Privacy Policy
Last updated: 11 May 2026
1. INFORMATION ABOUT US
1.1 This website, Ballaxy.org (“our site”), is operated by MB Snarskis media (“Ballaxy”, “We”, “Us” or “Our”).
1.2 We are registered in Lithuania under company code 306973840, with our registered office at:
Gedimino g. 22A-14, LT-44319 Kaunas, Lithuania
1.3 For the purposes of applicable data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (“GDPR”), MB Snarskis media is the data controller of personal data collected through our site.
1.4 If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we process your personal data, you can contact us at:
Email: contact@ballaxy.org
Subject line: Ballaxy.org Privacy Policy
1.5 In Lithuania, the competent data protection authority is the State Data Protection Inspectorate / Valstybinė duomenų apsaugos inspekcija, which provides guidance and oversight for personal data protection compliance.
2. ABOUT THIS PRIVACY POLICY
2.1 This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, share, and protect personal data when you use Ballaxy.org.
2.2 This Privacy Policy applies to personal data collected through:
2.2.1 our website;
2.2.2 contact forms or email communications;
2.2.3 comments, polls, voting features, prediction features, or other interactive tools, where available;
2.2.4 newsletter subscriptions, where available;
2.2.5 cookies, analytics tools, advertising technologies, and similar technologies;
2.2.6 embedded content and third-party services available through our site.
2.3 This Privacy Policy should be read together with our:
- Terms of Service: https://ballaxy.org/terms-of-service/
- Cookie Policy: https://ballaxy.org/cookie-policy/
3. PERSONAL DATA WE MAY COLLECT
3.1 We may collect and process the following categories of personal data.
3.2 Information you provide directly
This may include:
3.2.1 your name;
3.2.2 email address;
3.2.3 message content when you contact us;
3.2.4 newsletter subscription details;
3.2.5 comments, usernames, profile information, votes, reactions, predictions, or other user-generated content, where such features are available;
3.2.6 information you provide when reporting an issue, requesting a correction, making a copyright complaint, or contacting us for any other reason.
3.3 Technical and usage information
When you visit Ballaxy.org, we may automatically collect technical and usage information, such as:
3.3.1 IP address;
3.3.2 browser type and version;
3.3.3 device type;
3.3.4 operating system;
3.3.5 approximate location based on IP address;
3.3.6 pages visited;
3.3.7 articles read;
3.3.8 time spent on pages;
3.3.9 referring websites;
3.3.10 links clicked;
3.3.11 error logs;
3.3.12 cookie identifiers and similar online identifiers.
3.4 Cookies and similar technologies
3.4.1 We use cookies, pixels, tags, scripts, local storage, and similar technologies.
3.4.2 These technologies may collect information about your device, browser, preferences, and browsing activity.
3.4.3 More information is available in our Cookie Policy:
3.5 Advertising and analytics data
Where enabled and where you have given consent if required, we may collect data relating to:
3.5.1 ad views;
3.5.2 ad clicks;
3.5.3 campaign performance;
3.5.4 traffic sources;
3.5.5 audience segments;
3.5.6 engagement with football content, such as match previews, transfer news, scores, fixtures, or predictions.
3.6 Sensitive personal data
3.6.1 We do not intentionally collect special categories of personal data, such as information about health, religion, political opinions, trade union membership, ethnicity, biometric data, or sexual orientation.
3.6.2 You should not submit sensitive personal data to us through comments, forms, emails, or other website features.
4. HOW WE COLLECT PERSONAL DATA
4.1 We may collect personal data:
4.1.1 directly from you when you contact us, subscribe, comment, vote, or use interactive features;
4.1.2 automatically when you browse our site;
4.1.3 through cookies and similar technologies;
4.1.4 from third-party service providers, such as analytics, advertising, hosting, security, newsletter, or content delivery providers;
4.1.5 from public sources, where relevant to editorial, legal, copyright, or security purposes.
5. HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA
5.1 We may use your personal data for the following purposes.
5.2 To operate and provide our site
This includes:
5.2.1 displaying pages and content;
5.2.2 maintaining website functionality;
5.2.3 securing the site;
5.2.4 preventing spam, fraud, abuse, and unauthorised access;
5.2.5 troubleshooting technical issues.
5.3 To respond to you
This includes:
5.3.1 responding to enquiries;
5.3.2 handling complaints;
5.3.3 processing correction requests;
5.3.4 reviewing copyright or legal notices;
5.3.5 communicating about website-related matters.
5.4 To provide newsletters or updates
Where you subscribe, we may use your email address to send football news, updates, newsletters, promotions, or other communications from Ballaxy.org.
You can unsubscribe at any time by using the unsubscribe link in the email or by contacting us.
