This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use, and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights. This Privacy Policy has been created with the help of the TermsFeed Privacy Policy Generator.
We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:
Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.
Business, for the purpose of the CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act), refers to the Company as the legal entity that collects Consumers' personal information and determines the purposes and means of the processing of Consumers' personal information, or on behalf of which such information is collected and that alone, or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of consumers' personal information, that does business in the State of California.
Company (referred to as either "the Company",
"We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to
chessify.me website.
For the purpose of the GDPR, the Company is the Data Controller.
Consumer, for the purpose of the CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act), means a natural person who is a California resident. A resident, as defined in the law, includes (1) every individual who is in the USA for other than a temporary or transitory purpose, and (2) every individual who is domiciled in the USA who is outside the USA for a temporary or transitory purpose.
Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
Data Controller, for the purposes of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), refers to the Company as the legal person which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data.
Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.
Do Not Track (DNT) is a concept that has been promoted by US regulatory authorities, in particular the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), for the Internet industry to develop and implement a mechanism for allowing internet users to control the tracking of their online activities across websites.
Personal Data is any information that relates to an
identified or identifiable individual.
For the purposes for GDPR, Personal Data means any information
relating to You such as a name, an identification number,
location data, online identifier or to one or more factors
specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic,
cultural or social identity.
For the purposes of the CCPA, Personal Data means any information
that identifies, relates to, describes or is capable of being
associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or
indirectly, with You.
Sale, for the purpose of the CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act), means selling, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating orally, in writing, or by electronic or other means, a Consumer's personal information to another business or a third party for monetary or other valuable consideration.
Service refers to the Website.
Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used. For the purpose of the GDPR, Service Providers are considered Data Processors.
Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
Website refers to chessify.me, accessible from https://chessify.me.
You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company,
or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using
the Service, as applicable.
Under GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), You can be referred to as the Data
Subject or as the User as you are the individual using the Service.
While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:
Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.
Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet
Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version,
the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit,
the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our
Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.
We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service. The technologies We use may include:
Cookies can be "Persistent" or "Session" Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal
computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You
close Your web browser.
We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:
The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:
We may share Your personal information in the following situations:
The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the
purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal
Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if
we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes,
and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is
generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen
the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to
retain this data for longer time periods.
Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices
and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It
means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located
outside of Your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data
protection laws may differ from those from Your jurisdiction.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents
Your agreement to that transfer.
The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely
and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place
to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security
of Your data and other personal information.
If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.
Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).
The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.
The Service Providers We use may have access to Your Personal Data. These third-party vendors collect, store, use, process and transfer information about Your activity on Our Service in accordance with their Privacy Policies.
We may use third-party Service providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.
We may use Your Personal Data to contact You with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials, and other information that may be of interest to You. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from Us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email We send.
We may provide paid products and/or services within the Service. In that case,
we may use third-party services for payment processing (e.g. payment processors).
We will not store or collect Your payment card details. That information is provided
directly to Our third-party payment processor,
Stripe
, whose use of Your personal
information is governed by their
Privacy Policy.
Stripe adheres to the standards set
by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort
of brands like Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements
help ensure the secure handling of payment information.
We may process Personal Data under the following conditions:
In any case, the Company will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.
The Company undertakes to respect the confidentiality of Your Personal Data
and to guarantee You can exercise Your rights.
You have the right under this Privacy Policy, and by law, if You are within the EU, to:
You may exercise Your rights of access, rectification, cancellation, and opposition
by contacting Us. Please note that we may ask You to verify Your identity before
responding to such requests. If You make a request, We will try our best to respond
to You as soon as possible.
You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about Our collection
and use of Your Personal Data. For more information, if You are in the European
Economic Area (EEA), please contact Your local data protection authority in the EEA.
This privacy notice section for California residents supplements the information contained in Our Privacy Policy and it applies solely to all visitors, users, and others who reside in the State of California.
We collect information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, is
capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly,
with a particular Consumer or Device. The following is a list of categories of personal
information which we may collect or may have been collected from California residents
within the last twelve (12) months.
Please note that the categories and examples provided in the list below are those defined
in the CCPA. This does not mean that all examples of that category of personal information
were in fact collected by Us, but reflects our good faith belief to the best of our
knowledge that some of that information from the applicable category may be and may have
been collected. For example, certain categories of personal information would only be
collected if You provided such personal information directly to Us.
