Privacy Policy

Overview

Fano is an independent AI matchday companion for football fans planning World Cup 2026 viewing schedules. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and share information when you use Fano to browse matches, follow teams, convert kickoff times, generate AI watch plans, save plans, upload a profile image, or request optional reminders.

Fano is not affiliated with FIFA or any official tournament organizer.

Information We Collect

We collect only the information needed to operate and improve Fano:

1. Account information: Email address, display name, authentication status, and related account records when you sign up or sign in.
2. Planning information: Favorite teams, followed teams, timezone, watching style, saved watch plans, plan history, selected matches, and optional reminder settings.
3. Uploaded content: Profile images or other files you choose to upload.
4. Communications: Messages you send to us, support requests, and feedback.
5. Technical and usage information: IP address, browser type, device information, pages viewed, feature usage, timestamps, cookies, and similar diagnostic data.
6. AI request context: Information you submit for AI planning, such as teams, timezone, watching style, and relevant match data. We avoid sending unnecessary account details to AI providers.

Fano does not currently process payments on this website.

How We Use Information

We use information to:

1. Provide public match, team, venue, and timezone features.
2. Generate and save personalized AI watch plans.
3. Let signed-in users follow teams, view plan history, and manage optional reminders.
4. Send optional reminder or account-related messages when requested.
5. Store profile images and other user-selected settings.
6. Improve reliability, security, product quality, and user experience.
7. Prevent abuse, debug errors, and comply with applicable legal obligations.

Cookies and Local Storage

Fano may use cookies, local storage, or similar technologies to keep you signed in, remember preferences such as language or theme, protect the service, and understand general usage patterns. You can control cookies through your browser settings, but some features may not work correctly if cookies are disabled.

Third-Party Services

We may use trusted service providers to operate Fano, including hosting, database, authentication, storage, email, analytics, sports data, and AI model providers. These providers may process limited information only as needed to provide their services to us.

Examples include:

1. Database and hosting providers for account, match, plan, and reminder data.
2. Object storage providers for profile images and uploaded files.
3. Email providers for account or reminder messages.
4. Sports data providers for match schedule updates.
5. AI providers for generating watch plan recommendations.

We do not sell personal information.

Public and Shared Content

Saved watch plans may include share links. Anyone with a share link may be able to view the shared plan if the feature is enabled. Do not include sensitive personal information in plan titles, notes, or any text you choose to share.

Data Retention

We keep information only as long as reasonably needed for the purposes described in this policy, unless a longer retention period is required for security, legal, backup, or operational reasons. You may request deletion of your account-related data by contacting us.

Your Choices

Depending on your location, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, export, or object to certain uses of your personal information. You can also choose not to create an account and still browse public match, team, and timezone pages.

To make a privacy request, contact us at [email protected].

Children's Privacy

Fano is not intended for children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information, please contact us so we can review and delete it where appropriate.

Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect information. No internet service is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.

International Use

Fano may be operated from, and may process information in, countries other than your own. By using Fano, you understand that your information may be transferred and processed where our service providers operate.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy as Fano evolves. If we make material changes, we will update the date above and may provide additional notice where appropriate.

Contact

Website: usefano.com

Email: [email protected]