5.5 To improve our site and content
We may use data to:
5.5.1 understand which articles, teams, competitions, transfers, fixtures, or features are popular;
5.5.2 improve website structure and performance;
5.5.3 analyse audience behaviour;
5.5.4 fix errors;
5.5.5 develop new features;
5.5.6 improve editorial planning.
5.6 To display and measure advertising
Where applicable and subject to consent where required, we may use personal data and cookies to:
5.6.1 display advertisements;
5.6.2 measure advertising performance;
5.6.3 limit how often you see an advert;
5.6.4 detect ad fraud;
5.6.5 personalise advertising, where enabled and legally permitted;
5.6.6 report campaign performance to advertising partners.
5.7 To manage comments, community features, polls, or predictions
If these features are available, we may use your data to:
5.7.1 publish your comments or submissions;
5.7.2 manage your username or display name;
5.7.3 moderate content;
5.7.4 prevent abuse;
5.7.5 operate polls, votes, reactions, competitions, or prediction features.
5.8 To comply with legal obligations
We may process personal data where necessary to:
5.8.1 comply with applicable laws;
5.8.2 respond to lawful requests from authorities;
5.8.3 enforce our Terms of Service;
5.8.4 protect our rights and property;
5.8.5 keep records required by law;
5.8.6 handle disputes or legal claims.
6. LEGAL BASES FOR PROCESSING PERSONAL DATA
6.1 Under GDPR, we must have a legal basis for processing personal data. The GDPR applies directly in Lithuania and is supplemented by Lithuanian data protection law.
6.2 Depending on the context, we may rely on the following legal bases.
6.3 Consent
We may rely on your consent for:
6.3.1 optional analytics cookies;
6.3.2 advertising cookies;
6.3.3 personalised advertising, where used;
6.3.4 newsletter subscriptions;
6.3.5 certain third-party embedded content or tracking technologies.
You may withdraw consent at any time.
6.4 Legitimate interests
We may process personal data where necessary for our legitimate interests, provided that your rights and interests do not override those interests.
Our legitimate interests may include:
6.4.1 operating and improving Ballaxy.org;
6.4.2 understanding website usage;
6.4.3 protecting our site from fraud, spam, abuse, and security threats;
6.4.4 responding to non-marketing enquiries;
6.4.5 maintaining editorial records;
6.4.6 enforcing our Terms of Service;
6.4.7 protecting our legal rights.
6.5 Contract
We may process personal data where necessary to provide a service you request, such as account-related features, newsletter services, competitions, or other interactive features, where available.
6.6 Legal obligation
We may process personal data where necessary to comply with a legal obligation.
6.7 Legal claims
We may process personal data where necessary to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.
7. COOKIES, ANALYTICS, AND ADVERTISING
7.1 We use cookies and similar technologies as described in our Cookie Policy.
7.2 Some cookies are strictly necessary for the operation and security of our site.
7.3 Optional cookies, such as analytics, advertising, social media, and embedded-content cookies, will only be used where permitted by law and, where required, after you have given consent.
7.4 You can manage or withdraw cookie consent through our cookie settings tool.
7.5 You can also control cookies through your browser settings, although some website features may not work properly if cookies are disabled.
8. THIRD-PARTY SERVICES
8.1 We may use third-party service providers to operate, secure, analyse, monetise, and improve Ballaxy.org.
8.2 These may include providers of:
8.2.1 website hosting;
8.2.2 domain and infrastructure services;
8.2.3 content delivery networks;
8.2.4 security and anti-spam tools;
8.2.5 analytics services;
8.2.6 advertising networks and ad technology;
8.2.7 affiliate tracking platforms;
8.2.8 newsletter or email services;
8.2.9 embedded video or social media services;
8.2.10 football data, live score, fixture, or statistics providers;
8.2.11 website maintenance and development services.
8.3 These providers may process personal data on our behalf or as independent controllers, depending on the service.
8.4 We only share personal data with third parties where we have a lawful basis to do so.
9. EMBEDDED CONTENT AND EXTERNAL LINKS
9.1 Articles on Ballaxy.org may include embedded content such as videos, posts, images, widgets, odds, live scores, social media content, or other third-party materials.
9.2 Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if you visited that external website directly.
9.3 These third-party websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content.
9.4 We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party websites or services. You should review their privacy policies before using them.
10. COMMENTS AND USER-GENERATED CONTENT
10.1 If comments or other user-generated content features are available, any information you submit may be visible to other users or the public.
10.2 You should not post personal data that you do not want to be publicly available.
10.3 We may process user-generated content to operate the feature, moderate content, prevent abuse, enforce our Terms of Service, and comply with legal obligations.
10.4 We may remove or disable user-generated content at our discretion, especially where it breaches our Terms of Service or applicable law.
