Terms of Service & Cookie Policy
VAVEL PRIVACY POLICY
Last updated: 2 September 2026
Our Commitment to You
VAVEL (“VAVEL”) are dedicated to providing internet users with the highest level of transparency and control over the use of their data. In order for us to provide you with our services we are required to collect and process certain personal information about you and your activity.
By entrusting us with your information, we would like to assure you of our commitment to keep such information private. We have taken measurable steps to protect the confidentiality, security and integrity of this Information. We encourage you to review the following information carefully.
Who is responsible for your data
The controller of the personal data collected through www.vavel.com is Etemenanki Technology S.L., Spanish tax ID B87266987, registered office at Calle Vallandes 12, 28026 Madrid, Spain. You can reach us at [email protected] with any question about this policy or to exercise your rights. Our company details are also published in our Legal notice.
We are a news publisher: we do not sell products through this website, the only reader accounts we operate are the optional newsletter and the VAVEL mobile app, and we do not knowingly process special categories of data.
Grounds for data collection
Processing of your “Personal Data” (meaning any information which may potentially allow your identification with reasonable means) is necessary for the performance of our contractual obligations towards you and providing you with our services and the operation of our website (hereinafter the “Services” and “Website”), to protect our legitimate interests and for compliance with legal and regulatory obligations to which we are subject.
When you use our Service, you consent to the collection, storage, use, disclosure and other uses of your Personal Information as described in this Privacy Policy.
How do we receive data about you?
We receive your Personal Data from various sources:
Registration information - When you voluntarily provide us your personal details in order to create an account or register to our Services (for example, your name and email address);
When you communicate with us - For example when you send us an email, we collect the Personal Information you provided us with.
Technical information - When operating our services, we use various technological tracking tools to collect information regarding your use of the Website. Along with our partners, we may use tracking technologies such as cookies, JavaScript, beacons and Local Storage such as HTML5, which are used to store content information and preferences. You can learn more about the tracking tools we use by visiting our Cookie Policy.
Third party information – We may receive your data from third party providers who help us with the provision and maintenance of our Services, such as social networks (for example your name and user name, when you register or log-in to our Service), traffic analytics vendors, fraud prevention agencies and others.
What type of data we collect?
Personal Data
In the course of using the Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain Personal Data to provide and improve the Service, to contact or identify you, to enable you to access certain parts of the Website, and as otherwise indicated in this Policy. We collect the following Personal Data about you:
Registration information – your name, your email address, and your age range. If you connect your account to a social network (for example: if you log in via Facebook), we will also collect certain details, such as your Facebook token, profile and profile photo.
When using our Services – our webserver will collect your IP-address and UDID.
Non-Personal Data
We also collect data about the use of our Service and the characteristics and activities of users, in order to operate it and improve it. We may collect the following non-Personal Data:
Technical information – this category includes data such as website visits, the browser you are using and its display settings, your operating system, device type, session start/stop time, time zone, network connection type (e.g., Wi-Fi, cellular), and cookie information and your general location (city and country).
Information from third parties – this category includes information we receive from our business partners. This may include pseudonymous advertiser identifiers that some Advertisers or other third party ad platforms choose to share with us. This information is also used to enhance data points about a particular unique browser or device.
If we combine Personal Data with non-Personal Data, the combined data will be treated as Personal Data. Further Personal Data will only be stored and processed if you voluntarily provide it to us, e.g. through a contact form.
Tracking Technologies
When you visit or access our Services we use (and authorize 3rd parties to use) pixels, cookies, events and other technologies. Those allow us to automatically collect information about you, your device and your online behavior, in order to enhance your navigation in our Services, improve our Website’s performance, perform analytics and customize your experience on it. In addition, we may merge information we have with information collected through these tracking technologies with information we may obtain from other sources and, as a result, such information may become Personal Data.
To learn more about our Tracking Technologies please visit our Cookie Policy page.
How do we use the data we collect?
Provision of service - for the provision and improvement of our Services, including for support and to respond to your queries.
Service announcements - we will use your Personal Data to communicate with you and to keep you informed of our latest updates to our Services and offer you service offers.
Marketing and advertising purposes - by subscribing to our newsletter you will receive tips and announcements straight to your email account. We may also use your Personal Data in the following ways: we may send you promotional material concerning our Services, or our partners' services, which we believe might interest you; we may also display certain adverts on our site, which we believe will be relevant for you. We make our best efforts to make sure you see only relevant ads and receive relevant communications from us, including but not limited to, by building an automated profile based on your Personal Data. You may however choose not to receive our promotional or marketing emails (all or any part thereof) by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link in the emails that you receive from us. Please note that even if you unsubscribe from our newsletter, we may continue to send you service-related updates and notifications, or reply to your queries and feedback you provide us. You may also object to the use of your Personal Data for advertising purposes by disabling your cookies, as described in our Cookie Policy.
