Privacy Policy

  1. Our Privacy Pledge
    Our commitment is to put users first. We strive to be transparent about how we collect and use your information, to keep your information secure and to provide you meaningful choices.
  1. Your Controls
    We believe you should have tools to control your information. You can find controls to manage or review your account information, marketing preferences, location data, and search history at Privacy Controls. Some of our Services provide additional controls and privacy practices.
  1. Information Collection and Use – General
    • Certain categories of information collected by Z-Challenger are necessary to use our Services, such as the information you must provide when registering for some Services. We may collect and combine information when you interact with Verizon Media Services information outlined below:
    • Information You Provide to Us. We may collect the information that you provide to us, such as:
      • When you create an account with a Z-Challenger Service or brand. Z-Challenger may use device IDs, cookies, and other signals, including information obtained from third parties, to associate accounts and/or devices with you.
      • When you use our Services to communicate with others or post, upload or store content (such as comments, photos, voice inputs, videos, emails, messaging services and attachments).
      • Z-Challenger analyzes and stores all communications content, including email content from incoming and outgoing mail. This allows us to deliver, personalize and develop relevant features, content, advertising and Services.
      • When you otherwise use our Services, such as title queries, watch history, page views, search queries, view the content we make available.
      • When you sign up for paid Services, use Services that require your financial information or complete transactions with us or our business partners, we may collect your payment and billing information.
    • Device Information. We collect information from your devices (computers, mobile phones, tablets, etc.), including information about how you interact with our Services and those of our third-party partners and information that allows us to recognize and associate your activity across devices and Services. This information includes device specific identifiers and information such as IP address, cookie information, mobile device and advertising identifiers, browser version, operating system type and version, mobile network information, device settings, and software data. We may recognize your devices to provide you with personalized experiences and advertising across the devices you use.
    • Information from Cookies and Other Technologies.
      • We collect information when you access content, advertising, sites, interactive widgets, applications, and other products (both on and off of our Services) where Verizon Media data collection technologies (such as web beacons, development tools, cookies and other technologies, etc.) are present. These data collection technologies allow us to understand your activity on and off our Services and to collect and store information when you interact with Services we offer to partners.
      • This information also includes the kind of content or ads served, viewed or clicked on; the frequency and duration of your activities; the sites or apps you used before accessing our Services and where you went next; whether you engaged with specific content or ads; and whether you went on to visit an advertiser’s website, downloaded an advertiser’s app, purchased a product or service advertised, or took other actions.
  1. How We Use This Information
    • We are able to deliver, personalize, and improve our Services by combining and using the information we have about you (including information we receive on and off our Services) to understand how you use and interact with our Services and the people or things you’re connected to and interested in. We also may use the information we have about you for the following purposes:
      • Provide, maintain, improve, and develop relevant features, content, and Services.
      • In order that your personal information can be pre-filled in any online application under Z-Challenger to register without having to re-register such information.
      • Fulfill your requests and when authorized by you.
      • Provide regular information, including details of our activities, business and related rewards for you.
      • Provide information for lucky draws, e-sports games or competitions you have participated in.
      • Contact you with information about your account or with marketing messages, which you can also control.
      • Associate your activity across our Services and your different devices as well as associate any accounts you may use across Z-Challenger Services together. We may associate activity and accounts under a single user ID.
      • Carry out or support promotions.
      • Conduct research and support innovation.
      • Create analytics and reports for external parties, including partners, publishers, advertisers, apps, third-parties and the public regarding the use of and trends within our Services and ads, including showing trends to partners regarding general preferences, the effectiveness of ads and information on user experiences. These analytics and reports may include aggregate or pseudonymized information.
      • Provide location-based Services, advertising, search results, and other content consistent with your location settings.
      • Combine information we have about you with information we obtain from business partners or other companies, such as your activities on other sites and apps.
      • Detect and defend against fraudulent, abusive, or unlawful activity.
