Legal

PRIVACY POLICY

Last updated: June 2026  ·  Effective: June 2026  ·  Jurisdiction: South Africa

Summary: KASTLR is a free CS2 skin price tracking website. We don't require accounts. The only personal data we collect is your email address if you voluntarily set a price alert or subscribe to the newsletter. Sponsor banners may appear on the site. These are static images with no tracking scripts or cookies. We don't sell your data.

1. WHO WE ARE

KASTLR ("we", "our", "us") operates kastlr.com — a free Counter-Strike 2 skin price tracking and market data website for South African players. All prices are displayed in South African Rand (ZAR). KASTLR is not affiliated with Valve Corporation, Steam, or any skin marketplace.

For privacy enquiries: privacy@kastlr.com

2. WHAT DATA WE COLLECT

No account required. You can use KASTLR — including the prices page, leaderboard, news, and deal checker — without providing any personal information whatsoever.

Price alerts (optional): If you choose to set a price alert via the Watchlist page, we collect and store your email address and the alert details (skin name, target price, direction). This is the only personal data we collect.

Standard server logs: Like all websites, our hosting provider (Axxess) may log standard technical data such as IP addresses and browser user agent strings for security and diagnostic purposes. We do not use these logs to identify or track individual users.

What we do NOT collect:

  • No advertising network scripts or tracking pixels of any kind
  • No Steam account data or SteamID (the player lookup uses Valve's public API, we don't store results)
  • No payment information (we have no paid features)
  • No browsing history

Regarding cookies: KASTLR itself does not set cookies. Sponsor banner images are hosted directly on KASTLR's own servers and do not set cookies. If you click a link to an external site (such as Tradeit.gg), that site's own cookie and privacy policies apply.

3. HOW WE USE YOUR DATA

Your email address (if provided for alerts) is used solely to:

  • Send you a one-time email notification when your price alert triggers
  • Nothing else. No marketing. No newsletters. No third-party sharing.

Alert emails are sent via Resend (resend.com), a transactional email service. Your email address is passed to Resend only at the moment your alert fires. We do not maintain mailing lists.

4. ADVERTISING & SPONSORSHIPS

KASTLR displays banner advertisements from direct, vetted sponsors. These are private sponsorship arrangements — not programmatic advertising networks. Our advertising policy is as follows:

  • No ad networks: We do not use Google AdSense, programmatic display advertising, or any third-party ad serving platform
  • No tracking scripts: Sponsor banners are static images hosted on KASTLR's own servers. No advertiser JavaScript, pixels, or tracking code is loaded on this site
  • No cookies from ads: Because banners are self-hosted static images, they do not set cookies on your device
  • Click-through only: Clicking a sponsor banner takes you to the advertiser's website via a direct link. Once you leave KASTLR, the advertiser's own privacy policy applies
  • Labelled clearly: All sponsor banners are labelled "Advertisement" or "Sponsored" so you can distinguish them from editorial content

Current and past sponsors are CS2-related businesses such as skin marketplaces. We only accept sponsorships from reputable, legitimate companies relevant to the CS2 community.

If you are interested in advertising on KASTLR, contact hello@kastlr.com or @kastlrcsgo on X.

5. DATA STORAGE

Alert data (email + skin + target price) is stored in Supabase, a database service hosted in the EU (Frankfurt, Germany). Supabase is GDPR-compliant. Data is encrypted at rest and in transit.

CS2 market price data is fetched from steamwebapi.com and Valve's Steam Market API. No personal data is involved in this process.

The website is hosted by Axxess (South Africa) and served via Cloudflare (global CDN).

6. THIRD-PARTY SERVICES

  • Supabase — Database hosting (EU). Privacy Policy
  • Resend — Transactional email. Privacy Policy
  • Railway — Backend server hosting (US). Privacy Policy
  • Cloudflare — CDN and DDoS protection. Privacy Policy
  • Axxess — Website hosting (South Africa). Privacy Policy
  • steamwebapi.com — CS2 market price data source (no personal data shared)
  • Tradeit.gg — Affiliate partner. BUY links on this site include an affiliate parameter. We earn a commission if you make a purchase. Tradeit's privacy policy applies when you visit their site.
  • Valve / Steam — The player lookup feature queries Valve's public CS2 leaderboard API. No personal data is submitted to Valve by KASTLR.

7. AFFILIATE DISCLOSURE

KASTLR participates in the Tradeit.gg affiliate programme. Links to Tradeit.gg on this site contain an affiliate tracking parameter (aff=kastlrcsgo). If you click a BUY link and make a purchase on Tradeit, KASTLR may earn a commission. This does not affect the price you pay. We only recommend Tradeit because it is a legitimate, widely-used CS2 skin marketplace.

8. YOUR RIGHTS (POPIA)

If you are located in South Africa, the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) grants you the following rights regarding any personal information we hold about you:

  • Access — request a copy of personal data we hold about you
  • Correction — request that inaccurate data be corrected
  • Deletion — request deletion of your personal data
  • Objection — object to the processing of your personal data

To exercise any of these rights, email privacy@kastlr.com. We will respond within 30 days. Our Information Officer can be reached at the same address.

9. NEWSLETTER & EMAIL DIGEST

KASTLR offers a voluntary weekly email digest called the KASTLR Weekly. By subscribing, you provide your email address which is stored securely in our database.

What we collect

Email address, subscription date, and confirmation status. We do not collect your name or any other personal information as part of the newsletter subscription.

How we use it

Your email is used solely to send the KASTLR Weekly digest — a weekly summary of CS2 skin market movements in ZAR. We do not use your email for any other purpose, and we do not share it with third parties.

Email delivery

Emails are sent via Resend (resend.com), our transactional email provider. Your email address is transmitted to Resend for delivery purposes only.

Unsubscribing

Every email contains an unsubscribe link. Clicking it immediately removes you from the list. You can also request removal by emailing privacy@kastlr.com.

Data retention

Unsubscribed email addresses are retained for 90 days for administrative purposes, then permanently deleted. Active subscribers' data is retained for as long as the subscription remains active.

10. YOUR RIGHTS (GDPR)

If you are located in the European Economic Area, you have rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) including access, rectification, erasure, portability, and the right to lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority. Our lawful basis for processing alert email addresses is your explicit consent (you voluntarily submitted the form).

11. DATA RETENTION

Price alert records are retained until the alert fires and is marked as sent, after which they are no longer active. You may request deletion of your alert at any time by emailing privacy@kastlr.com with the email address and skin name.

We do not retain historical personal data beyond what is necessary to operate the alert service.

12. CHILDREN

KASTLR is not directed at children under the age of 13. Counter-Strike 2 is rated 18+ in South Africa. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 13. If you believe a child has submitted data, contact us and we will delete it immediately.

13. SECURITY

All data is transmitted over HTTPS/TLS. Database data is encrypted at rest. We do not store passwords (no accounts exist). We apply reasonable security measures appropriate for a small web service.

14. CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

We may update this policy from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top reflects the most recent version. Continued use of the site after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

15. CONTACT

Privacy enquiries: privacy@kastlr.com
General enquiries: hello@kastlr.com
X/Twitter: @kastlrcsgo