Privacy Policy

1. Information You Provide

We collect information you voluntarily provide when you create an account or participate:

• Email address — used to create and secure your account.
• Fan handle / username — your public identity on WTF Fan Rant.
• Password — handled through our authentication provider (Supabase). We do not store or have access to your raw password.
• Selected / followed teams — the franchises you choose to follow.
• Rants, comments, and replies — the content you publish.
• Reactions — your emoji-style reactions to content.
• Reports and contact submissions — messages you send us through contact or reporting tools.

Your fan handle, rants, comments, replies, and reactions are public. They are visible to other users and may be indexed by search engines. Do not include private, sensitive, or personal information in your public content.

2. Automatically Collected Information

When you visit WTF Fan Rant, we and our service providers automatically collect certain technical and usage information, including: IP address (coarsely masked where stored), browser type and version, device information, pages viewed, referral/source URLs, and general usage statistics. We use this information to operate, secure, and improve the Service.

3. Cookies and Session Information

We use a session cookie (wtf_session) to keep you signed in. It is an HttpOnly cookie used to identify your authenticated session so your experience survives page refreshes and navigation. We do not use the session cookie for third-party advertising. You can clear cookies through your browser settings, which will sign you out.

4. How We Use Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Create and manage your account and authentication.
• Display, distribute, and organize the user-generated content you publish.
• Operate the WTF Fan Frustration Index and trending features, derived from fan activity.
• Secure the Service, prevent abuse, and enforce our conduct rules.
• Respond to your reports, requests, and support questions.
• Improve and analyze how the Service is used.
• Display advertising and sponsorships, where applicable.

5. User-Generated Content Is Public

Rants, comments, replies, and reactions you post are public by default. They may be viewed by anyone, shared by others, and indexed by search engines. You are responsible for what you publish. Please do not post personal or sensitive information about yourself or others.

6. Moderation and Abuse Prevention

We may review user-generated content and account activity to enforce our conduct rules and protect the community from spam, harassment, threats, doxxing, hate content, impersonation, and other abuse. Moderation records and audit logs may be retained to support these efforts.

7. Service Providers and Processors

We rely on third-party service providers to operate the Service, including infrastructure and authentication providers that process data on our behalf under appropriate agreements. For example, our authentication and database services are provided through Supabase. These providers process information only as needed to provide their services to us and under their applicable terms.

8. Advertising and Sponsorships

WTF Fan Rant may display advertising and sponsorships. Advertising and sponsorships may be targeted by league, team, or page type. We do not sell your personal information to advertisers. Advertising providers, if and when enabled, may use cookies or similar technologies under their own policies, which are beyond our control.

9. Analytics

We may use analytics to understand how the Service is used (for example, anonymous visitor counts and engagement metrics). We do not falsely claim to use specific analytics vendors or technologies that are not implemented. Where analytics are enabled, they are limited to understanding and improving the Service.

10. Legal Compliance and Protection of Rights

We may disclose information where we believe in good faith it is necessary to comply with legal obligations, respond to lawful requests, protect the rights, property, or safety of WTF Fan Rant, our users, or others, or to investigate and prevent fraud, abuse, or unlawful activity.

11. Data Retention

We retain account information and user-generated content for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide the Service. We may retain certain records (such as moderation and audit logs, and contact submissions) after content removal or account closure where necessary for legal, security, or operational reasons. Coarse technical logs may be retained for a limited period for security and analytics.

12. Your Account and Data Requests

You may edit your followed teams through your account. If you would like to request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal data, or if you have a privacy concern, you may contact us through our Contact page. We will review and respond to verifiable requests as appropriate and as required by applicable law.

13. Children's Privacy

WTF Fan Rant is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, please contact us and we will take steps to delete it.

14. U.S. State Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information under applicable U.S. state privacy laws, which may include the right to access, delete, or correct your personal information, and the right to opt out of certain processing. Whether a specific law applies to you and your situation depends on the law and the specifics of your interaction with us. To exercise any available rights, contact us through our Contact page. We will respond consistent with applicable law, and nothing here is a representation that a particular state law applies to you when it may not.

15. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we will update the effective date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

16. Contact

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or your personal information, contact us through the site's Contact page.