Privacy Policy

Who we are

SaturdayOff (saturdayoff.co.uk) is an independent community project that provides cancellation alerts for free Saturday 5k running events across the UK. We are not affiliated with parkrun Ltd in any way.

For any privacy-related questions, you can contact us at hello@saturdayoff.co.uk.

What information we collect

We collect only what we need to run this service. Nothing more.

• Your email address, when you sign up for cancellation alerts
• Your consent record, including the date and time you agreed to receive emails
• Cancellation reports you submit, which may optionally include your email address
• Feature suggestions you submit, which may optionally include your email address
• If you turn on phone notifications: the parkrun you picked and a notification code your browser creates. No email address or name is attached to it
• Anonymous website usage data via Google Analytics, if you accept cookies

Why we collect it and what we do with it

Your email address is used for one purpose only: to send you an alert when a Saturday 5k event near you is cancelled. We will never use it for marketing, promotions, or anything unrelated to cancellation alerts.

If you turn on phone notifications, the notification code is used only to send cancellation notifications and a one-off confirmation to that device. Your browser delivers them through its own notification service (Google for Chrome and Android, Apple for Safari and iPhone, Mozilla for Firefox, Microsoft for Edge on Windows). You can turn them off on the notifications page or in your device settings, and we delete the code when your browser tells us it is no longer valid.

Anonymous analytics data (Google Analytics) helps us understand how people use the site so we can improve it. This only runs with your consent via the cookie banner.

We do not sell, rent, share, or transfer your personal data to any third party for commercial purposes. Ever.

The legal basis for processing your data

Under UK GDPR, we rely on the following legal bases:

• Consent: you tick a checkbox before signing up, giving us clear permission to email you
• Legitimate interests: for basic site functionality and security

You can withdraw your consent at any time by unsubscribing. See the section below on your rights.

Cookies and analytics

We use Google Analytics 4 to understand anonymous visitor behaviour, such as which pages are visited and how people navigate the site. This uses cookies.

We only load Google Analytics if you click "Accept analytics" on our cookie banner. Until you do, or if you decline, Google Analytics is not loaded, no analytics cookies are set and no tracking takes place. You can change your choice at any time using the "Cookie settings" link at the bottom of every page.

Google Analytics data is anonymous and cannot be used to identify you personally. For more information on how Google handles data, visit policies.google.com/privacy.

How we store your data

Your email address and consent record are stored securely in Supabase, a database hosted on servers located within the European Union (Frankfurt, Germany). This means your data is stored within the UK GDPR jurisdiction.

We retain your data for as long as you remain subscribed to alerts. When you unsubscribe, your email address is deleted from our database within 30 days.

Third-party services we use

• Supabase (database storage). servers in Frankfurt, EU
• Resend (email delivery). used solely to send your cancellation alerts
• Google Analytics (anonymous usage tracking). only with your consent
• Netlify (website hosting). hosts the saturdayoff.co.uk website

Each of these providers has their own privacy policy and data processing agreements. We have selected providers that comply with GDPR requirements.

Your rights under UK GDPR

You have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• The right to access the data we hold about you
• The right to correct any inaccurate data
• The right to have your data deleted ("right to be forgotten")
• The right to withdraw consent at any time
• The right to object to how we process your data
• The right to data portability

To exercise any of these rights, email us at hello@saturdayoff.co.uk and we will respond within 30 days.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.

Changes to this policy

If we make significant changes to this privacy policy, we will update the "last updated" date at the top of this page. We may also notify subscribers by email if changes affect how we use their data.