Last updated: October 13, 2026 · Version 1.1
Courtesy translation. The legal version is the French one (Politique de confidentialité); in case of any discrepancy, the French version prevails.
Margin Showdown (the “Game”, “we”) respects your privacy. This policy explains what personal information we collect, why, who it is shared with, how long it is kept and how you can exercise your rights. It forms an integral part of our General Terms of Use and Sale and aims in particular to comply with Québec's Act respecting the protection of personal information in the private sector (Law 25), applicable federal legislation and, for the visitors concerned, the European GDPR.
1.1 Margin Showdown is a poker-style trading game, available at marginshowdown.com, operated by [Legal name of the operator — to be completed], whose main place of business is in Québec, Canada (see Article 2 of the Terms).
1.2 Person responsible for the protection of personal information: [name and title to be completed], reachable at the address given in Article 15.
2.1 We only collect the information needed to run the Game, keep it secure and meet our obligations. Depending on how you use it, we may collect:
| Category | Information | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Account | Email address, password (never stored in plain text, only in hashed, irreversible form), username. | You, at registration |
| Registration awaiting confirmation | When you sign up, your email, username, password (in hashed form), confirmation of your age and of your acceptance of the terms, and your IP address are kept temporarily, for at most 24 hours, while you confirm your email. When you open the confirmation link, this information becomes your account; if the link is not opened in time, it is deleted automatically and no account is created. | You |
| Proof of consent | Date on which you confirmed that you are 18 or over and accepted the terms of use and this policy; language chosen. | You |
| Progress and gameplay | Matches played and won, hands, amounts staked and won, level and Market Maker Pass progress, challenges, items and cosmetics unlocked, game settings. | Generated by your use |
| Virtual wallet | ⟁ (Delta) and α (Alpha) balances, in-game currencies with no exchange value for real money. | Generated by your use |
| Reviews | Message and rating sent through the “Feedback” form, linked to your account. | You |
| Technical data | IP address (used to limit abuse and spam), session identifiers, technical error logs. | Your device / browser |
| Registration IP address | Kept with your account to detect abuse (multiple accounts, self-referral). | Your device |
| Guests | If you play without an account: a signed random identifier, stored in a cookie, to retrieve your temporary balance; no personal data is requested from you. | Your browser |
| Referral | Referrer's link, where applicable, and the link between the two accounts to credit the reward. | You / the referrer |
| Moderation | If your account is suspended: date, duration and reason for the suspension. | Our team |
| Purchases | When purchases are enabled: order reference, amount, date, product purchased. Payment data (bank card, billing address) is collected directly by the payment provider; we neither receive nor store it. | You / payment provider |
2.2 We collect no sensitive information (health, origin, orientation, identity document, legal name, postal address or telephone number) in order to play.
| Purpose | Legal ground |
|---|---|
| Create and secure your account, confirm your email, let you sign back in. | Performance of the contract; consent |
| Run the Game: stakes, matches, balances, progress, shop, rankings. | Performance of the contract |
| Prevent fraud and abuse (multiple accounts, spam, cheating), ensure the security of the Service. | Legitimate interest; security obligation |
| Process purchases, issue receipts and handle disputes. | Performance of the contract; legal obligation |
| Answer your requests and improve the Game based on feedback. | Legitimate interest; consent |
| Meet our legal obligations (accounting, taxes, requests from authorities). | Legal obligation |
3.1 We only use your information for the purposes described here, unless we obtain new consent or are required by law. No personal information is sold or used for advertising.
4.1 Some information is entrusted to service providers, who may only use it to provide us with their service:
| Provider | Role | Information concerned |
|---|---|---|
| Railway | Hosting of the Game's server and database | All Game data |
| Sentry | Monitoring of server technical errors | Technical details of an error; no IP address or cookie is knowingly sent to it |
| Resend | Sending of registration confirmation and password reset emails | Email address, username (at the time of sending) |
| App Store / Google Play / payment provider | Processing of real-money purchases, when enabled | Payment data (collected directly by these services, under their own policy) |
4.2 Any market data providers receive no personal information about you. We may also disclose information if the law or a competent authority requires it, or to protect our rights or the security of the Service, and in connection with a reorganization or sale of the business, subject to the same protection.
