Terms and Conditions
Review the terms and conditions for using Sport News and its related services.
Terms and Conditions for the Use of the Sportni-news.co.uk Website I. PARTIES, SUBJECT MATTER AND SCOPE OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
- These Terms and Conditions are a legally binding contract between you, as a User, and "SPORTNI NOVINI" AD, UIC 208793555, with registered office and address of management: Sofia 1000, Vazrazhdane district, 46 Hristo Botev Blvd. (hereinafter referred to for short as "Sportni Novini" or the "Company"), under which contract you obtain the right to use free of charge the service USER PROFILE REGISTRATION ON SPORTNI-NOVINI.BG, hereinafter referred to for short as the "Service". These Terms and Conditions are binding only in the relations between you as a User of the Service and "SPORTNI NOVINI" AD.
- By registering to use the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions and all subsequent changes to them, and you undertake to comply with them.
- You expressly agree to these Terms and Conditions and they become legally binding on you with any action of yours by which you have begun the initial use of the Service, regardless of whether you have expressly created a user profile on the site of "SPORTNI NOVINI" AD, or have chosen to begin the initial use of the Service by entering the site through a technical option provided to you as a result of your prior registration with other online-based services and platforms, such as, but not limited to, Facebook, Google, Apple, etc.
- For the avoidance of any doubt, you acquire the status of a registered User of "SPORTNI NOVINI" AD and all the rights and obligations described in these Terms and Conditions arise for you, regardless of the technical method of entering the section of the site that requires registration, provided that you have taken an express action by which you agree to these Terms and Conditions.
- These Terms and Conditions apply to you as a user of the Service together with the Terms and Conditions for the use of the site of "SPORTNI NOVINI" AD, which you have accepted by the fact of loading the Sportni-news.co.uk site. II. SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE SERVICE
The Service is access, via a web browser, by the User to media content provided by "SPORTNI NOVINI" AD, intended for both unregistered and registered Users, which covers: providing information about current, past or future sports events in Bulgaria and the world, including the sections Bulgarian Football, World Football, Tennis, Volleyball, Basketball, Formula 1, World Cup 2026 and other thematic verticals; publishing news, reports, interviews, analyses, predictions and video materials; participation in games, contests and polls, in accordance with the relevant rules, including games with cash and in-kind prizes; the ability for registered Users to comment on published materials; the ability to follow favourite teams, leagues, athletes and thematic sections; receiving newsletters and push notifications (at the User's choice); other functionalities that the Company may introduce in the future at its sole discretion.
III. REGISTRATION TO USE THE SERVICE
- The User's registration is voluntary and may be terminated by the User at any time.
- "SPORTNI NOVINI" AD has the right, at its discretion, to transform the User's registration into a multi-platform registration that is also valid for other sites related to the Company.
- The User is obliged to provide true and up-to-date information upon registration, and to keep this information up to date. The Company is not liable for damages resulting from the provision of false data by the User.
IV. CONSENT TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA
- "SPORTNI NOVINI" AD is a personal data controller within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation – GDPR) and the Bulgarian Personal Data Protection Act. As such, "SPORTNI NOVINI" AD processes your personal data for the purpose of providing the Service and your use of it.
- During the registration process, the User voluntarily provides "SPORTNI NOVINI" AD with information about their name, nickname, form of address by which to be addressed ("Mr", "Ms", or neither), and email address.
- When participation in certain games within the Service requires stating a date of birth, specific preferences of the User or other information related to the User, the User may gain access to participation in the relevant game only after completing the relevant online form. By completing it, the User gives their consent for the information they have stated to be made publicly available in the part of their user profile visible to other users.
- After the registration process is completed, in the course of using the user profile, the User takes independent and voluntary actions (for example, stating which sports team they support, stating their predictions for the results of future sporting matches), as a result of which "SPORTNI NOVINI" AD will receive information about their preferences and interests in the field of sport, which constitutes personal data within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2016/679. The User gives their consent for this information to be made publicly available in the part of their user profile visible to other users.
- By accepting these Terms and Conditions, the User gives their express consent for "SPORTNI NOVINI" AD, for the purpose of providing the Service, to process their personal data under points 2 – 4 of this Section in all ways permitted by Regulation (EU) 2016/679, including to carry out profiling of the personal data related to their preferences, interests, hobbies, as well as the User's behaviour in the course of using the Service.
- By accepting these Terms and Conditions, the User also gives their express consent to the processing of their personal data that they previously provided to third parties in connection with their registration with other online-based services and platforms (Facebook, Google, Apple, etc.), provided that "SPORTNI NOVINI" AD has lawfully obtained access to this data on the basis of contractual relationships with these third parties.
- By accepting these Terms and Conditions, the User gives their express consent for "SPORTNI NOVINI" AD to assign the processing of their personal data to third parties – data processors under a contract with the Company, for the purpose of providing the Service.
