Privacy policy
What we collect, why, and what you can ask of us.
Data collected
Account: email address, hashed password, language, creation and sign-in dates.
Profile: brand name, logo, category, country, description, website address.
Games: scores, game event logs, hashed IP address, declared browser.
Payments: amount, status, provider reference. No banking data passes through Rankathlon or is stored by it.
Purposes
Providing the service: account, game, ranking, directory.
Guaranteeing ranking integrity: game logs allow a score to be recomputed and automated behaviour to be detected.
Handling support requests and accounting obligations.
IP addresses
IP addresses are never stored in the clear. Only a hash is recorded, to limit abuse and deduplicate outbound clicks.
Public data
Public: brand name, logo, category, country, scores and rank. The website address is public only for an activated profile.
Never public: email address, payment data, technical logs, and moderation details.
Retention
Account and profile: until a deletion request.
Game logs: 90 days, except for scores at the top of the rankings or subject to a flag, kept for the duration of the review.
Payments: as required by applicable accounting obligations.
Your rights
Access, rectification, deletion, portability and objection. Requests are made by email from the account address.
Deleting an account may leave anonymised payment records in place, due to accounting obligations.