Under CCPA, personal information does not include:
We obtain the categories of personal information listed above from the following categories of sources:
We may use or disclose personal information We collect for "business purposes" or "commercial purposes" (as defined under the CCPA), which may include the following examples:
Please note that the examples provided above are illustrative and not intended to
be exhaustive. For more details on how we use this information, please refer to the
"Use of Your Personal Data" section.
If We decide to collect additional categories of personal information or use the personal
information We collected for materially different, unrelated, or incompatible purposes We
will update this Privacy Policy.
We may use or disclose and may have used or disclosed in the last twelve (12) months the following categories of personal information for business or commercial purposes:
Please note that the categories listed above are those defined in the CCPA. This does
not mean that all examples of that category of personal information were in fact disclosed,
but reflects our good faith belief to the best of our knowledge that some of that information
from the applicable category may be and may have been disclosed.
When We disclose personal information for a business purpose or a commercial purpose,
We enter a contract that describes the purpose and requires the recipient to both keep
that personal information confidential and not use it for any purpose except performing
the contract.
As defined in the CCPA, "sell" and "sale" mean selling, renting, releasing, disclosing,
disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating orally, in writing,
or by electronic or other means, a consumer's personal information by the business to a third
party for valuable consideration. This means that We may have received some kind of benefit
in return for sharing personal information, but not necessarily a monetary benefit.
Please note that the categories listed below are those defined in the CCPA. This does not
mean that all examples of that category of personal information were in fact sold, but reflects
our good faith belief to the best of our knowledge that some of that information from the
applicable category may be and may have been shared for value in return.
We may sell and may have sold in the last twelve (12) months the following categories of
personal information:
We may share Your personal information identified in the above categories with the following categories of third parties:
DecodeChess is a business partner of Chessify. They provide text explanations for
the Stockfish engine analysis. Chessify users can purchase and access DecodeChess'
service through an add-on feature on our website.
When a user purchases the DecodeChess add-on on our website, their user ID will be
shared with our partner DecodeChess. This sharing of user IDs is necessary to provide
users with the full range of features and benefits offered through the DecodeChess add-on.
By purchasing this add-on, users are giving their consent to this data sharing.
It is important to note that the user ID shared with DecodeChess is the only personal
information that will be shared. No other personal information, such as name or email
address, will be shared with DecodeChess or any other third party.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from minors under the age of 16
through our Service, although certain third-party websites that we link to may
do so. These third-party websites have their own terms of use and privacy policies
and we encourage parents and legal guardians to monitor their children's Internet
usage and instruct their children to never provide information on other websites
without their permission.
If You have reason to believe that a child under the age of 13 (or 16) has provided
Us with personal information, please contact Us with sufficient detail to enable Us
to delete that information.
The CCPA provides California residents with specific rights regarding their personal information. If You are a resident of California, You have the following rights:
In order to exercise any of Your rights under the CCPA, and if You are a California resident, You can contact Us:
Only You, or a person registered with the California Secretary of State that You authorize to act on Your behalf, may make a verifiable request related to Your personal information.
Your request to Us must:
We cannot respond to Your request or provide You with the required information if we cannot:
We will disclose and deliver the required information free of charge within 45 days
of receiving Your verifiable request. The time period to provide the required
information may be extended once by an additional 45 days when reasonably necessary
and with prior notice.
Any disclosures We provide will only cover the 12-month period preceding the verifiable
request's receipt.
For data portability requests, We will select a format to provide Your personal information
that is readily useable and should allow You to transmit the information from one entity to
another entity without hindrance.
You have the right to opt out of the sale of Your personal information. Once We receive and confirm a verifiable consumer request from You, we will stop selling Your personal information. To exercise Your right to opt out, please contact Us.
Our Service does not respond to Do Not Track signals.
Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.
Under California Civil Code Section 1798 (California's Shine the Light law), California residents with an established business relationship with us can request information once a year about sharing their Personal Data with third parties for the third parties direct marketing purposes.
California Business and Professions Code section 22581 allows California residents under the age of 18 who are registered users of online sites, services or applications to request and obtain the removal of content or information they have publicly posted.
To request the removal of such data, and if You are a California resident, You can contact Us using the contact information provided below, and include the email address associated with Your account.
Be aware that Your request does not guarantee the complete or comprehensive removal of content or information posted online and that the law may not permit or require removal in certain circumstances.
Our Service 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.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites or services.
We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us: