Privacy Policy

Last Updated: April 01, 2025.

Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how Betting Tips (the “App”) collects, uses, stores, and protects your personal data when you use our service. We are committed to complying with applicable privacy laws, including the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Please read this policy carefully to understand our practices regarding your information.

1. Data Controller and Contact Information

The data controller responsible for your personal data in connection with the App is the individual owner of the Betting Tips app:

  • Owner: Yuliya Yukhnevich, an individual located in Cyprus (European Union).
  • Contact Email: support@bettingtips.app

If you have any questions or requests regarding your personal data or this Privacy Policy, you can contact us at the email address above. We do not have a designated Data Protection Officer (DPO) because our scale of data processing does not require one, but the owner listed above handles any privacy-related inquiries.

2. Personal Data We Collect

We aim to collect only the data that is necessary to provide and improve the App’s services. The types of personal data we may collect include:

  • Data You Provide to Us: In general, the App does not require you to create an account or directly submit personal information to use the core features. However, if you choose to contact us for support, feedback, or inquiries, we will collect the information you provide (for example, your name and email address, and the content of your communication). We will use this data only to communicate with you and resolve your inquiry.
  • Device and Usage Data: When you use the App, we automatically collect certain technical information about your device and how you interact with the App. This may include:
    • Device information (such as device model, operating system version, unique device identifiers, and device language).
    • Usage data (such as the features you use, the screens or pages you view within the App, the time and duration of usage, and other interaction information).
    • Log information (such as IP address, timestamps of usage, and any error logs or crash reports).
  • Push Notification Tokens: If you enable push notifications, the App will generate a device token (a unique identifier) to send push notifications to your device. This token is stored on our server or with our notification service provider. The token by itself does not contain personal information beyond identifying your device for messaging purposes.
  • Location Data: The Betting Tips app does not request or collect precise GPS location data. However, we might infer a general location (e.g., country or city) from your IP address for purposes like setting the appropriate language or region-specific content. This inferred location is typically not precise and is only used as needed for providing the service.

We do not collect any special categories of personal data (such as sensitive information about health, political opinions, etc.) nor any information about your race or ethnicity, religious beliefs, or biometric data. We also do not knowingly collect personal data from third parties about you.

3. How We Use Your Data and Legal Bases for Processing

We use the collected data for the following purposes, under the legal bases permitted by GDPR:

  • To Provide and Maintain the Service: We process device and usage data to deliver the App’s functionality to you and to ensure it works correctly on your device. For example, we may use certain device information to adapt the content layout to your screen size, or use log data to troubleshoot and fix errors.
    Legal basis: Performance of a contract (to provide you the service you have requested by using the App) and/or our legitimate interest in providing a functional and efficient service.
  • To Send Push Notifications (with Consent): If you opt in to receive push notifications, we will use the push notification token and possibly certain App usage context (e.g., your favorite team or subscribed matches, if such features exist) to send you notifications about match tips, updates, or other relevant information. You will only receive push notifications if you have given consent through your device (by allowing notifications).
    Legal basis: Consent. If you no longer wish to receive these notifications, you can withdraw your consent at any time by disabling notifications in your device settings or within the App.
  • To Improve and Develop the App: We analyze usage data, error logs, and feedback to understand how users interact with our App and where we can make improvements. This helps us fix bugs, optimize user experience, and develop new features. Wherever possible, we use aggregated or anonymized data for analytics.
    Legal basis: Legitimate interests. We have a legitimate interest in analyzing our App’s performance and usage to improve our service. We ensure that this interest does not override your rights by using mostly non-identifiable or aggregated data for this purpose.
  • To Communicate with You: If you contact us via email or another method, we will use your contact information to respond to you, answer your questions, or provide support.
    Legal basis: Legitimate interests (to respond to user inquiries and maintain good customer relationships) or consent (since you initiated contact and expect a reply).
  • To Ensure Legal Compliance and Prevent Misuse: We may process personal data (like IP addresses or activity logs) to monitor for fraudulent or malicious activities and to enforce our Terms of Service. This helps keep the App safe for all users. Additionally, we might need to process and retain certain information to comply with legal obligations (for example, responding to lawful requests by authorities or retaining records if required by law).
    Legal basis: Compliance with a legal obligation (if applicable) or legitimate interests in protecting our rights and preventing misuse of our service.

