Circled Game Privacy Policy
Table of Contents
1. Who Operates Circled Game
Circled Game is operated by the legal entity operating the Circled Game platform [REQUIRES BUSINESS CONFIRMATION]. This policy governs all public pages, tools, and sports features provided across circledgame.com.
2. Information Users Provide
We collect information you directly provide when registering for an account, entering Pick'em pools, submitting support inquiries, or managing your profile preferences.
3. Information Collected Automatically
When you visit Circled Game, our servers automatically log standard network metadata, including request timestamps, referring URLs, browser user agents, and IP addresses for security and performance auditing.
4. Account and Profile Data
If you create an account, we store your display name, email address, password hash, and favorite team/league selections to customize your sports experience.
5. Game, Pick, Bracket, Square and Pool Activity
We record your submitted predictions, bracket entries, square selections, and pool membership timestamps to calculate standings and verify contest integrity.
6. Community Posts and Messages
Public messages and reactions submitted in matchup chat rooms or pool chat boards are stored to display within the respective discussion threads.
7. Device and Browser Information
We collect hardware model, operating system version, viewport dimensions, and preferred language to optimize responsive page layouts.
8. Cookies and Similar Technologies
We use local storage and cookies to maintain authenticated sessions and remember your Cookie Settings preferences. You can configure nonessential categories anytime via our Cookie Settings preference center.
9. Analytics
We process aggregated traffic metrics to evaluate page load speeds and feature popularity without identifying individual users.
10. Advertising
If sponsored banners or advertisements are served on Circled Game [REQUIRES BUSINESS CONFIRMATION], advertising partners may process nonessential cookies only when permitted by your consent settings.
11. Social Media Integrations
Embedded public social media feeds and single sign-on providers (such as Google OAuth) operate under their respective privacy policies when initiated by the user.
12. Sports-Data Providers
Third-party sports data feeds provide schedules, box scores, and statistics. We do not transmit personal subscriber information to statistical feed providers.
13. Reasons Information is Used
Information is used solely to operate the platform, score Pick'em pools, maintain platform security, prevent abuse, and communicate service updates.
14. When Information is Disclosed
We do not sell personal data. We disclose data only to essential cloud hosting processors or when legally mandated by valid legal process.
15. Data Retention
Account data is retained while your account remains active. Historical pick records are stored to maintain seasonal leaderboards.
16. Account Deletion
Users may request complete account and profile erasure by contacting our privacy team or utilizing account settings controls.
17. User Privacy Choices
You may update or revoke nonessential cookie consents at any time by selecting the Cookie Settings button located in our global footer.
18. Applicable Regional Privacy Rights
Depending on your jurisdiction (such as California CCPA/CPRA or GDPR compliance areas [REQUIRES BUSINESS CONFIRMATION]), you may exercise rights to access, correct, or delete personal data.
19. Children's Privacy
Circled Game is not directed to children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly solicit or collect personal information from individuals under 13.
20. Security Practices
We implement HTTPS transport encryption, password hashing, CSRF protection, and server hardening to protect user data against unauthorized access.
21. International Visitors
If you access Circled Game from outside the United States, your information is processed on servers located in the United States under standard data protection protocols.
22. External Links
Our pages may link to external news sources or team websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of external third-party domains.
23. Policy Updates
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. Notice of material updates will be indicated by revising the Last Updated date at the top of this page.
24. Contact Information
To submit a privacy inquiry or data rights request, please contact our team via the Contact Page.