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Last updated: September 8, 2025

Thank you for visiting https://www.financeplay.com (the “Site”), a property of Finance Play LLC (“FinancePlay”), in addition to FinancePlay’s other web properties (the “FinancePlay Sites”). Finance Play LLC, and its officers, directors, members, owners, employees, agents, and representatives are collectively incorporated into and included in any reference to the Site, “FinancePlay”, “Us”, “Our”, and/or “We” herein. Each party is individually referred to herein as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties.”

You must be at least 18 years old to use the Site and the FinancePlay Sites.

We take your privacy very seriously. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully as it contains important information on how and why We collect, store, use, and share your personal information in connection with your use of this Site and any of the FinancePlay Sites, our email communications, newsletters, guides, resources, materials, and related services and information. It also explains your rights in relation to your personal information and how to contact Us.

By accessing, using, or submitting information to the Site or any of the FinancePlay Sites, or to Us, you agree to this Privacy Policy and our Terms & Conditions (collectively, the “Agreement”).

Personal Information We Collect About You and How We Use It

We have collected personal information about consumers within the preceding twelve (12) months in the following categories:

Categories of Personal Information	We Collect (Yes/No)	Categories of Sources from Which PI is Collected	Business Purpose	Length of Retention
Identifiers (e.g., a real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, account name, social security number, driver’s license number, passport number, or other similar identifiers), or information that identifies, relates to, describes, or is capable of being associated with, a particular individual	Yes	☐ not applicable (not collected) ☑ Consumer directly; ☑ Advertising networks; ☐ ISPs; ☑ Data analytics providers; ☐ Gov’t entities; ☐ Operating systems and platforms; ☑ Social networks; ☑ Data brokers; ☐ Other third parties	☑ Auditing related to counting ad impressions to unique visitors, verifying positioning and quality of ad impressions, and auditing compliance with this specification and other standards ☑ Helping to ensure security and integrity; ☑ Debugging to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality. ☑ Short-term, transient use, provided that the personal information is not disclosed to another third party and is not used to build a profile about a consumer or otherwise alter an individual consumer’s experience outside the current interaction, including, but not limited to, the contextual customization of ads shown as part of the same interaction. ☑ Performing services on behalf of the business or service provider, including maintaining or servicing accounts, providing customer service, processing or fulfilling orders and transactions, verifying customer information, processing payments, providing financing, providing advertising or marketing services, providing analytic services, or providing similar services on behalf of the business or service provider. ☑ Undertaking internal research for technological development and demonstration. ☑ Undertaking activities to verify or maintain the quality or safety of a service or device that is owned, manufactured, manufactured for, or controlled by the business, and to improve, upgrade, or enhance the service or device that is owned, manufactured, manufactured for, or controlled by the business.	Indefinite unless you specifically ask Us to remove
Characteristics of protected classifications under California or federal law	No	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Commercial information	Yes	☐ not applicable (not collected) ☑ Consumer directly; ☑ Advertising networks; ☐ ISPs; ☑ Data analytics providers; ☐ Gov’t entities; ☐ Operating systems and platforms; ☐ Social networks; ☐ Data brokers; ☐ Other third parties	☑ Auditing related to counting ad impressions to unique visitors, verifying positioning and quality of ad impressions, and auditing compliance with this specification and other standards ☑ Helping to ensure security and integrity; ☑ Debugging to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality. ☑ Short-term, transient use, provided that the personal information is not disclosed to another third party and is not used to build a profile about a consumer or otherwise alter an individual consumer’s experience outside the current interaction, including, but not limited to, the contextual customization of ads shown as part of the same interaction. ☑ Performing services on behalf of the business or service provider, including maintaining or servicing accounts, providing customer service, processing or fulfilling orders and transactions, verifying customer information, processing payments, providing financing, providing advertising or marketing services, providing analytic services, or providing similar services on behalf of the business or service provider. ☑ Undertaking internal research for technological development and demonstration. ☑ Undertaking activities to verify or maintain the quality or safety of a service or device that is owned, manufactured, manufactured for, or controlled by the business, and to improve, upgrade, or enhance the service or device that is owned, manufactured, manufactured for, or controlled by the business.	Indefinite unless you specifically ask Us to remove
