Last updated 14 November 2026 (adverts from Google)

Top Bins is a football quiz run as a hobby by one person in the UK. It is built to need as little about you as possible: no names and no sign-up. It shows adverts from Google to pay for itself, and ad or tracking cookies are only used if you say yes (below). This page says exactly what it does keep.

Kept on your device

The game saves your level, stars, stickers, streak and settings (like the league you picked and whether sound is on) in your browser's own storage, along with a random ID the game makes up the first time you play. This stays on your phone or computer and is what lets the game remember you between visits. It is needed for the game to work, so it does not need your consent. Clearing your browser's data for this site wipes it.

Sent when you finish a match

When a match ends, the game sends our server your random ID, the kind of match you played and the answers you scored with. We use this to:

• work out how rare each answer is. Answers are added to a running total per question that is not linked to you.
• make sure each player only counts once per question per day. The record of which questions your ID has answered is deleted after two days.
• see how many people play and come back. We keep the date your ID first played, and how many matches it played each day. Daily counts are deleted after 400 days.

The random ID is not linked to your name, email or device, so on its own it does not tell us who you are.

If you make a save code

A save code lets you load your progress on another device. If you make one, we store your saved game, the club name you typed (if any), the date the code was made, and a scrambled version of the code. We never store the code itself. This is kept until you ask us to delete it.

The leaderboard

If you have a save code, today's fixture goes on the public leaderboard. We store which answer you scored with on each question, the score our server works out from them, and the date. Your club name and score are shown to everyone, so do not use your real name if you would rather stay anonymous. Club names are checked for rude words and may be removed. Leaderboard entries are deleted after 400 days.

Your internet address

To stop spam and abuse, the server counts how many requests come from each internet (IP) address in a short window, and how many answers to each question it has counted from each address today, so one address cannot skew how rare an answer is. These counts are held in memory, for about a minute and until the end of the day respectively, and are not written to our database.

Visitor numbers

We use Cloudflare Web Analytics to count visits. It does not use cookies or follow you across other sites. It records things like which page was visited, the website you came from, your browser type and your country.

X tracking (only if you say yes)

If you arrive from X (Twitter), the game asks whether X can see that you played, so we can tell which of our posts on X work. It is off unless you tap Allow. If you do:

• X's tracking code runs on this site and sets X's cookies. X can link your visit to your X account and use it for its adverts, under X's privacy policy.
• When you finish your first match, our server tells X, sending your internet address, your browser type, your random ID and, if you came from an X advert, the click code X added to the link.
• X may process this outside the UK.

You can change your answer here at any time. Saying no stops it from then on and removes X's cookies from this site.

X tracking is off.

Adverts

The game shows adverts from Google AdSense. Google's script loads on the game's pages and receives things like your internet address, browser type and the page you are on, so it can show and count adverts and stop ad fraud.

• In the UK and EU, Google asks for your choice before using cookies or personal data for adverts. If you say no, you may still see adverts, but they are not based on your interests.
• Google is responsible for what it does with this data, under its rules for partner sites and its own privacy policy.
• You can change your ad choices with the privacy settings link Google adds to the page, or turn off personalised ads at Google's ad settings.

Who handles the data

The site, its database and the visitor counts are run on Cloudflare, which may process data on servers outside the UK under its own data protection terms and safeguards. We do not sell your data or share it with anyone else, apart from Google for adverts (above) and X if you say yes to X tracking.

Why we are allowed to use it

Saving a game you asked to save is part of providing the game to you. Everything else (answer rarity, fair counting, spam limits and play numbers) is in our legitimate interest in running a fair, working game, and uses as little as we can manage. X tracking and personalised adverts are only used with your consent.

Young players

Anyone can play. Nobody is asked for their name, age, email or location, the leaderboard only shows a club name the player chooses, and we do not build a profile of you. Adverts are only personalised, and X tracking only happens, if you say yes.

Your rights

You can ask to see what we hold about you, have it corrected or deleted, or object to us using it. To delete a saved game, email us with your save code. Because the random ID is not linked to you, we can usually only find your play records if you tell us that ID.

Email inquiries@topbinsquiz.app. If you are not happy with our answer, you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk.

Changes

If what we collect changes (for example, if adverts or email sign-in are ever switched on), this page will be updated first, with a new date at the top.