Opt-out of receiving marketing materials - If you do not want us to use or share your Personal Data for marketing purposes, you may opt-out in accordance with this "Opt-out" section. Please note that even if you opt-out, we may still use and share your Personal Data with third parties for non-marketing purposes (for example to fulfill your requests, communicate with you and respond to your inquiries, etc.). In such cases, the companies with whom we share your Personal Data are authorized to use your Personal Data only as necessary to provide these non-marketing services.
Analytics, surveys and research - from time to time, we may conduct surveys or test features, and analyze the data we have to develop, evaluate and improve these features, all in order to improve our Services and think of new and exciting features for our users.
Protecting our interests - we may use your Personal Data when we believe it’s necessary in order to take precautions against liabilities, investigate and defend ourselves against any third party claims or allegations, investigate and protect ourselves from fraud, protect the security or integrity of our services and protect the rights and property of VAVEL, its users and/or partners.
Enforcing of policies - we may use your Personal Data in order to enforce our policies, including but limited to our Terms .
Compliance with legal and regulatory requirements - we may use your Personal Data to investigate violations, and as required by law, regulation or other governmental authority, or to comply with a subpoena or similar legal process.
Services we use and who processes your data
These are the third parties that may process data about your visit, and what for:
- Google AdSense and Google Ad Manager (Google Ireland Ltd.) — the advertising shown on the site, frequency capping and measurement. With your consent, ads may be personalised.
- Google Analytics 4, loaded through Google Tag Manager — aggregate audience measurement (pages viewed, traffic source, device). Enabled only with your consent.
- Google's consent management platform (Funding Choices) — the notice that lets you accept, reject or configure non-essential cookies, and that stores your choice.
- Advertising partners contracted through the platforms above, which may set their own cookies once you consent.
- Hosting and content-delivery providers that serve the website and its images, and our newsletter provider for readers who subscribe.
The cookies each of them uses, and how to change or withdraw your choice at any time, are described in our Cookie policy.
With whom do we share your Personal Data?
Internal concerned parties - we share your information with companies in our group, as well as our employees, in order to provide you with our services.
Business partners - we share your information with business partners, such as storage and analytics providers who help us provide you with our service. These third parties may have access to your Personal Data so that they may perform these tasks on our behalf, but they are obligated to comply with this Privacy Policy and may not use your Personal Data for any other purpose.
Compliance with laws and law enforcement entities - we cooperate with government and law enforcement officials and private parties to enforce and comply with the law. We will disclose any data about you to government or law enforcement officials or private parties as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate to respond to claims and legal process (including but not limited to subpoenas), to protect our or a third party's property and rights, to protect the safety of the public or any person, or to prevent or stop any activity we may consider to be, or to pose a risk of being, illegal, unethical, inappropriate or legally actionable. We also may be required to disclose an individual’s Personal Data in response to a lawful request by public authorities, including meeting national security or law enforcement requirements.
Merger and acquisitions – we may share your data if we enter into a business transaction such as a merger, acquisition, reorganization, bankruptcy, or sale of some or all of our assets. Any party that acquires our assets as part of such a transaction may continue to use your data in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy.
Transfer of data outside the EEA
Please note that some data recipients may be located outside the EEA. In such cases we will transfer your data only to such countries as approved by the European Commission as providing adequate level of data protection, or enter into legal agreements ensuring an adequate level of data protection.
How we protect your information
We have implemented administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to help prevent unauthorized access, use, or disclosure of your Personal Data. Your data is stored on secure servers and isn’t publicly available. We limit access of your information only to those employees or partners on a “need to know” basis, in order to enable the carrying out of the agreement between us.
While we seek to protect your information to ensure that it is kept confidential, we cannot absolutely guarantee its security. You need to help us prevent unauthorized access to your account by protecting your password appropriately and limiting access to your account. You will be solely responsible for keeping your password confidential and for all use of your password and your account, including any unauthorized use. You should also be aware that there is always some risk involved in transmitting information over the internet. While we strive to protect your Personal Data, we cannot ensure or warrant the security and privacy of your Personal Data or other content you transmit using the service, and you do so at your own risk.
Retention
We will retain your Personal Data for as long as necessary to provide our services, and as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies. Retention periods will be determined taking into account the type of information that is collected and the purpose for which it is collected, bearing in mind the requirements applicable to the situation and the need to destroy outdated, unused information at the earliest reasonable time. Under applicable regulations, we will keep records containing client personal data, trading information, account opening documents, communications and anything else as required by applicable laws and regulations.
