Privacy Policy
GoalPicks ("we", "this site") is an independent football fan project at goalpicks.net. We collect as little as possible. Here is everything, plainly.
What stays on your device
Your bracket picks, streak-game picks, FootWord guesses, streaks, points and settings are stored in your browser's localStorage. They never leave your device unless you join the leaderboard (below). Clearing your browser data deletes them.
Game leaderboard (FootWord)
If you play our word game, a random anonymous identifier is generated for your browser. When you finish a puzzle, we store on our server: that random identifier, the display name and country you chose (if any), your puzzle results (win/loss, guess count), points, streak and invite count. No account is required, and the identifier cannot be linked to you personally by us. Joining the leaderboard requires an email address, which we use for two purposes only: contacting leaderboard winners about prizes, and (if sent) a daily new-puzzle alert you can opt out of from any such email. Your email is stored with your entry and never shown publicly, sold or shared. To remove your entry or email at any time, contact us with your display name.
Email newsletter
If you subscribe to the Daily Briefing, your email address is processed by Formspree and used only to send the briefing. Unsubscribe any time by replying to any email.
Advertising & cookies
We use Google AdSense to show ads. Google and its partners may use cookies and similar technologies to serve ads based on your visits to this and other websites. You can opt out of personalized advertising at Google Ads Settings, and learn how Google uses data at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites. Users in the EEA/UK may see a consent prompt before personalized ads are shown.
Affiliate links
Some outbound links (marked "Partner" or routed via /go/) are affiliate links — if you buy through them we may earn a commission at no cost to you. The destination site's own privacy policy applies there.
What we don't do
- No accounts, no passwords, no profiles built about you.
- We don't sell or share personal data with third parties (beyond the ad serving described above).
- No tracking pixels of our own.
Children
This site is not directed at children under 13. Gambling-related content is for adults 21+ where legal.
Your rights
Depending on where you live (e.g., GDPR in the EU, CCPA in California), you may have rights to access or delete data. Since almost everything lives in your own browser, deletion is usually in your hands; for leaderboard entries or newsletter data, contact us and we'll remove it promptly.
Changes
If this policy changes materially, the date above will be updated.