We will not use your personal data for any purpose that is incompatible with the purposes outlined above without first obtaining your consent, or unless required or permitted by law.

Importantly, we do not use your data for automated decision-making or profiling in any way that produces legal or similarly significant effects on you. The App may use algorithms to generate sports predictions, but these processes do not use your personal data — they rely on sports data. We do not profile users or make automated decisions about individuals using personal data.

4. How We Share or Disclose Your Data

We value your privacy and handle your personal information with care. We do not sell your personal data to third parties. We only share your data in a few specific scenarios, such as:

  • Service Providers: We use trusted third-party service providers to perform certain functions to support the App. For example:
    • We may use cloud hosting services to store and process data (which could include your data) securely.
    • We may use analytics services (such as Google Analytics for Firebase or similar) to collect and analyze usage information on our behalf.
    • We use push notification delivery services (for example, Firebase Cloud Messaging or Apple Push Notification Service) to send you notifications.
    • If we use a third-party sports data provider (such as an API via RapidAPI) to fetch match information, that provider will receive certain technical data (like the request from your device or our server, which could include an IP address) in the process of delivering the data. However, we do not actively send them personal data about you beyond what is necessary for the service to function.
      These service providers are bound by contractual obligations to process personal data only for the purposes we specify and to provide adequate protection for your data. They are not permitted to use your data for their own unrelated purposes.
  • Legal Requirements and Protection of Rights: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to a valid request by public authorities (e.g., law enforcement or data protection authorities). We may also disclose data if we believe in good faith that it is necessary to investigate or prevent fraud, to protect our rights or property, to enforce our Terms of Service, or to protect the safety of users or the public.
  • Business Transfers: Since the App is owned by an individual, a typical “business transfer” scenario is unlikely. However, if in the future the ownership of the App or its assets were to change (for example, through a sale, merger, or transfer of ownership), the personal data we have about users may be transferred to the new owner as part of that transaction. We would ensure that the new owner is bound by privacy obligations at least as strict as those in this policy, and we would inform you of any such transfer if required by law.
  • With Your Consent: In any cases not covered above, if we ever need to share your information for other purposes, we will do so only with your explicit consent. For example, if we wanted to share a testimonial you provided, we would ask your permission first.

We do not share personal data with any third parties for their own marketing or advertising purposes.

5. International Data Transfers

The personal data we collect may be processed on servers located in countries outside of your own, including countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA). For example, if we use cloud or service providers that operate in the United States or other regions, your data might be stored or processed there.

GDPR Compliance for Transfers: When we transfer personal data out of the EEA, we ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your data in accordance with GDPR. These safeguards may include:

  • Ensuring the recipient country has an adequacy decision from the European Commission (meaning its laws are considered to provide adequate protection for personal data), or
  • Implementing Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) or other approved data transfer mechanisms in our agreements with those service providers, which contractually require them to protect your data to EU standards.
  • For U.S. providers, ensuring they comply with frameworks like the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (if applicable) or similar measures.

You can contact us for more information about the safeguards we have in place for data transfers.

Regardless of where your data is processed, we will take appropriate measures to ensure your personal information remains protected as outlined in this Privacy Policy.

6. Data Retention

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this policy, or as required by law. In general:

  • Contact Data: If you contact us (e.g., via email), we will retain your contact information and communications for as long as needed to attend to your request or inquiry. If no further interaction occurs, we may delete or anonymize that data after a reasonable period (for example, 1 year) unless we need to keep it for legal reasons.
  • Usage Data and Logs: We typically retain usage data, analytics data, and server logs for a limited period to fulfill the purposes of analytics, troubleshooting, and improving the App. This period may be, for example, 12 months, after which we may either delete the raw data or anonymize it for aggregate analysis. Some aggregated, non-identifiable data may be retained longer for historical analysis, without personal identifiers.
  • Push Notification Tokens: If you have enabled push notifications, we will retain your device’s push token for as long as you are an active user of the App and have not opted out of notifications. If you disable push notifications or uninstall the App, your token will either be deleted or will eventually expire and be removed from our system in the normal course of operations.
  • Legal Compliance: In certain cases, we may need to retain data longer if required by law. For example, if there is an ongoing dispute or investigation, or to comply with tax or accounting requirements (though the App does not generally involve payments or transactions), we will retain the necessary data until the issue is resolved or the legally required period ends.

