Privacy Policy & Terms of Use

1. Who we are

If you have questions about this policy, your account, or how your information is used, contact us at: [email protected].

2. Who this policy applies to

This policy applies to:

• visitors who browse MotorSportRadar without creating an account;
• users who create an account;
• users who sign up to newsletters or email updates;
• users who use favourites, calendars, notifications, reminders, or related features;
• people who contact us by email, forms, or other support channels.

3. Information we collect

3.1 Information you provide directly

• name, username, and email address when you create an account;
• marketing and communication preferences;
• timezone, favourites, saved preferences, and account settings;
• newsletter signup details;
• messages or information you send to us through forms, support requests, or email;
• any other information you choose to submit to us.

3.2 Information collected automatically

• IP address, browser type, operating system, device information, and approximate location inferred from IP;
• pages viewed, links clicked, visit times, referring pages, and interaction data;
• log-in activity, session activity, and security-related events;
• cookie and similar-technology data;
• web push subscription information where that feature is offered and used;
• calendar, reminder, and notification interaction data where relevant to the service.

3.3 Information from third parties

We may receive limited information from third parties such as:

• authentication providers if you sign in using a social account or external provider;
• analytics, hosting, anti-bot, anti-fraud, or email delivery providers;
• partners or service providers who help us run features on the site;
• public motorsport, schedule, track, or event data sources used to power site content.

4. How we use your information

We use information for the following purposes:

• to create and manage user accounts;
• to authenticate users and secure the website;
• to provide favourites, calendars, reminders, alerts, newsletters, and related services;
• to personalise content such as favourite series, tracks, or events;
• to send service emails, account notices, and communication related to the website;
• to send newsletters, editorial emails, or partner emails where applicable and permitted;
• to prevent abuse, fraud, spam, and unauthorised access;
• to analyse usage and improve the website, features, and user experience;
• to comply with legal obligations and enforce our rights.

5. Legal bases for processing

Depending on the activity, we rely on one or more of the following legal bases:

• Contract: where we need your information to provide your account or the services you ask us to provide;
• Legitimate interests: where we use information to run, secure, improve, and manage MotorSportRadar in a proportionate way;
• Consent: where consent is required, such as for certain email marketing or certain cookies and similar technologies;
• Legal obligation: where we must keep or disclose information to comply with applicable law.

6. Account creation and use of the service

6.1 Eligibility

You must provide accurate information when creating an account and keep your account details up to date. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your log-in credentials.

6.2 Your account

Your account may allow you to save favourites, manage communications, use calendar tools, subscribe to reminders, and access other personalised features we make available from time to time.

6.3 Acceptable use

You agree not to misuse MotorSportRadar. For example, you must not:

• attempt unauthorised access to accounts, systems, or data;
• use bots, scripts, scraping, or automated methods in a way that harms the service;
• interfere with site security, performance, or availability;
• use the service for unlawful, fraudulent, abusive, or misleading purposes;
• attempt to reverse engineer or copy protected parts of the website beyond what law permits;
• submit malicious content, spam, or data designed to disrupt our systems.

6.4 Suspension or termination

We may suspend, restrict, or terminate access to all or part of the service if we reasonably believe an account has been used in breach of these terms, to harm the service, or to break the law.

7. Email communications, newsletters, and partner messages

We may send you service-related emails necessary to operate your account or deliver features you use. These are not the same as optional marketing messages.

Where offered, you may also receive editorial emails, newsletters, updates, or partner offers. Where consent is required, we will ask for it and you can withdraw it later. You can also unsubscribe from optional marketing emails using the link in those emails or by updating your preferences in your account, where available.

If you sign up to the newsletter without creating an account, we may keep a record of your subscription, confirmation status, and the source of your signup for compliance and service purposes.

8. Calendars, reminders, alerts, and notifications

MotorSportRadar may offer calendar subscriptions, downloadable calendar files, reminders, or other notification-based features. These features may rely on the information you choose, such as selected series, session types, reminder timings, and timezone settings.

Calendar dates, session times, track times, and reminders may change. While we aim to keep information accurate and up to date, motorsport schedules can change at short notice and we cannot guarantee that third-party calendar apps or email systems will process updates, reminders, or subscriptions exactly as intended.

