Privacy Policy

Hello, and welcome to our Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy helps you to make informed decisions about your relationship with us, so please read it carefully. We hope you’re sitting comfortably and getting ready for some great tunes. Here we go…

1 Introduction

This is our Privacy Policy. Before getting into the details, we’d like to highlight some of the key principles behind it. These principles are important to us because we know they’re important to you.

The Privacy Policy is here to do three things:

  1. Explain the way we use information that you share with us in order to build a great product and give you a great experience with it;
  2. Ensure that you understand what information we collect with your permission, and what we do — and do not do — with it;
  3. Hold us accountable for protecting your rights and your privacy under this policy.

All the information we collect is related to providing the Sponsio services and its features.

Broadly speaking, there are two categories of information we collect: 1) information that we must have in order for you to use Sponsio; and 2) information that we can use to provide additional features and improved experiences if you choose to share that information.

The first category includes:

  • Registration information, including your name, phone number, email address, birth date, address, and other information you provide.  Some information is needed in order to verify your identity and some information is needed to insure you meet legal requirements as set out in our Terms of Use.
  • Broad, non-specific location, which we derive from your IP address is again to insure you meet the requirements to use our application in the state in which you reside.
  • Technical and sensor information necessary to operate the app.  This includes the type of browser and device you use.

The second category includes:

  • Information that enables us to offer you additional features. We never receive any of the following information unless you expressly choose to share it with us. It’s as simple as that. Here are some examples:
  • Your specific location: We will never gather or use your specific device location without first getting your explicit permission.
  • Your photos: We will only access images that you specifically choose, and we will never scan or import your photo library or camera roll. This allows you to choose individual pictures to change your profile picture or create cover art for a playlist. You can stop sharing photos and revoke access at any time.
  • Your contacts: We will never scan or import your contacts unless you ask us to. If you choose to do so, we will only use your contact information to help you find friends or contacts.
  • Your microphone: We will never access or use your microphone unless you give us explicit permission.

The distinction between these two categories is important. Information in the first category is information you must provide in order to use Sponsio. When you agree to our Privacy Policy, you give us the right to collect this information and use it for the purposes described. Information in the second category is information we will only collect if you explicitly give us permission to do so in the future.

For this second category of information, we will ask for your permission before first accessing it, we will describe how we will use it if you give us permission, we will only use the information for the purpose we described, and you will always have the ability to change your mind and revoke that permission. Acceptance of our Privacy Policy does not mean you have granted us permission to access or use information in the second category; we’re just explaining to you that  we might ask you for that permission in order to provide you a better experience.  In all cases you will be able to continue to use our product if you decide not to grant us access to information in the second category.

We will be clear with you about how and when we might share information.

In some contexts, we will share certain information. For example, like most services, if you sign up for SponsioGames through a third party like Facebook or a mobile provider, we share some information with them and they share some information with us in order to enable and verify your account.

We hope this helps you to understand our privacy commitments to you. Now, the details await you below, but please remember that this Introduction is part of the Privacy Policy itself — it’s our promise to you. If you ever have any questions or concerns, then please let us know at  info@fantasyrules.com

Throughout this Privacy Policy we refer to the Sponsio Service or the Service. These terms are defined in our  Terms and Condition of Use   (the “Terms and Conditions of Use”).

2 Key highlights of what you’re consenting to

By using or interacting with the Service, you are consenting to:

  1. the use of cookies and other technologies;
  2. the collection, use, sharing, and other processing of your information, including for advertising-related purposes and the public availability of your information and the controls over such information.
  3. In each case, you consent to the processing of data by the entities described in this Privacy Policy, indicated at the bottom of this document (collectively, “Sponsio”, “we”, “us”, “our”). If you don’t agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, then please don’t use the Service.

3 The information we collect

We may collect and store the following information—

3.1 Registration data

When you sign up for the Service, we may ask you for information such as your username, password, email address, date of birth, mobile number, address, postal code, and country.   If you connect to the Service using credentials from a Third Party Application (as defined in the Terms and Conditions of Use) (e.g., Facebook), you authorize us to collect your authentication information, such as your username and encrypted access credentials. We may also collect other information available on or through your Third Party Application account, including, for example, your name, profile picture, country, hometown, email address, date of birth.  You may also choose to voluntarily add other information to your profile, such as your picture and the name for your teams and leagues.

