Privacy Policy
Last Updated: August 26, 2026
Welcome to ThePoker-place.com.
This Privacy Policy explains how ThePoker-place.com, referred to in this Privacy Policy as “The Poker Place”, “we”, “us” or “our”, collects, uses, stores, shares and protects personal information when you visit our website, create an account, use The Poker Place Academy, use our poker study tools, participate in quizzes or examinations, purchase or access a membership, subscribe to communications, interact with external partner links or contact us.
The Poker Place is an online service intended for an international audience. The Service is not intended exclusively for users in Israel, the United States or any other individual country.
The Service is administered by its operator from Israel. Our primary website hosting infrastructure is currently located in the United States. Our service providers may also process information in the United States, Israel, the European Economic Area and other jurisdictions in which they operate.
This Privacy Policy applies to ThePoker-place.com, The Poker Place Academy and the related services, educational content, quizzes, examinations, poker study tools, account features and other functionality made available through the website, collectively referred to as the “Service”.
By using the Service, you acknowledge that you have read this Privacy Policy.
1. WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR INFORMATION
For purposes of applicable privacy laws, the controller of personal information collected through the Service is:
ThePoker-place.com
The Service is administered from Israel and is provided to an international audience.
Privacy requests and questions may be sent to:
The controller information in this Privacy Policy may be updated if an incorporated legal entity, official registration number, business address or other legally required information becomes applicable to the operation of the Service.
2. AGE RESTRICTION
The Service is intended only for individuals who are at least 18 years old.
Certain sections of the Service, including areas containing information or links relating to third party online poker services, may require an age confirmation before access is permitted.
When you create an Academy account, we may record whether you confirmed that you are at least 18 years old.
For visitors who access age restricted sections, we may use functional browser storage to remember that an age confirmation has been provided so that the same confirmation does not need to be requested on every page visit.
External poker related services or partner services may be subject to different or higher minimum age requirements depending on the applicable jurisdiction.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from individuals under 18.
If we become aware that an individual under 18 has created an account or provided personal information, we may close the account and take reasonable steps to delete the information, subject to applicable legal, security, transaction and technical retention requirements.
A parent or legal guardian who believes that information relating to an individual under 18 has been collected may contact us at:
3. INFORMATION WE COLLECT
The information we collect depends on how you interact with the Service and which features you use.
3.1 Account and registration information
When you create an account or register for The Poker Place Academy, we may collect:
- Username.
- Email address.
- Registration date and time.
- Internal user identification number.
- Country.
- IP address.
- Selected membership plan.
- Account and membership status.
- Access permissions.
- Confirmation that you are at least 18 years old.
- Records relating to acceptance of our Terms of Service and acknowledgement of our Privacy Policy.
- Acknowledgement of Academy email communications where applicable.
- Marketing consent and email subscription status.
- Information required to authenticate and maintain your account.
Some information is required to create and operate an account.
Other information, including consent to receive marketing communications, is optional.
Refusing to provide information required for an account may prevent us from creating an account or providing access to registered features.
Refusing marketing consent will not prevent you from accessing the core Service or content included in your membership plan.
3.2 Membership and transaction information
When paid memberships or purchases are available, we may collect information such as:
- The membership, plan or product purchased.
- Purchase date.
- Amount and currency.
- Transaction identifier.
- Payment status.
- Membership activation status.
- Refund or cancellation information.
- Limited billing information made available by the payment provider.
- Information required to verify a payment or provide customer support.
Payments may be processed through PayPal or another payment provider disclosed during checkout.
Payment providers process payment information through their own systems and according to their own privacy practices.
We do not intend to collect or store complete payment card numbers, card security codes or full bank account credentials on our own website.
3.3 Academy, quiz and examination information
When you use The Poker Place Academy, we may process information relating to your learning activity, including:
- Quizzes, modules and examinations started or completed.
- Answers selected.
- Scores and results.
- Progress and completion information.
- Quiz attempts.
- Active learning sessions.
- Eligibility for restricted Academy content or examinations.
- Academy usage and access information.
We use this information to provide learning functionality, track progress, display results, resume activities and determine access to Academy features.
Some Academy information may be stored in your website account or website database.
Certain functional information may also be stored locally in your browser.
Information stored only in your browser may be lost if you clear browser data, change devices, use another browser or disable required browser storage.
