1. Who we are
Blindspot Poker (blindspotpoker.com) is a free poker training site that uses play money only. It is run by Blindspot Poker ("we", "us"). For any privacy question or request, email privacy@blindspotpoker.com.
2. If you don't sign in
The live table, lessons, drills and coached games all run in your browser. We don't create a profile, and we don't store your hands or results on our servers. Your last 30 hands are kept in your own browser so you can replay them; clear them from the Your hands page or your browser settings. Our hosting provider may keep standard server logs (such as IP address, browser type and pages requested) for a short time to run and protect the site. If you accept analytics cookies, Google Analytics also records how the site is used; see section 6.
3. What we collect when you sign in
Signing in is optional and uses "Sign in with Google". With your permission on Google's consent screen, and nothing more, we receive and store:
| Information | Why we use it |
|---|---|
| Name and profile photo | To show who is signed in and personalise your account page. |
| Email address | To identify your account, answer requests, and send important account notices. Updates or news only if you opt in. |
| Google account ID | A unique number from Google that lets us recognise you next time. It is not your password; we never see your password. |
| Game stats | For each coached session: stakes, difficulty, number of opponents, hands played, result in chips, how often you played and raised before the flop, showdowns, and how often you matched the coach. This powers your saved stats. |
| Saved hands | Hands you choose to save for replay: the cards, the actions, the coach's notes and your result. |
| Account dates and settings | When you joined and last visited, and your email preference. |
We don't ask Google for your contacts, calendar, phone number, birthday or anything else, and we don't collect payment details. The site has no real-money features.
Shared hands
If you share a hand, we publish a copy that anyone with the link can view. It contains the cards, actions, coach notes and result, but not your name, email or photo; you appear as "Hero". Stop sharing any time from the Your hands page, and the link stops working.
Multiplayer tables
Multiplayer tables need you to be signed in. Other players at a table see the table name you type (not your Google name, email or photo), your seat, chips, actions, quick reactions, and any cards you show at showdown. Everyone at a table also gets a short random player tag so the table can tell players apart; it can't be turned back into your account.
Tables are run by our game server on Cloudflare. While a table is open, the server holds your Google account ID (to check it's really you and keep your seat), your table name, chips and stats at that table. It doesn't store your hands after they're played. Your browser keeps its own copy of the hands you played, showing only the cards you saw, for replays. A table and everything the server kept about it is deleted once nobody has been at it for two hours. Public table names are listed in the lobby while the table is open, so please don't put personal information in a table name. If you're signed in, your stats from a multiplayer table are saved to your account like any other session.
Coaches
If you invite a coach with your private coach link, your coach sees your cards and the table as you see it, and you can send each other messages. Other players see that you have a coach, but not your messages. Messages pass through the game server to the two of you and aren't stored. You can end the coaching at any time, which disconnects the coach. If you coach someone, they see the name you coach under.
Hosted tables and broadcasts
The host of a hosted table doesn't play and sees every player's cards live, so they can commentate. The table tells you this before you sit. The host can show the game on a stream with a broadcast overlay, which shows players' table names, chips, actions, cards and win chances at least 30 seconds after they happen, and can turn cards off. The host can also remove a player from the table.
Streamer overlays
If you turn on streaming on the Streamer page, the game server stores your account ID, a secret overlay key and your overlay settings, and notes which Streamer-mode table you're sitting at so your overlay can find it. Your overlay shows your table name, chips, stats and, if you choose, your cards, on your own stream. At a table with Streamer mode on, a streaming player's overlay may also show other players' table names, chips and actions (never their hidden cards). Turn streaming off, or make a new link, at any time; a new link stops the old one from working.
4. Why we're allowed to use it
Where the law asks for a legal basis (for example in the UK and European Economic Area):
- To provide your account and saved stats: it's necessary to give you the service you asked for.
- For update emails and analytics cookies: your consent, which you can withdraw at any time.
