Privacy Policy

As the data controller with a passion for e-sports, protecting your privacy and ensuring your right to informational self-determination are our top priorities. We are committed to making our data collection as transparent as possible, so we ask that you read our Privacy Policy carefully. The information we provide is intended to explain how we process your personal data.

Because we care about your concerns, you can reach us at any time through the channels provided below if you have any questions regarding the processing of your personal data.

In this Privacy Policy, when we refer to "you," we mean you as the data subject within the meaning of data protection law, i.e., the person who is or can be identified by certain data. If you are contacting us on behalf of others (e.g., as a team manager/team captain or registering others for tournaments), we ask that you ensure that all affected persons receive this Privacy Policy before registering.

I. Who we are

In this Privacy Policy, "we" refers to:

GameCatering Media UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Tränkstraße 3
65558 Holzheim

Managing Directors: Andreas Schneider & Benedikt Wappler

Local Court of Montabaur | HRB 26799
VAT ID: DE326592961

Our email address for your privacy inquiries is: datenschutz@ebattle.gg
Our data protection officer: Andreas Schneider

II. General information on data protection

Under this section, we will explain who we work with, what rights you have as the owner of your right to informational self-determination, and how your personal data is processed.

1. Legal Basis

As the responsible entity, we require a legal basis to lawfully process your personal data (Art. 6 para. 1 GDPR). In case:

  • You have given us your consent to process your personal data for one or more specific purposes, the legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR;
  • The processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party or in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract, the legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR;
  • The processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, the legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c) GDPR;
  • The processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms which require protection of personal data, the legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR.

2. Your Rights as a User

In this section, we will inform you specifically about your rights as the owner of your personal data, which are:

  • Right to be Informed: You have the right to be informed about how we process your personal data (Art. 13 and 14 GDPR).
  • Right to Access: You have the right to obtain from us confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning you are being processed, and, where that is the case, access to the personal data (Art. 15 GDPR).
  • Right to Rectification: You have the right to obtain from us without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning you, and to have incomplete personal data completed (Art. 16 GDPR).
  • Right to Erasure (‘Right to be Forgotten’): You have the right to obtain from us the erasure of personal data concerning you under certain circumstances (Art. 17 GDPR).
  • Right to Restriction of Processing: You have the right to obtain from us restriction of processing of your personal data under certain circumstances (Art. 18 GDPR).
  • Right to Data Portability: You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and have the right to transmit those data to another controller without hindrance from us (Art. 20 GDPR).
  • Right to Object: You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning you which is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR (Art. 21 GDPR).
  • Right to Lodge a Complaint: You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement, if you consider that the processing of your personal data infringes the GDPR (Art. 77 GDPR).
  • Right to Withdraw Consent: If processing of your personal data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a) GDPR, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time (Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR). The withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
  • Right to Automated Decision-making: You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing – including profiling – which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you (Art. 22 GDPR)."

3. Recipients and Data Processing

It may occur that we use the services of third-party processors to process your personal data and have your data processed on our behalf (so-called data processing). It may also occur that we transfer your personal data to other controllers who process your personal data on their own responsibility.

Some of these recipients have their registered offices outside the European Union. These recipients are either located in a country which, according to the European Commission, provides an adequate level of data protection, or we have concluded EU standard contractual clauses for the transfer of personal data to processors located in so-called third countries, i.e. countries such as the USA that do not belong to the European Union or the European Economic Area, which provide adequate safeguards for ensuring data protection at the European level.

In addition, the following categories of recipients process personal data either as processors on our behalf, as joint controllers with us or as individual controllers: server/DNS providers, domain service providers, payment service providers and invoicing providers, communication providers, providers of analytics and advertising tools, photo and video platform providers, and survey providers.

The following providers may primarily be recipients of your data:

Photo and Video Platform Providers

Google Ireland (YouTube), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland

and

Twitch UK Limited (Twitch), 1 New Oxford Street, London WC1A 1BA, United Kingdom

Server/DNS Providers

DigitalOcean LLC, 101 Avenue of the Americas, 10th Floor, New York NY 10013, USA

and

Cloudflare Limited, 25 Lavington Street, 2nd Floor, London SE1 0NZ, United Kingdom

