Your Privacy at Surprise Sports.
Surprise Sports is operated from Bangladesh and serves readers across the world, including readers in the European Union, the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, and Canada.
This policy is written to satisfy the privacy requirements that apply to readers in all of those regions, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the UK GDPR, and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
This policy was last updated in 2026. When material changes are made, the updated date at the bottom of this page will reflect the revision.
Who We Are
Data Controller: Surprise Sports Pvt. Ltd., 1st Floor, House No. 98, Bazar Rd, Singra-6450, Bangladesh.
For privacy-related questions or requests, contact the editorial team through the contact page.
Contact for privacy matters: Use the contact form at surprisesports.com/contact with the subject line “Privacy Request.”
What Data We Collect
Information You Give Us Directly
This information is used only to respond to your enquiry. It is not added to a mailing list, sold to any third party, or used for any purpose other than handling your specific message.
If Surprise Sports introduces a newsletter or email subscription in the future, this policy will be updated to reflect how subscriber data is collected and used. Subscription will always be opt-in.
Information Collected Automatically
Your IP address and approximate location (country or city level). The pages you visit on this site and how long you spend on them. The device type, browser, and operating system you are using.
The website or search engine that referred you to this site. How you interact with pages, including which links you click.
This data is collected primarily through Google Analytics, Google AdSense, and Histats, all of which are described in more detail below.
Surprise Sports does not directly store this data on its own servers in a form that identifies individual readers.
How We Use Your Data
To Understand How the Site Is Used
Google Analytics data helps the editorial team understand which content is most useful to readers, where readers come from, and how the site performs technically.
This informs editorial decisions about what to cover and how to improve the reading experience. It does not identify individual readers by name.
To Serve and Improve Advertising
Google AdSense uses data including cookies and browsing behaviour to serve advertisements that are relevant to the reader.
This is how the site generates revenue that funds the editorial team.
The data used for advertising is governed by Google's own privacy policies, which are linked in the section below.
To Monitor Site Traffic
Histats is used to track visitor statistics including page views and traffic sources. Data collected by Histats is governed by Histats' own privacy policy, available at histats.com.
To Respond to Your Messages
When you contact Surprise Sports through the contact form, the information you provide is used solely to respond to your message. It is retained only as long as necessary to handle the enquiry.
To Comply With Legal Obligations
In circumstances where Surprise Sports is required by law to disclose information, the site will comply with that legal obligation. This is a standard provision and not something that applies to ordinary site visits.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Surprise Sports uses cookies through third-party services including Google Analytics, Google AdSense, and Histats.
The site does not use cookies to collect personal information directly beyond what those services gather for their stated purposes.
Google Analytics Cookies
Google Analytics places cookies on your device to track how visitors interact with the site.
The data collected is aggregated and anonymised for the purposes of site analytics.
You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking across all websites by installing the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-on, available at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Google AdSense Cookies
Google AdSense uses cookies to serve advertisements based on your previous visits to this and other websites.
Readers can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings at adssettings.google.com.
Histats Cookies
Histats places a tracking pixel on this site to collect visitor statistics.
Data collected includes page views, referring sources, and general geographic location at country level.
Histats does not collect personally identifiable information. For more information, visit histats.com.
Managing Cookies
You can control and delete cookies through your browser settings.
Most browsers allow you to refuse new cookies, delete existing cookies, and set preferences for specific websites.
Disabling cookies may affect how some features of the site function. It will not prevent you from reading any content on Surprise Sports.
Third-Party Services
Google Analytics
Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google LLC.
It collects data about how visitors use websites and reports that data to site owners in aggregated form.
Google's privacy policy is available at policies.google.com/privacy.
Google AdSense
Google AdSense is an advertising service provided by Google LLC.
It serves display advertisements on this site and uses cookies and similar technologies to personalise the advertisements shown to individual readers.
Google's advertising privacy policy is available at policies.google.com/technologies/ads.
Histats
Histats is a web analytics and visitor statistics service. It tracks page-level traffic data using a tracking pixel embedded in the site. Histats' privacy policy is available at histats.com.
Affiliate Networks
Surprise Sports participates in affiliate programmes including Amazon Associates and other sports retail networks.
When you click an affiliate link and visit a retailer's website, that retailer may place its own cookies on your device in accordance with its own privacy policy.
Surprise Sports does not receive personal data from affiliate retailers about individual readers.
Embedded Content
Some articles on Surprise Sports may include embedded content from third-party platforms such as YouTube or Twitter.
Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if you had visited those websites directly.
Those platforms may collect data about your interaction with their embedded content according to their own privacy policies.
Who We Share Data With
Data is shared in the following limited circumstances only.
With third-party service providers such as Google and Histats who provide analytics and advertising infrastructure under their own terms.
With law enforcement or legal authorities where disclosure is required by applicable law.
With a successor organisation in the event that Surprise Sports is sold, merged, or otherwise transferred, in which case readers will be notified through this privacy policy page before any such transfer takes place.
How Long We Keep Your Data
Google Analytics, Google AdSense, and Histats data is retained in accordance with each service’s own data retention policies.
Surprise Sports does not maintain a database of individual reader records beyond what is generated through standard third-party analytics and advertising services.
Your Privacy Rights
Surprise Sports respects those rights regardless of where in the world a reader is based.
Rights Under GDPR (EU and UK Readers)
If you are based in the European Union or the United Kingdom, you have the following rights under the General Data Protection Regulation and the UK GDPR.
The right to access the personal data held about you. The right to correct inaccurate personal data.
The right to request deletion of your personal data where there is no legitimate reason to continue processing it. The right to object to processing of your personal data.
The right to data portability where processing is carried out by automated means. The right to withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent.
To exercise any of these rights, contact the Surprise Sports team through the contact page with the subject line "Privacy Request." Requests will be responded to within 30 days.
Rights Under CCPA (California Readers)
If you are a California resident, you have the following rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act.
The right to know what personal information is collected about you and how it is used. The right to request deletion of your personal information. The right to opt out of the sale of your personal information.
Surprise Sports does not sell personal information. The right to non-discrimination for exercising your privacy rights.
To submit a CCPA request, contact the team through the contact page with the subject line "CCPA Request."
Rights for All Readers
Regardless of location, any reader can contact Surprise Sports to ask what data the site holds about them, request correction of inaccurate contact form data, or request deletion of contact form data.
These requests are handled through the contact page.
Children's Privacy
The site does not knowingly collect personal data from children under the age of 16.
If a parent or guardian believes their child has submitted personal data through the contact form, they should contact the team through the contact page and the data will be deleted promptly.
International Data Transfers
Google operates under standard contractual clauses and other transfer mechanisms approved by data protection authorities for transfers of personal data from the EU and UK. For more information, see Google’s privacy policy at policies.google.com/privacy.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
When material changes are made, the updated date at the bottom of this page will be revised.
Readers who use the site after a policy update has been published are considered to have accepted the revised terms. For significant changes, a notice will be placed on the site.
Privacy Questions and Requests
Use the subject line “Privacy Request” for data rights requests and “Privacy Question” for general enquiries. The team will respond within 30 days.
