Privacy Policy

Introduction

BetDetective ("we", "our", or "us") is committed to protecting the privacy of our users ("you" or "your"). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website (the "Site"). Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site.

Effective Date: October 2025

Information We Collect

We collect several types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you:

Personal Data

• Account Information: Email address and name provided during registration
• Profile Information: Any personal information you choose to provide in your profile or through our services
• Payment Information: When you purchase our services (processed securely by third-party payment processors - we do not store credit card information)

Usage Data

• Technical Data: IP address, browser type, device information, operating system
• Analytics Data: Anonymous data about site usage patterns and user behavior
• Cookie Data: Information stored via cookies and similar tracking technologies
• Log Data: Server logs, access times, and pages viewed

Research Data

• Screenshots: Images you upload for analysis (stored securely and associated with your account or anonymous session)
• Analysis History: Records of analyses you have requested
• Search Queries: Information about prediction markets you research using our service

IMPORTANT: We do NOT collect, track, or have access to your actual betting activity, financial transactions on third-party platforms, or any information about your participation in prediction markets outside of our research tool.

How We Use Your Information

We use the collected information for various purposes:

• To provide and maintain our research Service
• To process and display analysis results to you
• To notify you about changes to our Service
• To provide customer support
• To gather analysis or valuable information to improve our Service
• To monitor the usage of our Service and detect abuse
• To detect, prevent and address technical issues
• To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it
• To send you service-related communications
• To send you marketing communications (with your consent where required by law)

WE DO NOT:

• Provide your information to prediction market platforms or betting sites
• Track your actual betting or trading activity
• Provide personalized financial advice based on your data
• Make investment recommendations based on your usage patterns
• Sell your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Service and hold certain information. Cookies are files with small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.

We use the following types of cookies:

• Essential Cookies: Required for the operation of our Site
• Analytical/Performance Cookies: Allow us to recognize and count visitors and analyze site usage
• Functionality Cookies: Enable us to remember your preferences
• Targeting Cookies: Record your visit to our Site, the pages you visit, and the links you follow

Data Storage and Security

We use industry-standard security measures to protect your personal information:

• Secure authentication and authorization systems
• Encryption of data in transit using SSL/TLS protocols
• Regular security assessments and updates
• Access controls and authentication requirements for our staff
• Regular backup procedures to prevent data loss

Data Retention

We will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

International Data Transfers

Your information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction. If you are located outside United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data to the United States and process it there.

Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information:

• The right to access information we hold about you
• The right to rectification if information we hold is inaccurate or incomplete
• The right to erasure of your personal information
• The right to restrict or object to processing of your personal information
• The right to data portability
• The right to withdraw consent at any time where we relied on your consent to process your information

Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW: We are not responsible for:

• Any financial losses you incur based on information or analyses provided by our Service
• Any decisions you make regarding participation in prediction markets or betting
• The accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of any information displayed on our Service
• Data breaches or security incidents despite our reasonable security measures
• Unauthorized access to or use of your account
• Actions of third-party service providers or prediction market platforms

Your use of our Service and any information provided is at your own risk. We provide the Service "AS IS" without warranties of any kind.

Third-Party Services

We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service ("Service Providers"), provide the Service on our behalf, perform Service-related services or assist us in analyzing how our Service is used. These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

Third-party services we may use include:

• Payment processing (Stripe or similar)
• Authentication services (Supabase or similar)
• Cloud hosting and storage providers
• AI/ML API providers for analysis generation
• Analytics services

We are NOT affiliated with any prediction market platforms. When you use our Service to analyze screenshots from platforms like Polymarket, Manifold, Metaculus, Kalshi, PredictIt, or others, we are not sharing your data with those platforms, and they do not share data with us. Our Service is independent research tool.

Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 18 ("Children"). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18.

Your Responsibilities

You are responsible for:

• Maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials
• All activity that occurs under your account
• Ensuring your use of the Service complies with all applicable laws
• Not uploading screenshots or content that violates others' privacy or rights
• Understanding that our Service provides research information only, not financial advice

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "effective date" at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes become effective when posted.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us through the contact information provided on our website.

Last Updated: October 2025