Privacy Policy

Last updated: 15th August 2023

Privacy Policy for AOEsports Tournament Website

At AOEsports, we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and disclose your information when you use our tournament website.

Information we collect

When you use our tournament website, we may collect the following information:

Personal information: This may include your name, email address, and Discord ID. We collect this information when you sign up for an account on our website and use Discord to handle logins.
Tournament information: We collect information about the tournaments you participate in, including the game you play, the teams you are on, and the results of the tournament.
Usage information: We collect information about how you use our website, including your IP address, browser type, and operating system.
Cookies: We use cookies to collect information about your use of our website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit our website. We use cookies to personalize your experience, remember your preferences, and analyze how our website is used.

How we use your information

We may use your information for the following purposes:

To provide and improve our website: We use your information to operate our website, provide customer support, and improve our services.
To communicate with you: We may use your information to communicate with you about our website and tournaments.
To personalize your experience: We use your information to personalize your experience on our website and remember your preferences.
To comply with legal obligations: We may use your information to comply with legal obligations, such as responding to subpoenas or court orders.

Your Overwatch Profile Screenshots

Your profile screenshots may be sent to Discord's Servers within a private channel only accessible by AOEsports Admins for logging purposes.
They may be used for future tournaments to validate ownership of accounts
Screenshots are marked with the Users' Discord ID, their AOEsports ID, and the signed up Battle.net account name
Your Screenshots are also subject to Discord's Policys and ToS

Discord integration

We use Discord to handle logins to our website. When you use Discord to log in, we collect your Discord ID and any other information you choose to share with us. We do not collect your Discord password or any other sensitive information.

Discord has its own Privacy Policy, which you can read here: https://discord.com/privacy. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of Discord.

Discord Account Scopes

We use the following Discord Account Scopes to provide our services:

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identify
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: We use this to identify you on our website and provide you with a unique ID.
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email
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: We use this to identify you on our website and provide you with a unique ID.
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guilds and guilds.joins
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: We use this to ensure that players of active tournaments are on the respective tournament Discord server, as required by our tournament rulebook
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connections
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: We use this scope to retrieve other Battle.net accounts associated with the player. Any other data is disposed of immediately. You can validate this yourself by sending a
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get
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request to
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/api/discord/self/connections
```

Battle.net integration

In addition to Discord, we also use Battle.net to facilitate tournament management and user logins. When you use Battle.net to log in, we collect your Battle.net ID and any other information you choose to share with us. We do not collect your Battle.net password or any other sensitive information.

Battle.net has its own Privacy Policy, which you can read here. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of Battle.net / Blizzard. The provided link may be incorrect and may not be up to date. It was correct at time of updating this page.

Disclosure of your information

We may disclose your information in the following circumstances:

With your consent: We may share your information with third parties with your consent.
Service providers: We may share your information with third-party service providers who help us operate our website and provide our services.
Legal requirements: We may disclose your information if we believe it is necessary to comply with a legal obligation, such as responding to a subpoena or court order.
Protect our rights: We may disclose your information if we believe it is necessary to protect our rights or property, or the rights or property of others.

Security

We take the security of your personal information seriously and use reasonable measures to protect it. However, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

Your rights and controlling your personal information

Scope of Applicability: The Privacy Act applies to a wide range of entities, including businesses, not-for-profit organizations, and government agencies, that meet the specified criteria.
Access Requests: You have the right to request access to your personal information held by us. We will provide access to this information unless specific exceptions apply.
Verifying Identity: We may request reasonable steps to verify your identity before providing access to your personal information.
Timely Response: We will respond to access requests within 30 days of receiving the request.
Providing Access: If we hold your requested personal information, we will provide access in a reasonable and practicable manner.
Exceptions: There are exceptions outlined in the Privacy Act where access may be restricted to protect safety or the privacy of others.
Requesting Data: If logged in, you may click the button below to retrieve an obfustcated copy of your personal information.
We remove sensitive information for the running of our site, and non-sensitive information as to ensure you get the information you need

Examples of data we do not send are:

Email Verification Codes

OAuth Tokens from Account Providers (ie; Discord)

Team Data

Player Data

Not signed in

Children's Privacy

Analytics

We use analytics services to help us understand how our website is used and to improve its performance. We use Google Analytics and Vercel to collect information about your use of our website. This information may include your IP address, browser type, operating system, the pages you visit, and other usage statistics. This information is used to analyze trends, administer the website, track users' movements around the website, and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole.

Google Analytics and Vercel use cookies to collect this information. You can opt-out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, which can be found at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. You can learn more about Vercel's privacy practices by visiting their website.

Third-Party Usage

We use certain third-party services to enhance our website's functionality and improve your user experience. These services may collect information from you and use cookies to provide their services. We use the following third-party services:

Invisible reCAPTCHA: We use the invisible reCAPTCHA service provided by Google to prevent spam and abuse on our website. This service collects information about your use of our website, including your IP address and other information that may be used to identify you. This information is used to determine whether you are a human user or a bot, and to prevent automated attacks on our website.

By using our website, you agree to the collection and use of your information by these third-party services in accordance with their respective privacy policies.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.