Cookie notice
Version 2026-09-16. This replaces any earlier version.
The short version: we store one thing on your device, and it is the cookie that keeps you signed in. We do not track you across the internet, we do not advertise, and we do not share anything with analytics or advertising companies.
How we count visits
We count how many people visit each page, so we know whether anyone is finding the registration form and whether our sponsorship page is being read. This is done on our own servers. No third party is involved, nothing is sent to an advertising network, and no cookie is set for it.
To count one person once a day rather than once a click, we create a short code from the date, your language, your timezone and your rounded screen width. It is not enough to identify you. It changes every midnight, so the same person on two days looks like two different visitors and cannot be followed over time. It is held only while your tab is open.
We never count children. If you are signed in as a parent, nothing you look at is recorded, and no page about a player is ever counted. That is enforced by the database itself, not by a policy someone could forget.
What we actually store
| What | Why | How long |
|---|---|---|
| Sign-in session | Keeps you signed in as you move between pages. Set by Supabase, who host our database. | Until you sign out, or 12 hours, whichever comes first |
| Security token | Stops someone else's website submitting a form as you. | The length of your visit |
| Your cookie choice | Remembers that you have read this, so we stop asking. | Until you clear your browser data |
| Offline work (app only) | If you install the league app on your phone, anything you enter without a signal is held on your device, encrypted, until it syncs. It is deleted after seven days whether it synced or not. | Seven days maximum |
Why we do not ask for your consent
Everything above is what the law calls strictly necessary — the site cannot do its job without it. Asking you to agree to something we would set anyway would be dishonest. What we owe you instead is a plain explanation, which is this page.
If we ever add anything optional, such as counting page visits, it will be switched off by default and will not load at all unless you turn it on.
Other sites
Our news page links to articles at other publishers, and the share buttons open WhatsApp, Facebook, X and LinkedIn. Once you follow one of those links you are on their site, under their rules, and what they store is out of our hands.
Turning them off
Every browser lets you block or delete cookies in its settings. If you block ours you can still read the public site — fixtures, results, news — but you will not be able to sign in.
Questions
Email league@ecdl.co.za. Our privacy notice explains what we do with personal information more broadly, including how parents control what is stored about their child.
This notice is written to be read, not to protect us. If something here does not match what you find, tell us and we will correct it the same day.