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Privacy Policy

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At Christmas Contests, we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you how we look after your personal data when you visit our website and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows:

  • Account Information: When you register, we collect your email address, name, and account preferences to provide personalized services.
  • OAuth Data: If you sign in using OAuth providers (Google, Facebook, Apple), we receive your email address, name, and profile picture to create and manage your account.
  • Technical Data: includes internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.
  • Usage Data: includes information about how you use our website, products and services, including which contests you create, participate in, and preferences you set.
  • Contest Data: includes contest information you create, entries you submit, voting records, and media files you upload for contest participation.

2. How We Use Your Information

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

  • Account Management: To create and manage your account, authenticate your identity, and provide secure access to our services
  • Service Delivery: To provide contest creation tools, voting systems, and result tracking based on your preferences
  • Personalization: To customize your experience, save your contest preferences, and provide relevant contest recommendations
  • Communication: To send important updates about contests, platform changes, and service notifications
  • Improvement: To analyze usage patterns and improve our algorithms, user interface, and overall service quality
  • Security: To detect and prevent fraud, ensure platform safety, and protect against unauthorized access
  • Support: To provide customer support and respond to your inquiries

3. Data Security

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorized way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know.

4. Data Retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, tax, accounting or reporting requirements.

5. Your Rights

Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data, including the right to:

  • Request access to your personal data
  • Request correction of your personal data
  • Request erasure of your personal data
  • Object to processing of your personal data
  • Request restriction of processing your personal data
  • Request transfer of your personal data
  • Right to withdraw consent

6. Data Deletion

You have the right to request the deletion of your personal data from our platform. Here's how you can delete your data:

Automatic Account Deletion

You can delete your account and all associated data directly through our platform:

  1. Sign in to your account at https://www.christmas-contest.com
  2. Navigate to your profile page by visiting your account settings
  3. Scroll to the "Delete Account" section at the bottom of the page
  4. Click "Delete Account" to open the confirmation dialog
  5. Review the data that will be deleted and confirm the deletion

What Gets Deleted

When you delete your account, we will permanently remove:

  • Account Information: Your email address, name, profile picture, and account preferences
  • Contest Data: All contests you've created, entries you've submitted, and voting records
  • Uploaded Files: Any images, videos, or documents you've uploaded to our platform
  • Usage History: Your activity logs, session data, and interaction history
  • OAuth Connections: Your OAuth provider connections and tokens

Manual Data Deletion Request

If you're unable to delete your account through the platform, you can request manual deletion by:

  1. Email us at with the subject line "Data Deletion Request"
  2. Include your email address associated with your account
  3. Specify what data you want deleted (account, contest data, or all data)
  4. Provide verification to confirm your identity

Processing Time

We will process your data deletion request within 30 days of receiving it. You will receive a confirmation email once your data has been permanently deleted from our systems.

Data Retention After Deletion

After deletion, we may retain certain information for a limited period to:

  • Comply with legal obligations
  • Resolve disputes or enforce agreements
  • Prevent fraud or abuse

Any retained data will be automatically deleted once no longer required for these purposes.

OAuth Provider Data

Deleting your account from Christmas Contests does not automatically delete your data from OAuth providers (Google, Facebook, Apple). To completely remove your data, you should also:

7. Cookies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our service and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier.

8. Contest Data and Sharing

Christmas Contests is a social platform where users create and participate in contests. Here's how your contest data is handled:

8.1. Contest Visibility

When you create or participate in contests:

  • Contest Information: Contest details, rules, and descriptions may be visible to invited participants
  • Entry Content: Your contest entries (images, videos, descriptions) are visible to other contest participants
  • Voting Records: Your votes on contest entries may be visible to contest organizers
  • Participant Lists: Your name and participation status may be visible to other contest participants

8.2. Contest Invitations

When you invite others to contests:

  • Email Sharing: We may send contest invitations to email addresses you provide
  • Link Sharing: Contest links may be shared publicly or privately as you choose
  • Invitation Tracking: We track invitation status to help manage contest participation

8.3. Contest Privacy Controls

You can control contest visibility through:

  • Private Contests: Limit contest access to invited participants only
  • Public Contests: Allow broader participation and visibility
  • Entry Privacy: Choose whether your entries are visible to all participants or just organizers

9. AI and Machine Learning

Christmas Contests uses AI-powered features to enhance your experience:

9.1. Santa's Helper AI

Our Santa's Helper AI feature:

  • Content Generation: Uses your contest information to generate descriptions, rules, and invitation messages
  • Data Processing: Processes contest titles, descriptions, and audience information you provide
  • No Personal Data: Does not use your personal information (name, email, etc.) for AI training
  • Contest Context Only: Only uses contest-related content you explicitly provide for AI assistance

9.2. AI Data Handling

When using AI features:

  • No Storage: AI-generated content is not stored for training purposes
  • Your Control: You can choose whether to use AI-generated content or create your own
  • Transparency: AI-generated content is clearly marked as such

10. Legal Compliance and Data Preservation

Christmas Contests operates in compliance with applicable laws and may be required to preserve or disclose data in certain circumstances:

10.1. Legal Reporting

We may be required to:

  • Report Illegal Content: Report content that violates laws to appropriate authorities
  • Preserve Data: Retain data when required by law enforcement or court orders
  • Cooperate with Investigations: Provide data to law enforcement when legally required
  • Comply with Subpoenas: Respond to legal requests for user data

10.2. Data Retention for Legal Purposes

In certain circumstances, we may retain data longer than our standard retention period:

  • Active Investigations: When law enforcement requests data preservation
  • Legal Proceedings: When data is relevant to ongoing legal matters
  • Regulatory Requirements: When required by applicable regulations

11. Third-Party Services

We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our service, provide the service on our behalf, perform service-related services, or assist us in analyzing how our service is used.

11.1. OAuth Providers

We use OAuth services from Google, Facebook, and Apple to provide secure authentication. When you sign in using these services:

  • Google OAuth: We receive your email address, name, and profile picture to create and manage your account
  • Facebook OAuth: We receive your email address, name, and profile picture to create and manage your account
  • Apple OAuth: We receive your email address, name, and profile picture to create and manage your account

We do not receive or store your OAuth provider passwords. We only use the information provided by these services to authenticate your identity and provide our services.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

13. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us through our website.