Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to website owners. Cookies allow the website to remember your preferences and actions over time.

When you visit sportfanva.com, both we and third-party services we use may place cookies on your device. This Cookie Policy explains what cookies we use and why.

2. How We Use Cookies

SportFanVA uses cookies and similar tracking technologies for the following purposes:

• Essential functionality: Keeping you signed in to your account and maintaining your session
• Preferences: Remembering your quiz sport preferences and settings
• Performance: Understanding how users interact with our Service so we can improve it
• Advertising: Serving relevant advertisements through Google AdSense to keep our service free
• Analytics: Measuring website traffic and user behaviour through Google Analytics

3. Types of Cookies We Use

Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be disabled. They are usually only set in response to actions you take, such as signing in or setting your preferences.

• Firebase Authentication: Session management and user authentication tokens
• Session cookies: Temporary cookies that expire when you close your browser

Analytics Cookies

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our website. These cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors, where they have come from, and the pages they visit.

• _ga — Google Analytics, expires 2 years
• _gid — Google Analytics, expires 24 hours
• _gat — Google Analytics, used to throttle request rate

Advertising Cookies

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on SportFanVA. This allows us to keep the service free for all users. AdSense may use cookies to show you relevant ads based on your interests.

• __gads — Google AdSense, ad personalisation
• IDE — DoubleClick, used for ad targeting

You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google's Ad Settings.

4. Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies on SportFanVA are placed by third-party services we use. We do not control these cookies. The relevant third parties are:

• Google (Analytics, AdSense, Firebase): Google Privacy Policy
• Firebase (Authentication & Firestore): Managed by Google — see above

5. Local Storage

In addition to cookies, SportFanVA uses your browser's local storage to save your quiz preferences and progress. This is different from cookies — local storage data is stored on your device and is not transmitted to our servers unless you sign in.

We store the following data in local storage:

• sfv_xp: Your total accumulated XP points
• sfv_best_score: Your personal best quiz score
• sfv_last_played: Date of your last quiz session
• sfv_streak: Your current daily play streak

You can clear local storage at any time through your browser's developer tools or by clearing your browser's site data.

6. How to Control Cookies

You can control and manage cookies in various ways. Please note that removing or blocking cookies may affect your experience on SportFanVA.

Browser controls: Most browsers allow you to manage cookies through their settings. Visit your browser's help section for instructions:

• Google Chrome
• Mozilla Firefox
• Apple Safari
• Microsoft Edge

7. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. When we make material changes, we will update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

8. Contact Us

If you have questions about our use of cookies, please contact us:

• Email: privacy@sportfanva.com
• Website: sportfanva.com/contact.html