Privacy Policy

1. Information We Collect

Account and profile information: If you choose to sign in with your start.gg account, we receive basic profile information from start.gg (such as your user ID, gamer tag, avatar, and public profile link). We use this only to identify you in the app (for example, on your ads dashboard) and to associate ads you create with your account.

Advertising and transaction information: When you book ads, we store details about the tournaments you promote, the regions and dates you select, your targeting preferences (such as game and featured hero slot), pricing, and Stripe payment status. Stripe processes your payment details directly; we do not store full card numbers.

Automatically collected information: Like most sites, we and our service providers may collect technical data such as your IP address, browser type, device information, approximate location, pages viewed, and interactions with the site. We also use cookies and similar technologies to remember preferences (for example, your region or game selection), keep you logged in, and help us understand how the site is used.

2. How We Use Your Information

To provide, operate, and improve our sites and services.
To power features like event listings, regional views, and personalized ad placements.
To create and manage your ad bookings, including showing your campaigns in the appropriate regions and games.
To process payments and verify successful or failed transactions via Stripe.
To monitor usage, debug issues, and protect against fraud and abuse.
To comply with legal obligations and enforce our terms.

3. Payments

We use Stripe to process payments for advertising and related services. When you complete a purchase, your payment information is sent directly to Stripe and is handled according to Stripe's own privacy practices. We receive and store limited payment-related information, such as a transaction ID, status, and the price you paid, so we can manage your bookings and detect fraud.

4. Cookies and Similar Technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies to keep you signed in, remember your preferences (such as region, game, or layout), measure site performance, and support our advertising and analytics.

Where enabled, we may also use analytics tools (such as Google Analytics or similar services) and ad services (such as Google AdSense or comparable providers). These services may set their own cookies and collect information about your use of the site to provide aggregated statistics and deliver or measure ads.

You can usually control cookies through your browser settings and may opt out of certain personalized ads by visiting industry opt-out pages such as aboutads.infoor, for Google-specific settings, Google Ads Settings.

5. Third-Party Services and Content

We rely on several third-party services to operate the site, including:

start.gg: We integrate with start.gg to let you sign in and to display event and results data. start.gg handles your account and login information in accordance with its own policies.
Stripe: Used for secure payment processing for ads and related services.
Hosting, database, and analytics providers: We may use services such as Firebase, Vercel, and analytics tools to host the site, store data, and understand how people use our products.
Advertising partners: Where enabled, we may work with ad partners (for example Google AdSense or similar networks) to serve and measure ads.

These providers may have access to information only as needed to perform services on our behalf and are not permitted to use it for other purposes under our agreements with them.

6. Data Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to help protect the information we collect. However, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.

7. Data Retention

We keep information for as long as it is reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, including to provide services to you, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. We may retain aggregated or anonymized data that does not identify you.

8. Your Rights and Choices

You can manage cookies through your browser or device settings.
You can disconnect your start.gg session by logging out from within the site.
You may contact us if you have questions about the information we hold about you.
You can opt out of certain analytics and ad cookies as described above.

9. Links to Other Websites

Our site may contain links to external sites, and we are not responsible for their privacy practices.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this policy periodically, and changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us via email smashevents.net@gmail.com