Legal

Privacy Policy.

Last updated April 2026

What we collect

  • Account: username, email, phone number, country.
  • KYC: National ID number, a liveness selfie, date of birth.
  • Gameplay: match history, moves, scores, disputes.
  • Device: IP address, user-agent, device fingerprint (hashed).

What we do with it

  • Verify you're a real, unique human (KYC + anti-fraud).
  • Match you against players at your skill level.
  • Pay you out, and the tax authorities where required.
  • Detect and prevent fraud, multi-accounting and match fixing.

Who we share with

  • M-Pesa / Daraja (for STK and B2C payouts).
  • Our KYC provider (Smile Identity / Sumsub).
  • Payment-card processors (Stripe / Flutterwave) if you top up by card.

We do not sell your data.

Your rights

Export, correction and deletion requests: privacy@shanz.ke. We respond within 30 days per Kenyan DPA.