PlayLocal Service Privacy Policy

0. LEXICON

0.1. “We”, “us”, and “our” mean the PlayLocal student project operators.

0.2. “PlayLocal”, “Service” means the hosted PlayLocal website, application, APIs, and related platform features provided by us.

0.3. “You” and “your” mean the individual user of the Service.

0.4. “PIPEDA” means the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (Canada).

1. EXPERIMENTAL NATURE AND ZERO GUARANTEE OF PRIVACY

1.1. Academic Best-Effort: PlayLocal is a non-commercial student project. We will attempt to respect the principles of PIPEDA and your selected privacy preferences as an academic exercise in software development.

1.2. Zero Guarantee: We make absolute zero guarantees that we will successfully comply with PIPEDA, secure your data, or execute your privacy preferences.

1.3. No Reasonable Expectation of Privacy: The Service is experimental and may contain catastrophic security flaws, exposed databases, and incompetent code. By using the Service, you explicitly acknowledge that you have no reasonable expectation of privacy or data security. You assume the entire risk of data breaches, leaks, and unauthorized disclosures.

2. DATA COLLECTION

We may collect the following categories of information:

2.1. Account Data: Information you provide during registration, which may include identifiers such as email addresses, usernames, and passwords.

2.2. User Content: Any text, images, location data, or materials you upload, transmit, or share through the Service.

2.3. Technical Data: Automatically collected metadata, including IP addresses, browser types, interaction logs, and device identifiers.

3. DATA USE

We use the collected data strictly for the following purposes:

3.1. To operate, test, and attempt to maintain the Service.

3.2. To complete academic coursework, technical audits, and project evaluations.

3.3. To analyze system performance and debug severe code failures.

4. DATA DISCLOSURE AND SHARING

4.1. No Commercial Sale: We do not commercially sell your personal data to third parties.

4.2. Accidental Disclosure: Your data may be unintentionally disclosed, scraped, or leaked to the public internet at any time. We waive all liability for such events.

4.3. Mandatory Legal Disclosure: We will disclose your data if legally compelled by a court of competent jurisdiction or law enforcement agency under Mandatory Law.

5. USER PREFERENCES AND DATA RETENTION

5.1. Attempted Execution: The Service may feature settings to delete your account, hide your profile, or restrict data sharing. If you utilize these features, we will attempt to execute them.

5.2. Failure of Execution: We do not guarantee that deletion requests or privacy toggles actually function. Your data may persist on our servers, in backups, or in system logs indefinitely, even after you request deletion.

5.3. No Data Portability: We have no obligation to export, return, or format your data for you upon request.

6. MODIFICATIONS

6.1. Unilateral Changes: We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time, with or without prior notification to you.

6.2. Acceptance by Continued Use: Your continued use of the Service following any published changes constitutes your unconditional acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.