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What is Olympia?

Olympia is a community prediction market where anyone can turn a question into a market.

Create your own markets, use Credits to predict what happens next, and see what the community thinks.

You don’t have to wait for us to list a question. If it meets Olympia’s rules, you can create it yourself.

Ask anything. Create a market. See what people believe.

Privacy Policy

Effective Date: October 3, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Olympia (“Olympia,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, discloses, and protects information when you use olympia.markets, Olympia applications, APIs, and related products and services (collectively, the “Service”).

By using Olympia, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect

The information we collect depends on how you use Olympia.

Account Information

When you create an Olympia account, we may collect information such as:

  • your name or display name;
  • username;
  • email address;
  • profile image;
  • account identifier;
  • authentication information; and
  • other profile information you choose to provide.

If authentication is handled through a third-party provider, we may receive account information from that provider.

Age and Eligibility Information

We may collect your date of birth, age range, or confirmation that you meet an applicable age requirement.

For certain features, including Promotions, we may request additional information necessary to verify eligibility.

Market Activity

When you use Olympia markets, we may collect and store information about:

  • markets you create;
  • predictions you make;
  • positions you take;
  • Credits used;
  • transactions;
  • market outcomes;
  • market history;
  • comments;
  • rankings;
  • reputation;
  • rewards; and
  • other activity on the Service.

Some of this information may be publicly visible.

Purchase Information

If you purchase Olympia Credits or another product, we may collect information about:

  • the item purchased;
  • amount paid;
  • transaction time;
  • payment status;
  • billing country or region;
  • payment-provider identifiers; and
  • related transaction information.

Payment processing may be handled by a third-party processor such as Stripe.

Olympia generally does not receive or store your complete payment-card number.

User Content

We collect information you voluntarily submit to Olympia, including:

  • market questions;
  • descriptions;
  • comments;
  • images;
  • links;
  • profile information;
  • reports;
  • feedback; and
  • other content.

Communications

If you contact Olympia, we may collect:

  • your email address;
  • the contents of your message;
  • attachments; and
  • information necessary to respond.

Technical Information

When you access Olympia, we may automatically collect information such as:

  • IP address;
  • browser type;
  • device type;
  • operating system;
  • referring URL;
  • pages viewed;
  • approximate geographic region derived from IP address;
  • timestamps;
  • device or session identifiers;
  • crash information;
  • performance information; and
  • security logs.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

Olympia and our service providers may use cookies, local storage, and similar technologies to:

  • keep you signed in;
  • maintain sessions;
  • remember preferences;
  • protect accounts;
  • prevent fraud;
  • analyze performance; and
  • understand how the Service is used.

2. How We Use Information

We may use information to:

  • provide Olympia;
  • create and manage accounts;
  • authenticate users;
  • process transactions;
  • maintain Credit balances;
  • operate prediction markets;
  • resolve markets;
  • calculate rankings or reputation;
  • provide community features;
  • provide APIs;
  • operate Promotions;
  • prevent fraud and abuse;
  • enforce our Terms;
  • detect security incidents;
  • improve performance;
  • develop new features;
  • troubleshoot problems;
  • respond to support requests;
  • communicate important Service information;
  • comply with law; and
  • protect Olympia and our users.

3. Public Information

Olympia is a social prediction platform, and some activity may be public by design.

Depending on Olympia's features and your settings, publicly visible information may include:

  • username;
  • profile image;
  • markets you create;
  • public comments;
  • predictions;
  • market positions;
  • market activity;
  • rankings;
  • reputation;
  • statistics; and
  • other information you intentionally publish.

Information you make public may be viewed, copied, indexed, analyzed, or shared by other users or third parties.

You should not post sensitive information publicly.

4. Credits and Transaction Records

Olympia maintains records necessary to operate the virtual Credit system.

These records may include:

  • Credit balances;
  • purchases;
  • free Credit distributions;
  • market transactions;
  • adjustments;
  • refunds;
  • promotion-related restrictions;
  • timestamps; and
  • anti-fraud information.

We may retain transaction records after an account is closed when reasonably necessary for accounting, fraud prevention, dispute resolution, security, or legal compliance.

5. How We Share Information

We do not sell your personal information for money.

We may disclose information in the circumstances described below.

Service Providers

We may share information with companies that help operate Olympia.

These may include providers of:

  • authentication;
  • cloud hosting;
  • databases;
  • payment processing;
  • analytics;
  • email delivery;
  • content delivery;
  • monitoring;
  • fraud prevention;
  • security; and
  • customer support.

These providers receive information as necessary to perform services for Olympia.

Public Activity

Information you intentionally make public may be available to anyone.

Third-Party Applications

If you authorize a third-party application to access your Olympia account through an API or authorization system, we may provide information according to the permissions you approve.

Third-party developers are responsible for their own privacy practices.

Legal Requirements

We may disclose information if we reasonably believe disclosure is necessary to:

  • comply with law;
  • respond to valid legal process;
  • enforce our Terms;
  • investigate fraud;
  • protect the rights or safety of users;
  • protect Olympia's systems; or
  • prevent unlawful activity.

Business Transfers

If Olympia is reorganized, transferred, sold, incorporated into another business, or otherwise changes ownership or control, information may be transferred as part of that transaction.

Any successor would remain responsible for handling personal information consistent with applicable law.

6. Payment Processors

Payments may be processed by third-party payment processors.

Payment processors may collect information directly from you, including:

  • payment-card information;
  • billing information;
  • transaction information;
  • device information; and
  • fraud-prevention information.

