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Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 2026

1. Introduction & Who We Are

ArguFight is an AI-judged competitive debate platform available on the web and as iOS and Android mobile apps (collectively, the "Platform"). This Privacy Policy explains what personal information we collect, how we use and share it, and the choices and rights you have. It applies to your use of the Platform through any of these channels.

The Platform is operated by Donkey Ideas, which acts as the data controller responsible for your personal information. [Legal entity name, registration, and postal address — to be completed by counsel]

If you have any questions about this policy or your personal information, contact us at info@donkeyideas.com.

2. Information We Collect

We collect the following categories of information:

  • Account information. Your email address, username, and password (which is stored in hashed form, never in plain text). You may optionally provide a profile picture and a bio.
  • Usage & content. The debates and arguments you submit, your debate history, ELO ratings, championship belts, community-judging activity, and any shared "Settle It" and "Test a Take" rulings, as well as login timestamps.
  • Technical information. Your IP address and the approximate location (country, region, and city) derived from it, device information, and, on mobile, push-notification tokens.
  • Payment information. When you tip a creator or make a purchase, payments are processed by our payment provider, Stripe. ArguFight does not store your full payment-card numbers.
  • Cookies. Essential cookies used for authentication and session management, and optional analytics cookies. See Section 8 for details.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

  • Operate, maintain, and improve the Platform
  • Generate AI debate verdicts and related outputs
  • Send you account-related and activity notifications
  • Detect and prevent fraud, bots, and abuse, and keep the Platform secure
  • Process payments for tips and purchases
  • Comply with our legal obligations

4. Legal Bases for Processing

If you are in the European Economic Area (EEA) or the United Kingdom, we rely on the following legal bases under the GDPR and UK GDPR to process your personal information:

  • Performance of a contract — to provide the Platform and the features you request, such as creating an account, running debates, and processing payments.
  • Legitimate interests — to keep the Platform secure, prevent fraud and abuse, and improve our products, provided these interests are not overridden by your rights.
  • Consent — for non-essential cookies and any marketing communications, which you may withdraw at any time.
  • Legal obligation — where processing is necessary to comply with applicable law.

5. How We Share Information & Sub-processors

We do not sell your personal information. We share data with service providers (sub-processors) strictly to operate the Platform. These providers may change over time, but currently include the following categories and examples:

  • Cloud database, storage, and authentication (Supabase)
  • Application hosting (Vercel)
  • Payment processing (Stripe)
  • AI/LLM providers that generate verdicts and moderate content (for example, DeepSeek, Groq, and other AI providers)
  • Transactional and marketing email (Resend)
  • Push-notification delivery (Firebase Cloud Messaging and Expo)
  • Rate-limiting and security infrastructure (Upstash)

We may also disclose personal information where necessary to comply with the law, respond to lawful requests, or protect the rights, property, or safety of ArguFight, our users, or others.

6. International Data Transfers

Your personal information may be processed in the United States and other countries where we or our service providers operate. These countries may have data-protection laws that differ from those in your jurisdiction. Where required, we use appropriate safeguards for such transfers, such as the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses.

7. Public Information & Sharing Features

Certain information is visible to other users of the Platform, including your username, your debate history and content, your ELO rank, your championship belts, and any rulings you choose to share publicly. Please do not include sensitive personal information in your debate content or other public contributions, as we cannot control how others may view, copy, or use information you make public.

8. Cookies & Tracking Technologies

We use essential cookies for authentication and session management, which are necessary for the Platform to function. We may also use optional analytics cookies to understand how the Platform is used so we can improve it. You can disable non-essential cookies through your browser settings, although doing so may affect certain features. Where required by law, we ask for your consent before setting non-essential cookies.

9. Data Retention

We retain your account data for as long as your account is active. If you delete your account, we will remove your personal information within 30 days, except where retention is required by law or for legitimate purposes such as fraud prevention. You can request deletion of your account at any time via our account-deletion page.

10. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information, including encryption in transit and at rest, hashed passwords, and administrator-only access to sensitive data. However, no method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

11. Your Privacy Rights (EEA/UK)

If you are in the EEA or the UK, you have the following rights in relation to your personal information:

  • Access — to request a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
  • Rectification — to have inaccurate or incomplete information corrected.
  • Erasure — to request deletion of your personal information in certain circumstances.
  • Restriction — to request that we limit how we process your information.
  • Portability — to receive your information in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format.
  • Objection — to object to processing based on our legitimate interests.
  • Withdraw consent — to withdraw consent at any time where we rely on it, without affecting processing carried out before withdrawal.
  • Complaint — to lodge a complaint with your local data-protection supervisory authority.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at info@donkeyideas.com.

12. Your California Privacy Rights (CCPA/CPRA)

If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act (as amended by the CPRA) gives you the following rights regarding your personal information:

  • Right to know — the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you and how we use and share it.
  • Right to delete — to request deletion of the personal information we have collected from you, subject to legal exceptions.
  • Right to correct — to request correction of inaccurate personal information.
  • Right to opt out of "sale" or "sharing" — ArguFight does not sell your personal information, and we do not "share" it for cross-context behavioral advertising as those terms are defined under California law.
  • Right to non-discrimination — we will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your privacy rights.

To exercise these rights, contact us at info@donkeyideas.com.

13. Children's Privacy

ArguFight is not intended for users under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13, consistent with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will delete it promptly.

14. Third-Party Links & Services

The Platform may contain links to third-party websites or services, and relies on the sub-processors described in Section 5. This Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party websites or services, which are governed by their own privacy policies. We encourage you to review those policies before providing them with any personal information.

15. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we make significant changes, we will notify you by email or through an in-platform notice and update the "Last updated" date above. Your continued use of the Platform after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

16. Contact Us

For privacy-related questions or requests, contact us at info@donkeyideas.com.