This Privacy Policy explains how YardSlate ("we", "our", or "the app") collects, uses, and protects information when you use our application. By using YardSlate, you agree to the practices described in this policy.
The app is available for Android phones and for iPhone and iPad. Most of what follows applies to both. Where something exists on only one platform — Google Play billing, Sign in with Apple — the platform is named in the text.
Device Identifier
We store a device identifier (Device ID) on your device and on our servers. On Android this is the identifier Android provides to the app (or a randomly generated one if it is unavailable); on iPhone and iPad it is a randomly generated one. This ID is used to manage your subscription status, unlocked content, and prediction credits. On its own it does not identify you by name, but if you sign in with your Google Account or your Apple ID (see below) your email address is stored alongside it so that your purchases can be restored on another device.
Google Account (optional)
The app may ask you to sign in with your Google Account. This is optional: you can dismiss the prompt and continue using the app normally. If you do sign in, we receive your Google Account user ID and basic profile information (name, email address, profile picture). The email address is stored on our servers to link your Google Play purchases across devices; the user ID, name, and profile picture are held in our Firebase Authentication account record. We never receive your Google Account password.
Sign in with Apple (optional, iPhone and iPad)
On iPhone and iPad the app may offer Sign in with Apple. This is optional in the same way: you can dismiss the prompt and keep using the app. If you use it, Apple gives us a user identifier that is unique to this app, and — only if you choose to share them — your name and email address. We store the identifier and the email address on our servers so that your purchases can be restored on another device.
Hide My Email
If you choose “Hide My Email”, Apple gives us a relay address ending in privaterelay.appleid.com instead of your real address. We store and use only that relay address; we never see your real one, and messages we send to it are forwarded by Apple. If you later turn forwarding off, or revoke the app in your Apple ID settings, we can no longer reach you at that address — your account and purchases are unaffected.
Purchase Information
When you make an in-app purchase on Android, Google Play provides us with a purchase token and product ID, which we store to verify and activate your subscription or credits and to process refunds. On iPhone and iPad the same role is played by the App Store: we receive a transaction identifier and an original transaction identifier, and Apple sends our servers App Store Server Notifications when a subscription renews, expires, is cancelled or is refunded, so that access can be granted or withdrawn correctly. We do not receive or store your payment card information on either platform.
Notification Token
If you enable push notifications, Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) generates a device token. On iPhone and iPad that message is delivered through the Apple Push Notification service (APNs), and Apple issues a device token for it; iOS also asks for your permission before any notification can be sent. We use this token to deliver NFL and MLB prediction alerts, game results and injury updates, and occasionally to inform you about new features, subscription offers, or promotions. You can turn notifications off at any time in the app's settings or in your device settings.
Usage Analytics
We use Google Firebase Analytics to understand how the app is used. It records events such as screen views, coupon unlocks, and purchase events, together with an app instance identifier. We use this only to improve the app, and we do not sell it.
No Advertising
The app shows no advertisements on any platform. It contains no advertising SDK, it does not read your device's Advertising ID (GAID) or Apple's advertising identifier (IDFA), it never shows an App Tracking Transparency prompt, and it does not use SKAdNetwork. We do not track you across other companies' apps or websites.
These providers act as processors on our behalf. We do not sell your data and we do not share it with advertising networks or data brokers.
Your device identifier and the data associated with it (email address or Apple relay address if you signed in, the Apple user identifier, subscription status, credits, purchase records, notification preferences) are stored on our servers for as long as you use the app. We keep purchase records for as long as required to honour subscriptions, process refunds, and meet accounting and legal obligations.
You can delete your account and its data yourself at any time, from inside the app (VIP tab → Account & Data → Delete my account and data); this takes effect immediately. You can also ask us to do it — see Section 8. We complete deletion requests within 30 days.
All data transmitted between the app and our servers is encrypted via HTTPS/TLS. Our servers and database are hosted in the EU and access is restricted to authorized personnel only. We do not store payment card information at any point.
We do not sell or trade your personal data. Data is shared only with the service providers listed in Section 2, to the extent necessary to operate the app, or where required by applicable law. Nothing is shared for advertising purposes on any platform, because the app contains no advertising.
YardSlate is intended for users aged 18 and older. Sports prediction content, including market odds, is designed for adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately.
You have the right to access, correct or delete your personal data at any time.
In the app: open the VIP tab, scroll to Account & Data and tap Delete my account and data. Your account record and everything linked to it are deleted immediately, and your Google or Apple sign-in record — including any Hide My Email relay address — is removed.
By request: use the form at ilyassayn.github.io/data-deletion, or contact us at the email address below and include the Google Account email address or Apple relay address you signed in with, if any. We complete such requests within 30 days.
Two things are deliberately not erased by deletion. Purchase records are kept for as long as required to honour an active subscription, process refunds and meet accounting and legal obligations. And an irreversible one-way value derived from your device identifier is kept: it cannot be reversed, it identifies nobody, and its only purpose is to stop the same device from redeeming a single-use promotion code again after deleting. Records of promotion codes you redeemed are kept with your device identifier replaced by that same one-way value.
On iPhone and iPad you can additionally revoke the app in Settings → your name → Sign-In & Security → Sign in with Apple, which stops Apple from forwarding mail to the relay address; this does not by itself delete your account on our servers, so use one of the two routes above for that. Your subscription itself is managed by the store that sold it — Google Play on Android, Settings → your name → Subscriptions on iPhone and iPad — and cancelling there stops future charges.
You can also stop future data collection by disabling notifications in the app and uninstalling the app.
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. We will notify you of material changes via an in-app notification. Continued use of the app after any changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page reflects the most recent revision.
For questions, data requests, or deletion requests, contact us at: