Privacy, Terms & Refunds

We collect the email you enter when claiming a country (to identify returning Bosses per the Rules and to send you claim/outbid notifications), any brand name, website, logo, or description you submit for your Boss listing, and anonymous, device-based vote data. Voting requires no account and no email.

Payments are processed by Stripe — we never see or store your card details. Emails are sent via Resend. We don't sell your data or share it with anyone outside these two processors, who handle it under their own privacy policies.

Retention: claim/transaction records and your Boss listing history are kept indefinitely — we need past-claim history to apply the "pay the difference" reclaim pricing in the Rules, and financial records for accounting. Votes are anonymous and never linked to an email.

Deletion: email boss@stateboss.com to have your Boss listing content (name, logo, link, description) removed. Note that deleting your claim history means you'd pay full price, not the returning-Boss difference, if you claim a country again later — transaction records are kept regardless, for accounting purposes.

StateBoss.com is an independent, single-operator side project — not a registered company. All correspondence, legal or otherwise, goes to boss@stateboss.com.

StateBoss.com is a novelty site. Claiming a country ("Boss" status) is a game mechanic and a way to advertise a link — it grants no real ownership, authority, or legal status over the actual country, and no exclusivity guarantee beyond what's described in the Rules.

You're responsible for the content you submit as a Boss (brand name, logo, link, description). We can remove or hide any listing that's illegal, hateful, or otherwise inappropriate at any time, with or without a report.

Review & appeals: a report hides your listing immediately, and we aim to review it within 5 business days. If your listing was hidden and you think that was wrong, email boss@stateboss.com with your country and we'll take another look. The same address handles copyright or trademark complaints about a Boss listing — include the country and what's being infringed, and we'll investigate.

We'll post a closure notice on the homepage at least 30 days before shutting down and stop accepting new claims during that window. Existing claims aren't refunded when we close, consistent with the no-refunds policy below.

Claim payments are final and non-refundable, including if your listing is later removed for violating these terms. If a checkout fails after payment or you were charged more than the required price shown on the country page at the time you claimed, email boss@stateboss.com and we'll make it right.