Privacy policy

The data controller for this site is the Centrekop editorial team, Berlin, Germany. For any privacy question or request, contact us at contact@centrekop.com.

You can read Centrekop without giving us any personal information. Our web host records standard technical data with every request — IP address, browser type, device type, referring page and the time of the visit — which we use to keep the site secure and available. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in operating a safe, working website.

If you email us at contact@centrekop.com, we hold your message and address only for as long as it takes to reply and to keep a record of any correction we make.

We store your light/dark theme preference in your browser's local storage. It stays on your device, is never sent to us, and clearing your browser data removes it.

Cookies set by us or by our partners may also be used to measure how the site is used and, where advertising is shown, to help select and limit the ads you see. You can block or delete cookies at any time in your browser settings; the site will still work, though some features may behave differently.

Where advertising is shown on Centrekop, third-party vendors — including Google — may use cookies to serve ads based on your previous visits to this or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to our site and other sites on the internet.

You can opt out of personalised advertising in Google Ads Settings, and opt out of some third-party vendors' use of cookies at aboutads.info/choices or youronlinechoices.eu. Where the law requires it, we ask for your consent before any non-essential cookie is set, and you can withdraw that consent at any time.

We may use aggregate analytics to understand which stories are read and how the site performs. These reports are statistical and are not used to identify individual readers or to build profiles about you.

Articles may embed posts from X, Facebook, YouTube or similar platforms, and our share buttons open those services. Those companies set their own cookies and apply their own privacy policies, which we do not control. We link to other sites for context; their privacy practices are their own.

Server logs are kept only for as long as our host needs them for security and troubleshooting. Emails are deleted once the matter they relate to is closed, unless we need them for a record of a correction.

Centrekop is written for a general football audience and is not directed at children under 16. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, email us and we will delete it.

Under the GDPR you can ask us what personal data we hold about you, request a copy, ask for it to be corrected or deleted, object to or restrict its processing, and withdraw consent you previously gave. Email contact@centrekop.com and we will respond within 30 days. You also have the right to complain to your local data protection authority.

We may update this policy as the site changes. The date at the top always shows when it was last revised.