Last Updated: September 14, 2026
Welcome to NextBigNames ("we," "our," "us"). We operate an online platform where users can vote in Battles and Creator Contests, browse creator profiles, and, where offered, participate in prize promotions. Your privacy is important to us, and this Privacy Policy explains what data we collect, how we use it, how we store it, your rights, and how cookies and advertising technologies are used.
We collect the minimum data necessary to operate the NextBigNames platform effectively.
Users sign up, log in, and reset passwords directly through the NextBigNames website. Behind the scenes, authentication (including email verification, secure password storage, and password reset emails) is performed by our authentication provider, Supabase.
We do not store your full email address or password in our database. Instead, we store:
Supabase stores your full email address and securely hashes your password. Passwords are never visible to us.
Our platform allows both guests and logged-in users to vote in Battles and Creator Contests. An account is not required merely to cast a vote, but email verification may be required.
When you vote, we may collect:
When email verification is required for voting, we may collect your email address and use it to send a one-time verification code, verify the voter, help prevent duplicate or fraudulent voting, and operate the voting process. We do not store the full email address on the vote record itself; we store a cryptographic digest of the email for duplicate-vote prevention. Temporary verification records (including a hashed code) are created to complete the one-time-code process and are then removed.
Providing an email address for voting verification does not by itself subscribe you to marketing communications.
We may use your IP address to rate-limit verification requests and help prevent abuse. We do not store IP addresses as part of the vote record. Guest voting may also use a security check (such as reCAPTCHA) operated by a third party.
For some Creator Contest votes, we may also store optional campaign or attribution data (such as UTM parameters or a link identifier) if it is present when you vote. Battle votes do not currently store that attribution data.
Guests (non-logged-in users): After you verify, we may set a secure cookie that remembers the verified voter so you typically do not need to enter a new code for every vote. That cookie is used to operate voting and help prevent duplicate votes. It does not, by itself, identify you by name.
Logged-in users: If you vote while logged in, we associate the vote with your internal user identifier instead of an email digest.
We track certain button clicks (e.g., “View Instagram,” “View TikTok”) to provide creators with engagement analytics.
We do not store IP addresses or unique device identifiers for click tracking.
We use Google Analytics (GA4) to understand how users navigate and interact with the site.
Analytics does not receive your email address, Supabase user ID, or specific votes. Depending on local law, analytics cookies may only load with your consent.
We may occasionally run prize draws associated with a Battle, a Creator Contest, or the platform generally. Not every Battle or Creator Contest includes a prize. Where a prize is offered, eligibility requirements are shown for that competition. Typically, only users with an active NextBigNames account at the time of winner selection are eligible.
To administer prize draws, we may use:
We do not store full email addresses separately for prize draws. Email is fetched from Supabase only when needed to contact a selected winner.
Marketing communications are separate from voting verification. Providing an email address to vote, completing a one-time verification code, or creating an account does not by itself subscribe you to marketing emails.
Creators who submit an influencer application may separately opt in to receive emails about contests, promotions, and opportunities on NextBigNames. If you have opted in and later wish to stop receiving those emails, contact us at support@nextbignames.com.
If you choose to participate in paid contests or other paid features on NextBigNames, your payment will be processed by a third-party payment processor. We do not store or process your full payment card number on our own servers.
During payment, you may provide information such as your name, billing details, and payment method to the payment processor. The use of your payment information is governed by the payment processor's own terms and privacy policy.
We may receive limited information from the payment processor, such as a transaction ID, the status of the payment (successful or failed), and non-sensitive metadata necessary for us to confirm that a payment was completed and to provide you with access to the relevant paid features or contests.
NextBigNames may display advertisements provided by Google AdSense or other advertising partners. These third parties may use cookies, pixels, or similar technologies to:
Personalized ads may require consent depending on your region. You may opt out of personalized advertising at:
https://www.google.com/settings/ads
We do not sell your personal data. We may share your data with:
These service providers act as data processors on our behalf and are subject to obligations to handle your data in compliance with applicable privacy laws.
Some of our service providers may process data in countries outside your home country, including countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA). When data is transferred internationally, we take steps to help ensure an adequate level of protection, such as using Standard Contractual Clauses or other legally recognized transfer mechanisms.
If you are located in the EU/EEA or in a region with similar data protection laws, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at support@nextbignames.com. We may need to verify your identity before responding to your request.
The NextBigNames platform is not intended for children under the age of 13, or under the minimum digital consent age in your region if it is higher than 13. We do not knowingly allow children under this age to create accounts or participate as creators.
If we become aware that a child under the applicable minimum age has created an account or submitted personal data, we will take reasonable steps to delete the information and, if appropriate, close the account.
If you believe that a child has provided us with personal data, please contact us at support@nextbignames.com.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. When we make material changes, we will update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, our data practices, or your rights, please contact us at:
Email: support@nextbignames.com