Effective date: 29 December 2025
Modern Chess (“we”, “us”, or “our”) operates the website https://www.modern-chess.com (the “Service”).
This Privacy Policy explains how and why we collect, use, store, and protect your personal data, and describes your rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other applicable EU data-protection laws.
By using our Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Modern Chess
Registration number: 204780756
VAT: BG204780756
Address: Petrich (2850), Bulgaria, str. Geo Milev 10
Email: contact@modern-chess.com
Phone: +359 889 714 095
Modern Chess is the Data Controller for the purposes of GDPR.
Personal Data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
Usage Data means data collected automatically through the use of the Service.
Cookies are small data files stored on your device.
User or Data Subject means any individual using our Service.
When using our Service, you may provide your first and last name, email address, billing details excluding full payment card data, account credentials, and messages sent via contact forms or email.
When you use our website, we may collect information such as your IP address, browser type and version, device information, pages visited and time spent, referring URLs, and interaction or diagnostic data.
This data is collected through cookies and similar technologies, subject to your consent.
We use cookies and similar technologies to ensure proper website functionality, remember user preferences, analyze website performance, and measure marketing effectiveness.
The cookies we use may be essential cookies required for basic functionality, preference cookies that remember your settings, analytics cookies that help us understand usage patterns, and marketing cookies used for advertising and remarketing.
You can manage or withdraw your consent at any time through our cookie consent banner or your browser settings. If you disable certain cookies, parts of the Service may not function properly.
We use your Personal Data to provide and maintain the Service, create and manage user accounts, deliver purchased digital content, process payments and invoices, communicate with you regarding your account, provide customer support, send newsletters and marketing communications where consent has been given, improve our products and services, monitor and prevent fraud or abuse, and comply with legal obligations.
We process your Personal Data based on one or more of the following legal grounds: performance of a contract, your consent, our legitimate interests such as improving services and preventing fraud, and compliance with legal obligations including accounting and tax laws.
You will receive marketing emails only if you have given explicit consent or where permitted under applicable law. You may unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in any email or by contacting us directly.
Transactional and service-related emails such as purchase confirmations and account notifications are not subject to unsubscribe.
We retain Personal Data only for as long as necessary. Account data is retained while your account is active. Purchase and invoice data is retained as required by tax and accounting laws. Marketing data is retained until consent is withdrawn. Support communications are generally retained for up to 24 months.
When data is no longer required, it is securely deleted or anonymized.
Your data may be processed on servers located inside or outside the European Union or European Economic Area.
When data is transferred outside the EU, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, such as Standard Contractual Clauses or other legally approved mechanisms.
By using our Service, you consent to such transfers where legally permitted.
We may share Personal Data with trusted third-party service providers strictly for service delivery and operational purposes.
These providers may include analytics and advertising services such as Google Analytics and Meta (Facebook), as well as payment processors such as PayPal, Braintree, myPOS, and Paysera.
We do not store or process full payment card details. All payments are handled by PCI-DSS-compliant providers. Each provider processes data in accordance with its own privacy policy and GDPR obligations.
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your Personal Data. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure, and absolute security cannot be guaranteed.
Our Service is intended for users aged 18 and over.
If minors access the Service, this must occur only under the supervision and consent of a parent or legal guardian. If we become aware that Personal Data has been collected from a child without valid consent, we will take steps to remove that data promptly.
If you are located in the EU or EEA, you have the right to access your Personal Data, request correction of inaccurate data, request deletion, restrict or object to processing, request data portability, withdraw consent at any time, and lodge a complaint with a Data Protection Authority.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at contact@modern-chess.com. We may request verification of your identity before responding.
Our Service may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any external websites.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be published on this page with an updated effective date. Continued use of the Service constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the way we process Personal Data, you may contact us at:
Email: contact@modern-chess.com
Phone: +359 889 714 095