Last updated: 25 May 2025
This is the privacy policy for Open Plan Media and for certain services provided through our website, openplan.media (the “service” or the “site”).
You can control the use of cookies and tracking on the site via your privacy settings. Further details about this can be found under “Tracking and cookies” below.
In this privacy policy, “we”, “us” and “our” means The Sport Review Ltd and “you” means the individual who is using the site.
In this privacy policy, we explain what we do with the data (“personal data”) we obtain about you via https://openplan.media. We recommend you carefully read this privacy policy along with our terms and conditions.
In our processing we comply with the requirements of privacy legislation. That means, among other things, that:
• we clearly state the purposes for which we process personal data. We do this by means of this privacy policy;
• we aim to limit our collection of personal data to only the personal data required for legitimate purposes;
• we first request your explicit consent to process your personal data in cases requiring your consent;
• we take appropriate security measures to protect your personal data and also require this from parties that process personal data on our behalf;
• we respect your right to access your personal data or have it corrected or deleted, at your request.
• If you have any questions, or want to know exactly what data we keep of you, please contact us.
Types of data collected
While using our the site, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to: first name, last name, email address and various other types of data.
We may also collect information how the site is accessed and used (“usage data”) using technology such as cookies. This usage data may include information such as your computer’s internet protocol address (“IP address”), IP-address based approximate location, browser type, browser version, operating system and version, user agent, interaction logs (for example, clicks, time spent on pages), the pages of the site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
Tracking and cookies
Users are responsible for any third-party personal data obtained, published or shared through this site and confirm that they have the third party’s consent to provide the data to us.
Legal basis of processing
If you are a legal and permanent resident in the United Kingdom or European Economic Area (EEA), our legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this privacy policy depends on the personal data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it.
We may process personal data under the following conditions:
• Consent – You have given Your consent for processing personal data for one or more specific purposes.
• Performance of a contract – Provision of personal data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with you and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof.
• Legal obligations – Processing personal data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject.
• Vital interests – Processing personal data is necessary in order to protect your vital interests or of another natural person.
• Public interests – Processing personal data is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in us.
• Legitimate interests – Processing personal data is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us.
Retention of data
We will retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy. We will retain and use your personal data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
We will also retain usage data for internal analysis purposes. Usage data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer periods.
Transfer of data
Your information, including personal data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.
Your consent to this privacy policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.
In certain circumstances, your personal data will be transferred to, stored, and processed in countries outside the European Union or United Kingdom that do not have similar data protection laws to the European Union or United Kingdom. In such circumstances, we put appropriate safeguards in place to protect your data, including contractual commitments.
We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy and no transfer of your personal data will take place to an organisation or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.
Sharing with other parties
We may share your information with processors or third-party service providers who perform services on our behalf. These third-party vendors collect, store, use, process and transfer information about your activity on our site in accordance with their own privacy policies.
Service name: Cloudflare
Provider: Cloudflare Inc.
Purpose(s): Authentication and security, customising and adapting user experience
Collected personal data types: Device ID, IP address, Operating system and version
Privacy policy link: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/
Service name: Fathom Analytics
Provider: Conva Ventures Inc.
Purpose(s): Analytics and performance tracking
Collected personal data types: IP address, User agent
Privacy policy link: https://usefathom.com/legal/privacy
Service name: Google Fonts
Provider: Google Ireland Limited
Purpose(s): Customising and adapting user experience
Collected personal data types: IP address, Browser fingerprint, Interaction logs (for example, clicks, time spent on pages), Browser information and language
Privacy policy link: https://business.safety.google/privacy/?hl=en
Direct marketing and communications
We may use your personal information to send you direct marketing communications about our products, services, promotions, and other relevant information that we believe may be of interest to you. We are committed to ensuring that our direct marketing practices are transparent, lawful, and in compliance with applicable data protection laws.
Obtaining consent for direct marketing
We will obtain your explicit opt-in consent before sending you direct marketing communications, where required by law. This means that you will have the opportunity to actively consent to receiving marketing messages from us before we send them to you.
Every direct marketing communication we send will include clear instructions on how to unsubscribe or opt-out from receiving future marketing communications. You can exercise your right to opt-out at any time, and we will promptly honor your request to stop sending you marketing messages.
We may use your personal information to send you direct marketing communications via various channels, including: Email.
