Privacy Policy

Last updated: June 10, 2026

At F1 Fantasy Tools ("we," "us," or "our"), we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy (the "Policy") outlines how we collect, use, store, and share your personal information when you visit our website f1fantasytools.com (the "Site").

This Policy is intended to explain our practices under applicable privacy laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the European Union. Where required, we will ask for your consent before collecting or using your personal information.

1. Information We Collect

While using our Site, we may collect the following types of information:

1. Account Information: Your email address and authentication provider details. We do not store passwords. You can log in using Google or a passwordless one-time code sent to your email address.
2. F1 Fantasy Data: Information associated with your linked F1 Fantasy account, such as your team, scores, and related game data.
3. Usage Data: Information about your interaction with our Site, including pages visited, time spent, browser and device information, referrer information, and approximate location data. This analytics data is collected through a self-hosted instance of Umami and Google Analytics 4 (GA4).
4. Subscription and Billing Data: Subscription status, tier, and transaction metadata provided by payment platforms. We do not store your full payment card or bank details.

2. Cookies

We use essential cookies or equivalent session-storage mechanisms where needed for core functionality, such as account authentication and secure session management. Our self-hosted Umami analytics setup is cookie-free and does not track users across different websites. We also use Google Analytics 4, which may use cookies or similar technologies to measure Site usage, subject to your consent choices and applicable law.

We may also display third-party advertising on selected pages for users who do not have an ad-free subscription. Advertising partners may use cookies, device identifiers, or similar technologies to serve, measure, and personalize ads, subject to your consent choices and applicable law.

3. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR Compliance)

Under GDPR, we rely on the following lawful bases for processing your personal data:

1. Consent: Where you have given explicit consent (e.g., marketing emails).
2. Contractual Necessity: When processing is necessary to fulfil our service obligations.
3. Legitimate Interests: When processing is required for business operations without overriding your rights.
4. Legal Obligation: When required to comply with laws and regulations.

4. How We Use Your Information

We use your personal information for the following purposes:

1. To provide, operate, and maintain our Site and related services.
2. To create and manage your account and authenticate access.
3. To retrieve, process, and display your F1 Fantasy-related data.
4. To manage subscriptions and premium feature access.
5. To analyze and improve performance and user experience using Umami and Google Analytics 4.
6. To serve, measure, and improve advertising for users who do not have an ad-free subscription.
7. To communicate with you about account, service, and subscription matters.
8. To comply with legal obligations and protect our rights and interests.

5. Disclosure of Your Information

We do not sell your personal information. We may disclose personal information under the following circumstances.

1. Payment Processors: Stripe or Patreon may receive the information needed to process payments as merchant of record. We do not store your full financial details.
2. Advertising Partners: Publift and its advertising partners may process information needed to serve, measure, and personalize ads for users who do not have an ad-free subscription, subject to your consent choices and applicable law.
3. Authentication and Analytics Providers: Google may process information needed for Google login and Google Analytics 4. Our self-hosted Umami analytics instance processes usage data for Site analytics.
4. Legal and Regulatory: To comply with legal obligations, protect our rights or property, enforce our policies, or protect personal safety.
5. In connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of our company assets.

6. Third-Party Services

We use selected third-party service providers to operate our Site:

1. Stripe for payment processing. See the Stripe Privacy Policy.
2. Patreon (temporary alternative) for payment processing. See the Patreon Privacy Policy.
3. Publift for advertising technology and ad monetization. Publift Fuse is configured with the Quantcast consent management platform for regions where consent controls are required. See the Publift Privacy Policy.
4. Google services for Google login and Google Analytics 4. See the Google Privacy Policy.

7. Retention of Your Information

We retain personal information only for as long as necessary for the purposes described in this Policy and to meet legal obligations:

1. Account Data: Retained while your account is active, then deleted or anonymized upon valid request unless legal retention is required.
2. F1 Fantasy Data: Retained while your account is active to provide the requested features.
3. Usage and Analytics Data: Retained in aggregate or pseudonymous form for service improvement according to the retention settings of Umami and Google Analytics 4.
4. Billing Metadata: Retained by Stripe or Patreon according to their legal and accounting obligations.

8. Data Security

We are committed to protecting your personal information. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is completely secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

9. Your Rights

Depending on your location and applicable law (including GDPR and, if applicable, CCPA), you may have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict, object to processing, and request portability of your personal information. You may also withdraw consent where processing is based on consent and lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority. To exercise these rights, including account deletion requests, please contact us using the details below.

If you are in a region where advertising consent or privacy choices are required, you can manage your preferences through the privacy tool below. California residents may use this tool to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising where applicable.

10. International Transfers

Your personal information may be transferred to, and maintained on, computers located outside of your country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction. By providing us with your personal information, you acknowledge this transfer, storing, and processing of your information. Where required, we implement appropriate safeguards (such as Standard Contractual Clauses) for international transfers.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on our Site and updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this Policy. For material changes, we may also provide additional notice, such as an email or a prominent notice on the Site. You are advised to review this Policy periodically for any changes. Your continued use of our Site following the posting of changes will constitute your acceptance of such changes.

12. Children's Privacy

Our Site is not intended for use by individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If you become aware that a child has provided us with personal information without parental consent, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our systems.

13. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or if you wish to exercise your rights under applicable privacy laws, please contact us at: contact@f1fantasytools.com