Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 9, 2026

Short version

This site is a football trivia game. There are no accounts and you never sign up. Your progress stays on your device. Personal data reaches our server in only two cases: if you post a score to a 3×3 leaderboard under a nickname you type yourself, and if you fill in the feedback form. Both are entirely optional. Google AdSense ads may appear so the game can stay free.

Stored on your device

The following live only in your browser's localStorage. They are never sent to the server, have no expiry, and disappear the moment you clear your browser data. We list them by name so you can see what each one does:

oyun-durumu-v1 — an unfinished game (current matchup, answers you found, clues revealed)
gunluk-ist-v1, daily-streak-v1 — your daily streak and statistics
grid-ist-v1, grid-seri-v1, grid-best, grid-gun-… — your 3×3 stats, best score and whether you played today's grid
race-best, blitz-best — your Race records
dil-v1, endless-mode-v1, endless-diff, match-diff-v1, daily-n — language, game type, difficulty and run-length preferences
career-asked-v1 — players already asked in Career Path (so the same one does not repeat)
yardim-v1 — that the help sheet has been shown once
oyuncu-ad — your leaderboard nickname, if you entered one

Stored on our server

Anonymous gameplay records

We keep gameplay events to balance the game: which matchup was played, whether a guess was correct, which mode was used. These records contain no IP address, identifier or personal data, and are deleted after 30 days.

3×3 leaderboard

If you finish a 3×3 grid and submit your score, the nickname you chose to type (up to 16 characters), your score and your time are stored on that grid's leaderboard. The nickname is optional — leave it empty and your score appears without a name. You do not have to use your real name.

Feedback form

If you send the form we store, and email to ourselves, the name you gave, your email address, your message, the page you were on and the language. We also keep an irreversible digest of your IP address to curb abuse — the IP itself is not stored. These records are deleted automatically after 12 months; to have yours removed sooner, just say so through the same form.

Your address is used only to reply to you. It is not used for marketing and not shared with third parties.

Access logs

Standard short-lived server access logs, plus security logs from our infrastructure provider Cloudflare, may exist to keep the service running and block attacks.

Cookies

A cookie is a small text file a site leaves on your device through the browser, and it is sent back to the server on every request. This section covers cookies and similar storage technologies (localStorage) together.

This site sets no cookies of its own. The game data listed above is not a cookie but localStorage: it is never sent to the server and stays in your browser. Playing the game needs no cookie consent, and we assign you no identifier.

Third parties may still use cookies or similar identifiers:

Google AdSense — to serve ads, cap frequency and measure them. Google processes these under its Privacy Policy.
Cloudflare — may set a technical cookie for bot and attack filtering.

You can turn off ad personalization in Google Ads Settings and block all cookies in your browser settings. Blocking cookies does not break the game.

Third parties

The page font (Barlow) is served from our own server; no third-party request is made for it. Player-card links point to Transfermarkt; their own privacy policies apply there. Feedback emails are delivered through Gmail.

Retention periods

Game data on your device — no expiry; gone when you clear your browser data. We hold no copy.
Anonymous gameplay records — 30 days, then deleted automatically.
3×3 leaderboard — as long as that grid's share record exists.
Feedback — 12 months, then deleted automatically.
Access and security logs — as long as the provider keeps them, which is short.

Automated decisions and profiling

We build no profile of you and take no automated decision that affects you. The calculations inside the game (scoring, difficulty selection, matchup generation) run on the game's own data, not on personal data. The hourly limit on the feedback form exists only to curb abuse; it produces no assessment of anyone.

Children's data

The game is open to all ages, but we do not knowingly collect personal data from children. Since there are no accounts, playing requires giving no information at all. If a parent notices that their child entered a name or email in the feedback form, writing to us through the same form is enough and we will delete the record.

Security measures

All traffic runs over HTTPS (HSTS enforced).
With no accounts and no passwords, there are no credentials to leak.
The feedback form stores an irreversible digest of your IP, never the address itself, and applies an hourly request limit.
Feedback records delete themselves after 12 months — no manual step involved.
The admin interface is closed to the public and requires separate authentication.

Your rights

The site is operated from Türkiye and personal data is handled under Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data (KVKK). Whatever your location, you may ask what data of yours we hold, ask for it to be corrected or deleted, and object to its processing. Send your request through the Feedback form or by email to [email protected]; we answer as soon as possible and within thirty days at the latest.

Data controller: Who Played for Both? / Futbolcu Tahmin (playedforboth.com and futbolcutahmin.com). Data is neither sold nor used for marketing; only the providers needed to run the service (hosting, Cloudflare, Gmail for email delivery) are involved.

Changes

If this text changes, the "Last updated" date above changes with it. As the site keeps no accounts we cannot notify you directly; we update this page for anything significant.

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