11. NEWSLETTERS AND MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS
11.1 If you subscribe to our newsletter or marketing communications, we may use your email address to send you Ballaxy.org updates, football news, editorial content, promotions, or other communications.
11.2 We will only send marketing communications where we have a lawful basis to do so, such as your consent.
11.3 You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in any email or by contacting us at contact@ballaxy.org.
11.4 We may keep limited records of your subscription and unsubscribe choices to ensure we respect your preferences.
12. COMPETITIONS, POLLS, AND PROMOTIONS
12.1 If we offer competitions, polls, votes, prediction games, giveaways, or promotions, we may collect personal data needed to operate them.
12.2 This may include your name, email address, entry details, answers, preferences, eligibility information, and prize delivery details.
12.3 Additional terms may apply to specific competitions or promotions.
13. CHILDREN
13.1 Ballaxy.org is primarily intended for users aged 18 or over.
13.2 Users under 18 should use our site only with the permission and supervision of a parent or legal guardian.
13.3 We do not knowingly collect personal data from children where parental consent is required by applicable law.
13.4 If you believe that a child has provided us with personal data without appropriate consent, please contact us at contact@ballaxy.org.
14. INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS
14.1 Some of our service providers may process personal data outside Lithuania, the European Economic Area, or your country of residence.
14.2 Where personal data is transferred outside the European Economic Area, we will take steps required by applicable law to protect it.
14.3 These steps may include using European Commission standard contractual clauses, adequacy decisions, or other lawful transfer mechanisms.
15. HOW LONG WE KEEP PERSONAL DATA
15.1 We keep personal data only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
15.2 Retention periods may vary depending on the type of data and the reason we process it.
15.3 In general:
15.3.1 contact enquiries may be kept for as long as necessary to respond and maintain reasonable business records;
15.3.2 newsletter data may be kept until you unsubscribe or we stop providing the newsletter;
15.3.3 cookie data is kept according to the duration described in our Cookie Policy or cookie settings tool;
15.3.4 comments or user-generated content may remain published until removed by us or requested for deletion, subject to legal and technical limitations;
15.3.5 legal, security, and fraud-prevention records may be kept for longer where necessary to protect our rights, comply with law, or resolve disputes.
15.4 When personal data is no longer needed, we will delete, anonymise, or securely restrict it.
16. HOW WE PROTECT PERSONAL DATA
16.1 We use reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.
16.2 These measures may include access controls, secure hosting, encryption where appropriate, backups, monitoring, updates, and other security safeguards.
16.3 However, no website, internet transmission, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
16.4 You are responsible for keeping any account credentials secure, where account features are available.
17. YOUR DATA PROTECTION RIGHTS
17.1 Subject to applicable law, you may have the following rights in relation to your personal data:
17.1.1 Right of access — to request confirmation of whether we process your personal data and to receive a copy of that data;
17.1.2 Right to rectification — to request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data;
17.1.3 Right to erasure — to request deletion of your personal data in certain circumstances;
17.1.4 Right to restriction — to request that we restrict processing of your personal data in certain circumstances;
17.1.5 Right to data portability — to receive certain personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format;
17.1.6 Right to object — to object to processing based on legitimate interests or direct marketing;
17.1.7 Right to withdraw consent — where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw consent at any time;
17.1.8 Right not to be subject to certain automated decisions — where applicable under GDPR.
17.2 To exercise your rights, contact us at:
contact@ballaxy.org
17.3 We may need to verify your identity before responding to your request.
17.4 We aim to respond to valid requests within the timeframe required by law. The Lithuanian State Data Protection Inspectorate notes that, depending on complexity and number of requests, the response period may be extended by 2 months.
18. RIGHT TO COMPLAIN
18.1 If you are unhappy with how we process your personal data, please contact us first so we can try to resolve the issue.
18.2 You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent data protection authority.
18.3 In Lithuania, the supervisory authority is:
State Data Protection Inspectorate
Valstybinė duomenų apsaugos inspekcija
Website: https://vdai.lrv.lt/
18.4 You may also have the right to complain to a data protection authority in the EU country where you live, work, or where you believe an infringement occurred.
19. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
19.1 We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.
19.2 Updates may be made to reflect changes in our website, services, technologies, legal requirements, third-party providers, or business operations.
19.3 The date at the top of this Privacy Policy shows when it was last updated.
19.4 You should review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we process personal data.
20. CONTACT US
20.1 If you have any questions, requests, or complaints about this Privacy Policy or our processing of personal data, please contact us at:
MB Snarskis media
Company code: 306973840
Address: Gedimino g. 22A-14, LT-44319 Kaunas, Lithuania
Email: contact@ballaxy.org
Subject line: Ballaxy.org Privacy Policy