Privacy policy

Version 2.1 · Effective 2 November 2026. What changed: we added our physical address. Nothing about what we collect or why has changed. Previous version (2.0)

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

Who is responsible for your information

MatchFare is a trading name of EasyGov (Pty) Ltd, a private company registered in South Africa (registration number 2024/365166/07). EasyGov (Pty) Ltd is the responsible party for personal information processed through MatchFare under the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (POPIA). It always has been: earlier versions of this policy wrongly named our director, Sagie Chetty, personally, and we have corrected that.
Email: [email protected] · Phone: 081 745 1306

Address: 6 Bournemouth Bend, Parklands, Cape Town, 7441, South Africa · [email protected] · 081 745 1306

Information Officer

Our Information Officer is Sagie Chetty, Director of EasyGov (Pty) Ltd. Contact him at [email protected] (or [email protected]) or 081 745 1306.

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.

Fan board moderation. To help keep MatchFare safe, text you submit (your post, plus your nickname on the fan board, or your first name, spot and note for meet-ups) is checked by an automated moderation service from Cloudflare, which may process it outside South Africa. We don't use it for advertising.

The service providers we use, such as Cloudflare (hosting, database and security), act for EasyGov (Pty) Ltd under their data processing terms. Some of them process information outside South Africa, including in the United States. We use providers that are bound by data protection laws, binding corporate rules or contracts that give protection substantially similar to POPIA (POPIA s72).

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] (or [email protected]) with your nickname and what you wrote, or the meet-up link, and we'll delete it.

Your rights

To see, correct or delete your information, object to how we use it, or stop marketing at any time, email [email protected] (or [email protected]). If you're unhappy with our answer, you can complain to the Information Regulator (South Africa): inforegulator.org.za · [email protected] · 010 023 5200.

Changes

If we make a material change, such as who is responsible for your information or what we collect, we'll update this page, change the date at the top, and tell subscribers by email before or when the change takes effect.

PaddockFare (paddockfare.com) is part of MatchFare and has its own privacy policy for its email alerts.