Privacy Policy
This covers how Sports Sim Battles handles your info. It’s for transparency, not personal legal advice.
1. Who we are
Sports Sim Battles (“SSB,” “we,” “us”) is a multiplayer sports simulation strategy game. You can play in the browser today at play.SportsSimBattles.com; native iOS and Android builds are planned. One account is meant to follow you across web and future native clients. Marketing pages here are mostly static. Share links (/vs/*, /u/*) pull a little public card data from the game API for previews.
Privacy questions and requests: Support@SportsSimBattles.com.
2. Information we collect
- Account & identity. Firebase Authentication identifiers; email if you sign in with email or Google; display name and @handle you choose; account settings synced to our servers (ceremony intensity, SFX mute preference, light/dark appearance, notify opt-ins, profile privacy knobs, and similar prefs).
- Gameplay data. Rosters and draft state, queue/battle participation, results, ratings and stats, friends/challenges, cosmetics and SSB+ entitlements when applicable, play-by-play replay artifacts for The Tape Room, optional AI Autopsy / feedback outputs when you use those features, inbox/status records we use for realtime product features, and related server logs needed to run the game.
- Guest preview (unsigned). If you try an exhibition draft before creating an account (Snake or Wheel; Cap is not offered in the guest funnel), we store an opaque guest identifier, your exhibition roster picks, and a preview grade/podium result. Guest Wheel claim tokens expire at the next daily product reset (04:00 America/New_York). Guest Snake table results are short-lived and are not kept as a long-lived claim after the results flow. No email is collected until you sign up. You must affirm you are 13+ when creating an account.
- Guest ads (optional). On guest draft pages only, if you choose Allow ads, Google AdSense may process technical data needed to serve non-personalized display ads (for example approximate location/language, page context, and signals used for frequency capping, fraud prevention, and aggregated reporting — not interest-based targeting from your browsing history). If you choose No thanks, we do not load those ad tags. We also store your Allow/No thanks choice in local device storage.
- Device & session. Device or install identifiers used for session leases and abuse prevention; App Check / integrity signals where enabled; IP and standard request metadata in server logs.
- Notifications. If you opt in, push tokens (FCM) and/or email for transactional alerts (e.g. match found, result ready).
- Payments. If you subscribe to SSB+, Stripe processes payment details. We receive subscription and entitlement status, not your full card number.
- Support. Whatever you send to Support@SportsSimBattles.com.
3. How we use information
- Provide, secure, and improve the game and home site
- Matchmaking, simulation orchestration, replays, and anti-abuse
- Account sync across devices (settings and profile are server-backed)
- Send opt-in transactional notifications you enable
- Process SSB+ entitlements, access features (e.g. AI Autopsy), and billing events
- Comply with law and enforce Terms of Service
- Show optional non-personalized ads on guest draft pages when you Allow ads (see Cookies)
We do not sell your personal information. We do not run third-party advertising on this home / marketing site, and we do not show ads in signed-in play (free accounts or SSB+). Guest draft pages on the play site may show Google AdSense non-personalized ads only after you choose Allow ads.
6. Retention
We keep account and gameplay records while your account is active and as needed for security, dispute resolution, legal obligations, and backups. Guest exhibition data is retained only for the short windows described above. You may request deletion via Support@SportsSimBattles.com; some records may remain in backups or where we must retain them.
7. Your choices
- Update profile and privacy knobs in the game Settings
- Turn off push/email notify prefs in Settings
- Sign out everywhere from Settings
- On guest draft pages: choose Allow ads or No thanks before any ad tags load. No thanks means we do not show the guest ad unit. Signed-in play never shows those ads. We do not yet offer an in-Settings control to change a prior guest choice; clearing this site’s local storage for play (or using a fresh browser profile) resets the prompt
- Contact us to access, correct, or delete account data where applicable under U.S. state privacy laws (self-serve account deletion in-product may be added later)
8. Children
SSB is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. Guest drafts may be tried before an age affirmation; those pages are not directed at children, and any guest ads are non-personalized and shown only after Allow ads. You must affirm you are 13+ when creating an account. If you believe we have information from a child under 13, contact us and we will take appropriate steps.
9. International users
Servers and processors may be located in the United States. If you access SSB from elsewhere, you understand your information may be processed in the U.S.
10. Changes
We may update this policy. We will post the new “Last updated” date here. Continued use after changes means you accept the updated policy.
11. Contact
Sports Sim Battles
North Carolina, United States
Support@SportsSimBattles.com