    • We provide you with controls to manage your experience with us. For example, you can review or edit your account information, manage your marketing preferences, or opt out of targeted ads. If you opt out, you will continue to see ads, but they may not be as relevant or useful to you.
  1. How We Share This Information
    • Z-Challenger shares information within its affiliated brands. We also share information we have about you for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including to provide Services that you have requested (including when you connect with third-party apps and widgets). We do not sell, license or share information that individually identifies our customers with companies, organizations or individuals outside of Z-Challenger unless one of the following circumstances applies:
    • Our Privacy Pledge
      Our commitment is to put users first. We strive to be transparent about how we collect and use your information, to keep your information secure and to provide you meaningful choices.
  1. Your Controls
    We believe you should have tools to control your information. You can find controls to manage or review your account information, marketing preferences, location data, and search history at Privacy Controls. Some of our Services provide additional controls and privacy practices.
  1. Information Collection and Use – General
    • Certain categories of information collected by Z-Challenger are necessary to use our Services, such as the information you must provide when registering for some Services. We may collect and combine information when you interact with Verizon Media Services information outlined below:
    • Information You Provide to Us. We may collect the information that you provide to us, such as:
      • When you create an account with a Z-Challenger Service or brand. Z-Challenger may use device IDs, cookies, and other signals, including information obtained from third parties, to associate accounts and/or devices with you.
      • When you use our Services to communicate with others or post, upload or store content (such as comments, photos, voice inputs, videos, emails, messaging services and attachments).
      • Z-Challenger analyzes and stores all communications content, including email content from incoming and outgoing mail. This allows us to deliver, personalize and develop relevant features, content, advertising and Services.
      • When you otherwise use our Services, such as title queries, watch history, page views, search queries, view the content we make available.
      • When you sign up for paid Services, use Services that require your financial information or complete transactions with us or our business partners, we may collect your payment and billing information.
    • Device Information. We collect information from your devices (computers, mobile phones, tablets, etc.), including information about how you interact with our Services and those of our third-party partners and information that allows us to recognize and associate your activity across devices and Services. This information includes device specific identifiers and information such as IP address, cookie information, mobile device and advertising identifiers, browser version, operating system type and version, mobile network information, device settings, and software data. We may recognize your devices to provide you with personalized experiences and advertising across the devices you use.
    • Information from Cookies and Other Technologies.
      • We collect information when you access content, advertising, sites, interactive widgets, applications, and other products (both on and off of our Services) where Verizon Media data collection technologies (such as web beacons, development tools, cookies and other technologies, etc.) are present. These data collection technologies allow us to understand your activity on and off our Services and to collect and store information when you interact with Services we offer to partners.
      • This information also includes the kind of content or ads served, viewed or clicked on; the frequency and duration of your activities; the sites or apps you used before accessing our Services and where you went next; whether you engaged with specific content or ads; and whether you went on to visit an advertiser’s website, downloaded an advertiser’s app, purchased a product or service advertised, or took other actions.
  1. How We Use This Information
    • We are able to deliver, personalize, and improve our Services by combining and using the information we have about you (including information we receive on and off our Services) to understand how you use and interact with our Services and the people or things you’re connected to and interested in. We also may use the information we have about you for the following purposes:
      • Provide, maintain, improve, and develop relevant features, content, and Services.
      • In order that your personal information can be pre-filled in any online application under Z-Challenger to register without having to re-register such information.
      • Fulfill your requests and when authorized by you.
      • Provide regular information, including details of our activities, business and related rewards for you.
      • Provide information for lucky draws, e-sports games or competitions you have participated in.
      • Contact you with information about your account or with marketing messages, which you can also control.
      • Associate your activity across our Services and your different devices as well as associate any accounts you may use across Z-Challenger Services together. We may associate activity and accounts under a single user ID.
      • Carry out or support promotions.
      • Conduct research and support innovation.
