Privacy Policy

FootyHub is a football mini-games app made by an independent developer. This policy describes exactly what the app collects, why it collects it, and how to have it removed. It is written to be specific rather than broad — if something is not listed here, the app does not collect it.

1. Playing without an account

Football Tic-Tac-Toe, Connect Four, Daily Challenge, Career Path and pass-and-play Last Card FC all work with no sign-in. In that mode everything stays on your device:

• Your Ball Knowledge XP, level and weekly XP total
• Your Daily Challenge streak and best streak
• App settings, such as the day/night stadium toggle

This is stored in the operating system's standard app-preferences storage — SharedPreferences on Android, UserDefaults on iOS. It never leaves the device unless you sign in, and uninstalling the app deletes it.

2. If you create an account or play as a guest

Online Match, tournaments, online Last Card FC and the weekly leaderboard need an identity, so the app uses Firebase Authentication (a Google service). You can sign in two ways:

• Email and password. Firebase Authentication stores your email address and a securely hashed password, and issues an anonymous user ID (a UID).
• Guest sign-in. Firebase issues a UID with no email and no password. A guest account is tied to that install; if you uninstall the app or clear its data, the guest account is unrecoverable.

What is stored in the game database

Separately from authentication, the app keeps one document per user in Cloud Firestore. It contains only:

• displayName — the name shown on leaderboards and to opponents
• xp and weeklyXp — your Ball Knowledge totals
• weekKey — which Monday-to-Sunday week the weekly total belongs to
• isGuest — whether the account is a guest account
• renameTokens — how many name changes a guest has left
• createdAt and updatedAt — timestamps

Your email address is not copied into the game database. It exists only inside Firebase Authentication.

Multiplayer game rooms

When you play online, the app writes the state of that game to a room record — the board or hand, whose turn it is, the score, and the display names and user IDs of the players in it. This lives in the matches, tournaments, faceoffs and lcfc_rooms collections and exists so both devices can see the same game. It contains game state, not personal information beyond your display name.

3. What other players can see

Your display name, your rank and XP, and your win / loss / draw record are visible to other players on the weekly leaderboard and in matches you join. Your email address is never shown to other players. Choose a display name you are comfortable being public — guests are named "Guest" by default and get one free rename.

4. No analytics or tracking

• FootyHub contains no analytics SDK. There is no Google Analytics, no Firebase Analytics, no Crashlytics, and no third-party attribution or tracking library.
• There are no in-app purchases.
• Your data is never sold or shared with data brokers.
• The app does not request access to your contacts, photos, camera, microphone or precise location.

5. Service providers

The only third party involved is Google, through Firebase Authentication and Cloud Firestore, which host the account and multiplayer features described above. As part of operating those services and protecting them from abuse, Google processes technical information such as IP addresses and device identifiers. That processing is governed by Firebase's privacy documentation and the Google Privacy Policy. Data may be processed on Google servers outside your country.

6. This website

This site is static. It sets no cookies, runs no analytics, and makes no requests to any third-party server — the fonts and images are served from this domain, which is why you will not see a cookie banner. It is hosted on Firebase Hosting, which keeps standard server request logs.

7. How long data is kept

Account and profile data is kept while the account exists. Finished multiplayer rooms are transient records that stop being used once the game ends. On-device data is kept until you clear the app's data or uninstall it.

8. Your choices and your rights

• Play anonymously. Use guest sign-in, or don't sign in at all.
• Change your visible name. Registered users can change their display name; guests get one rename.
• Get a copy of your data, or have it deleted. Email the address below from the address on the account and the account, its profile document and its leaderboard entries will be deleted. Deletion is permanent and cannot be reversed — your XP and rank go with it.
• Delete local data instantly. Uninstall the app. On Android you can also clear its storage from Settings without uninstalling.

If you are in the UK, EU or another region with data-protection rights, you also have the right to access, correct, export or erase your data, and to object to its processing. Use the same contact address and it will be handled.

9. Children

FootyHub is a general-audience football game and is not directed at children under 13. It does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has created an account, contact the address below and it will be deleted.

10. Football names and club badges

FootyHub is an independent project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any football club, league, federation or governing body. Player names and career histories are matters of public record and are used for identification in a quiz format. Club names and marks belong to their respective owners.

11. Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the "last updated" date at the top will change with it. Material changes will be announced in the app before they take effect.

12. Contact