Privacy policy
Last updated 11 September 2026
TheFootballHub (thefootballhub.net) is an automated football news site. This page explains what happens to data when you visit it, and who else is involved.
What this site publishes
Articles here are summaries written by software from reporting published by other news organisations, and each one names the outlet it came from. Summaries can contain errors the original does not; where the two disagree, the original is right.
What we collect
We ask you for nothing: there is no account, no newsletter and no contact form on this site.
We do use Google Analytics to count visits and see which articles are read. It sets cookies and reports to Google, and in the UK and Europe it loads only after you accept — refuse and it never runs. Google processes that data under its own privacy policy; we see aggregate reports, not individuals.
Our host, Cloudflare, processes the technical information any web server receives in order to serve a page and protect against attacks — your IP address, browser type and the page requested. See Cloudflare's privacy policy.
Advertising
This site is funded by advertising served by Adsterra. Adsterra and its partners may set cookies or similar identifiers in your browser to measure and select ads, and that processing is theirs, not ours — we never see it and hold none of the resulting data.
To understand or object to it, read Adsterra's privacy policy. You can also block advertising cookies in your browser settings, or use an ad blocker; the site works either way.
Photographs
Article photographs come from Pexels and each is credited to its photographer. They are loaded directly from Pexels' servers, so Pexels receives the same technical request information any image host would. They are illustrative: a photograph does not depict the specific event a story describes.
Cookies and local storage
| What | Set by | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
tfh-theme | This site | Remembers light or dark mode. Stored in your browser only and never sent to us. |
tfh-consent | This site | Remembers whether you accepted or refused. Without it you would be asked on every page. |
_ga, _ga_* | Google Analytics | Counts visits and distinguishes repeat ones. Only set after you accept. |
| Advertising identifiers | Adsterra and partners | Ad measurement and selection. Governed by their policy. |
Your rights
If you are in the UK or the European Economic Area, the GDPR gives you rights over personal data held about you — access, correction, erasure, and objection to processing.
We hold no personal data in our own systems. Analytics data is held by Google and advertising data by Adsterra, and requests about either must go to them as the parties that control it. You can also refuse both outright using the cookie banner, or change your mind at any time through "Cookie choice" in the footer. We will help you reach the right party if you write to us.
Children
This site is not directed at children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect anything from them.
Changes
Any change to this policy appears on this page with a new date above.
Contact
Write to hello@thefootballhub.net.
Publishers: if you believe an article here misuses your work, write to the same address with the URL and we will remove it.