Biometric information	No	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Internet or other electronic network activity information (e.g., browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer’s interaction with a website, application, or advertisement)	Yes	☐ not applicable (not collected) ☑ Consumer directly; ☑ Advertising networks; ☑ ISPs; ☑ Data analytics providers; ☐ Gov’t entities; ☐ Operating systems and platforms; ☐ Social networks; ☐ Data brokers; ☐ Other third parties	☑ Auditing related to counting ad impressions to unique visitors, verifying positioning and quality of ad impressions, and auditing compliance with this specification and other standards ☑ Helping to ensure security and integrity; ☑ Debugging to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality. ☑ Short-term, transient use, provided that the personal information is not disclosed to another third party and is not used to build a profile about a consumer or otherwise alter an individual consumer’s experience outside the current interaction, including, but not limited to, the contextual customization of ads shown as part of the same interaction. ☑ Performing services on behalf of the business or service provider, including maintaining or servicing accounts, providing customer service, processing or fulfilling orders and transactions, verifying customer information, processing payments, providing financing, providing advertising or marketing services, providing analytic services, or providing similar services on behalf of the business or service provider. ☑ Undertaking internal research for technological development and demonstration. ☑ Undertaking activities to verify or maintain the quality or safety of a service or device that is owned, manufactured, manufactured for, or controlled by the business, and to improve, upgrade, or enhance the service or device that is owned, manufactured, manufactured for, or controlled by the business.	Indefinite unless you specifically ask Us to remove
Geolocation data	Yes	☐ not applicable (not collected) ☑ Consumer directly; ☑ Advertising networks; ☑ ISPs; ☑ Data analytics providers; ☐ Gov’t entities; ☐ Operating systems and platforms; ☐ Social networks; ☑ Data brokers; ☐ Other third parties	☑ Auditing related to counting ad impressions to unique visitors, verifying positioning and quality of ad impressions, and auditing compliance with this specification and other standards ☑ Helping to ensure security and integrity; ☑ Debugging to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality. ☑ Short-term, transient use, provided that the personal information is not disclosed to another third party and is not used to build a profile about a consumer or otherwise alter an individual consumer’s experience outside the current interaction, including, but not limited to, the contextual customization of ads shown as part of the same interaction. ☑ Performing services on behalf of the business or service provider, including maintaining or servicing accounts, providing customer service, processing or fulfilling orders and transactions, verifying customer information, processing payments, providing financing, providing advertising or marketing services, providing analytic services, or providing similar services on behalf of the business or service provider. ☑ Undertaking internal research for technological development and demonstration. ☑ Undertaking activities to verify or maintain the quality or safety of a service or device that is owned, manufactured, manufactured for, or controlled by the business, and to improve, upgrade, or enhance the service or device that is owned, manufactured, manufactured for, or controlled by the business.	Indefinite unless you specifically ask Us to remove
Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information	No	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Professional or employment-related information	No	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Education information	No	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Inferences drawn from any of the information identified above to create a profile about a consumer reflecting their preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes	Yes	☐ not applicable (not collected) ☑ Consumer directly; ☑ Advertising networks; ☐ ISPs; ☑ Data analytics providers; ☐ Gov’t entities; ☐ Operating systems and platforms; ☐ Social networks; ☑ Data brokers; ☐ Other third parties	☑ Auditing related to counting ad impressions to unique visitors, verifying positioning and quality of ad impressions, and auditing compliance with this specification and other standards ☑ Helping to ensure security and integrity; ☑ Debugging to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality. ☑ Short-term, transient use, provided that the personal information is not disclosed to another third party and is not used to build a profile about a consumer or otherwise alter an individual consumer’s experience outside the current interaction, including, but not limited to, the contextual customization of ads shown as part of the same interaction. ☑ Performing services on behalf of the business or service provider, including maintaining or servicing accounts, providing customer service, processing or fulfilling orders and transactions, verifying customer information, processing payments, providing financing, providing advertising or marketing services, providing analytic services, or providing similar services on behalf of the business or service provider. ☑ Undertaking internal research for technological development and demonstration. ☑ Undertaking activities to verify or maintain the quality or safety of a service or device that is owned, manufactured, manufactured for, or controlled by the business, and to improve, upgrade, or enhance the service or device that is owned, manufactured, manufactured for, or controlled by the business.	Indefinite unless you specifically ask Us to remove
Sensitive personal information	No	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable

As noted in the chart above, We collect the above personal information directly from you via the Site and/or the FinancePlay Sites, and from your interactions with the Site and/or the FinancePlay Sites, including any personal information which you provide directly or indirectly.

