Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

ChessAI ("we," "us," or "our") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our website and services (the "Platform"). Please read this policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect on the Platform includes:

• Personal Data: Personally identifiable information, such as your player name and email address, which you voluntarily give to us when you register for a tournament or use the contact form.
• Game Data: We collect and store all moves from games played on the Platform for purposes of calculating ratings, displaying game histories, and for cheat-detection analysis.
• Derivative Data: Information our servers automatically collect when you access the Platform, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, and access times.

3. How We Use Your Information

Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the Platform to:

• Administer tournaments, including processing registrations and distributing prizes.
• Maintain your player account and game history.
• Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve your experience with the Platform.
• Prevent fraudulent transactions, monitor against theft, and protect against criminal activity, including cheating.
• Respond to your comments and questions and provide customer service.
• Send you a confirmation email for your tournament registration.

4. Disclosure of Your Information

We do not share, sell, rent, or trade your personal information with third parties for their commercial purposes.

We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations:

• By Law or to Protect Rights: If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law.
• Third-Party Service Providers: We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including payment processing and data analysis. (Note: Since we are emulating this, this clause is for realism).

5. Security of Your Information

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.

6. Your Rights

You have the right to request access to the personal data we hold about you, to request that we correct any inaccurate data, or to request that we delete your data. To make such a request, please use the contact form on our Contacts page .