Privacy Policy

1. Information We Collect

We may collect information you provide directly, including:

• Email address
• Username and display name
• Password in securely hashed form
• Profile picture and biography
• Contest entries, predictions, confidence selections, comments, and submission times
• Account balance and transaction history
• Cryptocurrency wallet addresses and withdrawal information
• Communications sent through our support or contact systems

We may also collect information automatically, including:

• IP address
• Browser and device information
• Pages visited and actions performed
• Login, session, and security information
• Referring pages
• Cookies and similar technologies
• Error logs and diagnostic information

2. Public Information

Certain information may be visible to other users or the public, including your username, display name, profile picture, biography, comments, contest activity, leaderboard position, scores, and other information you choose to make public.

3. How We Use Information

We may use collected information to:

• Create and manage user accounts
• Authenticate users and maintain sessions
• Operate contests and record submissions
• Calculate scores, rankings, and rewards
• Process withdrawal requests
• Maintain account balances and transaction records
• Prevent fraud, abuse, unauthorized access, and manipulation
• Enforce site rules and agreements
• Respond to support requests
• Diagnose errors and improve site performance
• Display advertising
• Comply with legal obligations
• Protect PredictClash, its users, and others

4. Disclosure of Information

PredictClash does not sell personal information for monetary compensation. Information may be shared with advertising providers, including Google, as described below. Where applicable law considers targeted advertising a “sale” or “sharing,” users may exercise their applicable opt-out rights.

Except as described in this Privacy Policy, PredictClash will not intentionally disclose information that directly identifies you to an unrelated third party for that party’s independent use without first obtaining your consent.

Information may be disclosed without separate prior approval when reasonably necessary to:

• Operate, host, secure, maintain, or improve PredictClash
• Work with service providers acting on our behalf
• Deliver email or other account communications
• Provide advertising, analytics, fraud prevention, or security services
• Process cryptocurrency withdrawals or other requested transactions
• Investigate fraud, abuse, security incidents, or violations of our rules
• Comply with a subpoena, court order, law, regulation, or governmental request
• Protect the rights, property, or safety of PredictClash, its users, or others
• Complete a merger, sale, transfer, reorganization, or other change involving the service

Service providers are given only the information reasonably necessary to perform their functions.

5. Google AdSense and Advertising

PredictClash may use Google AdSense and other advertising services.

Google and other third-party vendors may place and read cookies on your browser or use web beacons, IP addresses, and similar technologies to collect information as a result of advertisements being displayed on PredictClash.

These technologies may be used to:

• Display and measure advertisements
• Limit how often an advertisement appears
• Detect invalid activity and advertising fraud
• Provide personalized or non-personalized advertising where permitted
• Understand interactions with advertisements

Google’s use of advertising cookies may allow Google and its partners to serve advertisements based on visits to PredictClash or other websites.

Learn how Google uses information from sites that use its services:

How Google uses information from partner sites

You may manage personalized advertising through Google’s advertising settings:

Manage Google advertising preferences

Browser settings may also allow you to block or delete cookies. Blocking cookies may affect certain PredictClash features.

Where legally required, PredictClash will request consent before using nonessential advertising or tracking technologies.

6. Cryptocurrency Withdrawals

If you request a cryptocurrency withdrawal, we may collect and retain your wallet address, withdrawal amount, transaction identifier, and related processing records.

Cryptocurrency transactions are recorded on public blockchains. Blockchain records may permanently display wallet addresses, transaction amounts, transaction identifiers, and other transaction information. PredictClash cannot alter or delete information recorded on a public blockchain.

7. Cookies and Sessions

PredictClash may use essential cookies to:

• Keep users signed in
• Maintain sessions
• Protect forms and accounts
• Prevent unauthorized activity
• Remember necessary preferences

Advertising and analytics providers may use additional cookies or similar technologies as described in this Privacy Policy.

8. Data Retention

We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to operate PredictClash, maintain accurate contest and transaction records, resolve disputes, prevent fraud, enforce agreements, and comply with legal obligations.

Some information may remain in backups, security logs, financial records, public contest records, or blockchain records after an account is closed.

9. Data Security

PredictClash uses reasonable administrative and technical measures intended to protect personal information. However, no website, database, network, or transmission method can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

10. Your Choices and Requests

You may request access to, correction of, or deletion of certain personal information through the PredictClash Contact page.

Requests may be denied or limited when retaining information is reasonably necessary to:

• Maintain contest integrity
• Preserve transaction or withdrawal records
• Prevent fraud or abuse
• Resolve disputes
• Enforce agreements
• Protect legal rights
• Comply with applicable law

Before completing a request, PredictClash may require reasonable identity verification.

11. Children’s Privacy

PredictClash is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that such information has been collected, we may delete the information and associated account.

12. External Services and Links

PredictClash may contain links to third-party websites, blockchain explorers, advertisers, or other external services. PredictClash does not control the privacy practices of those services. Their own policies govern information they collect.

13. Changes to This Policy

PredictClash may update this Privacy Policy when its services, practices, or legal obligations change. The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.

Continued use of PredictClash after an updated policy becomes effective constitutes acknowledgment of the revised policy where permitted by law.

14. Contact

Questions or requests concerning this Privacy Policy may be submitted through the PredictClash Contact page.