PVPIT.GG - PRIVACY POLICY

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1. This Privacy Policy explains how KEYBONES 99 LTD ("the Company", "We", "Us", "Our"), the operator of PVPIT.gg ("the Platform"), handles Your personal data when You use our Services.

1.2. PVPIT.gg is an esport tournament platform for Counter-Strike. Core features are free to use. An optional Store allows purchases. We collect the minimal data necessary to operate the Platform, organise Tournaments, process purchases, and ensure fair play.

1.3. By using the Platform, You acknowledge that You have read this Privacy Policy.

2. WHAT WE COLLECT

When You create an account:

Your Steam ID, Steam username, and Steam profile picture, provided automatically through Steam OpenID authentication. We may also collect Your email address if You provide one.

When You play Tournaments:

Match results, in-game statistics (kills, deaths, assists, and other performance data), Tournament participation history, recordings of Your gameplay where a match is observed or broadcast, XP, account level, Coin and Ticket balances, rankings, and leaderboard positions.

When You make purchases:

Your purchase and order history, Coin transactions, the cryptocurrency transaction identifiers and public wallet addresses used to pay, and Your Steam trade URL for the delivery of items. Payments are processed by third-party payment processors. If You purchase physical goods, Your name and delivery address. Where identity verification is required, the documents and information You provide for that purpose.

When You use the Platform:

IP address, approximate location derived from Your IP address, browser and device information, pages visited, and timestamps. This is collected automatically through standard server logs.

When You report or get reported:

Game demo files, replay data, match logs, and the content of reports submitted by Users. This data is used exclusively for anti-cheat enforcement and dispute resolution.

When You contact us:

The content of Your messages and any attachments.

When You apply to a beta or early access programme:

Your Discord username, region, age bracket, the answers You give in the application form (such as Your competitive level, the platforms You play on, Your availability and whether You create content), and the date You accepted the applicable programme terms. Your email address, which is how we contact You about the programme, and Your choice to receive news about the launch of the Platform. The email address and age bracket are only accessible to our staff and are never displayed on the Platform.

3. WHY WE COLLECT IT

We use Your data to operate the Platform and organise Tournaments, display match results, leaderboards, and rankings, broadcast and promote tournaments, process purchases and deliver items, prevent fraud and comply with our legal obligations, detect and enforce against cheating, enforce age and geographic restrictions, respond to support requests, improve the Platform, and comply with applicable laws.

If You apply to a beta or early access programme, we use Your application data to select participants, contact You about the programme by email, run it and fix errors. If You opt in, we use Your email address to send You news about the launch of the Platform; You can withdraw this consent at any time by using the unsubscribe link in any such email or by contacting us, and we will stop.

Where required by law, we rely on the performance of our contract with You, our legitimate interests (such as platform integrity and fraud prevention), Your consent (for launch news by email), and our legal obligations as the bases for this processing.

We do not use Your data for automated profiling or targeted advertising.

4. WHO SEES YOUR DATA

Other Users. Your Steam username, profile picture, match results, statistics, and rankings are publicly visible on the Platform. This is inherent to how a competitive tournament platform works.

Broadcasts. Matches may be broadcast, live or with a delay, on the Platform and on our official channels (such as Twitch, YouTube and social media), and excerpts may be reused to promote the Platform. A broadcast shows Your Steam username, profile picture, gameplay, results and any in-game communication captured by the game. The Terms of Service describe the licence You grant us and how to ask not to be featured.

Service Providers. We use third-party services for hosting, analytics, security, identity verification, payment processing, and the delivery of items (including shipping partners for physical goods). They process data on our behalf or as independent controllers for their own compliance obligations, and are bound by appropriate contractual safeguards.

Partner platforms (single sign-on). If you choose to link your account to a partner platform through our single sign-on feature, your Steam identity and session information are shared with that platform to create and maintain your session there. This happens only after you confirm the link ("Continue as") on your first visit. You can unlink your accounts at any time in your settings.

Authorities. We may share data with law enforcement or regulators if required by law or if we reasonably believe it is necessary to prevent harm.

We do not sell Your data. We do not share it with advertisers.

5. HOW LONG WE KEEP IT

Account data is kept for the duration of Your account plus 2 years after closure. Tournament and match data is kept for 3 years for historical records and leaderboards. Anti-cheat data is kept for 1 year. Server logs are kept for 12 months. Support messages are kept for 2 years after resolution. Purchase, transaction and identity verification records are kept for 5 years, or longer where required by law. Beta or early access application data is deleted 3 months after the end of the programme, except an email address You gave us with Your consent to receive launch news, which is kept until You withdraw that consent.

After these periods, data is deleted or anonymised.

6. HOW WE PROTECT IT

We implement reasonable security measures to protect Your data, including encryption, access controls, and secure infrastructure. No system is perfectly secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute protection.

You are responsible for keeping Your account credentials secure.

7. YOUR RIGHTS

Depending on where You are located, You may have the right to access, correct, or delete Your personal data, to object to or restrict how we process it, and to receive a copy of it. Contact us at [email protected] and we will respond within a reasonable timeframe. You may also have the right to lodge a complaint with Your local data protection authority.

Please note that some data (match results, leaderboard rankings) is publicly visible as part of the Tournament experience, and that purchase and transaction records may be retained where we are legally required to keep them, even after an account deletion request. Deleting Your account will remove Your data where technically and legally feasible.

8. CHILDREN

The Platform is available to Users aged 13 and over. The Store and all purchases are restricted to Users aged 18 and over. We do not knowingly collect data from children under 13, and we do not knowingly process purchase data from anyone under 18. If we discover such data has been collected, we will delete it and may close the account.

9. THIRD-PARTY LINKS

The Platform may contain links to other websites, including sponsor and partner platforms. We are not responsible for their privacy practices.

10. CHANGES

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page. Your continued use of the Platform after changes constitutes acceptance.

11. CONTACT

For any questions about Your data, contact us at:

Email: [email protected]

Company: KEYBONES 99 LTD

Address: Prodromou 75, Oneworld Parkview House, Floor 4, 2063 Nicosia, Cyprus

This Privacy Policy forms part of the PVPIT Terms of Service.