Privacy Policy

1. Information We Collect

CricEdge is designed to be as privacy-friendly as possible. We do not require any account registration, login, or personal information to use the site.

Information collected automatically:

• Usage data: Pages visited, time spent, browser type, device type, and general location (country/region) via standard server logs.
• IP address: Your IP address may be logged by our hosting provider for security and abuse prevention. We do not use IP addresses to identify individual users.
• Referring URL: The website or search engine that brought you to CricEdge.

Information you voluntarily provide:

• If you contact us via our Contact page or by email, we collect the name, email address, and message content you provide.

We do not collect payment information, precise location data, or any sensitive personal information.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Deliver and improve the CricEdge live cricket score service
• Monitor and fix technical issues with the website
• Understand which features and content are most useful to our users
• Respond to messages and support requests sent to us
• Comply with legal obligations

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to any third party for their marketing purposes.

3. Cookies & Local Storage

CricEdge uses browser localStorage (not traditional cookies) to store your preferences locally on your own device. This data never leaves your device and is not sent to our servers.

Data stored in your browser's localStorage includes:

• Your last selected match category filter (e.g., T20 League, International)
• Recently loaded match data (cached for up to 10 minutes for faster repeat visits)
• Your last viewed page within the app

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

Third-party services we use (Google AdSense, Google Analytics) may set their own cookies. Please refer to their respective privacy policies for details.

4. Advertising (Google AdSense)

CricEdge uses Google AdSense to display advertisements. Google AdSense uses cookies and similar technologies to show ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites.

• Google may use your browsing data to serve personalised ads
• You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings
• You can also opt out via the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page

For more information about how Google uses data when you use our site, please visit Google's Privacy & Terms.

5. Analytics (Google Analytics / Google Tag Manager)

We use Google Analytics via Google Tag Manager to understand how visitors use CricEdge. This helps us improve the site. Google Analytics collects data such as:

• Pages visited and time spent on each page
• Device type (mobile, desktop, tablet)
• General geographic location (country, city)
• How you arrived at the site (search, direct, social)

This data is aggregated and anonymised — we cannot identify individual users from analytics data. Google Analytics data is processed by Google in accordance with their Privacy Policy.

6. Third-Party Services

CricEdge integrates with the following third-party services:

• Cricket Data API (cricapi.com): We fetch live cricket score data from cricapi.com. Your browsing of CricEdge does not send your personal information to cricapi.com.
• Google Fonts: We load fonts from Google Fonts, which may log your IP address. See Google's Privacy Policy.
• Hostinger (Web Hosting): Our site is hosted on Hostinger servers. Hostinger may process server logs containing IP addresses in accordance with their Privacy Policy.

7. Data Retention

We retain server log data for a maximum of 30 days for security purposes, after which it is deleted.

If you contact us by email, we retain your message and contact details only for as long as necessary to resolve your query, and no longer than 12 months.

Data stored in your browser's localStorage is stored locally on your device and can be deleted by you at any time.

8. Children's Privacy

CricEdge is a general cricket score website suitable for all ages. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 years of age. If you believe a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, please contact us at [email protected] and we will promptly delete it.

9. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Right to access: Request a copy of any personal data we hold about you
• Right to rectification: Request correction of inaccurate data
• Right to erasure: Request deletion of your personal data
• Right to object: Object to processing of your data for certain purposes

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected]. We will respond within 30 days.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

Continued use of CricEdge after any changes to this policy constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your data, please contact us: