Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)
FIFA-Strasse 20
8044 Zurich
Switzerland
We use Cookies and similar technologies in order to distinguish You from other users. By using Cookies, We are able to provide You with a better experience and to improve the FIFA Digital Platforms by better understanding how You use them. Please read this Cookie Policy carefully and ensure that You understand it. Your acceptance of Our Cookie Policy is deemed to occur if You continue using the FIFA Digital Platforms or when You press the “accept” button on Our Cookie pop-up.
This Cookie Policy has been drafted in English and has been translated into other languages. In the event of any discrepancy between the English and the translated texts, the English text shall prevail and be used to solve doubts of interpretation.
Date of issue of this Cookie Policy: May 2018
What are Cookies?
For any definition used in this Cookie Policy, please refer to Our Terms located at https://www.fifa.com/legal/terms-of-service, Our Privacy Policy https://www.fifa.com/legal/privacy-policy and the following:
“Cookie” means small data files, which are transferred to a computer’s hard disk in order to memorise information like registration IDs and passwords. A Cookie will typically contain the name of the domain from which the Cookie has originated, the “lifetime” of the Cookie and various values. The Cookies are placed on Your computer or device by the FIFA Digital Platforms when You visit certain parts of the FIFA Digital Platforms and/or when You use certain features of the FIFA Digital Platforms;
“Cookie Law” means the relevant parts of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003, EU Regulation 2016/679 General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), the Swiss Telecommunications Act and Ordinance and other applicable laws in this context.
How do the FIFA Digital Platforms use Cookies and web analytic tools?
When You visit the FIFA Digital Platforms, We will use Cookies to collect information. First-Party Cookies are those placed directly by Us and are used only by Us. We have carefully chosen these Cookies and have taken steps to ensure that Your privacy and personal data is protected and respected at all times. Third parties that are presenting advertisements on or within the FIFA Digital Platforms may also set and use Cookies to access Your computer. Please refer specifically to each third-party website and statements of Cookies to understand their procedures for collecting, using and disclosing personal information through their Cookies. All Cookies used by and on the FIFA Digital Platforms are used in accordance with current Cookie Law. We also use Cookies which are strictly necessary. A Cookie falls into this category if it is essential to the operation of the FIFA Digital Platforms, supporting functions such as logging in, Your shopping basket, shipping details and payment transactions.
The FIFA Digital Platforms also use web analytic tools. Web analytic tools refer to a set of tools used to collect and analyse anonymous usage information, enabling Us to better understand how the FIFA Digital Platforms are used. This enables Us to track how You reach and use the FIFA Digital Platforms and to improve the FIFA Digital Platforms and the Services offered through them. The web analytic tools used by the FIFA Digital Platforms also use Cookies to gather the required information.
What Cookies, web analytic tools and social plug-ins do the FIFA Digital Platforms use?
The following first-party Cookies may be placed on Your computer or device:
| Category of Cookie | Purpose & Type |
| Session Cookies | Session Cookies are temporary and only remain on Your computer or device from the point at which You visit a FIFA Digital Platform until You close Your browser. Session Cookies are deleted when You close Your browser. |
| Permanent Cookies | Permanent Cookies are those which remain on Your computer or device for a predetermined period and are activated each time You visit a FIFA Digital Platform. |
| Third-Party Cookies | Third-Party Cookies are not placed by Us; instead, they are placed by third parties that provide services to Us and/or to You. Third-Party Cookies may be used by advertising services to serve up tailored advertising to You on Our Site, or by third parties providing analytics services to Us and for functional purposes. |
| Performance Cookies | Functional Cookies enable Us to provide additional functions to You on the FIFA Digital Platforms such as personalisation and remembering Your saved preferences. Some Functional Cookies may also be strictly necessary Cookies, but not all necessarily fall into that category. |
| Advertising Cookies | Advertising Cookies Advertising Cookies help Us understand when and how often You visit the FIFA Digital Platforms, and which parts of them You have used (including which pages You have visited and which links You have visited). As with Performance Cookies, this information helps Us to better understand You and, in turn, to make the FIFA Digital Platforms and advertising more relevant to Your interests. Some information gathered by targeting Cookies may also be shared with third parties. |