Indirectly

Cookies and Tracking Pixels on the Site and the FinancePlay Sites: We use and store cookies and tracking pixels on the Site and the FinancePlay Sites, as described further herein. A cookie is a small data text file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and which is stored on your computer’s web browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. Cookies can later be retrieved to identify you to Us. Personal information that We store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies. Cookies make your use of the Site and the FinancePlay Sites easier, make the Site and the FinancePlay Sites run more smoothly, and help Us to maintain the security of the Site and the FinancePlay Sites. Tracking pixels (also known as web beacons, 1×1 pixels, or clear GIFs) are code requiring a call back to a server to render, and which deliver information to us about your IP address and information from your browser.

We partner with advertising partners and advertising technology providers to display sponsored content or ads, and programmatic advertising on the Site and/or the Finance Play Sites. Third party cookies and tracking pixels are used to track your interaction with the Site and/or the FinancePlay Sites, including clicks, interaction with third party sponsored content or ads featured on the Site and/or the FinancePlay Sites, and other programmatic advertising featured on the Site and/or the FinancePlay Sites. Cookies and tracking pixels may collect information about you, such as your IP address, your browser type and version, operating system, software and platform, your Internet service provider, geographic location, the area code and zip code associated with your server, time zone setting, the date and time of your visit, the time spent on the Site and/or the FinancePlay Sites, referring and exit domain names and websites, screen resolutions, color capabilities, browser plug-ins, language settings, cookie preferences, search engine keywords, and clickstream data.

In addition to the above, We utilize third party service providers to provide certain user verification features for the Site and the FinancePlay Sites. For any email addresses input into Our webform(s) on the Site and/or the FinancePlay Site, FinancePlay provides email verification services through its API integrated into the Site.

Cookies and Tracking Pixels in Our Emails: Apart from Our use of the above technologies on Our Site and/or the FinancePlay Sites, We automatically collect information when an individual opens Our email communications and/or newsletters, through the use of cookies and tracking pixels. We also automatically collect information on whether the individual clicked on any links within such emails. Third party cookies and tracking pixels are used to track and monitor such email campaign delivery.

You can instruct your web browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent, by visiting the preferences or settings page of your web browser. In the event that your browser requests that We do not track you or store a cookie, unless otherwise required by law to honor the requests, We do not guarantee that our Site will honor such requests. Please note that We do not guarantee that the Site and/or the FinancePlay Sites will work properly in the event that you elect to opt out of Our tracking or use of cookies.

Directly

To the extent that you contact Us through the Site and/or the FinancePlay Sites, We collect the personal information you submit, including your name and email address.

To the extent that you request to receive Our email communications, newsletters, guides, resources, materials, and related services and information, We collect the personal information you submit, including your first name, last name, email address, and other demographic data. We use this information to send you information that may be of interest to you, including by email, as noted below.

To the extent that you like Our Facebook social media profile and/or Linkedin profile by clicking on the applicable buttons featured on the Site and/or the FinancePlay Sites, We may link such activities and any personal information with the personal information We have collected.

In the future, We may implement a chat box feature on the Site and/or the FinancePlay Sites. To the extent that you utilize such chat box feature, you understand that We may utilize third party service provider(s) to obtain a record and store a transcript of any chat history for the purposes of documentation and quality assurance, and you consent to such recording and storage.

Email: In connection with your request to receive Our email communications, newsletters, guides, resources, materials, and related services and information, We also collect information on whether you viewed the email and clicked on any links within such emails. If you do not want Us to communicate with you about other offers regarding our resources, or services by email, you may unsubscribe through the unsubscribe link featured in footer of such email. If you request to unsubscribe from receiving emails from Us, We will add your email address to our suppression file, to comply with CAN-SPAM.

From Third Parties

As noted above in the chart, in addition to collecting personal information through the Site, We also collect personal information through third party advertising networks, Internet service providers (“ISPs”), data analytics providers, social networks, and data brokers.

With Whom Do We Share Your Information

We may share the above information with our affiliated companies, or other companies under common corporate control, for purposes consistent with this Privacy Policy.

We may also share the above information with certain third party service providers, who help us maintain and operate the Site and the FinancePlay Sites, and related services (such as customer support, website hosting, analytics, email delivery, finances, etc.). Such third party service providers may use your information only as directed or authorized by Us and in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy.

We may also share the above information with our advertising technology provider, and marketing partners, such as third party advertising networks and email publishers, for the purpose of tracking clicks/conversions to our Site and/or the FinancePlay Sites, interaction with third party sponsored content or ads featured on the Site and/or the FinancePlay Sites, and other programmatic advertising featured the Site and/or the FinancePlay Sites. Also, if you request to unsubscribe from receiving email from Us, We may share your email address with such marketing partners to effectuate your request to unsubscribe and to comply with CAN-SPAM.

