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Privacy Policy

Protecting your data matters to us. That's why this website gets by with as little data as possible: no cookies, no tracking, no ad networks, no content from Google, Facebook or YouTube. Here you can read which data is processed anyway, for what purpose, and which rights you have.

This is an English translation provided for convenience. The German version is legally binding.

1. Controller

The controller responsible for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is:

No data protection officer has been appointed, as there is no legal obligation to do so. For any questions about data protection, simply write to the address above.

2. Visiting the website and server log files

When you visit this website, your browser automatically sends data to the server it is hosted on. The server stores this data in so-called log files:

• IP address of the requesting device
• date and time of access
• page or file requested and amount of data transferred
• whether the request was successful
• browser type and version, operating system
• the page you came from (referrer), if your browser sends it

This data is technically necessary to display the website to you and to ensure the operation and security of the server, for example to detect attacks. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in a secure and functioning service (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). The log files are not combined with other data and are deleted automatically after 30 days.

Hosting. The website is hosted by IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur, Germany. The host processes the data listed above solely on our behalf and according to our instructions; a data processing agreement pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR is in place.

3. No cookies, no analytics, no third-party content

This website does not set cookies and does not use any analytics or tracking services (no Google Analytics, no tracking pixels, no ad networks). That's why there is no cookie banner.

Fonts, images, videos and sounds are hosted on our own server. Visiting the website does not establish any connection to Google Fonts, YouTube or other third parties.

Links to other sites. If you click a link to another website (for example to the data protection authority), you leave this website; the privacy policy of that site applies to any data processing there.

4. Signing up as an alpha/beta tester

Using the “Become a tester” form, you can sign up for the test phases of The Touchline. In doing so we process:

• required details: name, email address, your answer to “Why would you like to take part?”
• optional details: country, age group, Discord name, available time, manager games played, favourite manager game, experience, previous testing experience, preferred test phase, systems and your comments
• date and time of sign-up

Purpose: We use this information solely to select testers, to invite you to a test round by email and to talk with you about the test. No advertising, no newsletter, no disclosure to third parties for their own purposes.

Legal basis is your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR), which you give by ticking the box in the form. You can withdraw it at any time without giving reasons; an informal email to info@thetouchlinegame.com is enough. Withdrawal applies to the future; processing carried out before then remains lawful (Art. 7(3) GDPR).

Process and recipients: The form is transmitted to our web server in encrypted form. The server sends the details over an encrypted connection to the mail server of our email provider, which delivers them as an email to info@thetouchlinegame.com. The form data itself is not stored on the web server. The email is then kept in our mailbox at World4You Internet Services GmbH, Linz, Austria, which processes it on our behalf (Art. 28 GDPR).

Retention period: We delete your sign-up as soon as the alpha and beta test phase is complete, but no later than 24 months after receipt — and immediately if you withdraw your consent.

Protection against abuse: To keep the form from being flooded with spam by automated programs, we limit sign-ups to five per hour per connection. For this purpose the server stores a checksum (SHA-256 hash) of your IP address together with the time for one hour; the IP address itself is not stored, and the entry expires after one hour. We also check how long it took to fill in the form, and the form contains a field that is invisible to people and only filled in by programs. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in a functioning, spam-free form (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

Children and young people: In Austria you can give consent yourself from the age of 14 (§ 4(4) Austrian Data Protection Act, DSG). If you are younger, please only sign up with your parents' consent.

5. Contact by email

If you send us an email, we process your address and the content of the message in order to reply to you (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, and for questions about the test also (b)). We delete the message once the matter has been dealt with and no statutory retention obligations apply.

6. Your rights

You have the following rights with regard to us at any time:

• access to the data we process about you (Art. 15 GDPR)
• rectification of inaccurate data (Art. 16 GDPR)
• erasure of your data (Art. 17 GDPR)
• restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
• data portability — your details in a common format (Art. 20 GDPR)
• objection to processing based on our legitimate interest (Art. 21 GDPR)
• withdrawal of consent given, with effect for the future (Art. 7(3) GDPR)

To exercise them, simply write to info@thetouchlinegame.com.

Right to lodge a complaint. If you believe that we are not handling your data lawfully, you can lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority. In Austria this is the

7. Data security

The website and the sign-up form are transmitted in encrypted form via HTTPS. You can recognise this by the padlock symbol in your browser's address bar.

8. Changes

We update this privacy policy when the website or the legal situation changes. The version published here applies.

Last updated: September 2026