Last updated: November 10, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains what SpankRanker ("we," "us") collects, how we use it, and the choices you have. It covers spankranker.com, the waitlist, and the SpankRanker apps once they launch.
1. What we collect today (website and waitlist)
- Waitlist: your email address, and optionally your city and which game mode you're most excited about. We also record the date you joined and the country your request came from (provided by our hosting provider, Cloudflare).
- Contact form: your name (optional), email, topic, and message.
- Technical data: like any website, our hosting provider processes your IP address, browser type, and request logs to deliver the site and protect it from abuse.
We don't use advertising cookies or trackers on the website today. If we add analytics or advertising tools (for example, to measure ads), we'll update this policy and, where required, ask for your consent first.
2. What we'll collect when the app launches
- Profile information you choose to share: name or nickname, photos of yourself, age, city, bio, and optional social links.
- Verification data: to confirm you're 18+ and that your photos are really you, we'll use a third-party verification provider. They may process your ID document and a selfie. We'll only receive the result (for example, "verified, 18+") and won't keep copies of your ID unless the law requires it.
- Activity: ratings you give and receive, votes, matches, cut-off settings, messages, reports, and blocks.
- Purchases: what you bought and when. Payments are handled by Apple, Google, or our payment processor; we don't see your full card details.
- Device data: device type, app version, and approximate location (city level) for city leaderboards.
3. How we use your information
- To run the waitlist and tell you about the launch, early access, and launch perks.
- To reply to your messages.
- Once the app launches: to show your profile, calculate ratings and tiers, create matches, enable chat, and keep leaderboards running.
- To keep the Service safe: verifying ages, stopping fake accounts and vote manipulation, reviewing reports, and enforcing our Terms.
- To improve the Service and fix problems.
- To meet legal obligations.
4. What other users can see (in the app)
Other users can see the profile information and photos you choose to post, your tier, and, if you haven't hidden it, your position on public leaderboards. Your exact score stays private unless you choose to share it. Messages are visible to you and the person you're chatting with, and to our moderators if a conversation is reported.
5. Who we share information with
We don't sell your personal information, and we don't share it for cross-context behavioral advertising. We share it only with:
- Service providers who help us run SpankRanker, such as hosting and databases (Cloudflare), email delivery, identity verification, content moderation, and payments. They may only use it to provide services to us.
- Authorities when the law requires it, or when we believe it's needed to protect someone's safety, including reporting child exploitation to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.
- A buyer or successor if SpankRanker is sold or merged, with this policy continuing to apply.
6. How long we keep it
We keep waitlist entries until the app launches and for a reasonable time after, or until you ask us to remove you. Contact messages are kept as long as needed to deal with your request. In the app, we keep your data while your account is active and delete it after you close your account, except where we need to keep some information for safety, fraud prevention, or legal reasons.
7. Your choices and rights
- Unsubscribe from emails using the link in any email.
- Access, correct, or delete your information by emailing [email protected].
- In the app: hide from leaderboards, pause your profile, or delete your account at any time.
Depending on where you live (for example, California or the European Economic Area), you may have additional rights, such as to know what we've collected, to get a copy, to object to certain uses, or to complain to your local data protection authority. We won't treat you differently for using these rights.
8. Security
We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your information, including encrypted connections. No system is perfectly secure, so we can't guarantee absolute security.
9. No one under 18
SpankRanker is only for adults. We don't knowingly collect information from anyone under 18. If we learn we have, we'll delete it. If you believe a minor has signed up, please tell us at [email protected].
10. International users
SpankRanker is based in the United States. If you use it from elsewhere, your information will be processed in the United States and other countries where our providers operate.
11. Changes
We may update this policy. If the changes are significant, we'll let you know by email or in the app before they take effect.
12. Contact
Email [email protected] or use our contact form.