3.4 Information entered into poker study tools
The Service provides poker study tools, calculators, visualizers, trackers and similar educational features.
Depending on the tool, you may voluntarily enter information such as poker scenarios, cards, ranges, session information, bankroll information, opponent notes, study records, preferences or other poker related information.
Some tools may process information directly in your browser without saving it to your account.
Where a tool provides a save, tracking, history or account feature, relevant information may be stored in your browser, website account, website database or a combination of these methods.
You should not enter personal information about another identifiable person unless you have an appropriate reason and permission to do so.
Do not enter payment card details, government identification numbers, passwords, medical information or other unnecessary sensitive information into our poker study tools.
3.5 Communications
When you contact us, we may collect:
- Your name and email address.
- The contents of your communication.
- Account or transaction information relevant to your request.
- Support history.
- Attachments or other information you voluntarily provide.
3.6 Information collected automatically
When you use the Service, we or our service providers may automatically process information such as:
- IP address.
- Browser type and version.
- Device type.
- Operating system.
- Language settings.
- Country or approximate geographic area.
- Referring website or page.
- Pages viewed.
- Date and time of access.
- Session information.
- Website interactions.
- Cookie or analytics identifiers where permitted.
- Login, security and error information.
- Information about how the Service and its features are used.
We do not intentionally request or collect precise GPS location through the Service.
4. HOW WE COLLECT INFORMATION
We may collect information:
- Directly from you when you register, make a purchase, complete a form, use a feature, save information or contact us.
- Automatically through the website, server logs, cookies, browser storage and similar technologies.
- From service providers involved in hosting, payments, analytics, email delivery and account administration.
- From external service providers where necessary to operate links, integrations or referral relationships.
- Through automated workflows used to operate and administer the Service.
- Through IP based geographic technologies used to determine approximate country or regional availability.
5. HOW WE USE PERSONAL INFORMATION
We may use personal information to:
- Create and operate user accounts.
- Authenticate users and protect account security.
- Confirm age eligibility for the Service or particular sections of the Service.
- Determine membership status and access permissions.
- Provide Academy content, quizzes, examinations and poker study tools.
- Save and display learning progress, quiz activity and results.
- Provide account and tool functionality.
- Process payments, refunds and cancellations.
- Provide customer and technical support.
- Send account, security, membership, Academy and service communications.
- Manage marketing preferences and subscriptions.
- Send newsletters and promotional communications where permitted.
- Measure website usage and performance.
- Understand how the Service is used and improve its functionality.
- Diagnose errors and technical problems.
- Detect fraud, misuse, unauthorized access and security threats.
- Protect our legal and intellectual property rights.
- Enforce our Terms and other applicable agreements.
- Comply with legal, accounting, tax and regulatory requirements.
- Establish, exercise or defend legal claims.
- Determine whether certain partner links, external services or website elements should be available in a particular country or region.
Automated rules may be used to determine access to website features based on factors such as membership status, payment status, quiz progress, age confirmation or approximate country determined from an IP address.
We do not use personal information to make solely automated decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects on individuals.
6. LEGAL BASES FOR PROCESSING
Where applicable privacy law requires a legal basis for processing, we may rely on one or more of the following bases.
6.1 Performance of a contract
We may process account, membership, transaction and Academy information where necessary to provide the Service requested by you or to take steps requested by you before entering into a contract.
6.2 Consent
We may rely on consent for:
- Marketing communications where consent is required.
- Nonessential analytics cookies or similar technologies where consent is required.
- Other optional processing that is clearly presented as consent based.
You may withdraw consent at any time.
Withdrawal does not affect processing that was lawful before consent was withdrawn.
6.3 Legitimate interests
Where permitted by applicable law, we may process information for legitimate interests including:
- Securing the website and user accounts.
- Preventing fraud and misuse.
- Providing customer support.
- Maintaining and improving the Service.
- Diagnosing technical problems.
- Protecting our legal and intellectual property rights.
- Understanding general Service performance.
- Administering memberships and regional availability controls.
Where required, we consider whether these interests are reasonably necessary and whether they are overridden by the rights and interests of affected individuals.
6.4 Legal obligations and legal claims
We may process or retain information where necessary to comply with applicable legal, accounting, tax, payment, privacy or regulatory requirements.