Their handling of your information is governed by their own privacy policies.

7. Authentication Providers

Olympia may use a third-party authentication provider.

Authentication providers may process information necessary to:

  • create accounts;
  • authenticate sessions;
  • prevent unauthorized access;
  • support social or federated login; and
  • secure accounts.

8. Analytics

Olympia may use analytics tools to understand:

  • how users navigate Olympia;
  • which features are used;
  • performance;
  • errors;
  • approximate traffic sources; and
  • general Service usage.

Where required by law, we may request consent before using certain analytics technologies.

9. Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures intended to protect personal information.

These may include:

  • encryption in transit;
  • access controls;
  • authentication systems;
  • logging;
  • monitoring;
  • infrastructure security; and
  • limiting access to information.

No internet service can guarantee absolute security.

You are responsible for protecting your account credentials.

10. Data Retention

We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to:

  • provide Olympia;
  • maintain your account;
  • comply with legal obligations;
  • resolve disputes;
  • detect fraud;
  • protect security;
  • enforce agreements; and
  • maintain legitimate business records.

Different categories of information may be retained for different periods.

When information is no longer reasonably necessary, we may delete, anonymize, or aggregate it.

11. Account Deletion

Where available, you may request deletion of your Olympia account.

Deleting an account may not immediately remove all information.

We may retain information where reasonably necessary for:

  • transaction records;
  • fraud prevention;
  • legal compliance;
  • dispute resolution;
  • security logs;
  • backups; or
  • enforcement purposes.

Public content may remain where deletion would materially affect records or content involving other users, although we may disassociate it from your account where appropriate.

12. Your Choices

Depending on available features and applicable law, you may be able to:

  • update account information;
  • change profile information;
  • adjust communication preferences;
  • control certain cookies;
  • delete content;
  • delete your account; or
  • request access to certain information.

You may contact us regarding privacy requests using the information below.

13. Children

Olympia is not intended for children under 13.

You may not create an Olympia account if you are under 13.

We do not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children under 13 without legally required parental consent.

If we learn that an account belongs to a child under 13 and we do not have a lawful basis to maintain the account, we may suspend the account and delete associated personal information as required by law.

If you believe a child under 13 has provided personal information to Olympia, contact us at the address listed below.

14. Teen Users

Users who are at least 13 but under 18 may use Olympia subject to our Terms of Service and any applicable requirements for parental or guardian permission.

Some Olympia features may be unavailable to minors.

Promotions may require participants to be at least 18 years old or meet another age requirement.

15. Promotions

If Olympia conducts a drawing, sweepstakes, giveaway, contest, or other Promotion, we may collect information necessary to administer it.

This may include:

  • name;
  • email address;
  • age or date of birth;
  • eligibility information;
  • state or country;
  • mailing address;
  • entry information; and
  • information required to deliver a prize.

Additional privacy information may be included in the Official Rules for a particular Promotion.

16. API and Third-Party Developers

Olympia may provide a public API.

Information intentionally made public through Olympia may also be available through the API.

Third-party applications using Olympia's API are independent operators unless Olympia expressly states otherwise.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party developers.

When Olympia introduces account-authorized API access, we may display what information an application is requesting before you authorize access.

17. International Users

Olympia may be accessed from different countries.

Your information may be processed or stored in the United States or other jurisdictions where Olympia's service providers operate.

Privacy laws in those jurisdictions may differ from those where you live.

Where applicable law requires specific safeguards for international transfers, Olympia will seek to implement appropriate safeguards.

18. State Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live and whether applicable legal thresholds are met, you may have rights regarding your personal information.

These may include rights to:

  • know what information is collected;
  • access personal information;
  • request correction;
  • request deletion;
  • obtain a portable copy;
  • opt out of certain types of sharing or targeted advertising; or
  • appeal certain privacy decisions.

Not every right applies in every jurisdiction or to every organization.

Olympia may verify your identity before processing a request.

We will not discriminate against you for exercising rights provided by applicable privacy law.

19. Do Not Sell or Share

Olympia does not currently sell personal information for money.

If Olympia's practices change in a way that creates additional rights under applicable law, we will update this Privacy Policy and provide required choices.

20. Sensitive Information

Please do not submit sensitive personal information through public Olympia features.

Examples include:

  • government identification numbers;
  • passwords;
  • financial-account credentials;
  • medical records;
  • precise home addresses;
  • private authentication codes; or
  • other highly sensitive information.

We may remove such information if it is posted publicly.

21. Law-Enforcement Requests

Olympia may respond to legally valid requests from law-enforcement agencies, courts, regulators, or other government authorities.

We may scrutinize requests and disclose only information reasonably required by applicable law.

Where legally permitted and appropriate, we may notify affected users.

22. Cookies

Cookies and similar technologies may be categorized as:

Essential Cookies

Necessary for features such as:

  • authentication;
  • account security;
  • session management;
  • fraud prevention; and
  • core Service operation.

Functional Cookies

Used to remember preferences and settings.

Analytics Cookies

Used to understand Service usage and performance.

Where required by applicable law, Olympia will provide appropriate controls for non-essential cookies.

23. Third-Party Links

Olympia markets and User Content may contain links to external websites.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, or content of third-party websites.

24. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy when our Service or privacy practices change.

If we make material changes, we may notify you through Olympia, by email, or through another reasonable method.

The effective date at the top identifies the current version.

25. Contact Us

For privacy questions, requests, or concerns, contact:

Olympia
Email: privacy@olympia.markets

For legal inquiries:

legal@olympia.markets