Privacy Policy
How Abay Chess collects, protects, isolates, and audits player identification and financial information in compliance with Ethiopian privacy and data safeguarding directives.
1.Information We Collect
1.1. Authentication Data: We utilize secure industry-standard identity authentication protocols. We receive your unique verified user ID, email address, profile avatar, and verified identity tokens.
1.2. Player Profile: Public username, chosen display name, rating history, and chess match records.
1.3. Payment Identification: Ethiopian mobile phone number (Telebirr) and Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) account number and holder name.
1.4. Security & Device Telemetry: Move timestamps, browser User-Agent strings, and IP addresses, collected strictly for session verification, cheat detection, and forensic anti-collusion audits.
2.Payment Data Protection & Masking
2.1. Abay Chess does not store bank account passwords, PIN codes, or debit card numbers.
2.2. Player banking details are encrypted at rest and permanently masked in regular staff interfaces (e.g., displaying only the last 4 digits).
2.3. Unmasking full payment details is restricted exclusively to authorized operational supervisors with cryptographic access control, and triggers an immutable append-only audit record detailing the staff ID, player ID, timestamp, and justification prompt.
3.Use of Information
3.1. To administer real-time 3D multiplayer chess matchmaking, ratings, and leaderboards.
3.2. To process verified deposits and execute secure withdrawals to your personal bank account or mobile wallet.
3.3. To enforce platform fair play, maintain double-entry accounting integrity, and comply with regulatory directives issued by the National Bank of Ethiopia.
4.Data Sharing & Third Parties
4.1. We do not sell, rent, commercialize, or share your personal information with marketing advertisers.
4.2. Transaction data is transmitted solely to licensed financial institutions (Ethio Telecom / Telebirr, Commercial Bank of Ethiopia) and certified payment gateway providers solely to execute financial transfers initiated by you.
5.Data Retention & Security
5.1. General ledger journals and match records are permanently archived in immutable records to satisfy financial solvency and auditability requirements.
5.2. All communication between your client device and Abay Chess servers occurs over encrypted HTTPS/WSS (TLS 1.3).