We may also process information where necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.
7. COOKIES, BROWSER STORAGE AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES
We use cookies, browser storage and similar technologies to operate the Service, remember preferences, provide requested functionality and understand website usage.
7.1 Essential and functional technologies
Essential or functional cookies and browser storage may be used for purposes including:
- Account login and authentication.
- Security.
- Session management.
- Membership and access functionality.
- Cookie preferences.
- Remembering age confirmation for age restricted sections.
- Regional availability functionality.
- Functions specifically requested by the user.
These technologies may be necessary for portions of the Service to operate correctly.
7.2 Academy and tool browser storage
The Academy and certain tools may use browser storage, including local storage or session storage, to maintain functionality such as quiz progress, active sessions, tool settings or user preferences.
Age restricted areas may also use browser storage to remember that a visitor has confirmed that they meet the applicable minimum age requirement.
This age confirmation stores the result of the confirmation rather than requiring the visitor to provide a precise date of birth through the age gate.
Removing or blocking functional browser storage may cause saved progress, settings or age confirmation information to be lost and may result in the relevant confirmation being requested again.
7.3 Analytics
We use Google Analytics to measure general website usage and performance.
Depending on our configuration and your consent choices, analytics services may process information relating to devices, browsers, sessions, pages viewed and website interactions.
Where applicable law requires consent, nonessential analytics technologies are controlled through our cookie consent system.
We use analytics for website measurement and general service improvement.
We do not intentionally use Academy learning activity for personalized advertising.
7.4 Google Tag Manager
We use Google Tag Manager to manage website tags and integrations.
Tags managed through Google Tag Manager may process information according to their configuration and purpose.
Where required, applicable consent preferences are communicated to relevant technologies through our consent management system.
7.5 Managing cookies and consent
Where cookie controls are provided, you may use them to manage your preferences regarding nonessential technologies.
You may also configure your browser to block or delete cookies and browser storage.
Blocking essential or functional technologies may prevent login, membership access, Academy progress, age confirmation functionality, tool functionality or other portions of the Service from working correctly.
8. IP GEOLOCATION AND REGIONAL AVAILABILITY
We may use an IP address to estimate the country or general region from which a visitor accesses the Service.
This information may be used to:
- Determine regional availability of certain website features.
- Restrict access to particular external partner links or services.
- Apply geographic or partner related availability requirements.
- Display region specific information.
- Support security, fraud prevention or compliance related controls.
IP based geolocation is approximate and may be inaccurate.
VPN services, proxy servers, mobile networks, corporate networks and internet service provider routing may affect the location associated with an IP address.
We do not use IP geolocation to determine your precise street address or exact physical location.
We do not use GPS information for this purpose.
9. EMAIL AND MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS
Academy membership may include service related and educational communications connected with your account, learning experience, membership and important Academy updates.
These communications are separate from optional promotional marketing communications.
Where permitted by applicable law, we may send marketing communications if you have provided the required consent.
Mailchimp is currently used to manage applicable email subscriptions and communications.
Information transferred to Mailchimp may include:
- Email address.
- Username or name, where available.
- Country.
- Membership plan.
- Marketing consent status.
- Subscription status.
- Registration information.
- Campaign interaction information where available.
You may unsubscribe from promotional marketing communications at any time using the unsubscribe link included in an applicable email or by contacting:
After unsubscribing, limited information may be retained on a suppression list so that we can respect your request not to receive further marketing.
Unsubscribing from marketing does not necessarily prevent us from sending essential account, security, payment, membership or other communications necessary to provide the Service.
10. AUTOMATED WORKFLOWS
We use Make to automate certain administrative workflows and transfers between systems.
For example, Make may be used to transfer relevant registration or account information between WordPress, Google Sheets and Mailchimp.
Information processed through these workflows may include:
- Account and registration information.
- Membership information.
- Age confirmation status.
- Terms and Privacy Policy acknowledgement status.
- Academy email acknowledgement status.
- Marketing consent status.
- Email subscription information.
- Technical information required to operate the workflow.
We use these workflows to operate and administer the Service and not for unrelated independent marketing purposes.
11. HOW WE SHARE INFORMATION
We do not sell personal information.
