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Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

This Privacy Policy explains how Football Goal Coin Limited, trading as FGC Software, collects, uses, stores and protects personal data when you use this website or contact us.

In this Privacy Policy, references to “FGC Software”, “we”, “us” or “our” mean Football Goal Coin Limited.

We are committed to handling personal data responsibly, lawfully and transparently.

2. Who We Are

FGC Software is operated by Football Goal Coin Limited, a company registered in England and Wales under company number 14443716.

FGC Software is a software development and software rights business. We develop, own, manage and license software, tools, plugins, technical resources and related materials for fintech, platform-style and digital projects.

For the purposes of UK data protection law, we will usually be the data controller for personal data collected through this website.

3. Personal Data We May Collect

We may collect personal data when you use this website, submit a contact form, send us a message, make an enquiry, request information, or otherwise communicate with us.

This may include:

  • Your name

  • Your email address

  • Your telephone number

  • Your company name

  • Your job title or role

  • Your website or project details

  • Any information you choose to include in a message or enquiry

  • Technical information such as IP address, browser type, device type, pages visited and website usage data

  • Cookie and analytics information, where applicable

You should not send us confidential, sensitive or third-party information unless it is necessary and you have the right to share it.

4. How We Use Personal Data

We may use personal data for the following purposes:

  • To respond to enquiries

  • To communicate with potential clients, partners, suppliers or website users

  • To discuss software development, licensing or project opportunities

  • To provide information about our services

  • To manage business relationships

  • To operate, maintain and improve this website

  • To monitor website performance and security

  • To keep appropriate business records

  • To comply with legal, accounting or administrative obligations

  • To protect our rights, software, intellectual property, website and business interests

We will only use personal data where we have a lawful basis to do so.

5. Lawful Basis for Processing

Depending on the circumstances, we may rely on one or more of the following lawful bases:

  • Consent, where you have clearly agreed to a specific use of your personal data

  • Contract, where processing is necessary to take steps before entering into a contract or to perform a contract with you

  • Legal obligation, where we need to process personal data to comply with the law

  • Legitimate interests, where processing is necessary for our business interests and does not override your rights and freedoms

Our legitimate interests may include responding to business enquiries, managing client and supplier relationships, protecting our website, protecting our intellectual property, improving our services, and keeping appropriate business records.

6. Contact Forms and Enquiries

If you submit a contact form or send us an enquiry, we will use the information you provide to review your message and respond to you.

We may keep a record of the enquiry and our response for business administration, future communication, record-keeping and legal purposes.

Submitting an enquiry does not create a client relationship, licence agreement, partnership, confidentiality agreement or other formal relationship unless separately agreed in writing.

7. Cookies and Website Analytics

This website may use cookies or similar technologies to help the website function, improve user experience, monitor performance, understand website traffic, and support website security.

Some cookies may be necessary for the website to work. Others, such as analytics or marketing cookies, may require your consent depending on how they are used.

Further details will be set out in our Cookie Policy.

8. Who We May Share Personal Data With

We may share personal data with trusted third parties where necessary for the operation of our website, business or services.

This may include:

  • Website hosting providers

  • Email and communication providers

  • Website developers or technical support providers

  • Analytics providers

  • Security and maintenance providers

  • Professional advisers, such as accountants, lawyers or consultants

  • Regulators, public authorities or other parties where required by law

  • Business partners or service providers where relevant to your enquiry and where sharing is appropriate

We do not sell personal data.

9. International Transfers

Some service providers we use may process personal data outside the United Kingdom.

Where this happens, we will take appropriate steps to ensure that personal data is protected in accordance with applicable data protection law. This may include using appropriate contractual protections or working with providers that have recognised safeguards in place.

10. How Long We Keep Personal Data

We will only keep personal data for as long as necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.

The retention period may depend on the nature of the data, the reason it was collected, whether there is an ongoing business relationship, and whether we need to keep records for legal, accounting, tax, contractual or business purposes.

Enquiry records may be kept for a reasonable period so that we can manage communications, respond to follow-up questions, maintain business records and protect our legal position.

When personal data is no longer needed, we will delete it, anonymise it or securely store it where continued retention is required.

11. How We Protect Personal Data

We take reasonable steps to protect personal data from unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration or disclosure.

This may include website security measures, access controls, secure systems, trusted service providers and internal procedures.

However, no website, email system or online communication method can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You should take care when sending information online.

12. Your Rights

Under UK data protection law, you may have rights in relation to your personal data, including:

  • The right to be informed about how your personal data is used

  • The right to access your personal data

  • The right to correct inaccurate personal data

  • The right to request deletion of your personal data

  • The right to restrict how your personal data is used

  • The right to object to certain uses of your personal data

  • The right to data portability, where applicable

  • The right to withdraw consent, where consent is the lawful basis for processing

These rights may be subject to legal limitations and may not apply in every situation.

13. Marketing Communications

We will only send marketing communications where we are allowed to do so under applicable law.

If you receive marketing communications from us, you may unsubscribe or ask us to stop contacting you at any time.

We will not sell your details to third parties for marketing purposes.

14. Third-Party Websites

This website may contain links to third-party websites or external services.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, security or operation of third-party websites. You should read the privacy policy of any external website before submitting personal data to it.

15. Children

This website is not intended for children and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children.

If you believe that a child has provided personal data to us, please contact us so that we can review and delete it where appropriate.

16. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.

Any updated version will be published on this website. The updated version will apply from the date it is published.

17. Complaints

If you have any concerns about how we handle your personal data, please contact us first so that we can try to resolve the issue.

You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office, the UK data protection regulator.

18. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle personal data, please contact us through the contact form on this website.