🔒Privacy📅GDPR + CCPA

Privacy Policy

How United 2026 collects, uses, and protects your data. GDPR and CCPA compliant.

Your Data, Your Control

United 2026 is a free, independent fan guide to the FIFA World Cup 2026. We do not charge for access, and we do not sell your personal information. The site is funded through advertising (Google AdSense and direct partnerships) and we use Google Analytics to understand how fans use the site so we can make it better.

This policy covers visitors from all countries, including specific rights for EU residents under GDPR and California residents under CCPA. If anything in this policy is unclear, please contact us and we will explain it in plain language.

1. Information We Collect

Information You Provide

If you contact us via our contact form, we collect your name, email address and message. We only collect what you voluntarily submit. We do not require account creation or registration to use the site.

Automatically Collected Data

When you browse the site, we automatically collect technical data through cookies: your IP address (anonymised by Google Analytics), browser type, operating system, referring URL, pages visited, time on page, and general geographic location (country level, not street address). This helps us understand which content is most useful to fans.

Device Information

We collect device type, screen resolution and language preferences to optimise the site for mobile, tablet and desktop users. Over 60% of our visitors browse on mobile phones, so this data is important for performance.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the data we collect for these specific purposes:

✓To operate and improve the United 2026 website and its content
✓To respond to questions, corrections or feedback you submit through our contact form
✓To analyse traffic patterns and understand which pages fans find most useful
✓To display relevant advertisements through Google AdSense and direct ad partnerships
✓To detect and prevent security threats or technical issues
✓To comply with legal obligations (such as GDPR and CCPA requests)

We do not sell your personal information. We will never send you unsolicited marketing emails.

3. Cookies and Tracking

United 2026 uses cookies (small text files stored in your browser) to improve your experience and collect usage data. Here is exactly what we use:

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Essential

Required for the site to work. Session management and security. Cannot be disabled.

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Analytics

Google Analytics. Anonymised visitor counts, page views, traffic sources. Opt-out available.

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Advertising

Google AdSense. Personalised ads based on browsing history. Opt-out via Google Ads Settings.

You can manage cookies through your browser settings. Disabling analytics and advertising cookies will not affect core site functionality.

4. Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party services. Each has its own privacy policy:

Google Analytics

Website traffic analysis

Anonymised visitor data. You can opt out with the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Google AdSense

Display advertising

Serves ads based on browsing history. Opt out at Google Ads Settings or via your browser.

Vercel

Website hosting and delivery

Processes IP addresses and request metadata for content delivery and security.

5. Your Rights

Under GDPR (EU/EEA Residents)

You have the right to:

•Access the personal data we hold about you
•Request correction of inaccurate data
•Request deletion of your personal data
•Restrict or object to processing of your data
•Data portability (receive your data in a standard format)
•Withdraw consent at any time

Under CCPA (California Residents)

You have the right to:

•Know what personal information is collected about you
•Know whether your data is sold or disclosed, and to whom
•Opt out of the sale of personal information (we do not sell data)
•Request deletion of your personal information
•Non-discrimination for exercising your privacy rights

To exercise any of these rights, contact us. We respond within 30 days.

6. Data Retention

We keep data only as long as necessary:

12 months

Contact forms

Then securely deleted

26 months

Analytics data

Anonymised, aggregated

Up to 2 years

Session cookies expire on close

Questions About Your Privacy?

If anything in this policy is unclear, or if you want to exercise your data rights, get in touch. We respond within 48 hours.

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