Privacy Policy

1. Who we are

SelfieQueen (“we”, “us”) is operated by AAAHAR Software Services Inc., located in British Columbia, Canada. We have designated a Privacy Officer responsible for our compliance with applicable privacy law, including British Columbia’s Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA). Contact the Privacy Officer at privacy@selfiequeen.com.

2. Information we collect

We collect personal information needed to operate the competition and related services, including:

• Email address (account creation and sign-in)
• Public display name, optional city/region, entry title, and caption/story
• Submitted photograph and related upload metadata needed for storage and moderation
• Votes, reports, and moderation notes
• Technical signals used for security and abuse prevention (for example hashed IP, rate-limit counters, and captcha verification outcomes)

Winner verification and prize delivery information. If you are a potential winner, we additionally collect the information needed to confirm eligibility and deliver a physical prize, including proof of age, proof of Canadian residency, and a Canadian shipping address. This information is only collected from potential winners during the winner-confirmation process.

3. Purposes of collection

We collect and use personal information to:

• Authenticate you with a one-time email code and maintain your session
• Accept, review, publish, and administer competition entries
• Enable voting, abuse reporting, and winner selection under published rules
• Contact you about account security, competition notices, and winner/prize logistics
• Verify potential winner eligibility and administer winner confirmation
• Deliver physical prizes to a confirmed winner
• Protect the platform against fraud, spam, and unauthorized access
• Comply with legal obligations and respond to lawful requests

We do not sell personal information. Optional marketing and partner communications require separate consent and are not required to enter or vote.

4. Consent

By creating an account, submitting an entry, voting, or contacting us, you consent to the collection and use of personal information for the purposes described in this policy. Where practicable, we seek consent at the time of collection. You may withdraw consent subject to legal or contractual restrictions and reasonable notice; withdrawal may mean we cannot provide competition services.

5. Service providers and international storage

We currently use the following categories of service providers to operate SelfieQueen:

• Application hosting (Vercel)
• Database hosting (Neon Postgres)
• Photo / object storage (Vercel Blob)
• Transactional email for login codes and essential competition notices (Postmark)
• Bot protection / CAPTCHA (Cloudflare Turnstile)

We do not currently use third-party advertising analytics on the public site. Providers may process data in Canada, the United States, or other countries. Where information is stored or accessed outside British Columbia, it may be subject to the laws of those jurisdictions.

6. Retention and deletion

We retain account, entry, vote, report, and moderation records for as long as needed to operate the competition, resolve disputes, meet legal obligations, and maintain security logs. Login codes are short-lived (about 10 minutes). Sessions expire after a limited period.

Records used to make eligibility, moderation, disqualification, scoring, or winner-selection decisions will generally be retained for at least one year after the relevant decision. After applicable retention periods expire, records will be securely deleted or anonymized unless continued retention is reasonably required for legal, security, fraud-prevention, or dispute-resolution purposes.

Winner verification information (proof of age, proof of Canadian residency, and shipping address) is retained only for as long as reasonably necessary to administer the competition, address fraud or disputes, and satisfy legal or accounting requirements. We do not retain identity documents indefinitely.

You may request review or deletion of your account or entry by emailing the Privacy Officer at privacy@selfiequeen.com. We will respond to an access request no later than 30 days after receiving it, subject to any extension permitted by applicable law.

7. Photos and publicity

Approved entries may be displayed publicly on SelfieQueen (including gallery, winner, and related announcement pages). See the Terms and contest Rules for publicity permissions tied to entry. Important consequences of public publication include that your image, name, and story may be:

• Indexed by search engines
• Copied, screenshotted, or shared by other users or third parties
• Cached or archived after you request deletion or withdrawal
• Visible to people outside Canada

Winner profiles are intended to remain available for the life of the SelfieQueen platform, subject to applicable law, valid privacy requests, safety concerns, and the continued operation of the service. Absolute permanence cannot be guaranteed.

8. Security and breaches

We use administrative, technical, and physical safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of the information, including encrypted transport, access controls for administrators, rate limiting, and moderated publication of entries. No method of transmission or storage is perfectly secure. If we experience a privacy breach, we will assess the risk, take appropriate containment and remediation steps, notify affected individuals and regulators where required by applicable law, and may report significant breaches to the appropriate privacy regulator where appropriate.

9. Access, correction, and complaints

You may request access to, or correction of, personal information we hold about you by contacting the Privacy Officer at privacy@selfiequeen.com. If you are not satisfied with our response, you may contact the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia (OIPC).

10. Children

SelfieQueen is an 18+ service. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18.

11. Updates

We may update this policy from time to time. The “Last updated” date at the top will change when we do. Where required by applicable law, we will provide prominent notice and obtain additional consent before applying a material new collection, use, or disclosure to previously collected personal information.

12. Contact

Privacy Officer: privacy@selfiequeen.com
Operator: AAAHAR Software Services Inc., British Columbia, Canada
Support: support@selfiequeen.com

Related policies: Terms · Rules