Privacy policy

Last updated: 19 October 2026

This policy explains how MatchFare handles personal information under South Africa's Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (POPIA).

Responsible party

Sagie Chetty, an individual in South Africa, who is also the Information Officer. Contact: [email protected].

What we collect

This site has no accounts and sets no tracking cookies. The only thing it stores is what you choose to post on the fan board or a meet-up (see below). Our host, Cloudflare, processes basic technical data such as IP addresses to deliver and protect the site. If we add an email newsletter later, we'll only collect your email address with your consent, and we'll update this policy first.

Links to other sites

Links to ticket sellers, airlines, hotels and tour sites take you to their own websites, and their privacy policies apply there.

Fan board and private meet-ups

Every upcoming match on MatchFare has a fan board (see all fan boards) where you can post a question or tip. On the SA20 2027 page you can also plan a private meet-up with friends. These are the only parts of the site that store anything you type.

• What we store: the nickname or first name you choose, the text you write, the time, and a one-way scrambled code (a salted hash) of your IP address and of a random device token. We never store your IP address itself, and we never ask for your email, phone number or surname.
• Why: to show the board and the meet-up, to stop spam (limits of 5 posts an hour and 20 a day), and to let you report a post. Every post is checked by an automatic safety filter (Cloudflare Workers AI) before it appears, and posts it flags wait until a person checks them.
• The device token is a random code in a cookie called mf_d. It's used only to count votes and reports per device and to stop repeat spam, not to track you.
• Meet-up links are private and aren't listed on the site or on search engines. Anyone with the link can see the spot, the time and the first names of people who replied, so share it only with people you know.
• How long we keep it: meet-ups and their replies are deleted 30 days after the match. Board posts are kept until you ask us to remove them or we take them down. Spam counters are cleared after 3 days.
• Deleting your data: email [email protected] with your nickname and what you wrote, or the meet-up link, and we'll delete it.

Your rights

You can ask to see, correct or delete any personal information we hold about you, or object to how we use it. You may also complain to the Information Regulator.