      • Create analytics and reports for external parties, including partners, publishers, advertisers, apps, third-parties and the public regarding the use of and trends within our Services and ads, including showing trends to partners regarding general preferences, the effectiveness of ads and information on user experiences. These analytics and reports may include aggregate or pseudonymized information.
      • Provide location-based Services, advertising, search results, and other content consistent with your location settings.
      • Combine information we have about you with information we obtain from business partners or other companies, such as your activities on other sites and apps.
      • Detect and defend against fraudulent, abusive, or unlawful activity.
    • We provide you with controls to manage your experience with us. For example, you can review or edit your account information, manage your marketing preferences, or opt out of targeted ads. If you opt out, you will continue to see ads, but they may not be as relevant or useful to you.
  1. How We Share This Information
    • Z-Challenger shares information within its affiliated brands. We also share information we have about you for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including to provide Services that you have requested (including when you connect with third-party apps and widgets). We do not sell, license or share information that individually identifies our customers with companies, organizations or individuals outside of Z-Challenger unless one of the following circumstances applies:
      • With Your Consent. We will share information with companies, organizations or individuals outside of Z-Challenger when we have your consent.
      • With Z-Challenger and its affiliates may, to the extent permitted by law and consistent with user controls, share information with Z-Challenger affiliates. This information will be used consistent with Z-Challenger’s privacy policy.
      • Within Z-Challenger. Information may also be shared within Z-Challenger, including with other Z-Challenger Services and affiliates. Z-Challenger affiliates may use the information in a manner consistent with their privacy policies.
      • With Partners. We may share your information with nonaffiliated companies who are:
        • Trusted Partners. We provide user information to trusted partners who work on behalf of or with Z-Challenger based on our directions and in compliance with appropriate confidentiality measures.
        • Advertising, Analytics and Business Partners (Limited to Non-Personally Identifiable Information). We may share aggregated or pseudonymous information (including demographic information) with partners, such as publishers, advertisers, measurement analytics, apps, or other companies. For example, we may tell an advertiser how its ads performed or report how many people installed an app after seeing a promotion. We do not share information that personally identifies you (personally identifiable information is information like name or email address) with these partners, such as publishers, advertisers, measurement analytics, apps, or other companies.
        • When you use third-party apps, websites or other products integrated with our Services, they may collect information about your activities subject to their own terms and privacy policies.
        • We allow other companies that show advertisements on our webpages or apps to collect information from your browsers or devices. Other companies’ use of cookies and other data collection technologies are subject to their own privacy policies, not this one. Like many companies, we may allow cookie matching with select partners. But, these parties are not authorized to access Z-Challenger cookies.
      • For Legal and Other Purposes. We may access, preserve and disclose information to investigate, prevent, or take action in connection with: (i) legal process and legal requests; (ii) enforcement of the Terms; (iii) claims that any content violates the rights of third-parties; (iv) requests for customer service; (v) technical issues; (vi) protecting the rights, property or personal safety of Z-Challenger, its users or the public; (vii) establishing or exercising our legal rights or defending against legal claims; or (viii) as otherwise required by law.
      • New Ownership. If the ownership or control of all or part of Z-Challenger or a specific Services changes as a result of a merger, acquisition or sale of assets, we may transfer your information to the new owner.
  1. Details for Specific Products, Services and Tournament
    Additional privacy practices for certain Z-Challenger Services are included here.
  1. Information Security and Data Retention
    Z-Challenger has technical, administrative and physical safeguards in place to help protect against unauthorized access, use or disclosure of customer information we collect or store.
  1. Protecting Children’s Privacy
    Our Services are for a general audience. We do not knowingly collect, use, or share information that could reasonably be used to identify children under age 13 without prior parental consent or consistent with applicable law.
  1. Changes
    We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, so you should check it periodically. If we make changes that are material we will provide you with appropriate notice before such changes take effect.
  1. Questions & Suggestions
    If you have questions, suggestions, or wish to make a complaint, please complete a feedback form or you can contact us at: [email protected]