Analytics, Advertising and Security Tools

Google Ireland Limited, register number 368047, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland

and

Google LLC1600, Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (beide: “Google”)

and

Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Irland (“Facebook”)

and

Twitter International CompanyOne Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02 AX07, Ireland (“Twitter”)

and

FingerprintJS, Inc, 1440 W. Taylor St #735, Chicago, IL 60607, USA

Communication Providers

The Rocket Science Group LLC, 675 Ponce de Leon Ave NE, Suite 5000, Atlanta GA 30308, USA

and

Discord Inc., 1901 South Bascom Avenue, Suite 1180, Campbell CA 95008, USA

and

Dropbox International Unlimited Company, One Park Place, Floor 5, Upper Hatch Street, Dublin 2, Ireland

Payment Service Providers and Invoicing Providers

sevDesk GmbH, Hauptstraße 115, 77652 Offenburg

and

Stripe Inc., 510 Townsend Street, San Francisco CA 94103, USA

and

PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. et Cie, S.C.A, 22 – 24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg, Luxembourg

and

FastBill GmbH, Taunustor 1, 6. Obergeschoss, 60310 Frankfurt am Main

Domain Service Providers

STRATO AG, Pascalstraße 10, 10587 Berlin

and

domainfactory GmbH, Oskar-Messter-Straße 33, 85737 Ismaning

Survey Providers

ONE8Y GmbH, Friedrichstr. 8, 65185 Wiesbaden

III. Data processing during contact and use of offers

In this section, we explain how we process your personal data when you visit our website, use our website and services, and/or contact us. We explain which data we process in the aforementioned cases.

As your data is important to us, we categorize their internal visibility based on the sensitivity of your data and the related access rights (access by so-called admins or so-called superadmins).

Our admins (freelancers or volunteers) only have access to your general data (username, gamertag/ID, social tags, user ID). Superadmins, on the other hand, are exclusively our employees and can access all other data processed by us.

To make the processing by us understandable to you, we divide the data processing into 5 parts:

  1. What: Which of your data is processed.
  2. Who: Who receives your data.
  3. Why: What purpose does the processing of your data serve.
  4. How long: How long do we store your data.
  5. Legal basis: Which law allows us to process your data.

1. Communication

a)

As soon as we communicate with you by e-mail, telephone or other messenger services (Discord, Whatsapp, Twitter, Youtube, Facebook, Steam, etc.), we process all personal data that you provide us during our conversation (e.g., your name/username, your email address, the reason for your contact, your gaming ID, your IP, etc.).

b)

The recipients of the processed personal data are the respective employees and freelancers or volunteers responsible for processing for the purpose of pursuing our goals. Other possible recipients: communication providers

c)

Depending on how you contact us, your personal data may either be processed to initiate a contract with you or to fulfill a contract concluded with us. We have a legitimate interest in processing your data for the purpose of responding to your digital communication with us (email, Twitter message, Twitch message, etc.). Especially with regard to possible claims against us, we have an interest in the specific content of the conversation and proof thereof.

d)

We store your data for as long as complete contract fulfillment requires it. If, on the other hand, there has only been a contract initiation, we will store your data for as long as objective circumstances suggest that contract initiation may resume.

e)

The legal basis for the processing of personal data to initiate a contract with you or to fulfill a contract concluded with you is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR. The legal basis for processing data based on our legitimate interest is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR.

2. Use/visit of our website

a)

When you visit our website/platform, we process your personal data such as your IP address, the time of your visit, the browser type you are using, and which pages you have visited on our website.

b)

The recipients of the processed personal data are our managing directors and persons responsible for processing for the purpose of pursuing our goals. Other possible recipients: providers of analytics and advertising tools, server/DNS providers.

c)

We process this data to display our website correctly in your browser and to enable you to use a functioning platform/website including our services and content. We also process the data to fix display errors or bugs. At the same time, we want to prevent an attack on the website (e.g., DDoS attacks). These are our legitimate interests.

d)

The duration of storage depends on our legitimate interest. The duration of storage depends on how long we need this data to fix errors on our website or to prevent misuse. If we do not need this data for these purposes anymore, we will delete it. The legal basis for processing data based on our legitimate

e)

The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) of the GDPR.

3. ebattle Account

a)

If you create an ebattle account with us, we will process the following necessary data from you:

Nickname/Game ID/
Email address

In addition, you have the option to verify your account. In such a case, we will supplement the following data: first and last name, date of birth, place of birth.

If you participate in our tournaments and/or league games, your performance in games (e.g. game results, etc.) will be saved in your account.

