Privacy Notice

Last updated: 19 June 2026

1. Who we are

skatebattles ("we", "us") operates this website (skatebattles.github.io), a free, non-commercial community leaderboard for the video game skate.

This site is a fan project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Electronic Arts Inc. All trademarks, game titles, and related assets are the property of their respective owners.

2. What we collect

We deliberately collect as little as possible. When you create an account, we store:

Your username. This is the only identifier you give us. It is public: it appears on leaderboards and in run history.
A hash of your password. Passwords are hashed by our authentication provider (Supabase). We never see or store your password in plain text.
A hash of your recovery code. The one-time recovery code shown at signup is stored only as a cryptographic hash. We cannot read or retrieve the code itself.
Your submissions. Scores, the leaderboard they belong to, timestamps, the video link you provide as proof of the run, and moderation status.
Account metadata. Account creation time and your role on the site (user, admin, or superadmin).

We do not collect your email address. Accounts are username-only. Internally, our authentication system uses a synthetic identifier derived from your username; no real email address is requested, stored, or sent to.

We also do not collect your real name, date of birth, postal address, phone number, or payment details. The site is free and has no payments.

3. Technical data processed by our service providers

Like virtually every website, the services that run this site process some technical data (such as your IP address, browser type, and request logs) in order to deliver pages, prevent abuse, and keep the service secure. This happens at the infrastructure level with our providers:

GitHub Pages (GitHub, Inc. / Microsoft) — hosts the website files and serves them to your browser. GitHub may log IP addresses of visitors for security purposes.
Supabase (Supabase, Inc.) — provides our database, authentication, and server-side functions. Account and submission data described above is stored on Supabase infrastructure in the EU — Central EU (Frankfurt).
Cloudflare Turnstile (Cloudflare, Inc.) — the CAPTCHA used at signup, login, and other sensitive actions. Turnstile processes technical signals from your browser to distinguish humans from bots.
Google Fonts (Google LLC) — the site's fonts are loaded from Google's servers, which means your browser sends a request (including your IP address) to Google when the page loads.

We do not run analytics, advertising, tracking pixels, or fingerprinting of any kind, and we do not sell or share your data with anyone for marketing.

4. How we use your data

To operate your account (sign-in, password recovery, account settings).
To display the leaderboards: your username, scores, run dates, and the video links you submit are shown publicly.
To moderate submissions (run approval, rejection, hiding) and keep the leaderboards fair.
To prevent abuse (CAPTCHA verification, server-side permission checks).

Where the GDPR or similar laws apply, our legal bases are: performance of our agreement with you (running your account and the leaderboard you signed up for) and our legitimate interest in keeping a small community site secure and fair.

5. What is public

This is a public leaderboard. Anyone on the internet can see: your username, your approved (non-hidden) runs and scores, run dates, and the video links attached to your runs. Don't put anything in your username or video content that you wouldn't want to be public.

6. Cookies and local storage

We use no advertising or analytics cookies — which is why you don't see a cookie banner. The only thing stored in your browser is essential local storage used by our authentication provider to keep you signed in (your session token). It is strictly necessary for the sign-in feature to work, and it's created only when you sign in. Cloudflare Turnstile may also use strictly necessary technical storage to perform its bot check.

7. How long we keep data

Account data is kept for as long as your account exists. Submitted runs are retained to preserve leaderboard history, including runs that were rejected or hidden (hidden and rejected runs are not shown publicly). If you delete your account, the data described in the next section is permanently removed.

8. Account deletion

You can permanently delete your account yourself at any time from the account menu (cog icon → "Delete account"). Deletion requires your password and your recovery code, and it is irreversible. When you delete your account, we permanently remove:

all runs you own (including their scores and stored video links),
your player entry and your leaderboard placements,
your profile, your recovery code hash, and your authentication account (including the password hash).

Two things are handled specially, and we want to be upfront about them:

Runs you submitted on behalf of other players (admin submissions) belong to those players and are kept — but your identity is scrubbed from them: the record of who submitted them is permanently cleared.
Videos are never hosted by us. Runs store only a link to a video hosted elsewhere (for example YouTube or Discord). Deleting your account (or deleting a run) removes the link from our database — it does not and cannot delete the video itself from the third-party platform. If you want the video gone, you must delete it on the platform where it is hosted (e.g. your YouTube channel or Discord server).

If you can no longer sign in (for example you lost both your password and your recovery code) and want your data erased, contact us and we will verify and handle your request manually.

9. Your rights

Depending on where you live (for example under the GDPR or UK GDPR), you may have the right to access the data we hold about you, correct it, delete it, restrict or object to its processing, receive a copy of it, and lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority. Most of this you can do yourself: your data is visible on the site, and deletion is self-service (section 8). For anything else, contact us.

