Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how GambleBallers collects, uses, and shares your information when you interact with our services. We receive your data through our website, gambleballers.com, mobile applications, and from third parties, including partners and service providers.

When you use our services—whether through our website, affiliated platforms, or apps on mobile devices—you consent to the collection, storage, transfer, disclosure, and other uses of your information as outlined in this Privacy Policy. Regardless of your country of residence or where you provide your information, you authorise GambleBallers to process your data in any country where we operate.

What Personal Data We Collect and Why

We collect various types of data to enhance your experience and ensure the functionality of our services. Below, we detail the data we collect and the purposes behind it.

Cookies

When you interact with gambleballers.com, we use cookies to improve your experience. If you leave a comment, you can opt to save your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience, so you don’t need to re-enter these details for future comments. These cookies are stored for one year.

If you log into an account on our site, we set a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies—this contains no personal data and is deleted when you close your browser. Upon logging in, we also use cookies to save your login details and display preferences. Login cookies last two days, while display preference cookies persist for one year. Selecting “Remember Me” extends your login cookie to two weeks; logging out removes these cookies.

When you edit or publish an article, a cookie is saved in your browser to track the post ID of the article you edited. This cookie contains no personal data and expires after one day.

Comments

When you leave a comment on our site, we collect the information entered in the comment form, along with your IP address and browser user agent string to assist with spam detection. An anonymised string (hash) generated from your email address may be shared with the Gravatar service to check if you use it. Gravatar’s Privacy Policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture will be publicly visible alongside your comment.

Media

If you upload images to our website, avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS), as other visitors can download and extract this information from the images. We encourage users to remove such data before uploading media to protect their privacy.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Our site may include embedded content, such as videos, images, or articles, from external websites. This content behaves as if you’ve visited the third-party site directly. These external sites may collect data about you, use cookies, implement third-party tracking, and monitor your interactions, especially if you’re logged into their services. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these external sites.

Analytics

To monitor site performance and enhance user experience, we use Google Analytics to track visitor statistics. This includes data like browser type, operating system, location, keywords, as well as demographic details such as age, gender, and interests. This may involve the Google Analytics cookie or the DoubleClick cookie, if present.

You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking by adjusting your Ads Settings, using the Ad Settings for mobile apps, or other methods like the NAI’s consumer opt-out. Alternatively, install the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on to prevent tracking of your sessions on gambleballers.com. We are committed to respecting your privacy preferences.

How Long We Retain Your Data

Comments and their metadata are stored indefinitely to facilitate automatic recognition and approval of follow-up comments, avoiding delays in moderation queues. For registered users, we retain the personal information provided in your user profile. You can view, edit, or delete this information at any time (except your username, which cannot be changed). Site administrators can also access and modify this data.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you have an account or have left comments on gambleballers.com, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you’ve provided. You may also request the deletion of your personal data, though this does not include information we must retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes. We are committed to ensuring you maintain control over your data.

Where We Send Your Data

To maintain a safe environment, visitor comments may be processed through an automated spam detection service. We ensure that any third-party services we use comply with applicable privacy standards.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy forms part of the GambleBallers terms of service, which you accept by using our website or services. We may update this Privacy Policy and our terms at any time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. Continued use of our services after such updates constitutes your agreement to the revised policy.