Privacy Policy

Version 3.1 by Andrei Lavretskii on 2025/05/23 20:25

🛡️ Équnité Privacy Policy

Information

This policy explains how your data is collected, used, and protected on all Équnité platforms (forum, wiki, website, subdomains, and integrated tools).

Last updated: 22/05/2025

🔎 What Information Do We Collect?

Personal Data: Name, photo, email, phone (optional), team/league/agency, stats, achievements (if provided for public profile).

Usage Data: IP address, browser info, pages visited, referrer.

Communications: Content you send via forms, posts, or messages.

Cookies & Tracking: Data from local cookies and third-party integrations.

🎯 How Do We Use Your Information?

Create and manage your account

Publish your public profile (if enabled)

Allow others to contact you via forms (if enabled)

Send updates, digests, polls, elections, alerts, or research invitations

Deliver optional marketing or promotional messages (opt-out available)

Analyze usage and improve services

Secure the platform and detect abuse

Meet legal obligations

⚖️ Legal Bases for Processing

 Legal Basis  Example Usage 
 Consent  Public profile visibility, cookies, marketing 
 Legitimate Interest  Non-commercial improvements, fraud prevention 
 Legal Obligation  Compliance with French/EU data laws 

No service contract is created between Équnité and users.

👤 Public Profile Visibility

If you choose to complete your profile, we may display:

Name, photo, club/team, league, agency, highlights, contact options

Public info is visible to all unless disabled in your settings

✉️ Messages and Communications

We may contact you via:

Email (activity, legal updates, elections, digests, contributions)

Forum/wiki notifications by default

Social media (mentions, tags, DMs via Équnité accounts)

Polls, research, open positions, elections

📊 Analytics, AI, Marketing, Remarketing

We use:

 Tool  Purpose/Function 
 Matomo  Privacy-respecting analytics 
 Google Analytics  Advanced usage stats 
 LibreTranslate  Automatic translation (self-hosted) 
 OpenAI, Azure  Enhanced forum and writing features 
 Buffer  Content scheduling, social publishing 
 Meta Pixel  Awareness and reach campaigns 
 Email tools  Newsletters, digests, notifications 

These tools may use cookies or similar identifiers.

🔄 Data Sharing

We may share limited data with:

Hosting/DNS/CDN providers

Analytics & marketing providers (see above)

Email/notification platforms

Social media tools like Buffer (only Équnité content)

Legal authorities if required

🌐 Third-Party Websites

Links to external sites (federations, YouTube, socials) are provided for convenience.
Their privacy policies apply.

📁 Data Retention

Data retained only as needed

Public contributions may be preserved

You can delete your account or request removal

🔒 Data Security

Industry-standard security measures applied

No guarantee of absolute protection

👶 Minors

Équnité is open to minors, but accounts must be managed by adults/guardians

No data knowingly collected from users under 16 without consent

📝 User Rights

As per GDPR, you can:

Access or edit your data

Delete your account or content

Withdraw consent or object to processing

Request data export

File a complaint with CNIL or your local DPA

🍪 Cookies & Tracking

Cookies may be used for:

 Purpose  Example Tools 
 Authentication  Internal platform use 
 Analytics  Matomo, Google 
 Language preference  Platform cookies 
 Marketing  Meta Pixel 

Manage cookies via your browser or our cookie banner.

🚫 Do Not Track

We do not respond to DNT (Do Not Track) browser signals.

🔄 Changes to This Policy

Policy may change.
Updates will be posted here with a new date.

📬 Contact Us

Information

Email: contact@equnite.com
Postal Address: PLANIPIX, 86 Rue aux Arènes, 57000 Metz, France

🗃️ Review, Export, or Delete Your Data

Contact us using the details above or use your platform account settings.

This Privacy Policy is governed by French law and EU Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR).