Privacy & cookies

This website is run by Pickering Town Community Football Club ("the club", "we"), Pickering, North Yorkshire. We are the data controller for personal information collected through this site. You can reach us through the contact page.

Contact form: when you send us a message we receive your name, email address, the topic you chose and your message. We use these only to reply to you and to deal with your enquiry.

Analytics: if you accept analytics cookies, we use Google Analytics to count visits and see which pages are popular. It records things like the pages you view, roughly where you are (country or city), and your device and browser. It does not tell us who you are. If you reject analytics cookies, it does not run.

Server logs: our hosting provider (GitHub Pages) keeps standard technical logs, such as IP addresses and the pages requested, for security and to keep the site running.

Live scores: while a game is being played, the next-match panels show a live scores feed from Football Web Pages (footballwebpages.co.uk), which loads from their servers. See their privacy policy for how they handle visits.

The site shows the names and photos of our players, managers, officials and volunteers, and the names of sponsors, including people who sponsor a player. We do this to tell supporters about the club and thank the people who make it happen, on the basis of our legitimate interests as a football club, or with consent where we've asked for it.

We only show photos or names of anyone under 18 with the agreement of their parent or guardian, in line with the FA's safeguarding guidance.

If you appear on the site and would like a photo, your name or any other detail changed or removed, contact us through the contact page and we'll deal with it promptly.

We handle contact form messages on the basis of our legitimate interest in answering enquiries. Analytics only runs with your consent, which you can withdraw at any time using “Cookie settings” at the bottom of every page.

Essential: the site remembers in your browser whether you have seen the opening video this visit, and your cookie choice. These don't identify you and are needed for the site to work as intended.

Analytics (optional): Google Analytics cookies (named _ga and _ga_…) are only set if you click “Accept analytics”. They last up to two years unless you clear them or change your choice.

Live scores: the Football Web Pages feed shown during games comes from their site and may set its own cookies. See footballwebpages.co.uk for details.

Contact form messages come to the club by email. The site is hosted by GitHub Pages. Analytics data, if you consent, is processed by Google. They act on our behalf. We never sell your information, and we don't share it with anyone else unless the law requires it.

GitHub and Google may handle data in the United States. Where they do, it's protected by the safeguards UK data protection law requires, such as the UK–US data bridge or the UK's standard contract clauses.

We keep contact messages for as long as needed to deal with your enquiry, and no longer than two years. Analytics data is kept for 14 months.

You can ask to see the information we hold about you, have it corrected or deleted, or object to how we use it. Contact us through the contact page. If you're unhappy with how we've handled your information, you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ico.org.uk).

The contact form is intended for adults. If you are under 13, please ask a parent or guardian to get in touch for you.