Privacy Policy

Live Cup 2026 is an independent football scores app for live match updates, fixtures, standings, favorite teams, followed matches, and optional match alerts. This app is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by FIFA, World Cup organizers, national football associations, teams, leagues, or any official tournament entity.

1. Information We Collect

We collect limited information needed to provide and improve the app. This may include:

• App preferences such as favorite teams, followed matches, notification settings, and selected team.
• Device and app information such as app version, device type, operating system version, and language or region settings.
• Push notification identifiers, including APNs and Firebase Cloud Messaging tokens, when notifications are enabled.
• Advertising identifiers and ad interaction information when ads are shown by Google AdMob or related advertising partners.
• Basic usage and diagnostic information that helps us understand app performance, reliability, and feature usage.

2. Information We Do Not Collect

Live Cup 2026 does not require a personal account. We do not ask for your name, email address, phone number, precise location, payment information, contacts, photos, microphone, camera, or private messages.

3. How We Use Information

We use information to:

• Display live scores, fixtures, standings, team pages, match details, statistics, events, and lineups.
• Remember favorite teams, followed matches, and notification preferences.
• Send match reminders, goal alerts, lineup alerts, red card alerts, match start alerts, result alerts, and other football updates when enabled.
• Show ads, measure ad performance, prevent ad fraud, and support the free app experience.
• Improve app stability, performance, security, and user experience.

4. Third-Party Services

The app may use trusted third-party services that process data according to their own privacy policies, including:

• Firebase Cloud Messaging for push notifications.
• Google Mobile Ads / AdMob for advertising.
• Apple Push Notification service for iOS notifications.
• Sports data providers used by our backend to provide football scores and match information.

Third-party services may collect device identifiers, advertising identifiers, ad performance data, diagnostics, or usage information as needed to provide their services.

5. Advertising and Tracking Choices

Live Cup 2026 may display ads. Depending on your device settings, region, and consent choices, ads may be personalized or non-personalized. You can manage tracking permissions through iOS Settings. You can also limit ad personalization through Apple and Google account or device settings where available.

6. Push Notifications

Notifications are optional. If you enable notifications, we use notification tokens and your alert preferences to send football-related alerts. You can turn notifications off at any time in the app settings or iOS Settings.

7. Data Sharing

We do not sell your personal information. We may share limited information with service providers only as needed to operate the app, provide notifications, show ads, measure performance, prevent fraud, comply with law, or protect the safety and security of users and services.

8. Data Retention

We retain information only for as long as needed to operate the app, provide your preferences, meet legal obligations, resolve disputes, prevent abuse, and improve app reliability. Notification tokens and app preferences may be removed or replaced when you disable alerts, reset preferences, uninstall the app, or use a new device.

9. Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect information. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, but we work to protect app data from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or disclosure.

10. Children's Privacy

Live Cup 2026 is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information, please contact us so we can take appropriate action.

11. Your Choices and Rights

Depending on your location, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or restrict certain information. You can control notifications and tracking through iOS Settings. You can also contact us for privacy requests.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Updates will be posted on this page with a new "Last updated" date.

13. Contact Us

If you have questions or privacy requests, contact us at [email protected].