After the applicable retention period ends, we will either securely delete your personal data or anonymize it (so that it can no longer be associated with you) unless we are legally required to keep a copy.

7. Your Rights Under GDPR

If you are located in the European Union or another jurisdiction with similar data protection laws, you have certain rights regarding your personal data. We are committed to upholding these rights. Specifically, you have the right to:

  • Access Your Data: You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you and information on how we process it.
  • Rectification: You can request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal data that we have about you.
  • Erasure (Right to be Forgotten): You can ask us to delete your personal data when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, or if you have withdrawn your consent (where applicable) or objected to our processing and we have no overriding legitimate grounds to continue, or if we have processed your data unlawfully, or if erasure is required to comply with a legal obligation.
  • Restriction of Processing: You can request that we limit the processing of your data in certain situations — for example, while we are verifying the accuracy of your data or if you have objected to our processing and we are considering that objection.
  • Data Portability: You have the right to request a copy of your personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format, and to have that data transmitted to another data controller where technically feasible. (This right applies to data you provided to us and that we process by automated means, based on your consent or the performance of a contract.)
  • Object to Processing: You can object to certain processing of your personal data, particularly if we are processing your data based on legitimate interests. You have an absolute right to object to the use of your personal data for direct marketing purposes (though presently we do not use your data for direct marketing).
  • Withdraw Consent at Any Time: If we are processing any of your personal data based on your consent (for example, for push notifications or a future newsletter), you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. Withdrawing consent will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal. For push notifications, you can withdraw consent by disabling notifications in your device settings.
  • Not Be Subject to Automated Decisions: You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing (including profiling) that produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you, unless it is necessary for a contract, authorized by law, or you have given explicit consent. (Note: As stated, the App does not engage in such automated decision-making about users.)

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at support@bettingtips.app. We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling certain requests, to ensure that we do not disclose data to the wrong person. We will respond to your request within one month, or inform you if we need more time (up to an additional two months, as permitted by GDPR, for complex requests). We will not charge a fee for responding to your request unless it is manifestly unfounded or excessive, in which case we may charge a reasonable fee or refuse the request.

Additionally, if you believe that our processing of your personal data violates your rights or the law, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority. You may do this in the EU Member State where you live, where you work, or where the alleged infringement occurred. For example, in Cyprus you can contact the Office of the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection. We would, however, appreciate the chance to address your concerns directly before you escalate to an authority, so please consider reaching out to us first.

8. Children’s Privacy

As stated in our Terms of Service, the App is not intended for individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children or minors. If you are under 18, please do not use the App or provide any information about yourself to us.

If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected personal data from a person under 18, we will take steps to delete such information as soon as possible. If you are a parent or guardian and you believe your child (under 18) has provided personal information to us, please contact us immediately at support@bettingtips.app so that we can investigate and delete the data.

9. Data Security

We take the security of your personal data seriously. We implement reasonable and appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. These measures include:

  • Using encryption and secure transmission protocols where appropriate to protect data in transit.
  • Limiting access to personal data to only those who need it for the purposes described (for example, the app owner or service providers who have committed to confidentiality).
  • Keeping our software and servers updated and following industry best practices to prevent security vulnerabilities.
  • Regularly reviewing our information collection and storage practices.

However, please be aware that no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure. While we strive to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. You share and transmit information at your own risk. If we ever experience a data breach that poses a high risk to your rights and freedoms, we will notify you and the relevant authorities as required by law.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technologies, legal requirements, or other factors. When we update the policy, we will change the “Last updated” date at the top of this document. If the changes are significant, we may also provide a more prominent notice (such as an in-app notification or an email, if we have your email on file for some reason).

We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your information. Your continued use of the App after any changes to this policy will signify your acceptance of the updated terms, to the extent permitted by law.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or your personal data, please contact us at support@bettingtips.app. We will be happy to assist you and will strive to respond promptly.

By using the Betting Tips app, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy and agree to the collection and use of your information as described herein.