Please note that all personal data that you enter in your ebattle account, once verified by us, or those that relate to your performance in games, can be viewed publicly.

b)

The recipients of the processed personal data are our respective employees and freelancers or volunteers who are responsible for processing for the pursuit of our purposes. Other possible recipients: server/DNS providers.

c)

We process this necessary data to conclude and execute a contract with you (account agreement/user agreement) or so that you can use our services and our platform. Game-related data is processed to fulfill the contract with you. We and other ebattle users have a legitimate interest in viewing game statistics and other data that is relevant to the games played on ebattle.gg (tournament/match statistics, etc.). In addition, we have a legitimate interest in being able to identify you as our contractual partner.

We also have a legitimate interest in providing you with a service that allows you to customize your account on our website and interact with the entire ebattle community.

d)

The data from your ebattle account will be stored as long as you maintain your ebattle account with us. You can cancel it at any time upon your request.

e)

The legal basis for processing data to conclude or execute a contract with you is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) of the GDPR. If we have a legitimate interest in the processing, the legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) of the GDPR.

4. Platform linking

a)

You have the possibility to link certain accounts that you may have on third-party platforms with your ebattle account. By doing so, you gain the following possibility:

Integrating third-party functions (Discord) with the functions of ebattle.gg and vice versa. Please inform yourself on the respective information page of the third-party provider which personal data is processed by the respective third-party provider.

b)

Recipients of the processed personal data are our respective employees and freelance workers or volunteers who are responsible for processing the data. Possible additional recipients: communication providers (especially Discord).

c)

Depending on how you get in contact with us, your personal data may either be processed to initiate a contract at your request or to fulfill a contract concluded with us. We have a legitimate interest in processing your data for the purpose of responding to your digital communication with us (here: Discord). Especially with regard to possible claims against us, we have an interest in the specific content of the conversation and proof thereof.

d)

Your data will be stored for as long as the complete fulfillment of the contract requires it. If, on the other hand, only the initiation of a contract has taken place, we will store your data for as long as objective circumstances suggest that the initiation of the contract will be resumed.

e)

The legal basis for the processing of personal data to initiate a contract at your request or to fulfill a contract concluded with you is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) DSG-VO. The legal basis for processing the data based on our legitimate interest is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) DSG-VO.

5. Contests

a)

We regularly organize contests. If you participate in such a contest, we process your personal data, which are necessary for such participation and for sending you your prize in case of winning. This usually includes your name, email address or the name of your account on social networks. If you win a prize, we will process your contact details (name, address, email address). In some cases, we may require your age. This is to ensure that you meet our participation requirements.

If the contest winner is determined by a lottery, it may happen that your name and nickname will be publicly announced via our specific media channels at Twitch, Twitter, or Youtube, etc. We thereby pursue our legitimate interest in publicly announcing the winners of the contest.

b)

Recipients of the processed personal data are our respective employees who are responsible for pursuing our purposes of processing your data. Possible additional recipients: photo and video platform providers, communication providers.

c)

With the processing of your personal data, we aim to conduct a proper lottery. We may under certain circumstances forward your personal data to our sponsor to ensure your participation in the lottery and fulfill our contractual obligations towards you. We have a legitimate interest in sharing the processed data with our partners to guarantee your participation in the lottery or to ensure that you receive your prizes sent by our partner.

d)

If you receive a cash prize from us, your data will be stored as long as the legal obligations that we must fulfill require it (e.g. 6 or 10 years after § 147 para. 3 AO).

If you should receive a non-cash prize from us, we will store your data for 3 years from the date of the lottery.

e)

If you enter into a contract with us for the lottery, the legal basis for processing and, if necessary, disclosing your data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) DSG-VO. The legal basis for processing your data based on our legitimate interest is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) DSG-VO.

6. Community Surveys

a)

We value continuous communication with you and your opinion about our services. Only then can we learn how to improve our services for you. You may participate in surveys that we offer. In this case, we process your IP address and the information you provide when answering the survey (name, nickname, email, etc.). Such surveys can be accessed directly on our website or we will inform you through our media channels about a survey.

b)

The recipients of the processed personal data are our respective employees or persons responsible for processing your data for the purpose of pursuing our objectives. Possible additional recipients include survey providers.

c)

We process your personal data in order to optimize the use of our website and your experience with it through such surveys and to improve the use and experience of our services in accordance with the survey results.

e)

We will store your personal data until you revoke your previously given consent. You have the right to revoke such consent from us at any time. If you wish to revoke your consent, please write us an email at: info@ebattle.gg. Until the consent is revoked, the processing of your personal data remains lawful until then. If you are under 16 years old (under 13 years old for users from Austria), your legal guardians (e.g. parents) must give their consent or approval. Please contact us at this email address: info@ebattle.gg for this purpose.

d)

We will ask for your consent to process your data during the survey. The legal basis for data processing is your consent according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR.

