Privacy policy

Last updated 30 October 2026.

Who we are

Predicted Edge publishes football statistics and statistical predictions at predictededge.com. We are the data controller for the personal data described on this page. For anything about your data, email PredictedEdge@gmail.com.

What we collect, and why

Reading the site needs no account and gives us nothing about you beyond the ordinary server logs described below. We run no mailing list and never ask for your email address. We store personal data only in connection with a Patreon membership, which is something you choose:

• Patreon membership. If you sign in with a Patreon account we store your Patreon user ID, whether your pledge is to a membership tier and when that entitlement needs re-checking, so we can show you the picks your membership includes. We do not receive your payment details; Patreon handles payment entirely. Legal basis: performing the membership you have asked for.
• Membership records. When you join, renew, change or cancel a membership of our Patreon, Patreon tells us, whether or not you have ever signed in here. We record each of these against your Patreon user ID: what happened and when, your membership status and tier, the amount and currency, how often you are charged and the date of your last charge. We use these records to run the membership and to count how many members join and leave. Legal basis: our legitimate interest in running and understanding the membership.
• A session cookie. When you connect Patreon we set one encrypted, httpOnly cookie (pe_session) so you stay signed in. It lasts 30 days and holds only a reference to your account. Legal basis: strictly necessary for the service you have signed in to.

Our hosting provider also keeps short-lived server logs (IP address, the page requested, browser type and time) for security and to keep the site running. We use these only to investigate abuse or faults. Legal basis: our legitimate interest in operating a secure service.

Analytics and cookies

We use Google Analytics 4 to see which pages are useful and where visitors arrive from. It sets cookies only after you accept in the cookie notice; until then, and if you decline, it runs in consent mode with storage denied and sets none. IP addresses are anonymised and nothing is used for advertising or shared with advertisers. Legal basis: your consent.

• _ga and _ga_* — Google Analytics, distinguish visitors and sessions, kept for up to two years.
• pe:cookie-consent — your choice on the cookie notice, held in your browser’s local storage so we do not ask again.
• pe:age-ack — that you have acknowledged the over-18 notice, held in local storage so it is shown once.

Change your choice at any time: Cookie settings.

Who else processes your data

We do not sell personal data or share it with advertisers or bookmakers. The services below process it on our behalf, each only for the purpose stated:

• Vercel — hosts the site and keeps the server logs above.
• A managed Postgres database — stores your Patreon link and membership records.
• Patreon — verifies membership when you connect your account, under its own privacy policy.
• Google — analytics, only once you have accepted cookies.

Some of these providers run in the United States. Where data leaves the UK it is protected by the UK’s data-bridge or by standard contractual clauses in our agreements with them.

How long we keep it

• Patreon links: until you disconnect, your membership lapses and is not renewed, or you ask us to delete them.
• Membership records: until you ask us to delete them, or delete them yourself as described below.
• The session cookie: 30 days, or until you sign out.
• Server logs: kept briefly by our hosting provider and then discarded.

The published prediction archive contains no personal data, only fixtures, probabilities, prices and outcomes, so it is unaffected by any of the above.

Your rights

Under UK data protection law you can ask for a copy of the personal data we hold about you, ask us to correct or delete it, object to or restrict our processing, and withdraw consent at any time without affecting anything done before. To exercise any of these, email PredictedEdge@gmail.com. We reply within one month.

If you have connected Patreon you can also export or delete your data yourself while signed in: POST /api/gdpr/export returns your Patreon link, the Google Analytics identifier kept with it, if any, and your membership records, and POST /api/gdpr/delete removes them and signs you out. Both work only for the signed-in account, so nobody else can use them against yours. While your membership continues, Patreon keeps telling us about renewals, so new records are made; cancelling on Patreon stops them.

If you are unhappy with how we have handled your data, you have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at ico.org.uk. We would ask you to contact us first so we can put it right.

Age

This site is for people aged 18 and over and we do not knowingly collect data from anyone younger. If you believe a minor has connected an account, tell us and we will remove the record. See responsible gambling.

Changes

If this policy changes, the date at the top changes with it. A change that affects what we collect or why will be announced on the site before it takes effect.