- By accepting these Terms and Conditions, the User gives their express consent for "SPORTNI NOVINI" AD to share personal data with third parties – traders, for the purpose of marketing analyses and research carried out by these traders.
- By accepting these Terms and Conditions, the User gives their express consent for "SPORTNI NOVINI" AD to send them newsletters, information bulletins, advertisements and other electronic messages constituting direct marketing.
V. RULES FOR USING THE SERVICE
- By the fact of registering to use the Service, the User generates their user profile and undertakes to use it in compliance with all relevant provisions of the Terms and Conditions for the use of the site.
- "SPORTNI NOVINI" AD has the right to make part of the information in the User's Profile publicly accessible to the other Users of the Service, namely:
- username;
- sports preferences voluntarily set by the User;
- data generated as a result of the User's participation in games (including the accuracy of predictions of sports results);
- comments, opinions, likes/dislikes of content.
- The User has the right, at any time within their user profile, to track the information related to their previous user behaviour – pages visited, likes given, predicted results, participation in games, etc.
- With the exception of the data expressly listed in point 2 of this Section, the User has the right to determine independently, through their profile settings, which information related to them and their user behaviour is to be public.
- The User has the right to state and change their interests and preferences in the field of sporting events throughout the entire period of use of the Service.
- The User has no right to take any actions related to changing the technical functionalities of the Service.
- The User undertakes not to publish, distribute or share within the Service content that:
- is unlawful, threatening, abusive, discriminatory, racist, xenophobic, violent, pornographic or otherwise contrary to good morals;
- infringes copyright and related rights, trademark rights or other intellectual property rights of third parties;
- constitutes spam, unsolicited commercial communication or contains computer viruses, Trojan horses or other malicious programs;
- contains personal information of third parties without their consent.
- The Company reserves the right, at its discretion, to delete, edit or restrict access to content published by Users that contravenes these Terms and Conditions or applicable legislation, and to block or delete user profiles in the event of systematic violations.
VI. GAMES, CONTESTS AND PROMOTIONS
- By the fact of beginning their participation in a game available within the Service, the User agrees to the Terms of the relevant game publicly announced on the Service platform.
- "SPORTNI NOVINI" AD has no right to change the terms of a game with a previously announced material prize until the end of the previously announced period of the game.
- The winner of a specific game is the User who meets the previously announced Terms of the relevant game.
- If, in the course of their participation in a specific game, a User has stated false data about their identity and/or age, "SPORTNI NOVINI" AD has the right to revoke their prize and not to provide it to them.
- "SPORTNI NOVINI" AD has the right, at its discretion, to disclose publicly the data known to it about the identity of the winner of a specific game with a view to promoting the Service.
- Cash prizes won are paid by bank transfer. Payment is made after the end of the game, within a period announced in advance in its Terms.
- In-kind prizes won are provided to the User who won the game at a place and time announced in advance in the Terms of the game.
- Each User has the right to participate only once in a specific game, unless the Terms of the game expressly state otherwise.
- An advance tax of 10% is withheld from every cash prize in accordance with Article 44a of the Personal Income Tax Act.
- If in-kind prizes are provided by third parties – partners of "SPORTNI NOVINI" AD, the tax relations in connection with the in-kind prize and its value are settled between the User who won the game and the third party that provided the prize.
VII. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
- All the content of the Sportni-news.co.uk site, including, but not limited to – articles, reports, interviews, photographs, video materials, graphics, logos and software code – is protected under the Copyright and Related Rights Act and is the property of "SPORTNI NOVINI" AD, unless expressly stated otherwise.
- Publication of text materials is permitted only after the written consent of "SPORTNI NOVINI" AD, citing the source and adding an active link to the relevant publication on Sportni-news.co.uk.
- The use of graphic and video materials published on the site without the express written consent of "SPORTNI NOVINI" AD is prohibited. Violators are liable in accordance with applicable legislation.
VIII. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
- "SPORTNI NOVINI" AD makes reasonable efforts to keep the site in technical working order and the published information up to date, but does not guarantee uninterrupted and trouble-free access to the Service.
- "SPORTNI NOVINI" AD is not liable for damages resulting from temporary interruptions, technical problems, actions of third parties, force majeure circumstances or unlawful actions of the User.
- "SPORTNI NOVINI" AD is not liable for the content of external sites to which there are links from Sportni-news.co.uk.
IX. CHANGES TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
"SPORTNI NOVINI" AD reserves the right to make changes to these Terms and Conditions at any time, and will publish such changes on the site in good time. For all matters not settled by these Terms and Conditions, the Terms and Conditions for the use of the site of "SPORTNI NOVINI" AD and applicable Bulgarian legislation apply. These Terms and Conditions have been approved by the Board of Directors of "SPORTNI NOVINI" AD and take effect from 29.04.2026.