7. Social Networks

a)

Continuous communication with you and our community is important to us. Only then can we present our latest services to you and keep you informed about current developments. For this purpose, we use social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Twitch. These help us stay in touch with you and the esports community.

When you interact with one of our social media presences (e.g. if you comment on one of our posts or write on our timeline), we process your name/nickname/gamertag, your profile picture, and other personal data that your account publicly displays, as well as personal data that you provide in a comment or post.

b)

The recipients of the processed personal data are our respective employees and freelancers or volunteers responsible for processing the data. Possible additional recipients include communication providers, providers of analytics and advertising tools.

c)

We process your personal data to pursue our legitimate interest in being able to communicate with you and to ensure that we can provide you with a response to your post.

d)

The data will be stored as long as we maintain the respective presence on a social network and you do not decide to delete your account or the respective post, comment, or other interaction with us on the social network.

e)

The legal basis for processing the data based on our legitimate interest is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR.

8. Data of minors under the age of 16

a)

If you are the legal guardian of a minor under the age of 16, we may require your consent to process the minor's personal data. Such consent can be given by allowing the minor to grant us the consent themselves, provided that the data is not sensitive. To demonstrate that we have obtained your consent or the minor's permission to consent, we store your name, email address, and address along with the minor's personal data. This ensures that we have obtained your consent as the person with parental responsibility in accordance with the GDPR.

b)

The recipients of the processed personal data are our respective employees who are responsible for obtaining consent.

c)

The purpose of the data processing is to ensure that we have a proper consent and can prove it. Only in this way can we ensure compliance with the GDPR, which requires that legal guardians consent to the processing of a minor's personal data or allow the minor to give their own consent.

d)

The data will be stored until you revoke your consent/permission. In the event of revocation, we will store the data for 3 years and one month, starting from the end of the year in which you revoked your consent.

e)

The legal basis for the processing of the data is Article 6(1)(c) in conjunction with Article 8(1) of the GDPR.

9. Player verification

a)

Upon your request, we allow you to verify your account via video chat. To verify your identity, we will ask you to hold your ID document in front of the camera during the video chat. This way, we can verify the security features of your ID. Our aim is to ensure that your provided identity is correct and that your stated age corresponds to the truth. Through such verification, you will be able to access our events more easily in the future.

For this purpose, we process the data provided to us from your ID document (name, date of birth, place of birth, residence, the last digits of your ID). We only process the personal data that are necessary for our services. At the same time, we take a photo of your face during the video chat in order to enable you to access our services more easily in the future in accordance with your age restrictions.

If personal data from the respective ID document are processed by comparing it, this is only done with your consent.

b)

The recipients of the processed personal data are our respective employees who are responsible for pursuing our purposes for the processing.

c)

We process your data to ensure that we comply with the applicable youth protection regulations in relation to your age and that you fulfill our participation requirements. We can also ensure that you only have access to such offerings from us at offline events that do not violate mandatory youth protection regulations. Furthermore, it allows us to determine that you are our lawful contractual partner and the owner of our ebattle account. In addition, we can enable you to access our services more easily, which reduces our organizational effort and provides us with better planning security.

We have a legitimate interest in this.

e)

Storage of your date of birth and the last day of validity of your identification document, which is located in the machine-readable zone of your identity card, does not take place unless you have not yet reached the age of 16. If you have reached the age of 16, we will store your personal data until you revoke your consent or our legitimate interest exists in demonstrating compliance with mandatory youth protection regulations.

d)

The legal basis for processing the data is our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) DSG-VO. If you have given us consent, the legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) DSG-VO, possibly in conjunction with Art. 8 para. 1 DSG-VO. IV.

IV. Data processing in tournament and league operations

With our offer, we want to give you the opportunity to actively pursue your e-sports passion. To this end, we offer you the opportunity to participate in our tournament and league operations. Under this section, we explain to you which personal data we process in this regard.

Below, we structure our explanation according to III for better understanding.

1. Tournament/League registration and participation

a)

To ensure appropriate planning and implementation of our e-sports tournaments and leagues, we require certain data from you so that we can ensure proper registration. In such a case, we process the following data:

  • eBattle-ID
  • Gaming ID (e.g., Steam ID, PSN ID, XBOX ID);
  • Players' nicknames in the respective game;
  • Players' dates of birth;
  • Players' nationalities;
  • Country of residence of the players;
  • Discord ID
  • First and last names

We require this data to fulfill the tournament and league contract with you. Without this data, we lack information that is essential for us to properly conduct the tournament.