EU User Rights
You may request to:
Receive confirmation as to whether or not Personal Data concerning you is being processed, and access your stored Personal Data, together with supplementary information.
Receive a copy of Personal Data you directly volunteer to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format.
Request rectification of your Personal Data that is in our control.
Request erasure of your Personal Data.
Object to the processing of Personal Data by us.
Request to restrict processing of your Personal Data by us.
Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.
However, please note that these rights pertain to EU residents only, are not absolute, and may be subject to our own legitimate interests and regulatory requirements. Users outside the EU are welcome to contact us for any questions or requests at the details below.
Your rights in the United States (California and other states)
If you are a resident of California (CCPA/CPRA) or of another US state with comparable privacy legislation, you have the following rights:
- Right to know which categories of personal information we collect, the sources, the purposes and the categories of third parties we disclose it to.
- Right to delete the personal information we hold about you, subject to the exceptions allowed by law.
- Right to correct inaccurate personal information.
- Right to opt out of the “sale” or “sharing” of personal information for cross-context behavioural advertising. You can do this at any time from the consent notice on the site by rejecting advertising cookies.
- Right to limit the use of sensitive personal information — we do not collect it for advertising purposes.
- Right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of these rights: the site works exactly the same whatever you choose.
To exercise them, write to [email protected] with the subject “Privacy request”. We reply within the period required by the applicable law and may ask for information to verify your identity. We do not sell personal information for money.
How long we keep your data and where we send it
Audience and advertising data are kept for the retention periods offered by the platforms named above; newsletter data are kept until you unsubscribe; data we must keep to comply with a legal obligation are kept for the period that obligation requires.
Some of these providers are established outside the European Economic Area. Where that is the case, transfers rely on the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses or on an adequacy decision, as declared by each provider.
How to contact us?
If you wish to exercise any of the aforementioned rights, or receive more information, please contact our Data Protection Officer (“DPO”) using the details provided below:
Our Policy toward Children
We understand the importance of protecting children’s privacy, especially in an online environment. The Site and Services are not designed for or directed at children under the age of 16 years old (“Minors”). We do not knowingly collect Personal Data from Minors. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with Personal Data, he or she should contact us using the details provided above.
Updates to this Policy
This Privacy Policy is subject to changes from time to time, in our sole discretion. The most current version will always be posted on our website (as reflected in the "Last Updated" heading). You are advised to check for updates regularly. In the event of material changes, we will provide you with a notice. By continuing to access or use our Services after any revisions become effective, you agree to be bound by the updated Privacy Policy.
VAVEL COOKIE POLICY
Revised at: May 22, 2018
Introduction
When you visit or access our website, or when you interact or engage with our representatives (“Service”), we will use (and authorize third parties to use) web beacons, cookies, pixel tags, scripts, tags, API and other technologies ("Tracking Technologies"). This is explained in this policy (“Cookie Policy”) which is a part of our Privacy Policy.
The Tracking Technologies allow us to automatically collect information about you and your online behavior in order to enhance your navigation on our Service, improve our Service performance and customize your experience on it. We also use this information to collect statistics about the usage of our Service, perform analytics, deliver content which is tailored to your interests and to administer services to our users, writers, customers and partners. We also allow third parties to collect information about you through Tracking Technologies.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files (composed only of letters and numbers) that a web server places on your computer or mobile device when you visit a webpage. When used, the cookie can help make our Services more user-friendly, for example by remembering your language preferences and settings. You can find more information about cookies at www.allaboutcookies.org.
Cookies are widely used in order to make websites work in an efficient way. The use of cookies allows you to navigate between pages efficiently. Cookies remember your preferences, and make the interaction between you and the Services smoother and more efficient.
Storing Tracking Technologies
We store Tracking Technologies when you visit or access our Services (typically, when you are visiting our websites) – these are called "First Party Tracking Technologies". In addition, Tracking Technologies are stored by other third parties (for example our analytics service providers, business partners and advertisers) who run content on our Services – these are called "Third Party Tracking Technologies".
Both types of Tracking Technologies may be stored either for the duration of your visit on our Services or for repeat visits.
What types of Tracking Technologies do we use?
