Privacy Policy

At CricNoble, we are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your personal information when you use our platform — regardless of where in the world you are located. CricNoble is operated from North Carolina, United States, and this policy is governed by US law. Please read it carefully.

1. Information We Collect

We collect information you provide directly to us and information generated through your use of the platform:

• Account information — Your name, username, email address, and password when you register.
• Profile data — Optional details such as your phone number and profile picture.
• Tournament and match data — Tournaments you create, teams you manage, matches you score, and statistics generated during matches.
• Device and usage data — Browser type, operating system, IP address, pages visited, and actions taken within the platform.
• Communications — Messages or feedback you send to us.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Create and manage your account and authenticate your identity.
• Provide, operate, and improve the CricNoble platform and its features.
• Display tournament standings, match scorecards, and player statistics to authorised viewers.
• Send you important service notifications, such as match updates and account security alerts.
• Respond to your support requests and communicate with you about the platform.
• Monitor and analyse usage patterns to improve performance and user experience.
• Comply with applicable US laws and our Terms of Service.

3. Sharing of Information

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information. We may share it only in the following limited circumstances:

• Public tournament data — Tournament names, team names, match results, and player statistics may be visible to other platform users or the public, depending on the visibility settings chosen by the tournament organiser.
• Service providers — We engage trusted third-party vendors (cloud hosting, analytics, email delivery) who process data solely on our behalf and under strict confidentiality agreements.
• Legal requirements — We may disclose information if required by applicable law, regulation, or valid legal process.
• Business transfers — In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or part of our assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction.

4. Data Storage and Security

Your data is stored on secure cloud servers located in the United States. We implement industry-standard technical and organisational measures to protect your information against unauthorised access, loss, or alteration, including encryption in transit (TLS) and at rest.

No method of transmission over the internet is completely secure. While we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee absolute security.

5. Data Retention

We retain your account information and associated data for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide the service. You may request deletion of your account and associated data at any time by contacting us. Certain records may be retained for a period required by law even after deletion.

6. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:

• Access — Request a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
• Correction — Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information.
• Deletion — Request deletion of your personal information, subject to legal requirements.
• Portability — Request an export of your data in a machine-readable format.
• Objection — Object to certain types of processing, including direct marketing.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at the address provided below.

7. Cookies and Tracking

We use cookies and similar technologies to:

• Maintain your login session securely.
• Remember your preferences across visits.
• Analyse aggregate usage patterns to improve the platform.

You can control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect certain functionality of the platform.

8. Google API Services and Third-Party Integrations

8.1 Google API Services User Data Policy

CricNoble's use and transfer to any other app of information received from Google APIs will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

8.2 Google data we access

When you choose to connect your Google account to CricNoble (for example, to live-stream a match to YouTube), we request your consent for the following OAuth scopes on the YouTube Data API:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube — required to create and manage YouTube live broadcasts on your channel.
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.force-ssl — required to securely transition broadcasts through their lifecycle (ready → live → complete) and to bind broadcasts to their corresponding live streams.

8.3 How we use Google user data

CricNoble uses these scopes solely to:

• Create a YouTube live broadcast on your channel for a cricket match you are scoring or organising.
• Create a YouTube live stream (RTMP ingestion endpoint) that your phone camera or external encoder streams video into.
• Bind the broadcast to the live stream, transition the broadcast to "live" when the match begins, and to "complete" when it ends.
• Read the broadcast's current status so the in-app interface can display whether your broadcast is ready, live, or ended.

We do not read, modify, upload, comment on, or otherwise interact with any other content in your YouTube account (such as your existing videos, playlists, subscriptions, comments, analytics, or watch history).

8.4 Limited Use compliance

CricNoble's use of data obtained through Google APIs complies with the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. Specifically:

• We do not use Google user data to serve advertisements.
• We do not sell, rent, or transfer Google user data to third parties for advertising, marketing, or any other purpose.
• We do not allow humans to read this data, except (a) with your explicit prior consent for specific data; (b) where necessary for security purposes such as investigating abuse; (c) to comply with applicable law; or (d) where the data has been aggregated and anonymised and is used for internal operations in accordance with applicable privacy and legal requirements.
• We do not use Google user data for any purpose other than the live-broadcasting functionality described above.

8.5 Storage of Google credentials

To maintain the connection between CricNoble and your YouTube channel, we store an OAuth access token and refresh token associated with your Google account on our servers. These tokens are stored securely and are used only to make YouTube API calls on your behalf for live broadcasts you initiate. We do not store, copy, or cache any other content from your YouTube account.

8.6 Revoking Google access

You can disconnect your Google account from CricNoble at any time through either of the following paths:

• Inside the app: Profile menu → Connected Accounts → Disconnect Google Account.
• From Google directly: Visit https://myaccount.google.com/permissions, find "CricNoble" in the list of third-party apps with account access, and click "Remove Access".

When you disconnect, we immediately delete the OAuth tokens we have stored for your account. Live broadcasts already created on your YouTube channel are not deleted by this action; you can manage or delete them through YouTube Studio.

8.7 Other third-party services

The platform also integrates with other third-party services to provide specific features, including Google Maps for venue location and Firebase for push notifications and storage. These services have their own privacy policies, and we encourage you to review them. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party services beyond CricNoble's own use of their APIs as described above.

9. Children's Privacy

CricNoble is not directed to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe we have inadvertently collected such information, please contact us immediately and we will take steps to delete it.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of material changes by updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page and, where appropriate, by sending you an email notification. Your continued use of the platform after changes take effect constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

• Email: admin@cricnoble.com
• Location: North Carolina, United States