Who we are
Handicappers Hideaway also known as HandicappersHideaway.com is a news and informational website about the gambling industry. Our website address is: https://handicappershideaway.com.
We are committed to respecting your privacy and at the same time complying with applicable data protection and privacy laws. This section will outline our data collection and storing practices while at the same time explain how we use and safeguard your information. The data collected allows us to provide you with better news and informational services.
You have our guarantee that all of the information we collect will never be share or sold with any other entity.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
We collect information about visitors to our Users’ Sites in a few different ways–we collect certain information that the visitors provide to the Site, we collect some information automatically, and we collect any information that our Users provide to us about their visitors.
Follower and Subscriber Information
When a visitor signs up to follow or subscribe to a Site using Jetpack or WordPress.com, we collect the sign-up information requested by the Site, which typically includes an email address.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact forms
Your contact information is saved for an undefined amount of time as necessary to answer any questions or concerns you may have when you contact us.
Other Information Entered on the Site
We may also collect other information that a visitor enters on the Site–such as a contact form submission, a search query, or Site registration.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Why We collect the information
We use information about Site visitors in order to provide our Services to our Users and their Sites. Our users may use our Services to, for example, create and manage their Site, sell products and services on their Site, flag and fight comments from spammers, and collect information through polls, quizzes and other surveys.
- To personalize your experience with our services
- To improve our website
- To improve customer service
- Internal Record keeping
- Quality management and product evaluation
- To send a limited amount of periodic emails to send you information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions.
Analytics
Who we share your data with
- HandicappersHideaway.com and their employees who have a need for this information
- Any third parties which provide services to HandicappersHideaway.com in order to allow or enable us to provide you with better news services and have signed a privacy and non-disclosure agreement with us.
- Services that data may be shared with: Cloudflare; Google Tag Manager; Google Fonts; Facebook Ads conversion tracking (Facebook pixel); Microsoft Clarity; Meta Events Manager; Google Analytics with anonymized IP; Google Analytics 4; Amplitude Analytics; Twitter Ads conversion tracking; Jampp; Twitter account access; Twitter Remarketing; Twitter Tailored Audiences; Better Ads (d3sv.net); Contact form
- Any potential purchasers or investors
Information Shared Publicly
Information that visitors choose to make public is–you guessed it–disclosed publicly. That means, of course, that information like visitor comments and “likes” are all available to others, including information about the visitor that is displayed in connection with a comment or “like” (such as a visitor’s WordPress.com username and Gravatar). We provide a “firehose” stream of public data (including comments) from Sites to provide that data to firehose subscribers, who may view and analyze the content, but do not have rights to re-publish it publicly. Public information may also be indexed by search engines or used by third parties.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
All data we collect is not sold or shared in any form to other companies. Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Your contact information
Your contact information is saved for an undefined amount of time as necessary to answer any questions or concerns you may have when you contact us.
Additional information
Any additional information we may have received from you is saved for an undefined amount of time as necessary to answer any questions or concerns you may have when you contact us.
How we protect your data
We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you enter, submit, or access your personal information. All of your information is protected by the latest encryption technology to ensure full data protection.
What data breach procedures we have in place
There is no single method of responding to a data breach and each incident must be dealt with on a case by case basis by assessing the circumstances and associated risks to inform the appropriate course of action.
In case of a data breach, all impacted parties and proper authorities will be notified. Our action plan in case of a data breach includes:
- Immediately contain the breach (if this has not already occurred). Corrective action may include: retrieval or recovery of the personal information, ceasing unauthorised access, shutting down or isolating the affected system.
- Evaluate the risks associated with the breach, including collecting and documenting all available evidence of the breach.
- Call upon the expertise of, or consult with, relevant staff in the particular circumstances.
- Engage an independent cyber security or forensic expert as appropriate.
What third parties we receive data from
We do not receive data from third parties
What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data
All of the data we receive is manually used internally by our marketing department
Industry regulatory disclosure requirements
Contact for all matters related to privacy, including complaints about breaches of privacy, should be directed to dirty@handicappershideaway.com