Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Matchd (“we”, “us”, “our”) is committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and your rights under UK data protection law, including the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR).

2. Data We Collect

We collect and process the following types of personal data:

• Name — used to personalise your account and communications.
• Email address — used for authentication, account management and notifications.
• Account role — Coach, Parent or Club, used to tailor features and listings.
• Profile information — such as your town/area and postcode prefix.
• Listings you create — including player-wanted posts, team listings, friendly requests and tournament information.
• Messages sent through the platform — to enable communication between users.
• Usage and analytics data — to help us improve the platform.

3. Why We Collect Data

We use your data to:

• Create and manage your account.
• Display football listings relevant to you.
• Enable messaging between coaches, parents and clubs.
• Send account-related emails such as security alerts and password resets.
• Send message-notification emails when you receive a new message.
• Improve the platform through analytics and feedback.

4. Email Communications

You may receive the following emails from Matchd:

• Welcome emails — sent when you create an account.
• New-message notifications — sent when another user messages you.
• Security and account emails — such as password-reset requests or suspicious-login alerts.

Message-notification emails are throttled so you receive no more than one email per conversation every 30 minutes. You can unsubscribe from message notifications at any time.

5. Data Sharing

Matchd does not sell your personal data.

We may share your data only in the following limited circumstances:

• Service providers — trusted third parties who help us operate the platform (for example, email delivery and hosting services).
• Legal authorities — where we are required to disclose data by law or to protect our rights and users.

6. Your Rights

Under UK GDPR you have the following rights:

• Right to access — request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
• Right to correct — ask us to update or correct inaccurate information.
• Right to delete — request deletion of your personal data and account.
• Right to withdraw consent — where we rely on your consent, you may withdraw it at any time.

7. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your data-protection rights, please contact us at: