Privacy Policy
Last updated: 30 June 2026
Sopadeli is committed to protecting your privacy. This policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and your rights under applicable data protection laws.
Information we collect
- Browsing data: Standard server logs including your IP address, browser type, pages visited, and timestamps.
- Search queries: Logged anonymously to help us improve search relevance and catalog coverage.
- Comparison selections: Stored locally in your browser, not on our servers.
- Advertising & measurement (only with consent): If you accept cookies, Google Ads / Google Tag (gtag.js) places cookies such as
_gcl_auand may set_ga-style identifiers to measure ad performance and conversions. These are loaded in Consent Mode v2 and remain denied until you click "Accept" on the cookie banner. - Affiliate click tracking: When you click an outbound product link, the destination retailer (or an affiliate network such as Awin or CJ) may set its own cookie to attribute the referral to Sopadeli. These cookies are governed by the retailer's and network's own privacy policies.
- Functional storage: Theme preference, comparison selections, and your cookie-consent choice are stored locally in your browser.
How we use your data
- To maintain and improve the website's functionality and performance
- To monitor site traffic and diagnose technical issues
- To understand which product categories are most popular so we can prioritise catalog updates
- With your consent: to measure Google Ads campaign effectiveness
- We do not sell or rent personal data to third parties
Cookies & consent
On your first visit you see a cookie banner with equal-weight "Accept" and "Reject" options. We use Google Consent Mode v2: all advertising and analytics cookies remain denied by default and are only enabled if you click "Accept". Rejecting keeps everything denied — the site works exactly the same.
You can change your choice at any time by clearing your browser's site data for sopadeli.com.
Cookies that may be set after consent:
- •
_gcl_au— Google Ads conversion linker (~90 days) - •
_ga/_ga_*— Google Analytics identifiers, if/when enabled (~24 months) - • Retailer / affiliate-network cookies set when you click an outbound product link (durations vary)
How we build the catalog
Sopadeli's product catalog is built from two kinds of sources, both of which only handle public, non-personal product data (names, prices, images, stock status):
- Affiliate product feeds from networks such as Awin, CJ, Adtraction and Daisycon, and from retailers we have a direct partnership with. These feeds are provided to us by the retailer.
- Public product listings from selected non-affiliate padel retailers. We read publicly available product endpoints (e.g. Shopify
/products.json) at a low frequency, identifying ourselves with a descriptive User-Agent (SopadeliBot) that links back to this page.
We do not collect customer data, reviews, accounts, or any personal information from these retailers. If you operate one of these stores and would like us to stop indexing your catalog, email info@sopadeli.com and we will remove your store within 24 hours.
Data retention & security
Server logs are retained for 30 days for diagnostic purposes, then automatically deleted. We use industry-standard encryption (HTTPS/TLS) for all data transmission. The site is hosted on secure infrastructure with regular security updates.
Your rights
Under GDPR and similar regulations, you have the right to access, correct, or delete any personal data we hold about you. Since we do not create user accounts, most data is anonymous by design. If you have questions about your data, contact us at:
