Privacy Policy

Last updated: 4 October 2026

AXN Sports (“us”, “we” or “our”) operates the website axnsports.net (the “Service”).

This page explains how we collect, use and disclose personal data when you use our Service, and the choices you have in relation to that data. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information as described in this Privacy Policy.

Definitions

Service: The axnsports.net website operated by AXN Sports.
Personal Data: Information about a living person who can be identified from that information, alone or together with other information we hold.
Usage Data: Data collected automatically when you use the Service, such as how long you spend on a page.
Cookies: Small files stored on your device, such as a computer or phone.
Data Controller: The person or organisation that decides why and how Personal Data is processed. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, AXN Sports is the Data Controller of your Personal Data.
Data Processors (Service Providers): Any person or company that processes data on behalf of the Data Controller. We use the Service Providers listed below to help us run the Service.
Data Subject: Any living person who uses our Service and is the subject of Personal Data.

Information Collection and Use

We collect several types of information for different purposes, in order to provide and improve our Service. You can read the Service without creating an account or giving us your name or email address.

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

We only receive Personal Data that you choose to send us, for example when you email us. This may include:

your name and email address;
the content of your message, such as a story tip, a question or a correction;
your CV and the details you send with it if you apply to join our team.

Usage Data

We collect information on how the Service is accessed and used (“Usage Data”). This may include your device’s Internet Protocol address (IP address), browser type and version, the pages you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, the website that referred you, your device type and your approximate location at city or country level.

Tracking and Cookies Data

We use cookies and similar technologies to operate the Service and to understand how it is used. You can set your browser to refuse all cookies or to tell you when a cookie is being sent. If you refuse cookies, the Service will still work, although some preferences, such as your language, may not be remembered.

Examples of Cookies we use:

Preference Cookies. We use Preference Cookies to remember the language version of the Service you are reading.
Analytics Cookies. We use Analytics Cookies, set by Google Analytics, to understand how readers use the Service.
Security Cookies. Our hosting and security providers use Security Cookies to protect the Service against automated attacks.

Cookie	Type	Purpose	Duration
`wp-wpml_current_language`	Preference	Remembers your language.	1 day
`_ga`, `_ga_*`	Analytics	Distinguishes visits and measures how the Service is used.	Up to 2 years
Security cookies	Security	Tells real visitors apart from automated traffic.	Up to 1 day

Use of Data

AXN Sports uses the collected data:

to provide and maintain the Service;
to show the Service in your language;
to analyse how the Service is used, so we can improve our coverage;
to reply to your messages and correct mistakes you report;
to consider your application if you send us a CV;
to monitor the Service and detect, prevent and address technical issues and misuse;
to comply with our legal obligations.

Legal Grounds for Processing Personal Data

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the data protection laws of the countries we cover, our legal grounds for collecting and using the information described in this Privacy Policy depend on the data and the context in which we collect it. We may process your Personal Data because:

you have given us your consent, for example to analytics cookies where the law requires it;
it is needed to take steps you have asked for, such as reviewing your application;
it is in our legitimate interests to run, secure and improve a sports news website, and those interests are not overridden by your rights;
we need to comply with the law.

Retention of Data

AXN Sports keeps your Personal Data only for as long as necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, and as needed to meet our legal obligations and resolve disputes.

Emails are kept for as long as we need to deal with your message, and no longer than 2 years.
CVs are kept for up to 12 months, unless we agree to work together.
Usage Data is kept for a shorter period, as set in our Google Analytics account, unless it is needed to strengthen the security of the Service or we are legally required to keep it longer.

Transfer of Data

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to and stored on computers located outside your country, where data protection laws may differ from those in your country. Our Service Providers, including Google, may process data in the European Union, the United States or other countries.

AXN Sports will take reasonable steps to make sure your data is treated securely and in line with this Privacy Policy, including relying on safeguards such as standard contractual clauses offered by our Service Providers.

Disclosure of Data

Legal Requirements

AXN Sports may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that doing so is necessary:

to comply with a legal obligation;
to protect and defend the rights or property of AXN Sports;
to prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service;
to protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public;
to protect against legal liability.

We do not sell or rent your Personal Data, and we do not share it with bookmakers or other affiliate partners.

Security of Data

The security of your data is important to us. We use encrypted connections (HTTPS) and limit access to our accounts, but no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on where you live, including under the GDPR, South Africa’s Protection of Personal Information Act, Nigeria’s Data Protection Act and Kenya’s Data Protection Act, you have certain data protection rights. AXN Sports aims to take reasonable steps to let you correct, update, delete or limit the use of your Personal Data.

You have the right:

to access the information we hold about you and receive a copy of it;
to rectification, if that information is inaccurate or incomplete;
to object to our processing of your Personal Data;
to restriction, meaning you can ask us to limit how we process your Personal Data;
to data portability, meaning a copy of your Personal Data in a structured, commonly used format;
to erasure, meaning you can ask us to delete your Personal Data;
to withdraw consent at any time where we rely on your consent.

To exercise any of these rights, email [email protected]. We will respond within 30 days and may ask you to verify your identity first.

You also have the right to complain to a data protection authority, for example the Information Regulator in South Africa, the Nigeria Data Protection Commission, the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner in Kenya, or the authority in your country of residence.

Service Providers

We use third party companies and services to help us run the Service, to provide it on our behalf and to analyse how it is used (“Service Providers”). These include our hosting, content delivery and security providers, our email provider and Google. They have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks for us and are obliged not to use it for any other purpose.

Analytics

We use Service Providers to monitor and analyse the use of our Service.

Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to measure the use of our Service, and this data may be shared with other Google services. You can stop your activity on the Service from being sent to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt out browser add on. For more information on Google’s privacy practices, please visit the Google Privacy Terms.

Google Search Console

We use Google Search Console to understand how our pages appear in Google Search. It provides us with aggregated search data and does not place cookies on your device when you visit our Service.

Links to Other Sites

Our Service contains links to other sites that we do not operate, including bookmakers, sports organisations and regulators. If you click a third party link, you will be taken to that site, which may set its own cookies, including cookies that record that you arrived from our Service. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Children’s Privacy

Our Service is intended for adults aged 18 and over, because some of our content covers betting. We do not knowingly collect Personal Data from anyone under 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you believe your child has sent us Personal Data, please contact us and we will delete it.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post any changes on this page and update the “Last updated” date at the top. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically. Changes are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email: [email protected]