Privacy Policy
Last updated: 22 July 2026
PW Exclusive (“we”, “us”, “our”) operates the website pwexclusive.com, and is operated by WS Media. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect when you use our site, how we use it, and the choices you have.
Information we collect
Comments. When you leave a comment, we collect the name and email address you enter, the content of your comment, and your IP address and browser user-agent string, which help us detect and prevent spam. Comments are held for moderation before they appear. An anonymised hash created from your email address may be sent to the Gravatar service to check whether you use it; the Gravatar service privacy policy applies.
Social sign-in. If you choose to sign in with Google or Facebook, we receive your name, email address, and profile picture from that provider in order to create and identify your account on our site. We never receive your social media password. Signing in this way is also governed by Google’s and Facebook’s own privacy policies.
Predictions, leagues and public profiles. If you take part in our prediction games or leagues, we store the picks you make, your points and accuracy, and any leagues you create or join. Your public profile — display name, avatar, points, ranking, and the articles you have liked — along with league and event leaderboards, is visible to other visitors. Please don’t use a display name or avatar you aren’t comfortable showing publicly. You can change your display name, avatar and bio, or delete your account and its associated data, at any time from your account settings.
Cookies. We and our partners use cookies and similar technologies for several purposes: to remember your details and keep you logged in when you comment or sign in; to measure how the site is used (analytics); and to deliver and measure advertising. Some of these cookies are set by third parties, as described in the “Advertising” and “Analytics” sections below. You can clear or block cookies in your browser at any time, and — where required by law — we ask for your consent before setting advertising and analytics cookies (see “Your privacy choices” below).
Embedded content. Articles may include images or media hosted on or embedded from other websites. Embedded content behaves as though you visited that other website, which may collect data about you, set its own cookies, and monitor your interaction with it.
Advertising
We display advertising to keep PW Exclusive free to read. We use Google AdSense, a third-party advertising service provided by Google. Google and its advertising partners use cookies and similar technologies to serve and measure ads, including ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites.
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your previous visits to our site or other sites.
- Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to our site and/or other sites on the internet.
- You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can also opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for personalised advertising at aboutads.info/choices or, in Europe, at youronlinechoices.eu.
For more information on how Google uses data when you use our site, see How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics 4 to understand, in aggregate, how visitors find and use the site — for example which articles are popular and how readers arrive. This helps us improve our coverage. Analytics cookies are subject to the consent controls described below.
Your privacy choices
If you visit from the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, we show a consent banner (Google’s certified Consent Management Platform) before any advertising or analytics cookies are set, and we honour the choice you make. Until you consent, advertising and analytics storage default to “denied”. You can review or change your choice at any time using the Cookie Settings link in the site footer.
Wherever you are, you can also control advertising cookies through the opt-out links in the “Advertising” section above, and clear or block cookies in your browser settings.
How we use your information
We use the information above to publish and moderate comments, to operate social sign-in, to run our prediction games, to display and measure advertising, to prevent spam and abuse, and to keep the site secure and working properly. We use the Akismet anti-spam service to screen comments; comment metadata may be shared with Akismet for this purpose, subject to the Automattic privacy policy.
How long we keep it
Comments and their metadata are kept indefinitely so we can recognise and automatically approve any follow-up comments from you. For accounts created through social sign-in, we keep your profile information until you ask us to remove it.
Your rights
You can request a copy of the personal information we hold about you, or ask us to delete it (other than information we are required to keep for legal, security, or administrative reasons). To make a request, contact us using the details below.
Contact us
If you have any questions about this policy or wish to make a request regarding your data, please contact us at [email protected].
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The current version will always be available on this page.
