Effective date: June 2, 2026
Made By Sport (“Made By Sport,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) is committed to handling your personal information with care, honesty, and respect. As an independent sports web magazine, we believe you have every right to understand exactly what data we collect, why we collect it, and how it is used when you visit https://www.madebysport.com/, submit content, or engage with us professionally. Continued use of our website constitutes your agreement to the practices set out below. If you are not comfortable with any part of this policy, we ask that you discontinue use of the site.
What Information We Collect
We limit data collection to what is genuinely necessary to operate and improve our platform.
Information You Provide Directly
- Contact and professional details: When you write to us — whether to pitch an article, discuss a partnership, or make a general enquiry — we may collect your name, email address, job title, institutional or organisational affiliation, and any phone number or postal address you choose to include.
- Submitted material: Any content you send us for consideration, including articles, research summaries, or expert commentary, along with the professional credentials you provide for author attribution purposes.
- Commercial and partnership correspondence: Information exchanged during sponsorship discussions, collaboration proposals, or advertising arrangements, including company name, project scope, and relevant contact details.
Technical and Anonymised Data
- Browsing and usage data: We automatically collect standard technical information when you visit the site, including your IP address, browser type and version, device and operating system, pages visited, time spent on each page, click paths, and the source from which you arrived.
- Cookies and tracking tools: We use cookies, pixel tags, and comparable technologies to maintain site functionality, understand how readers navigate our content, remember your preferences, and assess overall site performance. You can manage or disable cookies at any time through your browser settings.
How We Use Your Information
Every use of your data serves a specific and legitimate purpose connected to running Made By Sport:
- Site operation and development: To keep the platform functioning reliably, diagnose and resolve technical faults, and improve content and features in response to how readers engage with them
- Communication: To respond to your messages, process editorial submissions, and progress conversations around partnerships or sponsorship
- Content publication: To assess, edit, and publish contributed articles with proper author credit, always subject to your prior consent
- Personalisation and advertising: To suggest relevant content and deliver interest-based advertising that helps sustain our independent operation, while monitoring the effectiveness of such campaigns
- Legal compliance and platform security: To fulfil any applicable legal obligations and to protect the rights, safety, and integrity of Made By Sport and its readership
How We Share Your Information
Made By Sport does not sell, rent, or trade your personal data under any circumstances. We share information only in the following limited and controlled situations:
| Situation | Detail |
| Third-party service providers | Carefully selected partners — including hosting providers, analytics services, and email platforms — who support site operations under strict data protection agreements |
| Partners and sponsors | Limited professional contact details shared only where necessary to carry out an agreed collaboration or advertising arrangement |
| Legal requirements | Where disclosure is required by law, court order, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Made By Sport, our readers, or the public |
| With your consent | For example, publishing your name and affiliation alongside a contributed article |
| Business transfers | In the unlikely event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your data may transfer to a successor entity subject to equivalent privacy protections |
Data Security and International Transfers
Security measures: We apply appropriate technical and organisational safeguards — including encryption, restricted access controls, and periodic security reviews — to protect your information from unauthorised access, loss, or misuse. While we take every reasonable precaution, no internet-based system can offer an unconditional guarantee of complete security.
International data processing: Made By Sport is operated from the United Kingdom. However, some of the third-party services we rely on may process and store data in other countries, where privacy legislation may differ from that in your own jurisdiction. By using our platform, you acknowledge and consent to this possibility. We take steps to ensure that appropriate protections are in place wherever your data is processed.
Your Rights and Controls
You retain meaningful rights over the personal information we hold about you:
- Cookie preferences: You can adjust, block, or clear cookies at any time using your browser’s built-in settings
- Access, correction, and deletion: You may request a copy of the personal data we hold about you, ask us to correct any inaccuracies, or request deletion of your information. We will respond promptly and in accordance with any applicable legal retention requirements
Additional Information
Age restrictions: Made By Sport produces content intended for adult readers and professionals. We do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under the age of 16. If we become aware that such data has been collected inadvertently, it will be deleted without delay.
Policy changes: This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically to reflect changes in our operations, technology, or legal obligations. The current version, together with its effective date, will always be accessible on this page. Continuing to use the site after any update has been posted indicates your acceptance of the revised terms.
Contact Us About Privacy
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, would like to exercise any of your data rights, or need to raise a privacy concern, please contact us using the details below:
Made By Sport
146 Freston Road
London, W10 6TR
United Kingdom
Emails:
| Enquiry Type | |
| General questions | [email protected] |
| Privacy and data requests | [email protected] |
When submitting a data-related request by email, please include the words “DATA PRIVACY REQUEST” in the subject line so that we can identify and prioritise your message correctly.