There are five main types of Tracking Technologies:
Strictly necessary Tracking Technologies
These Tracking Technologies are essential to enable you to login, navigate around and use the features of our Services, or to provide a service requested by you (such as your username). We do not need to obtain your consent in order to use these Tracking Technologies. These Tracking Technologies can be used for security and integrity reasons - for example to detect violation of our policies and for support or security features.Functionality Tracking Technologies
These Tracking Technologies allow our Services to remember choices you make (such as your language) and provide enhanced and personalized features. For example, these Tracking Technologies are used for authentication (to remember when you are logged-in) and support other features of our Services.Performance Tracking Technologies
These Tracking Technologies collect information about your online activity (for example the duration of your visit on our Services), including behavioral data and content engagement metrics. These Tracking Technologies are used for analytics, research and to perform statistics (based on aggregated information).Marketing or Advertising Tracking Technologies
These Tracking Technologies are used to deliver tailored offers and advertisements to you, based on your derived interests, as well as to perform email marketing campaigns. They can also be used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. They are usually placed by our advertisers (for example advertising networks) and provide them insights about the people who see and interact with their ads, visit their websites or use their app.
Social media Tracking Technologies
Our website includes social media features, such as the Facebook "Like" or "Share" buttons, or third party log-in services. These features are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Services. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy statement of the company providing these features.
Below are the cookies you can find on our Services:
Tracking Technologies | Type | Purpose |
Analytics Cookies | First party Tracking Technology | Performance Tracking Technologies These Tracking Technologies are used to collect information regarding how you interact with the content on our Services, attribution purposes (for example, the referral URL), etc. We use the information to compile reports, calculate the revenues due to us and, help us improve the Services and to offer personalized products and content. |
Facebook Cookie | Third party Tracking Technology | Functionality Tracking Technologies |
Google Analytics | Third party Tracking Technology | Performance Tracking Technologies |
DoubleClick (by Google) | Third party Tracking Technology | Marketing or Advertising Tracking Technologies DoubleClick uses cookies to improve advertising. Some common applications are to target advertising based on what’s relevant to a user, to improve reporting on campaign performance, and to avoid showing ads the user has already seen. Google’s Cookie Policy |
OpenX | Third party Tracking Technology | Marketing or Advertising Tracking Technologies These cookies collect information about your browsing habits in order to make advertising more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of an advertising campaign. The cookies remember the websites you visit and that information is shared with other parties such as advertisers. More information can be found on OpenX’s Privacy Policy |
PermimeterX | Third party Tracking Technology | Performance Tracking Technologies |
Moat | Third party Tracking Technology | Performance Tracking Technologies |
comScore | Third party Tracking Technology | Performance Tracking Technologies comScore collects certain personal information about your use of our Website (for example, your IP address). This information allows comScore to provide us with its services, such as site ranking. comScore complies with the EU-U.S. and the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework regarding the collection, use, and retention of Personal Information. To learn more, please view comScore’s Privacy Shield Statement, its Privacy Policy and its GDPR Privacy Policy here. |
How to manage your cookie settings
There are various ways in which you can manage and control your cookie settings. Please remember that, by deleting or blocking cookies, some of the features of the Services may not work properly or as effectively.
Turning off cookies via your web browser
Most web browsers will provide you with some general information about cookies, enable you to see what cookies are stored on your device, allow you to delete them all or on an individual basis, and enable you to block or allow cookies for all websites or individually selected websites. You can also normally turn off third party cookies separately. Please note that the settings offered by a browser or device often only apply to that particular browser or device.Information about cookies is usually found in the "Help" section of the web browser. Below are some links to some commonly used web browsers:
For other browsers, please consult the documentation that your browser manufacturer provides.
Turning off third party cookies
You can turn off certain third party targeting/advertising cookies by visiting the following link: Network Advertising Initiative.Other helpful resources
To learn more about advertisers’ use of cookies the following links may be helpful:
Terms of Service
Last modified on October 31, 2013.
These Terms of Use apply to your use of the VAVEL community and the related mobile device software applications (the “Mobile Software”).
Accepting these Terms of Use
Our offer of the Service, including all information, tools and services available from the Service to you is conditioned upon your acceptance of all the terms, conditions, policies and notices stated herein. Your use of the Service or any part thereof constitutes your agreement and is subject to these Terms of Use and all applicable laws, rules and regulations. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use you may not and should not use the Service or any part thereof.
Changes and Amendments to Terms of Use
We reserve the right to amend, add or delete portions of these Terms of Use at any time and at our sole discretion. While we may and may not post notices on the Service informing of changes in these terms of use, you are solely responsible for reviewing these Terms of Use periodically to ensure you are aware of any changes. The last revision of these Terms of Use shall be reflected in the "Last modified by" heading above. Your continuing use of the Service following any change or amendment to these Terms of Use constitutes your acceptance of such change or update. If you do not agree or wish to be bound by these Terms of Use as currently drafted and as may be amended from time to time, you should not use the Service or cease your use of the Service immediately.
