Introduction
Welcome to FlagsBattle ("we," "our," or "us"). We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website flagsbattle.com and use our interactive streaming services.
Information we collect
We collect information in the following ways:
1. Information you provide
- Account registration: Username, email address, and password when you create an account
- YouTube username: When you link your YouTube account
- Contact information: When you reach out to us via email or contact forms
- Voting & rating data: Your country votes and ratings submitted on the platform
- Support board posts: The questions and answers you post on the support board are public, with your username and picture. The team can read the e-mail address of your account to answer you.
2. Information collected automatically
- YouTube Live Chat data: During live streams, we process publicly visible chat messages containing country flag emojis to enable interactive gameplay. This includes YouTube usernames and message content.
- Usage data: Browser type, IP address, pages visited, time spent on pages
- Cookies: We use cookies for session management and analytics, and our advertising partners use cookies to show ads (see Advertising)
- Online counter: While a page is open, it tells our server once a minute that someone is here, with a random number kept in your browser and the page address (and your username if you are signed in). We use it only to count visitors per day; it stores no IP address, and the daily counts are kept for about a year.
How we use your information
- To provide and maintain our interactive streaming service
- To process chat messages for real-time game interactions during live streams
- To manage user accounts and provide customer support
- To handle support or refund requests concerning earlier purchases and discontinued promotions
- To display leaderboards and statistics
- To improve our website and services
- To send important updates about our service (with your consent)
Third-party services
We integrate with the following third-party services:
- YouTube API: For live chat integration and stream data (governed by Google Privacy Policy)
- Google Analytics: For website analytics and usage statistics
- Google AdSense: To show ads on our pages (see Advertising)
Advertising
We use Google AdSense to show ads on flagsbattle.com. Ads help us keep the website and our guides free.
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites.
- Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.
- You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can also opt out of some third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalized advertising at www.aboutads.info.
- If you opt out, you will still see ads, but they will not be based on your interests.
To learn more, read how Google uses information from sites that use its services and how Google uses cookies in advertising.
Data security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal information. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Data retention
We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to provide our services and fulfill the purposes described in this policy. Chat data from live streams is processed in real-time and not permanently stored beyond session requirements.
Your rights
You have the right to:
- Access your personal data
- Correct inaccurate data
- Request deletion of your data
- Withdraw consent at any time
- Request data portability
To exercise these rights, please contact us at contactREMOVE@flagsbattle.com
Children's privacy
Our services are not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe we have collected information from a child, please contact us immediately.
Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date.
Contact us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:
- Email: contactREMOVE@flagsbattle.com
- Website: flagsbattle.com
- YouTube: @flagsbattle