Privacy Policy

This policy covers 1QA (First Quarter Analysis) at 1qa.football and the @1qafootball account on X. Short version: we collect what we need to run picks, rankings and the forum. We don't sell your data.

What we collect

• Account: your name, email, profile photo and username, through our sign-in provider (Clerk). If you sign in with Google, we get the basic profile Google shares.
• Your picks and votes: tier votes, game picks, Locks, blind-test picks, Huddles you join, and your favorite team.
• What you post: forum posts, replies, follows and direct messages on 1QA.
• Payments: if you pay, Stripe handles your card. We see that you paid and your plan, not your card number.
• Prize winners: your name and shipping address, only when you win and need a prize sent.
• Usage: page views and basic device info through Vercel Analytics, which counts visits without cookies and without tracking you across other sites.
• Sponsor links: when you click a sponsor link we log the team, the placement and the time. We do not log who you are or your IP address.

What's public

Your username, photo, favorite team, 1Q score, pick record, tier board and forum posts are public. Your picks on a game stay hidden until that game kicks off. Your email and direct messages are never public.

How we use it

• To run your account, score your picks and build the rankings.
• To show standings, Huddles, tier boards and the forum.
• To run contests and ship prizes.
• To post results on X. We only tag your X handle if you turn that on.
• To keep 1QA safe and fix problems.

Who we share it with

Only the services that run 1QA: Clerk (sign-in), Vercel (hosting and analytics), Neon (database), Stripe (payments), and X (when we post). When a sponsor ships a prize, we give them the winner's name and shipping address and nothing else. We don't sell personal data and we don't share it for others' advertising. We share data if the law requires it.

Cookies

We use the cookies sign-in needs to keep you logged in, and a few for site settings. No third-party ad cookies.

Your choices

• Edit your profile and favorite team any time.
• Turn off X tagging on the Desk.
• Ask us to delete your account and data through 1qa.football/support. We delete it within 30 days, except what we must keep for payments or the law. Your picks then drop out of past standings.

Kids

1QA is not for children under 13. We don't knowingly collect data from them.

Changes and contact

We may update this policy. The date at the top shows the latest version. Questions or requests: 1qa.football/support. See also our Terms of Service.