We may disclose personal information to service providers and other recipients where reasonably necessary to operate the Service or for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
11.1 Hosting and website infrastructure
Our website is hosted by FastComet.
Our primary website and database infrastructure are currently hosted in the United States.
Our hosting provider may process website files, database information, server logs, backups and technical information as part of providing hosting, maintenance and security services.
11.2 Google services
We may use Google services including:
- Google Sheets for account and registration administration.
- Google Analytics for website measurement.
- Google Tag Manager for managing website tags and integrations.
Information processed through these services is subject to the applicable Google terms and privacy practices.
11.3 Mailchimp
We may share email addresses, subscription information, consent information and relevant account information with Mailchimp for email management and authorized communications.
11.4 Make
We may share information with Make where necessary to operate automated workflows between our website and connected services.
11.5 Payment providers
When payments are available, transaction and payment information may be processed by PayPal or another payment provider disclosed during checkout.
Payment providers process information according to their own terms and privacy policies.
We may receive limited transaction information required to confirm payments, activate memberships, process refunds or provide support.
11.6 Professional advisers and authorities
We may disclose information to professional advisers such as accountants, legal advisers, security specialists, consultants or insurers where reasonably necessary.
We may also disclose information where we reasonably believe disclosure is necessary to:
- Comply with applicable law or valid legal process.
- Protect the rights or safety of users or other persons.
- Investigate fraud, abuse or security incidents.
- Enforce our agreements.
- Establish, exercise or defend legal claims.
11.7 Business changes
If the website, Academy or related business is sold, transferred, merged, reorganized or otherwise changes ownership or control, information may be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to applicable privacy requirements.
12. AFFILIATE AND EXTERNAL PARTNER LINKS
The Service may contain affiliate, referral or other links to external poker related services, software providers or third party websites.
When you visit an external service, that service may independently collect information from you according to its own privacy practices.
This may include information such as:
- Referral identifiers.
- IP addresses.
- Device or browser information.
- Information about activity performed on the external website.
An external partner may provide us with limited referral or account attribution information where applicable to the relationship between The Poker Place and that service.
We do not control the privacy practices of external websites.
You should review the privacy policy and terms of any external service before providing personal information or creating an account.
We do not receive complete payment card information, account passwords or full third party account credentials from affiliate partners.
13. INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS
The Poker Place is intended for an international audience.
Personal information may be processed in the United States, Israel, the European Economic Area or other countries in which our service providers operate.
Our primary website hosting infrastructure is currently located in the United States.
The Service is administered from Israel.
Service providers such as FastComet, Google, Mailchimp, Make, PayPal and other providers may process information in the United States or other jurisdictions.
Privacy and data protection laws in these jurisdictions may differ from the laws in your country.
Where applicable law requires additional safeguards for an international transfer of personal information, we may rely on appropriate legal mechanisms such as contractual safeguards, data processing agreements, adequacy decisions, recognized transfer frameworks or other mechanisms permitted by applicable law.
14. DATA RETENTION
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy unless a longer period is required or permitted by applicable law.
Retention may depend on factors such as:
- Whether your account remains active.
- Whether information is necessary to provide the Service.
- Membership and transaction history.
- Legal, accounting and tax obligations.
- Security and fraud prevention requirements.
- Dispute resolution and legal claims.
- Backup and disaster recovery cycles.
Account and Academy information may be retained while your account remains active.
Quiz progress and saved tool information may be retained until your account is closed, the relevant information is deleted or it is no longer necessary for the relevant purpose.
Age confirmation stored only in your browser may remain until it is removed by you, your browser or the relevant browser settings.
Transaction information may be retained for periods required by applicable accounting, payment and tax requirements.
Marketing information may be retained while you remain subscribed.
Limited suppression information may remain after unsubscribing so that we can respect your marketing preference.
Analytics information may be retained according to the settings of our analytics services and may later be deleted, aggregated or anonymized.
Information may also remain temporarily in backups or security logs.
15. DATA SECURITY
We use reasonable technical and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information.
These measures may include:
- Access restrictions.
- User authentication.
- Account credential protections.
- Encrypted transmission where supported.
- Hosting and server security controls.
- Software updates.
- Backups.
- Logging and monitoring.
- Restricted administrative access.
No website, network, database or method of internet transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
You are responsible for protecting your login credentials and informing us promptly if you suspect unauthorized access to your account.