If you do not provide us with the data yourself, we will inform you in accordance with Art. 14 para. 2 lit. f) DSG-VO that the source of the mentioned data may be another person acting on your behalf.

b)

Recipients of the processed personal data are our respective employees and freelance workers or volunteers responsible for processing for the pursuit of our purposes. Other possible recipients: payment service providers and invoicing providers, photo and video platform providers.

c)

The processing of your data serves to identify you as a player, tournament participant, and our contractual partner. This enables us to fulfill our contractual obligations towards you.

In the event of a broadcast of this tournament or a league match, we may display your nickname, gamer tag, and/or first and last name, along with the country of your residence, during the transmission. This is to provide the audience with a high-quality viewing experience.

We need your date of birth/age to ensure that you meet the minimum age requirements to participate in the tournament. Your country of residence is specifically required to check whether you meet the country-specific requirements for participation in the tournament.

At the same time, these data are in our interest to prevent fraudulent activities by using false identities. With the help of your platform ID, we can assign your account to a specific person.

If our contractual partner is your team, we have a legitimate interest in processing the necessary data to identify you or to conclude a contract with your team and fulfill our contractual obligations towards them.

Furthermore, we have a legitimate interest in identifying you as a member of a team for communication purposes related to the tournament and informing the relevant audience about you and your role within the team.

In addition, we have a legitimate interest in using certain necessary data to ensure a good experience for the live and offline esports audience, such as displaying information such as your name, nickname, or nationality during a tournament.

d)

Your data that we require for the conclusion or execution of a contract will be processed by us for at least as long as it is necessary to conclude a contract or fulfill a contract between you and us. The storage period depends on the duration of your contract and the contract of your team, or whether we are still in contact to conclude such a contract.

If you participate in a tournament (especially in a tournament where you can win a prize), the data will be stored for at least as long as the player or the team against whom the outcome of a game or the tournament is disputed, which may be governed by the specific rules of the tournament you are participating in, or in other cases for 3 years, so that we can defend ourselves against potential legal claims.

You should know that when you participate, the fact that you are participating, as well as the data that is naturally made public during a publicly broadcast or conducted tournament (such as your nickname, name, and nationality), will be known to the public and to recipients involved in reporting on such sports events. We have no control over the duration of storage of such data by third parties who do not act as processors on our behalf.

e)

The legal basis for processing necessary data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR and Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. With regard to the legal basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR, the data is required for the conclusion and fulfillment of a contract with you, which would not be possible without this information.

The legal basis for processing your date of birth, country of residence, first and last name is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. The legal basis for processing your platform ID(s) is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR.

2. Competition/Player statistics

a)

If you participate as a player in one of our tournaments or leagues, we will process the data you use in the specific game (name/nickname/team) or which are displayed by the game manufacturer (score, number of kills, deaths, character selection, etc.). We will display this statistical information to the interested public during the live event broadcast or make it available through our media channels (Youtube, Twitch, Twitter, etc.).

b)

The recipients of the processed personal data are our respective employees and freelance workers or volunteers. Other possible recipients include photo and video platform providers.

c)

We process these statistical data for our legitimate business interest. As an eSport company, we have a legitimate interest in providing information about our tournament and league games to our audience and all eSport enthusiasts. This is also intended to continuously improve the viewing experience of our services and to give our services a professional external appearance by broadcasting them on photo and video platforms.

d)

Statistical data is stored for as long as it is covered by our legitimate interest. The duration depends on the individual case and is determined by criteria such as the importance of the event and the public interest in it. The storage period is individual and is determined by criteria such as the importance of the tournament or the public interest in the tournament.

We would like to inform you that when you participate in our tournaments and leagues, statistical data will be made available to a wide public. Especially in case of a broadcast (e.g. on Twitch or Youtube), we have no influence on the duration of the storage of such data by third parties.

e)

The legal basis for processing statistical data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR.