10. Age requirement

You must be at least 16 years old to create an account. This service is not directed at children under 16, and we do not knowingly collect data from them. If you believe someone under 16 has created an account, contact us and we will delete it.

11. Security

Passwords and recovery codes are stored only as cryptographic hashes. All traffic to the site and to our backend is encrypted (HTTPS). Permission checks (who can edit, hide, or delete what) are enforced on the server, not just in your browser. No system is perfectly secure, but we collect so little that there is very little to lose.

12. Changes to this notice

If we change this notice, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top. Material changes (for example, collecting a new category of data) will be highlighted on the site.

13. Contact

skatebattles.privacy@gmail.com

Terms of Service

Last updated: 19 June 2026

1. Who we are and acceptance of these terms

This website (skatebattles.github.io, the "Service") is operated by skatebattles ("we", "us"). It is a free, non-commercial community leaderboard for the video game skate. By using the Service — and especially by creating an account or submitting a run — you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the Service.

Questions about these Terms? Contact us.

2. Not affiliated with EA

This is an independent fan project. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or in any way officially connected to Electronic Arts Inc. or any of its subsidiaries. "skate." and all related game titles, trademarks, logos, and game assets are the property of their respective owners. References to the game on this Service are made purely descriptively, to identify what the leaderboards are about.

3. Eligibility

You must be at least 16 years old to create an account or submit content. By creating an account, you confirm that you meet this requirement.

4. Accounts

Accounts are username-only; we do not collect your email address. Choose a username you are comfortable displaying publicly.
One account per person. Do not impersonate other players, community figures, or staff, and do not pick usernames intended to deceive.
You are responsible for everything done through your account. Keep your password private.
Save your recovery code. It is shown once at signup (and whenever you regenerate it). Because we hold no email address for you, the recovery code is the only automated way back into your account if you forget your password. We store only a hash of it and cannot read or resend it. If you lose both your password and your recovery code, your account may be permanently unrecoverable.

5. Run submissions and your content

You may submit runs to the leaderboards. Every run requires a video link as proof. Moderators review the video before a run is approved, and runs only appear publicly once approved.
You promise that your submissions are truthful (real scores, achieved by you or by the player you are authorized to submit for, under the rules of the relevant leaderboard) and that you have the right to share any video you link.
By submitting, you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to display, store, and reproduce your submitted content (username, scores, video links) on the Service for as long as it remains on the Service. You keep all rights you have in your own content.
You can hide your own approved runs, edit your pending runs, and delete your own runs, as the Service allows.

6. Third-party videos and links

The Service never hosts video files. A run stores only a link to a video hosted on a third-party platform (such as YouTube or Discord). This means:

Deleting a link from the Service does not delete the video. Removing a run, hiding it, or deleting your account removes the link from our database, but the video itself remains on the third-party platform until you delete it there.
We do not control and are not responsible for third-party platforms, their content, or their availability. A link's presence on the Service is not an endorsement.
Third-party platforms have their own terms and privacy policies, which apply when you visit them.

7. Acceptable use

Do not:

submit fake, manipulated, or miscategorized runs, or otherwise cheat the leaderboards;
link videos containing illegal content, or content that is hateful, harassing, or sexually explicit;
attempt to bypass moderation, access controls, CAPTCHA, or rate limits, or interfere with the Service's operation;
scrape, spam, or automate interactions with the Service in ways that burden it or its providers;
harass, threaten, or impersonate other users or staff.

8. Moderation and termination

The Service is moderated. We may, at our reasonable discretion: approve, reject, hide, or remove any submission; correct leaderboard placements; and suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms or harm the community. As a small volunteer-run project, we generally try to warn before acting, but we are not obliged to.

You can stop using the Service at any time and delete your account yourself (see section 9).

9. Account deletion

You can permanently delete your account at any time from the account menu. Deletion is irreversible and removes your runs, your player entry, and your account data. The details of exactly what is deleted (and what happens to videos hosted elsewhere) are in our Privacy Notice — Account Deletion.

10. The Service is provided "as is"

This is a free hobby project run in spare time on free-tier infrastructure. We make no promises about availability, accuracy, or data preservation. The Service is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, express or implied, to the fullest extent permitted by law. We may change, pause, or discontinue the Service (or any part of it) at any time. Backing up anything you care about (for example your video files, which live on your own platforms anyway) is your responsibility.

11. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, or consequential damages, lost data, or lost opportunities arising from your use of the Service. Nothing in these Terms excludes liability that cannot be excluded by law (for example liability for intent or gross negligence where applicable law so provides).

12. Changes to these terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top reflects the current version. If you keep using the Service after changes take effect, that means you accept the updated Terms. Material changes will be highlighted on the site.

13. Contact

skatebattles.privacy@gmail.com