy policy to reflect changes in our practices, technologies, or regulatory requirements. Any significant changes will be communicated to our users, and the updated policy will always be available on our website.

Our platform operates under the laws and regulations of Switzerland. Any queries or issues related to our services will be addressed in accordance with Swiss legal standards and will be subject to review by the competent Swiss authorities.

Thank you for being a part of our community. Together, we aim to create a safe and enjoyable platform for all football enthusiasts.