Privacy

A straightforward summary of the information used to operate the campaign.

Information collected

The sponsorship flow collects company name, work email, website, bid or purchase amount, logo artwork, acceptance records and payment references. For auction bids, Stripe may retain a payment method for later collection of an approved winning balance. Card details are handled directly by Stripe and are not stored by Brand My M2.

How it is used

Information is used to verify sponsors, process payments and refunds, collect approved auction balances, publish approved sponsor details, administer the auction, prevent abuse, maintain operational records, and fulfill sponsorship placements.

Anonymous traffic counts

To display “viewing now” and “visitors today,” Brand My M2 sets a host-only, first-party session cookie containing a randomly generated anonymous visitor ID. The cookie contains no secret or personal profile information. For the current New York calendar day, the site stores only the day, anonymous ID, and last-seen time. These records are used only to deduplicate and calculate the displayed traffic counts. A session stops counting as active after approximately 75 seconds, and prior-day traffic records are deleted when the next live heartbeat is recorded. Names, email addresses, Clerk identities, sponsor identities, and raw IP addresses are not used as visitor identifiers. A one-way hash derived from network and browser signals is used separately for time-limited abuse-prevention rate limiting and is not used to calculate the displayed counts.

Public information

Approved company names, websites, logos, placement ownership and bid amounts may appear publicly. Personal email addresses are not displayed on the campaign page.

Payments

Stripe processes payment information. Brand My M2 stores payment references and transaction state needed to reconcile sponsorships, settlements and refunds, but does not store complete card numbers or card security codes.

Contact

Privacy questions or requests may be sent to sponsors@brandmym2.com.