Stake Hunters Limited
At StakeHunters, we believe in being clear and open about how we collect and use data related to you. In the spirit of transparency, this policy provides detailed information about our privacy policy, how and when we use cookies.
What information do we gather?
Information that relates directly to you (e.g. your name and email address).
Information that does not directly identify you (e.g. how you might browse our website). This might include: your IP address through the placement of cookies (our Cookie Policy and their management, below); location data, which might be gained through your IP address or GPS data for better user experience.
How we use your information?
We might use your information to:
Remember you when you visit our website and see how you journey through it by using cookies. We explain what cookies are and how you can manage them, below;
Use your anonymised information to identify your interests. We might then put your anonymised information into audience segments, which means we can serve you advertisements and offers that will interest you;
Use your IP address and location data to serve you with targeted content;
Make sure the services we provide to you are correctly administered;
Collect and log numeric internet addresses to improve the website and to monitor website usage.
If you have subscribed to any of our services, we will use the information you provide to keep you updated on those services unless you have told us otherwise.
How do we gather information?
Information is gathered in the following ways: indirectly (e.g. using website technology or technology when you use StakeHunters.com on a mobile device); directly (e.g. when you sign up to create a StakeHunters.com profile, subscribe to our newsletter or you otherwise provide your information when you interact with us); through social sign-on: we offer a quick registration option using your existing social media accounts. When you use social sign-on, we will gather the information you have already used in the process of registering for that social media site and your social media account will be linked to your StakeHunters.com account (below on de-linking accounts).
How do you decide how you want to hear from us?
We always seek to explain why and how we might contact you at the point you give your information to us. We may contact you by email, on-page chat and via social media, according to your preferences.
We also provide the means for you to grant or withhold your permission for us to contact you. We do this by using opt-in boxes or unsubscribe options. We use these to gain your permission to contact you about our service.
Sometimes, we need your information to be able to contact you to provide the service you wish to use (e.g. payments or subscription for paid services). In those cases, by signing up to the service you give us permission to send you service communications and we will not offer you the chance to opt-out from receiving those messages.
We might also offer you the opportunity to hear from specific companies and organisations that we might work in association with. We will always name those companies and organisations and provide you with the opportunity to hear from them by means of an opt-in tick box.
Accessing and updating your personal information
You can update your details by accessing your account pages on the website or by emailing [email protected].
You can de-link your social media account from your StakeHunters.com account by emailing [email protected].
You have the right to access the personal information held about you. To obtain a copy of that personal information, please send an email to [email protected] . You will have to provide proof of identification and there will be an administrative charge of €10 for processing your request.
Protecting your information
The password you provide when registering with the website is encrypted to ensure protection against unauthorised access to your personal information.
We invest in high-quality security and do our utmost to protect user privacy. No data transmission over the Internet can be entirely secure, and therefore we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information and/or use of the website. Any information that you send is at your own risk and may be read by others. However once we have received your personal information we use strict procedures to protect the security of your personal information.
We never sell personal information, or pass it to third parties for marketing purposes without your permission.
Do we use Cookies?
We use cookies to ensure everyone who uses StakeHunters.com has the best possible experience. Cookies also help us keep your account safe. By continuing to visit or use our services, you are agreeing to the use of cookies and similar technologies for the purposes we describe in this policy.
What are Cookies?
As is common practice with almost all professional websites this site uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. Cookies can be used to recognize you when you visit StakeHunters.com, remember your preferences, and give you a personalized experience that's in line with your settings. Cookies also make your interactions with StakeHunters.com faster and more secure. This page describes what information they gather, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately in most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.
The Cookies We Set
If you create an account with us then we will use cookies for the management of the signup process and general administration. These cookies will usually be deleted when you log out however in some cases they may remain afterwards to remember your site preferences when logged out.
We use cookies when you are logged in so that we can remember this fact. This prevents you from having to log in every single time you visit a new page. These cookies are typically removed or cleared when you log out to ensure that you can only access restricted features and areas when logged in.
This site offers newsletter or email subscription services and cookies may be used to remember if you are already registered and whether to show certain notifications which might only be valid to subscribed/unsubscribed users.
In order to provide you with a great experience on this site we provide the functionality to set your preferences for how this site runs when you use it. In order to remember your preferences we need to set cookies so that this information can be called whenever you interact with a page is affected by your preferences.
Third Party Cookies
In some special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.
This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solution on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content. For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.
Third party analytics are used to track and measure usage of this site so that we can continue to produce engaging content. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site or pages you visit which helps us to understand how we can improve the site for you.
From time to time we test new features and make subtle changes to the way that the site is delivered. When we are still testing new features these cookies may be used to ensure that you receive a consistent experience whilst on the site whilst ensuring we understand which optimisations our users appreciate the most.
In some cases we may provide you with custom content based on what you tell us about yourself either directly or indirectly by linking a social media account. These types of cookies simply allow us to provide you with content that we feel may be of interest to you.
Several partners advertise on our behalf and affiliate tracking cookies simply allow us to see if our customers have come to the site through one of our partner sites so that we can credit them appropriately and where applicable allow our affiliate partners to provide any bonus that they may provide you for making a purchase.
We also use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. For these to work the following social media sites including: Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Gmail, LinkedIn, will set cookies through our site which may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.
Disabling Cookies
Most browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. However, if you limit the ability of websites to set cookies, you may worsen your overall user experience, since it will no longer be personalized to you. It may also stop you from saving customized settings like login information. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of the this site.
Where we store your personal information
The personal information that we collect from you may be sent and stored outside the European Economic Area ("EEA") in order to carry out the activities listed in “Use of Your Information”.
Changes to this Policy
If we change our Policy, we will post the changes on this page. Please check the website regularly for any changes to this Policy.
If you don't feel we're adhering to this Policy, what should you do?
If you believe that we have not adhered to this Policy, please notify us by email at [email protected] and we will try to solve the problem promptly.
Hopefully that has clarified things for you and as was previously mentioned if there is something that you aren't sure whether you need or not it's usually safer to leave cookies enabled in case it does interact with one of the features you use on our site.
However if you are still looking for more information than you can contact us through one of our preferred contact methods.