5.1 The providers above may store or process information outside Québec and Canada, in particular in the United States. Before any transfer, we assess the privacy risks and ensure, by contract or through the provider's safeguards, that the information receives adequate protection. We only send them what is necessary for their function.
| Information | Duration |
|---|---|
| Registration awaiting confirmation | 24 hours at most, then automatic deletion |
| Account, progress, balances, reviews, registration IP address | As long as the account exists; deleted when the account is deleted |
| Entry in the “Latest winners” list | As long as it appears in the list (the 8 most recent); deleted with the account |
| Guest balance (cookie) | As long as the cookie exists in your browser; not recoverable if it is erased |
| Technical and error logs | Limited period according to the setting of the provider concerned |
| Purchase and billing data | Period required by applicable accounting and tax laws |
6.1 After your account is deleted. You can delete your account at any time from My account → Deletion, a final and irreversible action: your account, balance, statistics, progress and reviews are deleted. Two limited items are kept: an irreversible fingerprint (hash) of your email address, used only to prevent receiving the starting bonus again by recreating an account, and the log of moderation actions, detached from your account.
7.1 Depending on where you are (Law 25 in Québec, GDPR in Europe, equivalent laws elsewhere), you have the right to:
7.2 For any request you cannot carry out yourself from the Game, write to us (Article 15). We reply within a maximum of 30 days and may ask you to confirm your identity.
7.3 If you believe your rights are not being respected, you may file a complaint with the Commission d'accès à l'information du Québec or with the data protection authority of your country.
8.1 We only use cookies and local storage that are strictly necessary for the Game to work, never for advertising or tracking:
8.2 The Game uses no advertising service or audience-measurement tool, and sends no data to a third party when it opens (fonts and the charting library are hosted on our own servers). Because these cookies are essential, they do not require a consent banner; you can delete them in your browser, at the cost of losing your session or guest balance.
9.1 We apply reasonable security measures: hashed passwords (never stored in plain text), encrypted connections (HTTPS), sessions protected by a signed token, single-use, time-limited tokens for email confirmation and password reset, request rate limiting, restricted access to administration and logging of moderation actions. No system is infallible: if you suspect a security problem on your account, contact us immediately.
9.2 In the event of a privacy incident presenting a risk of serious harm, we will notify the Commission d'accès à l'information and the persons concerned, as required by law, and we keep an incident register.
10.1 When you win a Match with a signed-in account, your username, avatar, stake, multiplier and payout may appear in the “Latest winners” list on the home screen, visible to all visitors with or without an account; only the 8 most recent appear there and they are deleted with your account. Your username, level and equipped cosmetics are also visible to other players and in the rankings. Choose a username that does not reveal personal information.
11.1 We only send you transactional emails: registration confirmation, password reset and, when purchases are enabled, receipts. We send no promotional email without your express consent, which you may withdraw at any time.
12.1 No decision producing legal or similarly significant effects concerning you is made solely by automated processing. Automated players (“bots”) make gameplay decisions but profile no one. Automatic technical measures (for example, temporarily limiting the number of requests per IP address) may briefly block access in case of abusive behavior; account suspensions are decided by our team.
13.1 Margin Showdown includes a mechanic of staking virtual currency (which can be purchased with real money) on poker hands. The Game is reserved for people aged 18 or over. No sum staked or won in the Game can be converted into real money. We do not knowingly collect information about minors and we delete any account whose holder we learn is a minor.
14.1 We may update this policy; the date and version number at the top of the page indicate the latest revision. Any important change will be notified to you in the Game or by email before it takes effect.
For any question about this policy, the exercise of your rights or your personal information:
marginshowdown@gmail.com