Privacy Policy
We understand you want to keep your information private, and that you value our emphasis on keeping your information safe and discrete. As a result we have drafted a privacy policy (the "Privacy Policy") which details the ways in which we collect, use and disclose personal information from users of the Service. The Privacy Policy is incorporated into, subject to and a part of the Service's Terms of Use. Your use of the Service signifies your acknowledgement of, and agreement to, the Service’s Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the Privacy Policy, you may not and should not use the Service. The definitions in the Service's Terms of Use apply to this Policy unless stated otherwise.
Limitation on Use
You may not register or use the Service if you are under 14 years of age and/or if you are legally unable to enter into a legally binding agreement without the consent of your parents or legal guardian. The following uses of the Service or any part thereof are prohibited: Commercial use, unless specifically and explicitly allowed by us in a prior written consent; Damaging or infringing the rights of third parties in any way, including infringing on any third party's intellectual property; Illegal use, including without limitation fraud, pornography trafficking, drug dealing, sports betting and gambling; Distributing SPAM; Using users contact information for marketing purposes; Bullying, intimidating, stalking or harassing any person; Duplicating, copying, reproducing, modifying, transmitting, performing, broadcasting, rebroadcasting, publishing, selling, creating derivatives of, translating, distributing or redistributing the Service, the Service IP, third parties User Content or any part thereof or their products, unless specifically and explicitly allowed by us in a prior written consent; Altering, modifying, decompiling, disassembling, reverse engineering or otherwise attempting to discover or to learn information regarding the Service's (including its content's) source code and structure; Any automatic use which is intended or designed to gather information about or from the Service, including without limitation Bots, Crawlers, Spiders, Robots, Sifters and Load Testers; Uploading of any sort of malware, spyware or other malicious code; Circumventing or bypassing any measure designed to limit access to the Service or any part thereof; Damaging, disabling, impairing or flooding the Service; Competing with the Service.
Securing your password
You are responsible for protecting the confidentiality of the password associated with your use of the Service and your Facebook account and for restricting access to your computer while logged into the Service. You agree that you will be responsible for any and all statements, acts or omissions made during any use of the Service through your account. If you have any reason to believe or become aware of any loss, theft or unauthorized use of your password, notify us immediately to [email protected]. We may assume that any communications we receive under your name, account or user have been made by you unless we receive notice otherwise. An VAVEL employee will never ask you for your password, neither personally nor by email.
Termination, Changes to the Service and Removal of Content
You understand, acknowledge and agree that we may terminate your access to the Service at our sole discretion, at any time, with or without reason or notice to you and without any liability on our part for such termination. Regardless of the aforementioned, we reserve the right to terminate your access to the Service if we reasonably determine that you have infringed these Terms of Use. We reserve the right to remove or make any changes to the Service, its features, contents, materials, accessibility or any part thereof we see fit at or sole discretion and without liability on our part for such removal or change. We have no obligation to store, distribute, update, correct or use any information uploaded to the Service.
Content Creator Terms of Use
The Service allows you to upload content to the Service directly in various forms, including without limitation statuses, links, images, comments, articles and conversations (collectively referred to herein as User Content). You affirm, represent and warrant that you own all required rights, titles and interests in your User Content to upload it to the Service and that your User Content is accurate where it might be reasonably relied upon. You shall be held liable to any damages or losses incurred by us as a result of Copyright Infringement through your User Content, including payment of damages and statutory damages resulting from contributory or direct (meaning, even in the event that the content was edited and re-published by us) infringement. We reserve the right to remove any and all of your User Content if we reasonably determine that it is infringing upon any third party's intellectual property rights. We reserve the right to edit your content in any way we see fit. We reserve the right to terminate your access to the Service, if we reasonably determine that you are a Repeat Infringer (as defined below). You acknowledge that you expect and shall receive no compensation, payment or interests as a result of uploading your User Content, other than agreed between us explicitly and in writing beforehand. You agree to allow any and all other users of the Service to access your User Content and to "follow" your profile freely and without compensation to you of any sort on their behalf. You hereby grant us a world-wide, non-revocable, royalty-free, sub-licensable and transferable license to use your User Content, including without limitation copyrighted works, trade secrets, ideas, inventions, utility models, designs, patents, software and other intellectual property, in any way we see fit at our sole discretion, including without limitation reproduction, distribution, making of derivatives, modification, adaptation, publication, translation and display. For the avoidance of doubt, we may include your User Content in our outgoing feed to third parties (e.g. RSS feed), which may publish said feed (including your User Content) outside of the Service. In addition to abiding by these Terms of Use, your User Content must also abide by Facebook's terms of use. You may not upload User Content which: May encourage acts of violence; Infringes third parties' intellectual property; Contains or constitutes SPAM or chain mail; Infringes third parties' right to privacy or publicity rights; Contains confidential or proprietary information; Is defamatory, fraudulent, libelous, abusive, obscene, unlawful, threatening, hateful, harassing, racial, sexist or otherwise inappropriate by reasonable standards; Advertise or solicit third parties' business or contains commercial content of any sort; Impersonate another person without proper notice; Contain any form of malware; Interfere with the service in any way. We do not guarantee and we have no obligation to post, transmit, distribute, upload, publish or display any User Content and may refuse to do so at our sole discretion.