9. Cookies and similar technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies to operate the website, keep users signed in, remember preferences, measure performance, understand usage, and where applicable support consent, marketing, or anti-abuse functions.

9.1 Types of cookies and technologies we may use

• Strictly necessary cookies: needed for core functions such as security, login, sessions, and load balancing;
• Preference cookies: used to remember settings such as timezone, display preferences, or similar choices;
• Analytics cookies: used to understand how visitors use the website and to improve performance and content;
• Marketing or attribution cookies: where applicable, used to measure campaign performance or manage partner attribution;
• Security and anti-bot technologies: used to detect abuse, automated traffic, and suspicious activity.

9.2 Managing cookies

You can manage cookies through our cookie controls where available and through your browser settings. Blocking some cookies may affect how the website works.

10. How long we keep information

We keep personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this policy, including to provide the service, meet legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information. For example:

• account information is generally kept while your account remains active and for a reasonable period afterwards;
• newsletter and marketing records may be kept for compliance and suppression purposes;
• security logs, session logs, and anti-abuse records may be retained for a limited period based on operational need;
• backup data may remain in backup systems for a limited period before deletion.

11. How we share information

We do not sell your personal information. We may share information with:

• hosting, infrastructure, database, storage, and content-delivery providers;
• email, newsletter, notification, analytics, support, anti-spam, or anti-bot providers;
• service providers who help us operate specific features;
• professional advisers, regulators, courts, law enforcement, or authorities where required;
• buyers, sellers, or advisers if the business is reorganised, merged, sold, or transferred.

If we use affiliate links, sponsored placements, or partner offers, clicking those links may take you to third-party websites. Those third parties control their own privacy practices.

12. International transfers

Some of our providers may process information outside your country. Where applicable, we will take reasonable steps to ensure that personal information transferred internationally is protected using appropriate safeguards required by law.

13. Security

We use reasonable technical and organisational measures designed to protect personal information from accidental loss, misuse, unauthorised access, alteration, or disclosure. These measures may include access controls, authentication controls, monitoring, encryption in transit where supported, and service-provider security controls.

No online service can guarantee absolute security. You are responsible for using a strong password and protecting access to your account.

14. Your rights

Depending on applicable law, you may have rights to:

• be informed about how your information is used;
• access the personal information we hold about you;
• ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete information;
• ask us to erase information in certain circumstances;
• ask us to restrict processing in certain circumstances;
• object to certain processing, including certain direct marketing;
• request portability of certain information;
• withdraw consent where consent is the basis for processing.

To exercise your rights, contact us at [email protected]. We may need to verify your identity before completing a request.

15. Complaints

If you have concerns about how we use your information, please contact us first so we can try to resolve the issue. You may also have the right to complain to your local data protection regulator. If you are in the UK, that is the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

16. Children

MotorSportRadar is not intended for children under the age of 18 years old. If you believe a child has provided personal information to us inappropriately, contact us and we will review the matter.

17. Third-party websites and services

MotorSportRadar may link to third-party websites, services, maps, ticket providers, accommodation providers, calendar platforms, social platforms, or partner pages. We are not responsible for the content, availability, or privacy practices of those third parties. Please read their policies before using their services.

18. Intellectual property and site content

Unless otherwise stated, the content, design, branding, text, and site features on MotorSportRadar are owned by us or licensed to us. You may use the website for your personal, non-commercial use only, unless we expressly agree otherwise.

19. Accuracy, availability, and disclaimers

We aim to keep schedules, track information, weather information, reminders, guides, and articles as accurate and useful as possible, but motorsport events can change and third-party data may be delayed, corrected, or withdrawn. The website and its content are provided on an “as available” basis without any guarantee that all information will always be complete, current, uninterrupted, or error-free.

20. Closing your account

You may request closure of your account by contacting us or using any account-closing tools we provide. Closing an account does not automatically mean every related record will be deleted immediately, because we may need to retain some information for compliance, security, suppression, fraud prevention, dispute handling, or backup purposes.

21. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy & Terms of Use from time to time. When we do, we will update the effective date above and, where appropriate, take reasonable steps to notify users of material changes.

22. Contact us

If you have questions about this policy, your account, or your information, contact:

• Email: [email protected]