Last updated: October 2nd, 2024
This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit browntulstar.com (the 'Site').
When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically collected information as “Device Information”.
We collect Device Information using the following technologies:
When we talk about “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, we are talking both about Device Information.
We use the Device Information that we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimize our Site (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the Site, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns).
We share your Personal Information with third parties to help us use your Personal Information, as described above. For example, we use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site -- you can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful requests for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.
Please note that we do not alter our Site’s data collection and use practices when we see a Do Not Track signal from your browser.
By using the Site you acknowledge that the Site may use the Discord API services and, as such, the user agrees to be bound by the Discord terms of service which can found in the following link: https://discord.com/terms. By using those services you also acknowledge and agree to the connected use of the Discord Privacy Policy which can be found through the following link: https://discord.com/privacy.
When you log in through the Site via Discord, we will maintain your Discord information for our records unless and until the online session ends, which is no longer than 24 hours, and/or 30 minutes after your last interaction with our site, and/or we have no legitimate purpose to keep it. If you are participating in #BrownieVAL, please see the section below regarding Discord information being retained: Data Retention via Cloudinary.
By using the Site you acknowledge that the Site may use the YouTube API services and, as such, the user agrees to be bound by the YouTube terms of service which can found in the following link: https://www.youtube.com/t/terms. By using those services you also acknowledge and agree to the connected use of the Google Privacy Policy which can be found through the following link: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy.
By using the Site you acknowledge that the Site may use the Twitch API services and, as such, the user agrees to be bound by the Twitch terms of service which can found in the following link: https://www.twitch.tv/p/en/legal/terms-of-service/. By using those services you also acknowledge and agree to the connected use of the Twitch Privacy Policy which can be found through the following link: https://www.twitch.tv/p/en/legal/privacy-notice/.
When you log in through the Site via Twitch, we will maintain your Twitch information for our records unless and until the online session ends, which is no longer than 24 hours, and/or 30 minutes after your last interaction with our site, and/or we have no legitimate purpose to keep it.
By using the Site you acknowledge that the Site may use the X, formerly known as Twitter, API services and, as such, the user agrees to be bound by the X terms of service which can found in the following link: https://twitter.com/en/tos. By using those services you also acknowledge and agree to the connected use of the X Privacy Policy which can be found through the following link: https://twitter.com/en/privacy.
By using the Site you acknowledge that the Site may use the Cloudinary API services and, as such, the user agrees to be bound by the Cloudinary terms of service which can found in the following link: https://cloudinary.com/tou. By using those services you also acknowledge and agree to the connected use of the Cloudinary Privacy Policy which can be found through the following link: https://cloudinary.com/privacy.
When you log in through the Site and upload a clip via Cloudinary, we will log your Discord information, including connections to other platforms like X, for our records on our servers and Cloudinary's cloud servers. Your uploaded data will be retained for up to 60 days for #BrownieVAL tournament-related uploads, and 30 days in most other cases, and/or we have no legitimate purpose to keep it, in which afterwards it will be deleted from Cloudinary's cloud servers.
For BrownieVAL players, by playing in a BrownieVAL tournament or event, you acknowledge and consent to the recording of your voice, image (represented as an avatar), and actions for the purpose of live stream content, the resulting VOD content, and Code of Conduct moderation. The recordings shall be captured and saved on Google and Cloudinary services and may be published on Twitch, YouTube, or similar platforms. For more information, please visit https://browntulstar.com/r/brownievalconduct or visit the rulebook for the event that you are playing in.
We may update this privacy policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons.
For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e-mail at browntulstar@browntulstar.com.