Also, on occasion, We may be required by law enforcement or judicial authorities to provide information to the appropriate governmental authorities. In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of Our business, your data may also be transferred. In the event We become the subject of an insolvency proceeding, whether voluntary or involuntary, We or Our liquidator, administrator, receiver or administrative receiver may sell, license or otherwise dispose of, such information in a transaction approved by the court.

Your data may be transferred to and maintained on computers located outside of your state, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction. If you are located outside United States, please note that the data We collect through the Site and/or the FinancePlay Sites may be processed in and outside of the United States. We will take all the steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and that no transfer of your data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to the transfer and processing and the collection, use, and disclosure as set forth herein.

Security

We take strong precautions and measures to protect the security of your personal information and to ensure that your choices for its intended use are honored, and to protect your data from loss, misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure, alteration, or destruction. The security of your data is important to Us but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security. As a result, you acknowledge that there are security and privacy limitations of the Internet which are beyond Our control; the security, integrity and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and Us through this Site and/or the FinancePlay Sites cannot be guaranteed; and any such information and data may be viewed or tampered with in transit by a third party. We make no warranty, express, implied, or otherwise, regarding the security of the Site and/or the FinancePlay Sites and your personal information.

Children

You must be an adult of 18 years or older to use the Site. We do not target the Site and/or the FinancePlay Sites to children. Consistent with the federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (“COPPA”), We will never knowingly collect personal information from anyone under the age of 13 without requesting parental consent. If you are aware that your minor child under the age of 13 has provided Us with personal information, please contact Us.

California Residents – Your Privacy Rights

This portion is specific and applies only to web visitors of the Site and/or the FinancePlay Sites who are California residents, under the meaning of Section 17014 of Title 18 of the Cal. Code of Regulations. We may revise this section from time to time as implementing regulations further develop and come into effect and we are able to provide you with better information on your CCPA rights and how to exercise them.

If you are a California resident under the meaning of Section 17014 of Title 18 of the Cal. Code of Regulations, your use of the Site is subject to the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), and all final, implementing regulations.

Under the CCPA, a consumer has the following rights:

(A) Notice at Collection: at or before the point of collection, the right to receive notice of our practices, including the categories of personal information and any sensitive personal information to be collected; the purposes for which such information is collected or used; whether such information is sold or shared; and the length of time that such information is retained. This information is found within this section.
(B) Right to Know What Personal Information is Collected & Right to Access Personal Information: The right to know what personal information the business has collected about the consumer, including the categories of personal information, categories of sources from which the personal information is collected, the business or commercial purpose for collecting, selling, or sharing personal information, the categories of third parties to whom the business discloses personal information, and the specific pieces of personal information the business has collected about the consumer;
(C) Right to Delete: The right to request that a business delete personal information that the business has collected from the consumer, subject to certain exceptions;
(D) Right to Correct: The right to correct inaccurate personal information that a business maintains about a consumer;
(E) Right to Opt-Out of the Sale or Sharing of Personal Information: if the business sells or shares personal information, the right to opt-out of the sale or sharing of personal information by the business;
(F) Right to Limit the Use or Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information: if the business uses or discloses sensitive personal information for reasons other than those in § 7027(m), the right to limit the use or disclosure of such sensitive personal information; and
(G) Right to No Discrimination: The right not to receive discriminatory treatment by the business for the exercise of CCPA privacy rights.

Information regarding our collection, disclosure, and sale/sharing practices are detailed below, in addition to instructions on how to exercise your CCPA rights.

What Personal Information Do We Collect?

We have collected personal information about our visitors within the preceding twelve (12) months in the above categories detailed in the chart under the “Personal Information We Collect About You and How We Use It” heading above.

What Personal Information Do We Disclose?

We have disclosed the following categories of personal information for a business purpose to the following categories of third parties in the preceding twelve (12) months. We do not use or disclose sensitive personal information for purposes other than those specific in Section 7027(m).