3.2 Usage, log data & cookies

When you use or interact with the Service, we may use a variety of technologies that collect information about how the Service is accessed and used. This information may include:

  1. such as interactions with other players;
  2. the details of the contest you send or accept and the date and time of your request;
  3. User Content (as defined in the Terms and Conditions of Use) you post to the Service including messages you send and/or receive via the Service;
  4. technical data, which may include URL information, cookie data, your IP address, the types of devices you are using to access or connect to the Service, unique device ID, device attributes, network connection type (e.g., WiFi, 4G, LTE) and provider, network and device performance, browser type, language, information enabling digital rights management, operating system, and SponsioGames application version.
  5. motion-generated or orientation-generated mobile sensor data (e.g., accelerometer or gyroscope).

You may in the future integrate your  account with Third Party Applications. If you do, we may receive similar information related to your interactions with the Service on the Third Party Application, as well as information about your publicly available activity on the Third Party Application.

3.3 Your mobile device

We may provide features that rely on the use of additional information on your mobile device or require access to certain services on your mobile device that will enhance your  experience but are not required to use the Service. (In other words, information that falls in the second category described in the Introduction to this Policy.) For example, we allow you to upload photos to your profile, connect with friends, or let you use voice commands to interact with the application or we allow you to access other apps on your phone for the purpose of communicating with those entities. Granting us access does not mean you are granting us unlimited access to that information or that we will access specific information without your permission.

In particular:

  • Photos: We will not access your photos without first getting your explicit permission and we will never scan or import your photo library. If you give us permission to access photos on your mobile device or PC. We will only use images that you specifically choose to share with us. (You may use our application to select the photo or photos you choose to share, but we will never import the photos you review except those you explicitly share.).
  • Location: We will not gather or use the specific location of your mobile device (by using, for example, GPS or Bluetooth) without first getting your explicit permission. And if you choose to share location information but later change your mind, you will always have the ability to stop sharing. Please note that this does not include IP address. We will continue to use your IP address to determine, for example, what country you are in and comply with our licensing agreements.
  • Voice: We will not access your microphone without first getting your explicit permission. You will always have the ability to disable microphone access.
  • Contacts: We will not scan or import your contacts stored on your phone. We will only use the contact information to help you find friends in your social networking apps to send them an invite or  who are current users of Sponsio, and we will not use contact information for any other purpose. Local law may require that you seek the consent of your contacts to provide their personal information to Sponsio, which may use that information for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy.

3.5 Payment data

If you register (as defined in the Terms and Condition of Use and add funds to your account to  send or receive contest or make other purchases through the Service, your credit or debit card information (such as card type and expiration date) and other financial data that we need to process your payment may be collected and stored by only payment processors  (PayPal)  with which we work. We may also collect some limited information, such as your postal code, mobile number, and details of your transaction history, all of which are necessary to provide the Service. In addition, the payment processors generally provide us with some limited information related to you, such as a unique token that enables you to make additional purchases using the information they’ve stored, and your card’s type, expiration date, and certain digits of your card number.

BY ACCEPTING THE PRIVACY POLICY, YOU EXPRESSLY AUTHORISE SPONSIO GAMES TO USE AND SHARE WITH OTHER COMPANIES IN ORDER TO ACCESS INFORMATION TO USE OUR APPLICATION.  YOU NEVER HAVE TO AGREE TO USE THIRD PARTIES SUCH AS FACEBOOK TO ACCESS OR REGISTER TO USE OUR APP.

3.6 Sweepstakes, contests & surveys

From time to time, we may offer you the opportunity to participate in promotions such as sweepstakes, contests, offers, and/or surveys (“Special Promotions”) through the Service. A Special Promotion may be governed by a privacy policy and/or terms and conditions that are additional to, or separate from, this Privacy Policy.  If you participate in a Special Promotion, we may ask you for certain information in addition to what is stated in this Privacy Policy, including personal information. That additional information may be combined with other account information and may be used and shared as described in this Privacy Policy.

4 How we use the information we collect

Consistent with the permissions you give us to collect the information, we may use the information we collect, including your personal information:

  1. to provide, personalize, and improve your experience with the Service and products, services,
  2. to ensure technical functionality of the Service, develop new products and services, and analyze your use of the Service, including your interaction with applications, advertising, products, and services that are made available, linked to, or offered through the Service;
  3. to communicate with you for Service-related or research purposes including via emails, notifications, SMS text messages, or other messages, which you agree to receive;
  4. to communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, for purposes via emails, notifications, or other messages, consistent with any permissions you may have communicated to us; we will inform you of the controls on account settings where you can opt out from receiving certain messages;
  5. to process your payment or prevent or detect fraud;
  6. to provide you with features, information, advertising, or other content which is influenced by your location and your location in relation to other users; and
  7. as otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy.

5 Sharing information

This section describes how the information collected or generated through your use of the SponsioGames service may be shared by you or by us.

