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How we collect, use and protect your personal data

Last updated: April 2025

Reload-Airsoft is committed to protecting your personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR — EU Regulation 2016/679) and the amended Data Protection Act.

1. Data controller

The controller of your personal data is Reload-Airsoft.

For any questions about your data, you can contact us at: Relaod-Airsoft@proton.me

2. Data collected

When creating your account

  • Email address (required)
  • Username (required)
  • Password (stored as a bcrypt hash — never in plain text)
  • Date of birth (optional)
  • Profile photo / avatar (optional)

When using the platform

  • Game registrations
  • Participation history and game statistics
  • Published content (blog articles, comments)
  • Game preferences and equipment (if provided)

Technical data

  • IP address (for security and abuse prevention)
  • Connection data and access logs
  • Browser type and operating system
  • Session data (session token stored server-side in Redis)

Payment data

Payments are processed by Stripe. Reload-Airsoft never stores your card numbers, IBAN, or any banking details. Only an opaque Stripe identifier is kept for potential refunds. See the Stripe privacy policy.

Sign-in via third-party services (OAuth)

If you sign in via Discord or Google, we receive only the data those services share with us: email address, display name, and unique identifier. We do not access your contacts, messages, or other personal data.

3. Purposes and legal bases

PurposeLegal basis
Account creation and managementContract performance (Terms of Service)
Game registration and participation managementContract performance
Payment processingContract performance
Sending transactional emails (confirmation, password reset)Contract performance
Content moderationLegitimate interest (platform security)
Anonymised usage statisticsLegitimate interest
Fraud prevention and securityLegitimate interest
Newsletter and marketing communicationsConsent

4. Retention period

  • Active account data: for the duration of your registration on the platform
  • After account deletion: 30 days (recovery period), then permanent deletion
  • Payment data: 10 years (legal accounting obligations — data hosted at Stripe)
  • Security logs: 12 months maximum
  • Session data: 30 days (or upon logout)

5. Data recipients

Your personal data is never sold to third parties. It may be shared with the following categories of recipients:

  • Game organisers: your username and participation options (carpooling, equipment) that you provided when registering
  • Stripe : for payment processing
  • Technical service providers: hosting, transactional emails (sub-processors subject to strict GDPR obligations)
  • Competent authorities: only upon judicial requisition

6. Your rights

In accordance with the GDPR, you have the following rights over your personal data:

Right of access

Obtain a copy of the data we hold about you

Right of rectification

Correct inaccurate or incomplete data

Right to erasure

Request the deletion of your data ("right to be forgotten")

Right to object

Object to certain processing activities (in particular marketing)

Right to data portability

Receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format

Right to restriction

Request temporary suspension of a processing activity

To exercise these rights, contact us at Relaod-Airsoft@proton.me with a copy of proof of identity. We will respond within one month.

You may also lodge a complaint with the CNIL (French Data Protection Authority).

7. Data security

Reload-Airsoft implements appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your data against unauthorised access, loss, or destruction:

  • All communications encrypted via HTTPS/TLS
  • Passwords hashed with bcrypt (high cost factor)
  • Two-factor authentication (2FA) available on your account
  • Sessions automatically invalidated after 30 days of inactivity
  • Infrastructure hosted within the European Union
  • Data access limited to only those who need it

8. Cookies

We use cookies and similar technologies. For more information, see our Cookie Policy.

9. Changes

We may update this policy at any time. In the event of a substantial change, you will be notified by email or via a banner on the site. The date of the last update is shown at the top of this page.