Notice and Takedown
We take copyright infringement very seriously, and we are committed to comply with the applicable copyright and intellectual property legislation. As a result, and in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, we have a Notice & Takedown mechanism, designed to enable intellectual property owners to report an infringing use of the Service, while preserving our users' freedom to share. Upon receiving of a Takedown Notice (as defined below), we shall make our best reasonable efforts to remove the infringing content from the Service immediately, and, in the event that the infringing content was uploaded by a user and that user is a Repeat Infringer (as defined below), to terminate said user's access to the Service. In order to allow us to fully comply with the law, an adequate takedown notice ("Takedown Notice") shall comply with the following: The Takedown Notice shall be sent via email as a single PDF format document to [email protected]; The Takedown notice shall clearly include the following details: The identity (including register/identification number) of the notifying party; The date; The address, website URL and jurisdiction of the notifying party; The Takedown Notice shall clearly detail the copyright violation using screen shots, searches and so forth. The Takedown Notice shall identify the copyright violator User Name; and Clearly state that the person signing the Takedown Notice under penalty of perjury has given accurate information; that he/she is the owner or acting on behalf of the owner of the copyright; and that the aforementioned use of the copyrighted work constitutes an infringement to the best knowledge. If you receive notification from us stating that a Takedown Notice was received regarding content or activity for which you are responsible, you may contend the Takedown Notice within seven days, in which case the content shall be re-uploaded and your contact details (which must be contained in the contention) be given to the Notice's sender. A "Repeat Infringer" shall be defined as: A user which three Takedown Notices were received regarding content uploaded by him within a period of one year; or A user which a total of ten (10) Takedown Notices were received regarding content uploaded by him.
Cross Platform Publication
When you upload User Content you agree and acknowledge that we may display the content in any part of the Service we see fit, regardless of the part of the Service to which you uploaded your User Content ("Cross Platform Publication"). For example, we may choose to publish user content which you posted on the Website on the Facebook Application. You agree and acknowledge that you are not entitled to any notification of or compensation due to Cross Platform Publication of your User Content at any time. In addition we may choose to post information regarding your use of the Service on your Facebook profile wall, including your User Content, statuses, comments, vBets and content you have read. We will attempt to prompt for your approval to post information on your Facebook profile wall.
Intellectual Property Rights
Unless stated otherwise herein, we and our affiliates, subsidiaries, licensors and subcontractors reserve and retain any and all rights, claims, titles and interests in and to any and all intellectual property in the Service and the Service's content, including without limitation, in copyrighted works, trademarks, service marks, trade secrets, ideas, inventions, utility models, designs, patents, software and other intellectual property, all registered or not, contained in the Service. You do not acquire any right, title, interest or claim in any part of the Service or the Service's content as a result of your use of the Service or any part thereof. Any transfer of rights shall be deemed null and void without our explicit prior written consent.
Third Party Sites
During your use of the Service you will encounter pages which contain content stored on third party sites, embedded or framed into the Service (for example, news snippets and YouTube videos), as well as links to third party websites. We are not responsible for third party sites or content. These Terms of Use applies only to your use of the Service alone. We have no control over nor do we take any responsibility for third party websites' content, policies and practices, including without limitation third party websites to which hyperlinks are contained in the Service. By using the Service you hereby agree that we shall not be responsible for any damage, claim or liability in connection with your use of any third party sites, including without limitation third party sites to which you have arrived via the Service.
Disconnecting from the Service
If you wish to disconnect from the Service, please email [email protected]
Disclaimers
You hereby agree that the Service is given automatically by our systems and with no explicit knowledge of yours or anyone else's use of the Service. The Service is provided 'AS-IS' and 'AS-AVAILABLE', and your use of the Service is at your own risk. We explicitly and expressly disclaim and you waive all warranties, guarantees and representations of any kind, whether express or implied, including without limitation warranties given in the course of dealing with us and are not stated herein and warranties regarding fitness for any particular purpose and promises of specific results, all to the fullest extent of the law. We explicitly and expressly disclaim and you waive all warranties, guarantees and representations regarding the Service, its content or any part thereof being available, uninterrupted, correct, error-free, accurate, complete, reliable, current, malware-free, continual and secure. Any reliance you make on the Service, its content or any part thereof is at your own risk. We explicitly and expressly disclaim and you waive all warranties, guarantees and representations regarding other users' User Content including without limitation its accuracy, usefulness and safety. User Content does not represent us in any way and you access and use it at your own risk.