You have control over the direct marketing communications you receive from us. You can manage your communication preferences by using the unsubscribe link provided in our marketing emails.
Disclosure practices
We disclose personal information if we are required by law or by a court order, in response to a law enforcement agency, to the extent permitted under other provisions of law, to provide information, or for an investigation on a matter related to public safety.
If our website or organisation is taken over, sold, or involved in a merger or acquisition, your details may be disclosed to our advisers and any prospective purchasers and will be passed on to the new owners.
Security
We are committed to the security of personal data. We take appropriate security measures to limit abuse of and unauthorised access to personal data. This ensures that only the necessary persons have access to your data, that access to the data is protected, and that our security measures are regularly reviewed.
Third-party websites
This privacy policy does not apply to third-party websites connected by links on our website. We cannot guarantee that these third parties handle your personal data in a reliable or secure manner. We recommend you read the privacy policies of these websites prior to making use of these websites.
Amendments to this privacy policy
We reserve the right to make amendments to this privacy policy and we will notify you of any changes by posting the new privacy policy on this page. It is recommended that you consult this privacy policy regularly in order to be aware of any changes. The date of the last update to the privacy policy will be shown at the top of this page.
Accessing and modifying your data
If you have any questions or want to know which personal data we have about you, please contact us. You can contact us by using the information below. You have the following rights:
• You have the right to know why your personal data is needed, what will happen to it, and how long it will be retained for.
• Right of access: You have the right to access your personal data that is known to us.
• Right to rectification: you have the right to supplement, correct, have deleted or blocked your personal data whenever you wish.
• If you give us your consent to process your data, you have the right to revoke that consent and to have your personal data deleted.
- Right to transfer your data: you have the right to request all your personal data from the controller and transfer it in its entirety to another controller.
• Right to object: you may object to the processing of your data. We comply with this, unless there are justified grounds for processing.
• Please make sure to always clearly state who you are, so that we can be certain that we do not modify or delete any data of the wrong person.
How “Do Not Track” requests are handled
The site does not support “Do Not Track” requests. To determine whether any of the third-party services the site uses honour “Do Not Track” requests, please read their privacy policies.
Submitting a complaint
If you are not satisfied with the way in which we handle (a complaint about) the processing of your personal data, you have the right to submit a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office.
Children
Our website is not designed to attract children and it is not our intent to collect personal data from children under the age of consent in their country of residence. We therefore request that children under the age of consent do not submit any personal data to us.
Definitions
• Company – The company (referred to as either “the company”, “we”, “us” or “our” in this privacy policy) refers to The Sport Review Ltd, 16 Beaufort Court, Admirals Way, London, E14 9XL, United Kingdom. For the purpose of the GDPR, the company is the data controller.
• Cookie – A cookie is a small file that can be placed on your device that allows us and our trusted partners to recognise and remember you. It is sent to your browser and stored on your computer’s hard drive or tablet or mobile device.
• Data controller – Data controller means the natural or legal person who (either alone or jointly or in common with other persons) determines the purposes for which and the manner in which any personal information are, or are to be, processed. For the purpose of this privacy policy, we are a data controller of your personal data.
• Data processors (or service providers) – Data processor (or service provider) means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the data controller. We may use the services of various service providers in order to process your data more effectively.
• Data subject (or user) – Data Subject is any living individual who is using our service and is the subject of personal data.
• Personal data – Personal data means data about a living individual who can be identified from those data (or from those and other information either in our possession or likely to come into our possession).
• Service (or site) – Service (or site) is the openplan.media website, operated by The Sport Review Ltd.
• Usage data – Usage data is data collected automatically either generated by the use of the site or from the service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
• You – You means the individual accessing or using the Service. Under GDPR, You can be referred to as the data subject or as the user as you are the individual using the service.
Legal information and how to contact us
Under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) we have to say who the ‘data controller’ is for services provided through our sites.
The controller is the department responsible for protecting information and, in our case, is The Sport Review Ltd, 16 Beaufort Court, Admirals Way, London, E14 9XL.
The Sport Review Ltd is registered as a data controller with the Information Commissioner’s Office in the UK (registration number ZB193203).
You can contact us via the following email address: contact[at]openplan.media
If you would like to exercise your data subject rights or have any questions about this privacy policy, please address your request to the ‘Data Protection Team’ at the address or email address shown above.
Governing law
This privacy policy shall be governed by the laws of England. Any disputes relating to this privacy policy shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England.