01Who we are
MINT Cup is run by MINT Gaming, the esports division of MINT Platforms (Pty) Ltd. MINT Platforms (Pty) Ltd is the responsible party for personal information processed through mintcup.co.za, under the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (POPIA).
Questions or requests about your information go to our Information Officer at privacy@mint-gaming.co.za.
02What we collect
- Your account: your email address, display name, country and anything you add to your profile, such as a bio.
- Discord, if you sign in with it: your Discord user ID, username, profile picture and the email address on your Discord account. We never see your Discord password.
- Game accounts you link: for example your Riot ID or Steam profile. For Riot IDs we may look the account up with Riot to confirm it exists and to store its rank and Riot account ID.
- Teams and organisations: the teams and organisations you create or join, your role in them, invite links, and logos you upload.
- Cups: your team's registrations and check-ins, the roster saved when a team registers, scores you report, screenshot links and notes you send with them, and disputes.
- Sign-in and security: one-time sign-in links and session records, stored only as one-way hashes, and a log of admin actions.
- Visits: which pages are viewed and which site sent the visitor. A visitor is counted with an anonymous code made from the IP address and browser, which changes every day and can't be turned back into either. We don't store IP addresses with visits.
03What's public
A cup is a public competition, so some of what you give us is shown on the site: your display name, profile picture, bio, linked game account names, your teams and organisations, rosters, and match results.
Your email address and your Discord account are never shown publicly.
04Why we use it
- To run the cups you enter: accounts, teams, registrations, brackets, results and prizes.
- To keep cups fair: checking game accounts, stopping one player from playing for two teams, and settling disputes.
- To keep the site secure and working, and to stop abuse.
- To email you sign-in links and messages about cups you entered. We don't send marketing without your opt-in consent.
- To count visits, so we and our partners know how many people see the site. Partners only get totals, never personal information.
We don't sell personal information.
07How long we keep it
- Sign-in links expire after 15 minutes. Sessions end after 30 days, or when you sign out.
- Your account stays until you ask us to remove it.
- When an account is removed we delete its email address, Discord details, profile and linked game accounts. Past results stay, shown as "Removed player", so brackets and standings remain correct.
- Visit counts are anonymous, so there is nothing in them to delete for you.
08Under 18
If you are under 18, you need a parent or guardian's permission to create an account and play in a cup. If we learn that someone under 18 has an account without that permission, we may remove it. A parent or guardian can ask us to remove their child's information at privacy@mint-gaming.co.za.
09Your rights
You can ask what personal information we hold about you, and ask us to correct it, delete it or stop using it. You can change your display name, profile and linked game accounts yourself in your portal. For anything else, email privacy@mint-gaming.co.za.
If you're not happy with how we handled a request, you can complain to the Information Regulator (South Africa) at inforegulator.org.za.
If we change this policy, we'll update the date at the top of this page.
See also the privacy policy, terms of use and fair play rules.