Last updated: June 22, 2026
DoubleHype respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information we may collect, how we may use it, how third parties may collect information through our website, and what choices you may have.
This Privacy Policy applies to information collected through DoubleHype’s website, articles, forms, comments, newsletters, contests, advertising, affiliate links, and other online features.
Information We Collect
We may collect information in the following ways.
Information You Provide Directly
You may provide information when you:
- Contact us by email or through a contact form
- Leave a comment
- Subscribe to a newsletter or email list
- Enter a contest, sweepstakes, or giveaway
- Respond to a survey, promotion, or reader request
- Submit a correction request, rights request, or other inquiry
This information may include your name, email address, comment text, message content, contest entry information, and any other information you choose to provide.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit DoubleHype, certain information may be collected automatically by our website, hosting provider, analytics tools, advertising partners, affiliate partners, security tools, or other service providers.
This may include:
- IP address
- Browser type
- Device type
- Operating system
- Referring and exit pages
- Pages viewed
- Date and time of visit
- Approximate location based on IP address
- Clicks and interactions
- Cookie identifiers
- Advertising identifiers
- Other technical information about your use of the website
This information may be used for analytics, security, site performance, advertising, personalization, affiliate tracking, fraud prevention, and understanding how visitors use the website.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on DoubleHype, we may collect the information shown in the comment form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. If you leave a comment, the comment and related information may be visible to other visitors depending on how the comment feature is configured.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
DoubleHype and third parties may use cookies, pixels, web beacons, scripts, tags, local storage, and similar technologies.
These technologies may be used to:
- Operate the website
- Remember user preferences
- Improve site performance
- Analyze traffic and user behavior
- Measure advertising performance
- Personalize content or ads
- Track affiliate referrals
- Prevent spam, fraud, or abuse
- Support social sharing or embedded content
You can usually control or disable cookies through your browser settings. If you disable cookies, some parts of the website may not function properly.
Google Advertising and Third-Party Ads
DoubleHype may use Google advertising products, including Google AdSense, and other third-party advertising partners.
Google and other advertising partners may use cookies, web beacons, IP addresses, advertising identifiers, and similar technologies to serve ads, measure ad performance, limit repeated ads, detect fraud, and personalize advertising where permitted.
Third parties may place and read cookies on your browser or use web beacons or IP addresses to collect information as a result of ad serving on DoubleHype.
You can learn more about how Google uses information from sites and apps that use Google services by visiting Google’s privacy and advertising resources.
You may also be able to manage personalized advertising settings through your browser, device, Google account, or applicable industry opt-out tools.
Affiliate Links and Referral Tracking
Some links on DoubleHype may be affiliate or referral links. If you click an affiliate link, sign up for a service, make a purchase, or complete another qualifying action, DoubleHype may earn a commission or referral fee at no additional cost to you.
Affiliate partners may use cookies, tracking links, pixels, or similar technologies to track referrals, attribute commissions, prevent fraud, and measure campaign performance.
For more information, please see our Advertising Disclosure.
Newsletters, Email Opt-Ins, and Promotions
If you subscribe to a newsletter, promotional email list, contest, sweepstakes, or giveaway, we may collect your email address and related entry information.
We may use this information to:
- Send newsletters or promotional emails
- Administer contests, sweepstakes, or giveaways
- Contact winners
- Verify eligibility
- Prevent duplicate or fraudulent entries
- Respond to inquiries
- Comply with legal or administrative requirements
You may unsubscribe from promotional emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link in the email or contacting us.
Contests, Sweepstakes, and Giveaways
If DoubleHype runs a contest, sweepstakes, or giveaway, additional terms may apply. The official rules for a promotion may explain eligibility, entry periods, prize details, winner selection, notification, and how personal information is used.
By entering a promotion, you may provide information such as your name, email address, location, eligibility details, and other information needed to administer the promotion.
Unless clearly stated, DoubleHype promotions are not sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with third-party brands, leagues, teams, streaming services, or social platforms mentioned in the promotion.
Embedded Content and Social Media
Articles on DoubleHype may include embedded content from other websites, such as videos, images, social media posts, statistics widgets, maps, or articles.
Embedded content from other websites behaves as if you visited the third-party website directly. These third parties may collect data about you, use cookies, embed tracking technologies, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, especially if you are logged into an account with that third party.
DoubleHype is not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party websites or platforms.
How We Use Information
We may use collected information to:
- Operate, maintain, and improve DoubleHype
- Publish and manage comments
- Respond to messages, questions, correction requests, and rights requests
- Send newsletters or promotional emails when you opt in
- Administer contests, sweepstakes, and giveaways
- Analyze website traffic and performance
- Understand reader interests
- Display, measure, and improve advertising
- Track affiliate referrals and commissions
- Prevent spam, fraud, abuse, or security issues
- Comply with legal obligations
- Enforce our policies and protect our rights
How We Share Information
We may share information with:
- Website hosting providers
- Email/newsletter service providers
- Analytics providers
- Advertising partners
- Affiliate networks and referral partners
- Spam detection and security providers
- Contest or promotion administration partners
- Professional advisers, if needed
- Authorities or third parties when required by law or to protect rights, safety, or security
We do not sell personal information in the ordinary sense of exchanging your personal information directly for money. However, some privacy laws may define certain advertising, analytics, or tracking activities as “sharing,” “selling,” or “targeted advertising.” Where applicable, you may have rights to opt out of these activities.
Legal Bases for Processing
Depending on your location, we may process information based on:
- Your consent
- Our legitimate interests in operating and improving the website
- The need to provide requested services, such as newsletters or contest participation
- Compliance with legal obligations
- Protection of our rights, users, website, and business
International Visitors
DoubleHype may be accessed by visitors from different countries. If you access the website from outside the country where our servers or service providers are located, your information may be processed in another country with different privacy laws.
Your Privacy Choices
Depending on your location, you may have rights to:
- Access personal information we hold about you
- Request correction of inaccurate information
- Request deletion of personal information
- Object to or restrict certain processing
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
- Opt out of certain advertising, sharing, or targeted advertising activities
- Unsubscribe from promotional emails
To make a privacy request, contact us at contact@doublehype.com. We may need to verify your request before responding.
Cookie Consent and Regional Privacy Requirements
Where required by law, including for visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or other regions with similar rules, we may request consent before using certain cookies or similar technologies for analytics, advertising, personalization, or affiliate tracking.
If a cookie consent tool is available on the website, you can use it to manage your preferences. You may also control cookies through your browser settings.
Data Retention
We keep personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information, the purpose for collection, legal requirements, dispute resolution needs, security needs, and business records requirements.
Data Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect information. However, no website, internet transmission, storage system, or security measure is completely secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security.
Children’s Privacy
DoubleHype is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
If you believe that a child under 13 has provided personal information to DoubleHype, please contact us and we will take reasonable steps to remove the information.
Third-Party Privacy Policies
This Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party websites, advertisers, affiliate partners, embedded content providers, social platforms, or other services that we do not control.
We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party websites or services you visit.
Do Not Track
Some browsers offer “Do Not Track” signals. Because there is no consistent industry standard for responding to these signals, DoubleHype may not respond to “Do Not Track” signals in all cases.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated “Last updated” date.
Your continued use of DoubleHype after changes are posted means you acknowledge the updated Privacy Policy.
Contact Us
For questions about this Privacy Policy or to make a privacy request, contact:
DoubleHype Privacy Team
Email: contact@doublehype.com