Privacy

Your data. Your creation. Clear rules.

Your participation involves sharing information.

In short

1What we collect: information needed to run the challenge, including your details, social media handles and entry.
2Account verification: public social accounts may be checked to verify eligibility and determine your creator tier.
3Brand safety: when you upload your entry, public posts from the previous 30 days are reviewed for brand safety.
4Who can see your entry: the jury and the team running the challenge can view your entry and profile.
5Your data isn’t for sale.
6Questions or deletion requests: contact yalla@jerusalemwallah.com to request access to or deletion of your data.

Part B · Full text

Privacy Notice

1. Who is responsible

1.1

JW TV is the Data Fiduciary for personal data processed in connection with the Challenge. Privacy requests may be sent to yalla@jerusalemwallah.com.

2. What we collect and why

2.1

We collect the following personal data for the purposes stated:

Data	Purpose
Name, email, mobile number, city, state, preferred language, age confirmation, Creator ID	Registration, dashboard access, service messages
Public social media handles, follower count, profile links, entries, captions, live post links, public engagement figures, analytics you supply	Tier assignment, entry review, verifying publication, scoring, performance rewards, detecting artificial engagement
Identity, age, residency or account ownership evidence (requested only where necessary)	Verifying eligibility and entitlement
Submissions, scores, judge notes, fact-check queries, complaints, disqualification records	Running the competition and keeping an auditable record of decisions
PAN, bank or UPI details (collected only from creators who are due a payment)	Paying rewards and prizes; tax deduction and reporting
WhatsApp number and opt-in status	WhatsApp service messages, where you opt in
Photographs and footage from events	Documenting the Challenge, as described in Part A, clause 11.4
Login events, access logs, device and browser information	Security, troubleshooting and fraud prevention

2.2

We do not sell personal data. We do not use it for unrelated marketing without your separate consent.

3. Basis for processing

3.1

We process your personal data on the basis of the consent you give at registration, and where processing is necessary to comply with law, including tax law.

3.2

You may withdraw consent at any time by writing to yalla@jerusalemwallah.com. Withdrawal does not affect processing already carried out. It may end your participation where the data is needed to run the Challenge.

4. Who receives your data

4.1

Access is limited to people who need it for a purpose stated above. Recipients are:

(a) our authorised staff, the jury and the review team;
(b) service providers for hosting, the registration platform, email, WhatsApp messaging and payments, who act on our instructions under written confidentiality and security terms; and
(c) professional advisers, auditors, tax authorities, regulators, courts and law-enforcement agencies, where the law requires it.

4.2

The jury receives entries identified by Creator ID rather than by contact details wherever practicable.

5. Where your data is stored

5.1

Your data is stored in India. Your published entries are public by design. Private registration, verification and payment data is never published.

6. How long we keep it

6.1

We keep personal data for the following periods:

Record	Retention
Registrations with no approved entry	6 months after the Challenge closes
Entries, scores and judging records	2 years after the Challenge closes
Identity and eligibility evidence	Deleted 90 days after verification is complete
Payment and tax records	8 years, or longer if the law requires
Complaint and disqualification records	3 years after resolution
Security logs	180 days

6.2

At the end of each period, data is securely deleted or anonymised.

7. Security and incidents

7.1

We use access controls, strong authentication, encryption in transit, restricted permissions, vendor due diligence and staff confidentiality obligations to protect your data. No internet service is completely secure.

7.2

If a personal data breach occurs, we will contain and investigate it. We will notify affected individuals and the authorities as the law requires. You can report a suspected incident to yalla@jerusalemwallah.com.

8. Your rights

8.1

Subject to applicable law, you may:

(a) request information about the personal data we process;
(b) ask us to correct, complete, update or erase it;
(c) withdraw consent;
(d) nominate another person to exercise your rights in the event of your death or incapacity; and
(e) raise a grievance.

8.2

Send requests to yalla@jerusalemwallah.com. We may ask you to verify your identity before acting on a request. Where we cannot fully meet a request, for example because records must be kept for tax purposes, we will explain why.

8.3

If you are not satisfied with our response, you may escalate to the Data Protection Board of India in accordance with the law in force at the time.

9. Children

9.1

The Challenge is open only to people aged 18 and over. We do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under 18. If we learn that we have, we will delete it.

10. Changes to this Notice

10.1

Material changes to this Notice will be published on the dashboard with their effective date.