Privacy Policy

The Sponsor Finder ("we", "us", "our") operates the website at https://thesponsorfinder.com (the "Service"). We are the data controller for the personal information we collect about you.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your data, please contact us at support@thesponsorfinder.com.

Account information

• Name and email address (when you register)
• Profile picture (if you sign in with Google)
• Password (stored as a secure hash — we never store your password in plain text)

Subscription and billing

• Subscription plan, billing interval and payment status
• Payment card details are handled entirely by Stripe — we never see or store your card number
• Invoice history

Usage data

• Sponsors you save or view
• Fit checks you run and the inputs you provide
• Job alert preferences
• IP address and browser type (for security and rate limiting)

Communications

• Emails you send to our support address

We use your data to:

• Create and manage your account
• Process subscription payments via Stripe
• Deliver the features of the Service (search, fit checks, saved sponsors, job alerts)
• Send transactional emails (email verification, password reset, subscription confirmations)
• Protect against fraud and abuse (rate limiting, security monitoring)
• Comply with legal obligations

We do not sell your personal data to third parties. We do not use your data for automated profiling that produces legal or similarly significant effects.

• Contract — processing necessary to provide the Service you signed up for (account management, subscriptions, job alerts).
• Legitimate interests — security monitoring, fraud prevention, improving the Service.
• Legal obligation — where we are required to process data by law.
• Consent — for optional cookies and marketing communications (where applicable).

We share your data only with the following categories of recipients:

• Stripe — payment processing. Stripe is PCI-DSS compliant. See Stripe's Privacy Policy.
• Google — if you choose to sign in with Google, your Google profile is shared with us under Google's OAuth flow.
• Hosting infrastructure — our server and database providers who process data on our behalf under data processing agreements.
• Law enforcement — if required by applicable law or a valid legal request.

We retain your account data for as long as your account is active. If you delete your account, we will delete or anonymise your personal data within 30 days, except where we are required to retain it for legal or financial compliance purposes (e.g. invoices are retained for 7 years under UK tax law).

Under UK GDPR you have the right to:

• Access — request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
• Rectification — ask us to correct inaccurate data
• Erasure — ask us to delete your data ("right to be forgotten")
• Restriction — ask us to limit how we process your data
• Portability — receive your data in a machine-readable format
• Object — object to processing based on legitimate interests
• Withdraw consent — at any time, where processing is based on consent

To exercise any of these rights, email us at support@thesponsorfinder.com. We will respond within 30 days.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.

We use essential cookies to keep you signed in and protect against CSRF attacks. For full details see our Cookie Policy.

We use industry-standard security measures including HTTPS, password hashing (bcrypt), and secure session tokens. No method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure; we cannot guarantee absolute security but we take reasonable steps to protect your data.

The Service is not directed at children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal data, please contact us and we will delete it.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of significant changes by email or by posting a notice on the Service. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page reflects the most recent revision.

The Sponsor Finder
Email: support@thesponsorfinder.com
Website: https://thesponsorfinder.com