Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains how RunLine Lab — operating through the domain mlb Online Betting — handles personal data when you visit the site. The policy is written in line with the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. It applies to all visitors to the site, regardless of where they are reading from.
RunLine Lab is the controller of any personal data processed through the site for the purposes set out below. The site does not offer accounts, betting products, financial services or any form of customer transaction; the data we process is limited to what is needed to operate an editorial website responsibly.
Effective date
This Privacy Policy is effective from 10 June 2026. We may revise the policy from time to time. Where a revision materially affects how personal data is processed, the updated policy will be published at this URL with a refreshed effective date. We encourage readers to review this page periodically.
What personal data we process
The site processes a deliberately narrow set of personal data. The categories are described below in the order in which most visitors will encounter them.
The first category is technical access data. When your browser requests a page on mlb Online Betting, our hosting infrastructure logs the request. The log entry typically includes your IP address, the request timestamp, the URL requested, the HTTP status returned, your browser’s user-agent string and the referring page if any. This data is logged for the security, debugging and operational purposes set out below.
The second category is analytics data. If a privacy-respecting analytics tool is in use on the site, it may record aggregated information about page visits, including the page viewed, the approximate session duration, the country of access derived from the IP address, and the broad device category. Where analytics is enabled, it is configured to avoid storing identifying information about individual visitors wherever practical.
The third category is cookie-based data. Details of which cookies are set, the purpose of each cookie, the duration of storage and how to refuse them are in the separate Cookie Policy at the canonical link in the footer.
The fourth category is correspondence data. If you contact the editorial team using the address published on mlb Online Betting, we will hold the contents of your message, your reply address and any information you choose to include for as long as is needed to respond and to retain a record of the correspondence.
The site does not ask for, store, or process any payment data, betting-account credentials, health information, or financial-account information. The site is not a sportsbook and has no operational reason to handle such data.
Why we process this data
Each category of data is processed for a defined purpose. The technical access logs allow us to operate the site reliably, to investigate security incidents such as denial-of-service attempts or credential-stuffing attacks, and to debug pages that fail to render correctly. Analytics data, where collected, is used to understand which articles are read and which navigation paths fail, so that the editorial team can improve the site’s structure. Cookie-based data is used for the specific purposes listed in the Cookie Policy. Correspondence data is used to reply to your message and, where the correspondence relates to a correction or an editorial query, to update the relevant article.
We do not sell, rent, or trade personal data to any third party. We do not use the data described above for targeted advertising, audience profiling for marketing, or any form of behavioural advertising. The site does not operate an affiliate dashboard that records identifiable user activity.
Lawful basis for processing
For technical access logs and core analytics, our lawful basis under Article 6(1)(f) UK GDPR is legitimate interests — specifically, the legitimate interest of operating a secure and functioning editorial website. We have assessed this interest against the privacy expectations of an ordinary visitor and consider it proportionate.
For optional cookies that fall outside the strict-necessity exception, including any analytics cookies, our lawful basis is your consent under Article 6(1)(a) UK GDPR. Consent is requested through the cookie notice on first visit and can be withdrawn at any time as described in the Cookie Policy.
For correspondence, our lawful basis is legitimate interests where you have written to us about an editorial matter, and consent where you have written to us asking to receive a reply or further information.
Retention periods
Personal data is held only for as long as it is needed for the purpose for which it was collected. Technical access logs are retained for a short period sufficient for security investigation and operational debugging, typically no longer than ninety days, after which entries are deleted or anonymised. Analytics data, where collected, is retained for no longer than is needed to identify medium-term trends in site usage, typically up to fourteen months. Correspondence is retained for as long as the matter is open and for a reasonable period after closure in case of follow-up.
Where data is required to be retained for longer for legal, regulatory or accounting reasons, the retention period reflects that requirement and is reviewed regularly.
Recipients of personal data
Personal data processed through the site is handled by the editorial team and, where applicable, by the contracted technical suppliers that operate the hosting, content delivery, and analytics infrastructure. These suppliers are processors acting under written agreements that require them to handle personal data in line with UK GDPR.
We do not disclose personal data to advertising networks, data brokers, or any commercial third party for marketing or profiling purposes. We will disclose personal data only where we are required to do so by a court order, a regulator with jurisdiction, or another legally binding instrument, and we will challenge requests that we consider disproportionate.
International transfers
Some of the technical suppliers that operate hosting and content delivery may store or process data in jurisdictions outside the United Kingdom. Where transfers outside the UK occur, they are governed by the safeguards required under UK GDPR, including the UK International Data Transfer Agreement or adequacy decisions where one is in force for the destination country.
Your rights
You have a number of rights over the personal data we hold about you. These include the right to be informed about how your data is used, which is the purpose of this policy. You have the right of access — to ask whether we hold personal data about you and to receive a copy. You have the right to rectification of inaccurate data. You have the right to erasure where the data is no longer needed for the purpose for which it was collected and no other lawful basis applies. You have the right to restrict processing in defined circumstances, the right to data portability where the lawful basis is consent or contract, and the right to object to processing carried out on the basis of legitimate interests.
Where processing is based on consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before the withdrawal.
To exercise any of these rights, contact the editorial team through the address listed on mlb Online Betting. We will respond within one calendar month of receiving a valid request. If we need to extend that period for a complex request, we will tell you why and confirm the new timeline within the original month.
Complaints
If you believe that the site has handled your personal data in a way that does not comply with UK data-protection law, you have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office, which is the UK supervisory authority for data protection. The Information Commissioner’s Office publishes its current contact details and complaint procedures on its official website. We would ordinarily ask you to raise the matter with us first so that we can try to resolve it, but you are not required to do so before complaining to the regulator.
Children
RunLine Lab is intended for an adult audience of UK residents who are eighteen years of age or older. Gambling is restricted to adults in the United Kingdom and the site’s coverage assumes adult readership throughout. We do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone we believe to be under eighteen. If we become aware that we have inadvertently received personal data from a child, we will delete it promptly.
Security
We apply technical and organisational measures to keep personal data secure against unauthorised access, accidental loss, alteration or disclosure. These measures include encrypted transport (HTTPS) for all access to the site, restricted administrative access, and supplier contracts that require equivalent safeguards. No system is perfectly secure, and we encourage readers to use up-to-date browser software and strong unique passwords for any account they hold elsewhere.
Changes to this policy
This Privacy Policy is reviewed periodically and updated as needed to reflect changes in the law, in our use of personal data, or in the technical operation of the site. Material changes will be reflected in a refreshed effective date at the top of this page. The current version is dated 10 June 2026 and is available through mlb Online Betting.