Limitation on Warranties
We do not warrant, endorse, guarantee or responsible for any third party, including advertisers, other users and service providers, to the fullest extent of the law, including without limitation for conduct or actions which are defamatory, offensive, illegal or infringing these terms of use in any way. Downloading materials from the Service shall be done at your own risk, and we shall not be responsible for any damage to your computer or loss of data as a result. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOU SHALL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED TO YOU AT NO CHARGE, AND AS SUCH AND REGARDLESS, WE, OUR AFFILIATES, SUPPLIERS, EMPLOYEES, OFFICERS, REPRESENTATIVES AND THIRD PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, STATUTORY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER DAMAGES, LOSS OR INJURIES SUFFERED BY YOU OR BY ANY THIRD PARTY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THE SERVICE, ACTIONS, OMMISIONS, ERRORS, FAILURE TO PERFORM, INTERUPTION, DELETION, DEFECTS, DELAYS, MALWARE, FILE CORRUPTION, COMMUNICATION FAILURE, UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, LOSS OF DATA, DENIAL OF SERVICE, CHANGES TO THE SERVICE, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT (INCLUDING THESE TERMS), TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGE BEFOREHAND OR AFTERWARDS. Your sole and exclusive remedy for any of the above claims or any dispute with us is to discontinue your use of the Service, or, if such limitation of liability is deemed null or invalid by an appropriate jurisdiction, our liability to damages or losses caused to you or to any third party due to any of the aforementioned claims in connection with the Service, its content or any part thereof is limited to one hundred (100) USD. Notwithstanding the aforementioned any cause of action arising in relation to the Service must be commenced and brought before an authorized jurisdiction within one (1) year of its accrual or it is permanently barred.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless us, our officers, employees, directors, contractors, agent and service providers from against any losses, liabilities, expenses and damages, including reasonable attorney's fees resulting from your use of the service and any violation of these Terms of Use.
Jurisdiction
By using the Service you agree to apply and to govern the Spanin law and no other law over your relationship and disputes with us, and to give the Spanish district court of Madrid sole jurisdiction over any disputes between you and us.
Abuse Report
If you believe that anyone is abusing the Service or using the Service in contradictions or violation with the terms stated herein, you may report this via e-mail to: [email protected]
General
We may assign our rights according to this Agreement to any third party at our sole discretion. You may not assign your rights according to this Agreement, without our prior written consent. If any part of these Terms of Use is deemed invalid for any reason, such invalidity will not affect the validity of the rest of these Terms. Any cause of action relating to the Service you might have is limited in time to one (1) year from the arising incident, and will be permanently barred afterwards. Failure to assert any right in regard to these Terms of Use on our behalf shall not constitute concession, yield or relinquishment of any sort. You consent to receive electronic communications from us, including promotional material, and agree that email communication to the email address associated with your Facebook account, notices posted on the Service or messages displayed when you enter the Service satisfy any legal requirement that such communication be in writing. If you have any question or comments regarding these Terms of Use or the Service, please contact us at: [email protected]
VAVEL Mobile App Privacy
Mobile application section. Last updated: 31 August 2026.
1. Data controller
Etemenanki Technology S.L., tax ID B87266987, registered at Calle Vallandes 12, 28026 Madrid, España, is the controller of the personal data described in this section.
Privacy contact: [email protected].
If you believe we process your data improperly, you may lodge a complaint with the Spanish Data Protection Agency (www.aepd.es) or with the supervisory authority of your country of residence.
2. Summary
The app shows no advertising and integrates no advertising SDK. We do not use the device advertising identifier (IDFA on iOS, Advertising ID on Android): the app does not even request it. We do not track you across other companies’ apps or websites, and we do not sell or share your data with advertisers or data brokers.
We do not access your precise location, contacts, calendar, microphone, health data or financial data. You can delete your account from within the app.
3. Account and profile
We process your email address, username, encrypted password, first and last name, photo or avatar, biography, country, phone number if you provide it, and membership type. If you sign in with Google or Apple, we receive from them the minimum identifying data you authorise.
Purpose: to create and maintain your account, authenticate you and give you access to content and to creator or member features. Legal basis: performance of a contract (Art. 6.1.b GDPR). Retention: for as long as the account exists.
