This Privacy Policy explains how BidPlayer collects, uses, stores and shares personal information when you use the BidPlayer website, services and related features.
By using BidPlayer, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
Depending on how you use BidPlayer, we may collect the following information.
This may include:
We may collect information about:
Tournament organisers may require players to upload a screenshot or other proof of payment for tournament registration.
These files are used to help the organiser verify the registration payment.
Unless specifically stated otherwise, registration payments are made directly to the tournament organiser. BidPlayer does not process or hold those payments.
We may use your mobile or WhatsApp number to send OTPs or other authentication messages required to sign in to or secure your BidPlayer account.
We may collect limited technical information necessary to operate and protect BidPlayer, such as:
We do not use this information to track you across unrelated websites for advertising purposes.
We may use your information to:
We aim to collect and use personal information only where reasonably necessary for the relevant BidPlayer feature or service.
BidPlayer and tournament organisers may create player cards, squad posters, auction-result posters, tournament posters and similar tournament-related creatives.
These may include information such as:
These creatives may be:
When tournament-related content is shared publicly, it may be visible to people who do not have a BidPlayer account.
Once a player card, poster or other creative has been downloaded or shared on social media, messaging platforms or other external services, it may be copied, forwarded, reposted or stored by other people. BidPlayer may not be able to control or remove copies that have already been shared outside the BidPlayer platform.
Some BidPlayer features allow tournament and auction information to be made publicly available without requiring users to sign in.
Where a tournament organiser enables supported public-viewing features, publicly visible information may include:
Tournament organisers control whether supported public auction viewing features are enabled for their tournament.
Information made public through these features may be viewed and shared by people outside BidPlayer.
BidPlayer uses reasonable technical and organisational measures intended to protect personal information against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, loss or misuse.
Images and uploaded files, including:
may be stored using Amazon Web Services (AWS) services such as Amazon S3.
Account, tournament, team and auction information is stored in secured databases and infrastructure used to operate BidPlayer.
No internet-based system can guarantee absolute security. However, we take reasonable measures designed to protect the information entrusted to us.
Personal information may be made available to tournament organisers, authorised delegates and club representatives where reasonably necessary to operate a tournament.
For example:
The information available to each person may vary according to their role and permissions.
Where public tournament or auction viewing is enabled, certain tournament, player, club, squad or auction information may be visible to anyone who accesses the relevant public page.
When player cards, posters or tournament creatives are shared outside BidPlayer, information included in those materials may be processed according to the privacy policies of the receiving platform, such as WhatsApp, Instagram or Facebook.
We may use trusted service providers to help operate BidPlayer, including providers of:
These providers may process information where necessary to provide their services to BidPlayer.
We may disclose information where required by applicable law, regulation, court order or lawful government request, or where reasonably necessary to protect BidPlayer, its users or others from fraud, abuse or security threats.
BidPlayer does not sell your personal information.
BidPlayer may use WhatsApp or other messaging services to deliver OTPs and account-related communications.
Your mobile or WhatsApp number may therefore be processed by the relevant messaging provider for the purpose of delivering these communications.
BidPlayer will not use OTP messages for unrelated promotional advertising unless you have separately agreed to receive such communications.
BidPlayer uses cookies or similar session technologies where necessary to:
We do not use essential session cookies to track your activity across unrelated websites for advertising purposes.
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including:
Some tournament information may remain available after a tournament has ended so that organisers and participants can access historical tournament, squad or auction information.
Information that is no longer required may be deleted, anonymised or otherwise handled in accordance with BidPlayer's data-retention practices and applicable law.
Content that has already been downloaded or shared outside BidPlayer, including player cards and social-media posts, may continue to exist outside our systems even after the original information is removed from BidPlayer.
Depending on applicable law and the nature of your request, you may be able to:
Some information may need to be retained where required by law or where reasonably necessary for purposes such as security, dispute resolution, fraud prevention or maintaining legitimate tournament records.
Removing information from BidPlayer does not necessarily remove copies that have already been downloaded, shared, forwarded or published by tournament organisers or other users on external platforms.
To make a privacy or account-related request, contact BidPlayer using the details in the Contact Us section below.
Some tournaments managed through BidPlayer may include players who are under the age of 18.
Where personal information relating to a child is collected or processed, additional consent or verification requirements may apply under applicable law.
Tournament organisers are responsible for ensuring that any permissions or consents required for junior participants are obtained before submitting or publishing their personal information through BidPlayer.
Where required, BidPlayer may introduce additional age-verification, parental-consent or similar safeguards.
Tournament organisers should take particular care before publicly sharing player cards, photos, posters or other information relating to junior players.
BidPlayer may contain links to or allow content to be shared through third-party websites, payment services, messaging services or social-media platforms.
Examples may include:
These third-party services operate independently and have their own privacy policies and practices.
BidPlayer is not responsible for how independent third-party services collect, use or retain information after you interact with them.
Tournament organisers use BidPlayer to collect and manage information relating to their tournaments.
Organisers are responsible for using information available through BidPlayer appropriately and only for legitimate tournament-related purposes.
Questions concerning a particular registration, payment verification, tournament poster or tournament-specific use of information may also be raised directly with the relevant tournament organiser.
Requests relating to your overall BidPlayer account should be directed to BidPlayer support.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in:
When we update this policy, we will revise the Last updated date at the top of this page.
Where appropriate, we may provide additional notice of significant changes through BidPlayer.
If you have questions, concerns or requests relating to this Privacy Policy or your personal information, contact:
BidPlayer
Website: bidplayer.in
Email: info@bidplayer.in
For questions relating specifically to a tournament, you may also contact the relevant tournament organiser.