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Privacy Policy

How Spot Sports collects, uses, stores, and protects information when you browse, personalize, and follow sports content across our web and mobile products.

Last updated: April 23, 2026

Key Takeaways

  • ✓We never sell your personal information to third parties.
  • ✓Deleting your account immediately removes your personal data; encrypted backups are purged within 30 days.
  • ✓You can delete your account at any time from the app, or email us to request access.
  • ✓CCPA and GDPR rights are supported — see Sections 13 and 14.
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Introduction

Spot Sports ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our sports content aggregation platform.

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Information We Collect

Information you provide

  • Account information: email address, username, and profile information
  • Preferences: selected sports, teams, and athletes you follow
  • User content: comments, ratings, and feedback you provide

Information collected automatically

  • Usage data: content you view, search queries, and interaction with features
  • Device information: device type, operating system, and app version
  • Analytics data: app performance metrics and crash reports

In-app engagement data

When you watch videos or listen to podcasts inside Spot Sports, we record in-app engagement such as playback and completion events. We do not access your YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or other third-party account history.

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How We Use Your Information

We use your information to:

  • Provide and personalize the Service
  • Send you relevant sports content recommendations
  • Improve our content curation algorithms
  • Communicate with you about updates and features
  • Analyze usage patterns to enhance the Service
  • Comply with legal obligations
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YouTube API Services

We use public YouTube metadata only — we do not connect to your personal Google or YouTube account.

Our use of YouTube API Services is subject to the YouTube Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy.

We use YouTube Data API with our own API key to retrieve public information about videos and channels. Spot Sports does not ask you to sign in with Google, does not access your personal YouTube account, and does not read your YouTube watch or search history.

The public YouTube data we fetch and store includes:

  • Video metadata, including titles and thumbnails
  • Channel information
  • Public view counts and statistics
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Data Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell your personal information.

We do not sell your personal information. We may share your data:

  • With service providers: third parties that help us operate the Service
  • For legal reasons: when required by law or to protect rights and safety
  • With your consent: when you explicitly agree to sharing
  • In aggregated form: non-identifiable statistics about usage patterns
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Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your information, including:

  • Encryption of data in transit and at rest
  • Access controls and authentication
  • Secure data storage with Supabase

However, no method of transmission or storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

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Your Rights and Choices

You can update your information, delete your account, or opt out of marketing at any time.

You have the right to:

  • Update: correct inaccurate information in your account settings
  • Delete: delete your account and associated personal data from the Delete Account screen in the app
  • Access: email us to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
  • Opt-out: unsubscribe from marketing emails via the unsubscribe link in any marketing message

To exercise these rights, please contact us at privacy@getspotsports.com or use your account settings.

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Data Retention

Personal data is deleted immediately when you delete your account; encrypted backups are purged within 30 days.

We retain your information for as long as necessary to provide the Service and comply with legal obligations. When you delete your account:

  • Your personal data is removed from our production database immediately
  • Encrypted backups that include your data are purged within 30 days
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Children's Privacy

The Service is not intended for children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware of such collection, we will delete the information immediately.

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International Data Transfers

Your information may be transferred to and processed in countries other than your own. We ensure appropriate safeguards are in place for such transfers in compliance with applicable laws.

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Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of material changes by updating the "Last updated" date and, where appropriate, through in-app notifications or email.

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Contact Us

If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us:

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California Privacy Rights

CCPA rights: know what we collect, request deletion, and opt out of sale (which we do not do).

If you are a California resident, you have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), including the right to know what personal information we collect, the right to delete your information, and the right to opt-out of the sale of personal information, which we do not do.

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European Privacy Rights

GDPR rights: object to processing, restrict processing, or lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

If you are in the European Economic Area (EEA), you have additional rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), including the right to object to processing, the right to restrict processing, and the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.