5.1 Generally

The SponsioGames Service is a social service that offers you to interact with other sponsio teams based on the statistical performance of your teams and a team owner. Your username, profile picture, who you follow, who follows you, and your  user profile will always be publicly available to those you invite or accept their invitation to send and receive contest with.

5.2 Third Party Applications

You understand and agree that a Third Party Application’s use of information collected from you (or as authorised by you) is governed by the Third Party Application’s privacy policies and your settings on the relevant service, and Sponsio use of such information is governed by this Privacy Policy and your SponsioGames account settings.

6 Your preferences

We provide you with settings to allow you to choose which communications you receive from us and information you share and receive from other FansRule Players. Also keep in mind that  information you provide in  your profile may include personal information, such as username, team name which could enable other persons to find you within the FansRule Service or other services.

7 Security

We are committed to protecting our users’ information. Your password protects your user account, so you should use a unique and strong password, limit access to your computer and browser, and log out after having used the SponsioGames Service. While we take data protection precautions, no security measures are completely secure, and we do not guarantee the security of user information.

8 Legal Age Requirements

The Sponsio Service is not directed to players under the age of 21. (In some states, stricter age limits may apply. If you are under the Age Limit of 21 or the limit set by a particular state , do not use the Service and do not provide any personal information to us.  You will be ask multiple times during the registration process to consent your age and your residency.   When you add credit information to add funds you again will be asked and we will check to insure you meet the requirements we set for each state.  This age and identity requirements may change from time to time so we may need to verify your information from time to time.  If we find out you re not of age or have not been truthful,  any funds you deposited less any winnings will be returned.

9 Changes to the Privacy Policy

Occasionally we may, in our discretion, make changes to the Agreements. When we make material changes to the Agreements, we’ll provide you with prominent notice as appropriate under the circumstances, e.g., by displaying a prominent notice within the Service or by sending you an email. In some cases, we will notify you in advance, and your continued use of the Service after the changes have been made will constitute your acceptance of the changes. Please therefore make sure you read any such notice carefully. If you do not wish to continue using the Service under the new version of the Agreements, you may terminate the Agreements by contacting us or closing your account on-line.

10 Information about cookies, other technologies and third-party data collection

This section describes use of cookies and other technologies.

10.1 What are cookies and other technologies?

A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your computer, mobile phone, or other device when you visit a website. The cookie will help website providers to recognize your device the next time you visit their website. There are other similar technologies such as pixel tags (transparent graphic images placed on a web page or in an email, which indicate that a page or email has been viewed), web bugs (similar to pixel tags), and web storage, which are used in desktop software or mobile devices.

There are also technologies such as mobile device identifiers and SDK integrations to help companies recognize your device when you return to an app or otherwise use the a service.

10.2 How we use cookies and other technologies

We use both session cookies (which expire once you close your web browser) and persistent cookies (which stay on your device for a set period of time or until you delete them). We use the following types of cookies for the purposes explained in this chart:

Cookie Type Purpose
Essential Operational These cookies are necessary to allow us to operate the  Service as you have requested. For example, they let us recognize your device type and then provide you with services accordingly.
Performance / Analytics We use these cookies to analyze how the  Service is accessed, is used, or is performing. We use this information to maintain, operate, and continually improve the SponsioGames Service. We may also obtain information from our email newsletters, including whether you opened or forwarded a newsletter or clicked on any of its content. This information tells us about our newsletters’ effectiveness and helps us ensure that we’re delivering information that you find interesting.
Functional These cookies let us operate certain functions of the  Service in line with the choices you make. These cookies mean that when you continue to use or come back to the SponsioGames Service, we can provide you with our services as you have asked for them to be provided.

10.3 Manage your cookie and other preferences

Many web browsers allow you to manage your preferences. You can set your browser to refuse cookies or delete certain cookies. You may be able to manage other technologies in the same way that you manage cookies using your browser’s preferences.

Please note that if you choose to block cookies, doing so may impair  Service or prevent certain elements of it from functioning.

An available tool is the Network Advertising Initiative’s (NAI) Opt-Out Tool at networkadvertising.org/choices. This allows you to opt out from the use of information about your online activities for online behavioral advertising by NAI member companies.

On your mobile device, you may also have a “Limit Ad Tracking” setting (on iOS devices) or a setting to “Opt out of Interest-Based Ads” (on Android) which allows you to limit the use of information about your use of apps for purposes of serving ads targeted to your interests.

We currently do not work with advertising partners to serve advertisements via the  Service.

ServiceYou hereby consent to the use of the cookies and other technologies described above.

10.4 More information

For more information about the use of cookies and how to block them, visit allaboutcookies.org, or aboutads.info/choices (United States). If you have any questions or comments about our use of cookies, please contact us info@FantasyRules.com.

Thank you for reading our Privacy Policy.