4. Operation and security
We process your IP address, device model and operating system, app version, language and country reported by the system, and the requests the app makes to our servers.
Purpose: to serve content, maintain security, prevent abuse and enforce usage limits. Legal basis: legitimate interest in operating and protecting the service (Art. 6.1.f GDPR) and performance of a contract. Retention: only as long as necessary for those purposes.
5. Notifications
We process a notification identifier (token), the platform, your alert preferences and the date of last activity, in order to send you the notifications you have enabled.
Legal basis: consent (Art. 6.1.a GDPR), which you give in the operating system itself and may withdraw at any time from your device or app settings. Retention: for as long as the device remains registered.
6. Crash reports
When the app closes unexpectedly we record the error message and technical trace, whether it was fatal, the build number, the platform and system version, the screen you were on and the identifier of the installed update. These are stored on our own servers and deleted automatically after 14 days.
Legal basis: legitimate interest in keeping the app working and secure (Art. 6.1.f GDPR).
7. Usage analytics
We use Google Analytics 4 to measure app usage. We process an installation identifier generated by us and, if you are signed in, your username as an identifier; plus the language, the country reported by the device, the platform, the app version, whether you are signed in and your membership type. For each event we record the screen visited, the title and identifier of the content opened, the interaction duration and a session identifier.
We do not send your email address to Google Analytics.
Recipient: Google Ireland Limited / Google LLC, acting as processor.
8. Content recommendations
The app records locally, on your device, which content is shown to you, which items you open, how long you stay on them, what you like, save or share, who you follow and what you mark as “Not interested”. From this it builds a profile of affinities by tag, category, author and edition, whose weight halves every 7 days. That history never leaves your device: when the app requests content it sends only an aggregated summary, which is used to answer that request and is not stored.
In addition, for each video we record the time played, the percentage watched and whether it was completed or skipped, associated with an anonymous installation identifier not linked to your identity. This information is deleted automatically after 30 days.
Personalisation based on processing your behaviour on our servers is disabled and will only be enabled with your express consent, updating this policy beforehand.
Ordering the content of a news service produces no legal effects on you and does not similarly significantly affect you, so it is not an automated decision under Art. 22 GDPR.
9. Content statistics
We count how many times each article or video has been viewed or displayed. These are aggregated per-content counters, with no associated user or device identifier.
10. Recipients and international transfers
We disclose data only to providers acting as processors on our instructions: Google (Google Analytics and Firebase Cloud Messaging), Apple (notifications and Sign in with Apple), Expo (notification delivery and app update distribution) and Cloudflare (content delivery network and attack protection). We will also disclose data where required by law or necessary to defend our rights.
Some of these providers are established in the United States and may process data outside the European Economic Area. Such transfers rely on the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework where the provider is certified and, failing that, on the Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission.
11. Your rights
You may exercise your rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, objection and portability, and withdraw your consent where processing is based on it, without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out beforehand.
To delete your account and the associated data you can do so directly in the app, under Settings → Delete account. For all other rights, write to [email protected] with “GDPR” in the subject line. We will respond within one month, extendable by two further months for complex requests. We may ask you to prove your identity.
12. Account deletion
When you delete your account from the app it is blocked and anonymised: the email address and username are replaced with an empty value, the password is randomised and the name, surname, photo, biography, country and phone number are erased, unlinking any external sign-in providers. An anonymised record is retained for referential integrity, along with any data we are legally required to keep. Viewing data associated with the anonymous installation identifier expires within 30 days at most, and crash reports within 14 days.
13. Children
The app is not directed at children under 14, the minimum age to consent to the processing of their personal data in Spain under Art. 7 of the LOPDGDD, and we do not knowingly collect data from children under that age. If we detect an account belonging to such a child, we will delete it.
14. Security
All communication between the app and our servers is encrypted using HTTPS/TLS. Passwords are stored encrypted and session credentials are kept in the operating system secure store (Keychain on iOS, Keystore on Android).
15. Changes to this section
We will publish any new version at this same address, stating its update date. If a change affects processing based on your consent, we will ask for it again inside the app before applying it. For any query: [email protected].
Supprimer votre compte
Depuis l'app : onglet Vous → Réglages → Compte → Supprimer mon compte. Sans l'app, écrivez à [email protected] depuis l'e-mail de votre compte avec l'objet « Supprimer mon compte ». La suppression efface définitivement profil, données de compte, abonnements, j'aime et enregistrements, progression de jeu et messages directs ; les contenus publiés publiquement peuvent être conservés de façon anonymisée. Délai maximal : 30 jours.