Update : 04/2023

About this Statement

  1. This Privacy Statement (the "Statement") describes how Ypoverse collects, shares, and uses any information that, used alone or in combination with other information, relates to you ("Personal Data") as a user of the EQWIN application, trainer, or horse owner ("you" and "your").
  2. Ypoverse SRL has its registered office at Avenue Louise 65, box 11, 1050 Brussels, Belgium ("Ypoverse," "we," or "our"). It is registered under number 784.431.575. Ypoverse operates the EQWIN application (the "Application"), a horse racing application.
  3. This Statement also outlines the rights you have regarding the Personal Data we process about you and how you can exercise them. Ypoverse takes its obligations regarding privacy seriously. This is why we have developed this Statement describing the standards that Ypoverse applies to protect your Personal Data.
  4. For the purposes of this Statement, Ypoverse acts as the controller of your Personal Data. Thus, Ypoverse is responsible for ensuring that the processing of Personal Data complies with the applicable data protection legislation, particularly the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR").
  5. Please take the time to read this Statement carefully. If you have any questions or comments, please contact us via email at [email protected].

What Personal Data is Collected by Ypoverse and Why?

  1. The categories of Personal Data we collect, and the reasons for processing them are as follows.
Why we collect them? Types of Personal Data Legal Basis
User of the Application
Registration and account creation
Necessary verification for registration (user age, place of residence) Identification data (password, email address), if authentication occurs via Google, Facebook Connect, or Apple : email, name, social network ID Contractual necessity
Management of the virtual stable and races User email address, Dara related to the stable, horses, User activities, “Private” or “Socio-professional Category” (in the latter case, existence of accreditation received from federations), Points accumulated by the user, rating Contractual necessity
Execution of transactions made with you (purchase of horse shares) Financial data (payment data, data related to your balance and purchases made, sponsorship) Contractual necessity
Horse trainers
Management of “trainers” profiles on the Application Identification data (name, surname), horses, pedigree Our legitimate interest in presenting users with an accurate image of the equestrian sector and existing trainers
“Socio-professionnal” users
Calculation and management of commission for socio-professional categories Identification data (email, password), data related to the applicable accreditation, data related to EQWIN allowances Our legitimate interest in remunerating field actors and diversifying their income
General
Administration of the Application N/A Our legitimate interest in ensuring the proper functioning of the Application
Management of complaints and disputes Identification data, such as name, email, History of exchanges with you Our legitimate interest in safeguarding our rights and interests
To respond to any type of request you may make directly via our Application Identification data, such as name, email address • Contractual necessity if you are a user
• Our legitimate interest in assisting you if you are not an account holder on the Application
For marketing and communication purposes, such as examining overall customer satisfaction with our products and services, communicating about our activities, services, and products, etc. Identification data, such as name, email address
Marketing preferences • Our legitimate interest in sending commercial communications to our existing clients
• Consent when you are not an existing client

If we ask you to provide additional Personal Data beyond what is described above, we will specify which Personal Data we are asking for and the reasons we are asking for them at the appropriate time.

  1. We may also automatically collect certain information from your device when you use the Application. Specifically, the information we automatically collect may include data related to your IP address, device type, unique device identifiers, browser type, geographic location broadly understood (e.g., at the country or city level), and other technical information. We may also collect information about how your device interacts with our Application, including pages viewed and links clicked. Collecting this information allows us to better understand our Application users, where they come from, and to determine the content of our Application that interests them. We use this information for internal analysis purposes as well as to improve the quality and relevance of our Application for our users.
  2. We also collect Personal Data (name, first name, horses) regarding trainers, jockeys, and owners through data made public by equestrian federations. We may also verify your accreditation with these federations as a socio-professional. We use this data to provide an accurate portrayal of the equestrian sector within our Application.

Who does Ypoverse share your personal data with?

  1. We may disclose your Personal Data to the following categories of recipients:

  2. our third-party suppliers, service providers, and partners who provide us with data processing services or process Personal Data for purposes described in this Statement, or as notified to you when collecting your Personal Data. These suppliers and providers offer us the following categories of services: development, hosting, and maintenance of the Application, user verification processes (Know Your Customer);

  3. to equestrian federations, to verify your accreditation as a socio-professional.

  4. to any competent law enforcement agency, regulator, government agency, court, or other third party where we believe disclosure is necessary (i) under applicable laws or regulations, (ii) to establish or defend our rights, or (iii) to protect your vital interests or those of any other person;