3. Anti-fraud security/console protection

a)

Certain data about you are necessary to ensure a fraud-free competition/tournament. We have a legitimate interest in ensuring that every participant has an equal chance of winning in our tournaments. For this purpose, we offer participants the option to activate our so-called console protection upon request. If you participate in your match with such console protection, parts of your console screen and your hands will be filmed via our platform. This is necessary to guarantee that the controller is exclusively used and that you are not using a mouse and keyboard.

b)

The recipients of the processed data are our respective employees and freelancers or volunteers who are responsible for monitoring the console protection.

c)

The collection and processing of this data is in our legitimate interest to ensure a fair and compliant tournament for you, our participants, and viewers. Our goal is to promote esports and ensure the integrity of our tournament. The fairness of a competition and the protection of our proper league/tournament operation are our legitimate interests.

d)

Your live stream will not be stored. The server for the live stream will be deactivated and irreversibly deleted after the end of the competition.

e)

The legal basis for the processing of data for the aforementioned purposes is Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR.

4. Prices and Payments

a)

In order to be able to pay out or send you your prizes (monetary and/or non-monetary), to which you have a contractual entitlement, we process your bank/financial data (e.g. IBAN, BIC, PayPal data, etc.) or address together with your name. This is particularly necessary when you are the winner of one of our tournaments and have a right to these prize money according to the respective rules.

Without this data, we are unable to initiate the respective payments. If you do not provide us with this data yourself, we will inform you in accordance with Art. 14 para. 2 lit. f) GDPR that the source of the aforementioned data may be another person acting on your behalf (e.g. you are a player on a team or a team manager/team captain submits your data on your behalf).

We also process your personal data, such as your name and account number, and pass this information on to our financial service providers in order to pay out your prize money.

If you have not provided us with this data yourself, we would like to inform you in accordance with Art. 14 para. 2 lit. f) GDPR that the sources of the data mentioned may also be another person whom you have authorized to forward your data (e.g. a team manager/team captain submits your data on your behalf).

b)

The recipients of the processed personal data are our respective employees who are responsible for processing for the purpose of pursuing our objectives. Other possible recipients: payment service providers and invoicing providers.

c)

The personal data is processed in order to fulfill our obligations under our contract with you. This is the only way we can make the payment of prize money to you. If a payment is made, the data is processed in order to fulfill legal obligations (e.g. accounting obligations).

We have a legitimate interest in working together with our financial service providers to ensure that you receive your payment. This also applies to postal and package delivery service providers.

d)

The data will be stored for at least the time required to fully fulfill our contract with you. In the case of a payment, the data will be stored for as long as the legal obligations we must comply with require (e.g. 6 or 10 years pursuant to § 147 para. 3 AO).

e)

The legal basis for processing personal data to fulfill a contract with you or to pay out prize money is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR. The legal basis for processing the data due to our legal obligations is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c) GDPR.

V. Data Processing for Event Participation

In this section, we aim to explain to you the personal data we process when you participate in an event organized by us (for example, an online event or attendance/participation in an offline event). Such an event could be a tournament or league match.

To aid understanding, we have organized our explanation according to III.:

a)

During the course of eSport tournaments/events (both online and offline), we will take videos and photographs. If you attend an offline event (e.g. as a member of the audience, a player, or part of a team), it is possible that you may appear in these videos and photographs. We will then upload these videos and photographs to our website or media channels (YouTube, Twitter, Twitch, etc.) and present them to a wide audience.

In such a case, we will process your personal data (your image and spoken word, and your nickname) by storing and using the videos and photographs (e.g. public live-streaming of the event on online platforms or publicly sharing videos and/or photographs online after the event) that contain this data.

During the tournament, we will process your personal data (e.g. name, nickname/gamertag, nationality) by making this information publicly available. If you are a player or part of the personnel of a participating team who appears in public on behalf of the team (e.g. in interviews), we will additionally transmit your image and spoken word during and after the tournament (e.g. in summaries or so-called after-movies) in publicly available videos and photographs.

b)

The recipients of the processed data may be anyone who watches the event or views the videos and/or photographs either live or through media channels (e.g. online video streams) and platforms that provide these channels (Twitch, YouTube). Additional possible recipients include photo and video platform providers.

c)

The data is processed to carry out the event as a live broadcast, for marketing purposes, and to enable a special viewing experience. We pursue the legitimate interest of promoting eSports to the general public and gaining an increasingly wider audience. At the same time, we aim to provide you as an eSport fan with a platform for your hobby and passion during the transmission of such events.

d)

We will store your personal data for as long as it is covered by our legitimate interests. The retention period depends on the necessity of establishing, exercising, or defending legal claims (Article 17(3)(e) of the GDPR), particularly with regard to our intellectual property rights to the video and photo material (e.g. copyright, which expires 70 years after the author's death).

e)

The legal basis for processing the data is Article 6(1)(b) and Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR.

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