If a personal data breach occurs, we will assess the incident and take notification or remediation steps where required by applicable law.
16. PRIVACY RIGHTS IN ISRAEL
Because the Service is administered from Israel, Israeli privacy law may apply to certain processing activities even though the Service is intended for an international audience and its primary hosting infrastructure is located in the United States.
Individuals whose personal information is subject to Israeli privacy law may have rights under applicable Israeli privacy legislation and regulations.
Depending on the circumstances, these rights may include rights relating to access and correction of personal information.
You may also, where applicable:
- Withdraw marketing consent.
- Request removal from a mailing list.
- Request information regarding the purposes for which information is processed.
- Request correction of applicable information.
- Submit another privacy request available under applicable Israeli law.
Requests may be sent to:
We may request reasonable information to verify your identity before responding.
17. RIGHTS IN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA, UNITED KINGDOM AND SWITZERLAND
Where the GDPR, United Kingdom GDPR or another applicable European privacy law applies to our processing of your personal information, you may have rights including:
- The right to request access to your personal information.
- The right to request correction of inaccurate information.
- The right to request deletion.
- The right to request restriction of processing.
- The right to object to certain processing.
- The right to request portability of certain information.
- The right to withdraw consent.
- The right to object to direct marketing.
- The right to submit a complaint to an applicable data protection authority.
- The right to request information about applicable international transfer safeguards.
These rights are subject to applicable legal conditions, limitations and exceptions.
We may retain information where required or permitted for legal compliance, security, fraud prevention, transactions, disputes or legal claims.
We may request additional information where reasonably necessary to verify your identity.
18. UNITED STATES AND OTHER LOCAL PRIVACY RIGHTS
Residents of certain United States states and other jurisdictions may have additional privacy rights where the relevant law applies to us and to the particular processing activity.
Depending on applicable law, these rights may include:
- The right to access personal information.
- The right to request correction.
- The right to request deletion.
- The right to obtain a portable copy of certain information.
- The right to opt out of certain uses of personal information.
- The right not to be unlawfully discriminated against for exercising applicable privacy rights.
ThePoker-place.com does not sell personal information for monetary compensation.
We do not intentionally use information relating to Academy learning activity for personalized or cross context behavioral advertising.
Additional rights may apply depending on your jurisdiction and whether the applicable privacy law applies to ThePoker-place.com.
19. HOW TO EXERCISE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS
To submit a privacy request, contact:
Please describe your request and, where applicable, identify the email address associated with your account.
We may request additional information where reasonably necessary to verify your identity and protect information against unauthorized requests.
An authorized representative may submit a request where permitted by applicable law.
We will respond within the period required by applicable law.
20. ACCOUNT CLOSURE AND DELETION
You may request closure of your account by contacting:
Closing an account may result in loss of:
- Membership access.
- Academy history.
- Quiz history and progress.
- Scores and attempts.
- Saved tool information.
- User preferences.
- Other account related information.
Some information may remain in backups or may be retained where required or permitted for legal, security, accounting, transaction, dispute or fraud prevention purposes.
Information stored only in your browser may need to be removed separately through your browser settings.
Unsubscribing from marketing does not automatically delete your website account.
Closing your website account does not automatically require an external payment provider, service provider or affiliate partner to delete information that it independently collected from you.
21. THIRD PARTY WEBSITES AND SERVICES
The Service may contain links to websites and services that are not operated or controlled by ThePoker-place.com.
We are not responsible for the privacy, security or data processing practices of external websites or services.
A third party may collect personal information independently when you visit its website, even if you reached it through a link provided by The Poker Place.
You should review the privacy policy, terms and applicable settings of each external service before providing personal information or creating an account.
22. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in:
- The Service and Academy.
- Membership plans.
- Poker study tools.
- Age confirmation and access controls.
- Cookies and browser storage.
- Analytics and consent management.
- Regional availability systems.
- Affiliate and external partner relationships.
- Service providers.
- Payment methods.
- Security and data processing practices.
- Applicable legal or regulatory requirements.
The updated Privacy Policy will be published with a revised “Last Updated” date.
Where required by applicable law, we may provide additional notice through the website, account area, email or another appropriate method.
23. CONTACT US
Questions, complaints and privacy requests may be sent to:
ThePoker-place.com