Privacy

Fantasy Lads is a free fan game run by ThemLads. No money, no ads, no selling your data. Here's exactly what we keep and why.

Last updated 7 October 2026.

Who we are

Fantasy Lads (playfantasylads.com) is run by ThemLads, who decide how your data is used. For anything privacy-related, use the privacy enquiry form below.

What we store

• Account: your email address and a securely scrambled password (or your Google sign-in). Your email is never shown publicly.
• Public game details: your manager name, team name, chosen badge, points, rank, XP, achievements and gameweek history. Other signed-in managers can see your profile.
• Teams and predictions: your picks, captain and vice-captain, and score predictions. These stay hidden from everyone else until picks lock.
• Help requests and privacy enquiries: what you send us and our replies.
• Email preferences: whether you want optional reminder emails.
• Visit statistics: only if you accept analytics — which pages are visited, the type of device, and where the visit came from. Not tied to your name.

Why we use it (and our legal basis)

• Running the game you signed up for (contract): signing you in, saving teams, scoring, leaderboards and account emails such as password resets.
• Keeping things fair and safe (legitimate interests): stopping cheating, offensive names and abuse.
• Optional reminders (legitimate interests, with an easy opt-out): e.g. the over-budget email before picks lock. Turn it off in Account & help.
• Analytics (consent): only after you tap Accept on the cookie banner.

Cookies and device storage

We keep your sign-in, your cookie choice and unsaved drafts in your browser's storage. These are needed for the site to work, so they're always on.

Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager and our own visit counter only run if you accept. Reject and none of them run, and we remove any Google Analytics or Tag Manager cookies already set.

About Google Analytics: if you accept, Google Tag Manager loads the analytics code, and Google Analytics sets cookies (such as _ga, and _gcl_au from Tag Manager) and collects information about your visit — pages viewed, time on site, device and browser type, approximate location, and how you arrived. Your IP address is processed by Google but not stored in our reports. If you're signed in, this visit information may be linked to your activity in the game (for example, which pages managers use) to help us improve Fantasy Lads. It's never used for advertising. Google processes this data on our behalf; see how Google uses information from sites that use its services. Analytics data is kept for up to 14 months.

Change your mind any time:

Who we share it with

We never sell your data. We use a small number of service providers to run the site: our hosting and database provider, an email delivery service for account emails, Google (only if you sign in with Google, or accept analytics) and YouTube (only when you tap play on a video). They only process data on our behalf.

How long we keep it

• Account and game data: while your account is open. Deleting your account removes it.
• Published results already shown on season leaderboards may keep your manager name and points so past tables stay accurate. Ask us if you want them anonymised.
• Help requests and privacy enquiries: up to two years after they're closed.
• Visit statistics: up to 14 months.

Your rights

You can ask to see, correct, delete, or get a copy of your data, object to how we use it, or withdraw consent. Most of it you can do yourself:

• Account & help — change your names, email preferences, or delete your account.
• Or send a privacy enquiry below and we'll reply within one month.

If you're unhappy with how we've handled your data, you can complain to the UK Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk.

Age

Fantasy Lads is meant for people aged 13 and over. If you're under 13, please don't sign up.

Shared images

Share cards you download or post (team sheets, rank cards) show your manager name and score. Once shared, we can't pull them back from other apps.

Changes

If this page changes in a way that matters, we'll update the date above and tell signed-in managers.

Privacy enquiry

Questions, requests or complaints about your data — send them here. Enquiries go straight to ThemLads.