Full list of Cookies used by the FIFA Digital Platforms:
| Name of Cookie | Purpose & Type |
| account.fifa.com | This Cookie is used to store registration & login (sign-up/sign-in/sign-out) information to help us understand which games, competitions or votes You may have participated in, and to provide You with a personalised experience on fifa.com. |
| fifa.com, ar.fifa.com, de.fifa.com, es.fifa.com, fr.fifa.com | This Cookie is used to help Us provide You with a personalised experience on fifa.com or language-specific versions of fifa.com, including for games or competitions You may have participated in. |
| bracketchallenge.fifa.com | This Cookie is used to store information relating to the FIFA World Cup Bracket Challenge game if You have participated in this, and to provide You with a personalised experience of this game. |
| predictor.fifa.com | This Cookie is used to store information relating to the FIFA World Cup MatchPredictor game if You have participated in this, and to provide You with a personalised experience of this game. |
FIFA_007 |
This Cookie is used to store the FIFA World Cup Fantasy/Dream Team game user account, team, and/or Dream Team information if You have participated in this, and to help provide You with a personalised experience of this game. |
| FIFA_RAW | This Cookie is used to store information relating to gameplay for the FIFA World Cup Fantasy/Dream Team games if You have participated in either or both of these, and to provide You with a personalised experience of these games |
| football-technology.fifa.com | This Cookie is used to provide You with a personalised session experience on the football-technology.fifa.com site if You visit or have visited. |
The following Third-Party Cookies and tracking tools may be placed on Your computer or device:
| Name of Cookie | Purpose & Type |
store.fifa.com, eu.store.fifa.com, ru.store.fifa.com, jp.store.fifa.com |
This Cookie is used to provide You with a personalised session experience on region-specific fifa.com retail store sites that You may visit or have visited. |
| hospitality.fifa.com | This Cookie is used to provide You with a personalised session experience on the hospitality.fifa.com site if You visit or have visited. |
| hotels.fifa.com | This Cookie is used to provide You with a personalised session experience on the hotels.fifa.com site if You visit or have visited |
| mascot.fifa.com | This Cookie is used to provide You with a personalised session experience on the mascot.fifa.com FIFA World Cup mascot site if You visit or have visited. |
| grassroots.fifa.com |
This Cookie is used to provide You with a personalised session experience on the grassroots.fifa.com football development site if You visit or have visited. |
| no-doping.fifa.com |
This Cookie is used to provide You with a personalised session experience on the no-doping.fifa.com anti-doping site if You visit or have visited. |
| AssetAction | Adobe Cookie. Identifies where and which content users have engaged with. |
| FIFACom | Also used as a Performance Cookie, to understand how logged-in users are using the FIFA Digital Platforms. |
| app_vi | Adobe Cookie. To identify time of a visit. |
| dslv_fifa | Adobe Cookie. To identify days since last visit. |
| o_ec_persist | Adobe Cookie. Count external campaign clicks to a session. |
| o_ic_persist | Adobe Cookie. Count internal campaign clicks to a session. |
| omniture_optout | Adobe Cookie. Controls the user opt-out of Adobe DTM activity tracking. |
| s_cc | Adobe Cookie. The domain on which the Analytics cookie s_cc and s_sq are set by determining the number of periods in the domain of the page URL. This variable is also used by some plug-ins in determining the correct domain to set the plug-in’s cookie. |
s_fid |
Adobe Cookie. Sets an anonymous visitor id. |
| s_sq | Adobe Cookie. The domain on which the Analytics cookie s_cc and s_sq are set by determining the number of periods in the domain of the page URL. This variable is also used by some plug-ins in determining the correct domain to set the plug-in’s Cookie. |
| s_fid | Adobe Cookie. Sets anonymous visitor ID. |
| s_vi | Adobe Cookie. Sets anonymous visitor ID. |
| QueueITAccepted-SDFrts345E-fifa-fwc2018 | Submitted in each interaction to Our webservers to validate that the user has a valid queue number. |
__RequestVerificationToken_X |
Used to prevent cross-site request forgery attack, where X is an autogenerated key. |
| genTabs | Prevents a user having multiple browser tabs or windows of the site. |
| resCartX | Contains the current shopping cart items that have been reserved. Used to guarantee that after any page refresh done by the user (such as F5), the reserved products are still shown in the shopping cart. X value is the FIFA user ID number. |
| PayResult | Stores payment status (i.e.: in progress, successful, failed) based on payment platform result. Its value is used to apply navigation logic after payment step. |
| "View Content", "Add to Cart", "Add to wishlist" "Purchase" | Insert a Facebook pixel and Google Ads tag in the code of FIFA.com to access information about users cookies, transactions and revenue |
| ANID