- To keep the site secure and working: our legitimate interest in preventing abuse and fixing problems.
5. Who we share it with
We don't sell or rent your personal information, and we don't share it for others' marketing. We use a small number of service providers that process data for us:
- Google Firebase (Google LLC) runs sign-in and stores your account and stats. See Firebase's privacy information.
- Google Analytics (Google LLC), only if you accept analytics cookies. See how Google uses information from sites that use its services.
- Cloudflare (Cloudflare, Inc.) runs multiplayer tables and may serve the site's pages. See Cloudflare's privacy policy.
- Our website host, which serves the pages.
We may also disclose information if the law requires it, to protect people's safety, or as part of a sale or merger of the site (in which case this policy would continue to apply).
6. Analytics, cookies and advertising
Google Analytics, only if you accept
The first time you visit, we ask whether we can use analytics cookies. If you choose No thanks, Google Analytics never loads and no analytics cookies are set. If you choose Accept, Google Analytics records:
- pages you view, how long you stay, and the site that sent you;
- features you use, such as starting a coached game (with the table settings you picked) and signing in;
- device type, browser, operating system, screen size and language;
- approximate location (country and city), worked out from your IP address. Google Analytics doesn't log or store the IP address itself.
It identifies your browser with a random ID stored in the cookies _ga and _ga_…, which last up to two years. We don't send Google Analytics your name, email or account ID, so this data isn't linked to your account. We use it only in totals, such as how many people played a hand this week, to decide what to improve.
You can change your choice at any time with Cookie settings at the bottom of every page. If you withdraw consent, collection stops and we remove the analytics cookies. You can also use Google's Analytics opt-out add-on.
Sign-in
When you sign in, Firebase stores a sign-in token in your browser so you stay signed in. This is strictly necessary and is removed when you sign out. We also remember your cookie choice in your browser.
Advertising
The site doesn't show ads today, and advertising cookies are switched off. We plan to show ads in the future. Before we do, we will update this policy and, where the law requires it, ask for your consent to advertising cookies first.
7. How long we keep it
We keep your account and stats until you delete your account. When you delete it, we remove your profile, stats and sign-in record from our database immediately. Copies in our providers' backups and security logs are erased on their normal schedules, usually within a few weeks.
Google Analytics data is kept for 14 months and then deleted automatically. Because it isn't linked to your account, deleting your account doesn't affect it; withdraw consent with Cookie settings to stop it.
8. Your choices and rights
- See and download your data: use "Download my data" on your account page.
- Delete your account: use "Delete my account" on the same page, or email privacy@blindspotpoker.com. This also removes your saved hands and switches off every link you shared.
- Correct your details: your name and photo come from your Google account; change them there and they update the next time you sign in.
- Stop update emails: switch them off on your account page or use the unsubscribe link in any email.
- Stop analytics: choose Cookie settings at the bottom of any page, then No thanks.
- Stop using Google sign-in: you can also remove the site's access in your Google account settings.
Depending on where you live, you may also have the right to object to or restrict how we use your data, and to complain to your local data protection authority. California residents: we don't sell or share personal information as those terms are defined in California law. We won't treat you differently for using any of these rights.
9. Age
The site is for people aged 18 and over. We don't knowingly collect information from anyone younger. If you think a child has signed up, email privacy@blindspotpoker.com and we'll delete the account.
10. Where your data is stored
Firebase and Cloudflare may store and process data in the United States and other countries where Google operates. Google provides the safeguards the law requires for international transfers, such as standard contractual clauses.
11. Security
Your data is protected in transit with encryption, and our database rules only let a signed-in player read or change their own records. No system is perfectly secure, but we collect as little as we can and keep it locked down.
12. Changes to this policy
If we change this policy, we'll update the date at the top. If the change is significant, such as adding advertising, we'll give signed-in players notice before it takes effect, and ask for consent again where the law requires it.
13. Contact
Questions or requests: privacy@blindspotpoker.com.