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RuPauls Private Policy:

Last updated December 5, 2021

Drag Homies Inc. (“we” or “us”) respects the privacy of our users. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website [dragfantasyleague.com], including any other media form, media channel, mobile website, or mobile application related or connected thereto (collectively, the “Site”). Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site.

We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time and for any reason. We will alert you about any changes by updating the “Last Updated” date of this Privacy Policy. Any changes or modifications will be effective immediately upon posting the updated Privacy Policy on the Site, and you waive the right to receive specific notice of each such change or modification.

You are encouraged to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed of updates. You will be deemed to have been made aware of, will be subject to, and will be deemed to have accepted the changes in any revised Privacy Policy by your continued use of the Site after the date such revised Privacy Policy is posted.

What We Collect

We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect on our website includes:

Personal Data

Personally identifiable information, such as your name, email address, telephone number, demographic information, such as your age, gender and interests, that you voluntarily give to us when you register on our website. You are under no obligation to provide us with personal information of any kind, however your refusal to do so may prevent you from using certain features of our website.

Derivative Data

Information our servers automatically collect when you access our website, such as your IP address, your browser type, your operating system, your access times, as well as any other information you choose to provide.

Data From Social Networks

User information from social networking sites, such as Facebook, Google+, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, including your name, your social network username, birth date, email address, profile picture, and public data for contacts, if you connect your account to such social networks.

Use of Your Information

Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we use information about you to:

  • Compile anonymous statistical data and analysis for internal use or with third parties,

  • Create and manage your account,

  • Provide, maintain, and improve our services,

  • Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve your experience with our website,

  • Notify you of updates to our website,

  • Prevent fraudulent activities, monitor against theft, and protect against criminal activity,

  • Request feedback and contact you about your use of our services,

  • Resolve disputes and troubleshoot problems,

  • Solicit support for our website.

Disclosure of Your Information

We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:

By Law or to Protect Rights

If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation.

Third-Party Service Providers

We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance.

Marketing Communications

With your consent, or with an opportunity for you to withdraw consent, we may share your information with third parties for marketing purposes, as permitted by law.

Interactions with Other Users

If you interact with other users on our website, those users may see your name, profile photo, and descriptions of your activity, including liking posts and following blogs.

Online Postings

When you post comments, contributions or other content on our website, your posts may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside the website in perpetuity.

Third-Party Advertisers

We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information about your visits to our website and other websites that are contained in web cookies in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.

Affiliates

We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include our parent company and any subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that we control or that are under common control with us.

We are not responsible for the actions of third parties with whom you share personal or sensitive data, and we have no authority to manage or control third-party solicitations. If you no longer wish to receive correspondence, emails or other communications from third parties, you are responsible for contacting the third party directly.

How We Protect Your Information

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse. Any information disclosed online is vulnerable to interception and misuse by unauthorized parties. Therefore, we cannot guarantee complete security if you provide personal information.

Privacy Policy Justification Worksheet

Briefly describe the website you are building (its purpose/functionality/etc.)

RuPaulsFantasyLeague is a website for those who love RuPauls Drag Race. It allows users to engage in dialogue about and build rosters of their favorite Queens. It provides an interactive layer improving upon websites like drag-pedia (the leader in our market space).

Identify the stakeholders (direct and indirect) whose interests are relevant to your website.

Members of the drag community and Queens on the show, media executives at Paramount Plus, and anyone who watches or supports the show. All those of us who will benefit from the uplifting and celebration of minorities around the world – so everyone.

What data will you have access to, and what might this data reveal about its subjects?

  • Personal Data: Characteristic, ways to contact

  • Derivative Data: file systems, belongings, habits

  • Social Network Data: Personal and network information

  • Mobile Device Data: Mobile device information

  • Third-Party Data: Personal or network information from third-party

What values are relevant to your website and its privacy policy? (Note that the relevant values will depend in part on the kind of website you are building).

Inclusion, interpersonal connection, and respect for a safe space. This informs our generous privacy policy.

What counts as “success” for the website you are building?

Adoption by the larger drag community. World of wonder (production company in charge of drag race) doesn’t sue us for copyright infringement!

Describe how you took the relevant values into account in writing your privacy policy (e.g. what decisions and tradeoffs were made, and why).

We want to learn more about users so that we can customize the website’s view based on user’s profile, thus enhancing their web surfing experience. In order to do that, we must store/collect personal data of our users.

Users cannot use all our features if they don't provide us with some personal information. This might not sound good in the first place, but we only want what is best for both sides: Users get their fullest experience while we can keep improving/ maintaining our excellent services.