s SAPISID .DDMMUl-PROFILE 1P_JAR NID SID CONSENT OGPC APISID SIDCC SSID HSID
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To access aggregated non-personalised information about age and gender for the purpose of campaign analysis and optimization. |
The following analytic tools are used:
| Solution | Provider | Website Links |
| Adobe Analytics | Adobe Systems Software Ireland Limited, 4-6 Riverwalk, Dublin 24, Ireland | |
| Branch.io | Branch Metrics, lnc., 1400B Seaport Boulevard, Redwood City, CA 94063, USA | |
| DoubleClick. | Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA, USA |
https://www.doubleclickbygoogle.com/ https://support.google.com/dfp_premium/answer/2839090?hl=en, https://support.google.com/dfp_premium/topic/7395141?hl=en&ref;_topic=28145 |
| Google Analytics | Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA, USA | https://policies.google.com/?hl=en https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=enhttps://policies.google.com/technologies/product-privacy |
| Brandwatch | Brandwatch, 1st Floor Sovereign House Church Street Brighton BN1 1UJ, United Kingdom |
https://www.brandwatch.com/legal/user-privacy-policy/ |
| Google Tag Manager | Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA, USA | https://policies.google.com/privacyhttps://policies.google.com/technologies/product-privacy |
| Solution | Provider | Website Links |
Facebook Inc., Campus Building, Menlo Park, California, USA |
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| Twitter |
Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900. San Francisco, CA 94103, USA |
https://dev.twitter.com/web/overview/privacy |
| Google+ | Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA, USA |
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en≷=uk https://developers.google.com/+/web/buttons-policy https://policies.google.com/terms?gl=US&hl;=en
https://policies.google.com/technologies/product-privacy |
Before Cookies are placed on Your computer or device, You will be shown a pop-up requesting Your consent to set those Cookies. By giving Your consent to the placing of Cookies, You are enabling Us to provide the best possible experience and service to You. You may, if You wish, deny consent to the placing of Cookies [unless those Cookies are strictly necessary]; however, certain features of the FIFA Digital Platforms may not function fully or as intended, and You may lose any information that enables You to access Our Site more quickly and efficiently including, but not limited to, login and personalisation settings.
In addition to the controls that We provide, You can choose to enable or disable Cookies in Your internet browser. Most internet browsers also enable You to choose whether You wish to disable all Cookies or only Third-Party Cookies. By default, most internet browsers accept Cookies but this can be changed. For further details, please consult the Help menu in Your internet browser or the documentation that came with Your device.
All mainstream browsers provide instructions on how to control Cookies (e.g. Google Chrome: http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en-GB&answer;=95647 Microsoft, Internet Explorer: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/internet-explorer/delete-manage-cookies#ie=ie-10, Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411?viewlocale=en_US&locale;=en_US , https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201265 etc.).
Data Protection
Please refer to https://www.fifa.com/legal/privacy-policy.
Changes to this Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy may be amended from time to time. If We amend this Cookie Policy, any changes will be immediately posted on the FIFA Website and You will be deemed to have accepted the terms of the Cookie Policy on Your first use of the FIFA Digital Platforms following the alterations. We shall place an updated version on this page of the FIFA Website. The FIFA Website and/or the FIFA App may also provide notices of changes to this Cookie Policy or other matters by displaying notices or links to notices to You generally on or within the FIFA Digital Platforms.
Contact
If you have any questions about the FIFA Digital Platforms or this Cookie Policy, please contact us by email at dataprotection@fifa.org or by post to Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), FIFA-Strasse 20, 8044 Zurich, Switzerland.
Precedence
In the event that the provisions of this Cookie Policy conflict with the provisions of a Third-Party Cookie Policy on the FIFA Digital Platforms, the provisions of this Cookie Policy shall prevail.
Jurisdiction and Applicable Law
This Cookie Policy and all matters arising out of or related to this Cookie Policy shall be governed by the substantive laws of Switzerland, without regard to conflicts of laws and principles thereof.
Any controversy, claim or dispute between You and FIFA arising out of or relating to this Cookie Policy shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent Courts of the City of Zurich 1 (if the prerequisites are met then the Commercial Court of the Canton of Zurich), and each party hereby irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction and venue of such Court.