Categories of Personal Information (PI)	Categories of Third Parties to Whom Such PI is Disclosed	Specific Business or Commercial Purpose for Disclosure
Identifiers (e.g., a real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, account name, social security number, driver’s license number, passport number, or other similar identifiers), or information that identifies, relates to, describes, or is capable of being associated with, a particular individual	☐ not applicable (not disclosed) ☐ direct lead buyers; ☐ email marketers/email marketing partners; ☐ email service providers; ☐ offline marketing partners; ☐ advertising networks; ☐ payment processors; ☐ data hygiene companies; ☐ ISPs; ☐ data analytics providers; ☐ gov’t entities; ☐ operating systems and platforms; ☐ social networks; ☐ data brokers; ☐ acquirer of assets; ☐ others? (detail)	☐ Auditing related to counting ad impressions to unique visitors, verifying positioning and quality of ad impressions, and auditing compliance with this specification and other standards ☐ Helping to ensure security and integrity; ☐ Debugging to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality. ☐ Short-term, transient use, provided that the personal information is not disclosed to another third party and is not used to build a profile about a consumer or otherwise alter an individual consumer’s experience outside the current interaction, including, but not limited to, the contextual customization of ads shown as part of the same interaction. ☐ Performing services on behalf of the business or service provider, including maintaining or servicing accounts, providing customer service, processing or fulfilling orders and transactions, verifying customer information, processing payments, providing financing, providing advertising or marketing services, providing analytic services, or providing similar services on behalf of the business or service provider. ☐ Undertaking internal research for technological development and demonstration. ☐ Undertaking activities to verify or maintain the quality or safety of a service or device that is owned, manufactured, manufactured for, or controlled by the business, and to improve, upgrade, or enhance the service or device that is owned, manufactured, manufactured for, or controlled by the business.
Characteristics of protected classifications under California or federal law	☑ not applicable (not disclosed)	Not applicable
Commercial information (e.g., records of personal property, products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies)	☐ not applicable (not disclosed)	Not applicable
Biometric information	☑ not applicable (not disclosed)	Not applicable
Internet or other electronic network activity information (e.g., browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer’s interaction with an Internet Web site, application, or advertisement)	☑ not applicable (not disclosed)	Not applicable
Geolocation data	☐ not applicable (not disclosed)	Not applicable
Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information	Not applicable (not disclosed)	Not applicable
Professional or employment-related information	Not applicable (not disclosed)	Not applicable
Education information	Not applicable (not disclosed)	Not applicable
Inferences drawn from any of the above information to create a profile about a consumer reflecting the consumer’s preferences, characteristics, behavior, etc.	☐ not applicable (not disclosed)	Not applicable
Sensitive personal information	☑ not applicable (not disclosed)	Not applicable

What Personal Information Do We Sell or Share?

We have not sold or shared any personal information for a business purpose in the preceding 12 months. We do not have any actual knowledge of the sale or sharing of personal information of consumers under 16 years of age.

Notice of Right to Opt-out of Sale/Sharing

You have the right to opt-out of the sale or sharing of your personal information. You have the right to direct a business that sells or shares your personal information to stop selling or sharing your personal information, and to refrain from doing so in the future. We process opt-out preference signals in a frictionless manner. All email communications include an unsubscribe link. In addition, all SMS messages include the ability to opt out as well. Anyone contacted by FinancePlay can request to be placed on a Do Not Call list that is maintained by FinancePlay can make this request verbally, by email or by SMS. You may also submit a request to opt-out of the sale/sharing by contacting us at https://financeplay.com/contact.

How to Submit a Request Under the CCPA

To submit a request to know, request to delete, and/or request to correct, you may contact Us at https://financeplay.com/contact. To process your request, We may require that you submit the following information in conjunction with your request: your first name, last name, a California address, and email address. The information which you provide will be used to verify your request and to attempt to identify you within Our data records. The information which you submit in conjunction with your request to know will be used for the express purposes of verification and providing you with responsive information to your request, if required. Please note that We utilize a two-step process for requests to delete, whereby you first submit your request to delete, and second, you separately confirm that you want your personal information deleted. The CCPA permits requests to know regarding collection and sale or sharing from the same consumer no more than twice in a twelve (12) month period.

How an Authorized Agent Can Make a Request Under the CCPA

If you elect to use an authorized agent to exercise your right to submit a request to know, request to delete, and/or request to correct, before processing the request, We require the purported authorized agent to provide proof of your signed permission to submit the request (unless there is a power of attorney in place pursuant to Probate Code §§ 4121-4130). We also require that you directly verify your own identity with Us, and directly confirm with Us that you provided the authorized agent permission to submit the request on your behalf. The information submitted will not be used for any purposes other than to verify the request, fulfill the request, and fraud prevention.

Updates

This Privacy Policy was published and last updated as of the date indicated at the top. We may update this Privacy Policy and its sections from time to time. Updates to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this Site and/or the FinancePlay Sites and this Privacy Policy periodically and to be aware of any modifications. Your use of the Site and/or the FinancePlay Sites after such modifications will constitute your acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and agreement to abide and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns regarding your privacy rights or Our Privacy Policy or practices, you may contact Us via email at FinancePlay email, or by mail at [address].

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