HoldTheSpot

Privacy

We collect the minimum needed to run an auction and send you your money back.

Last updated 20 September 2026

What we collect

  • Your email address — it identifies your account, carries your credit balance, and receives outbid notices.
  • Your listing details: display name, link and optional X handle. These are public by design.
  • Payment records: amount, fee, deposit, status and a processor reference. We never see or store your card number.
  • Click counts on your listing, with coarse country and referrer, so you can tell whether the spot is working.

What we do not do

  • We do not sell or rent your data.
  • We do not run advertising pixels or retargeting on the boards.
  • We do not upload your email or listing details to any advertising platform.

Analytics

We use Google Analytics 4 to count visits and see which boards and spots people look at. It sets first-party _ga cookies in your browser and sends Google your IP address (which Google truncates), page URLs, referrer and approximate location.

We do not send Google your email address, your listing details, or anything that identifies you personally. If you would rather not be measured at all, Google publishes a browser opt-out add-on, and any tracker blocker will stop it too. Nothing on the site breaks if you do.

Processors we use

Payments are handled by our payment processor, which receives your email and payment details directly. Hosting and database services store the data described above on our behalf. Each is bound by contract to process it only for us.

How long we keep it

Listing and payment records are kept for seven years to meet tax and accounting obligations. Click analytics are aggregated after 90 days. Hall of Fame entries are permanent — that is the product — but they show only the display name and bid you chose to publish, never your email.

Your rights

You can ask for a copy of your data, a correction, or deletion of anything we are not legally required to keep. Email support@holdthespot.lol from your account address and we will respond within 30 days.

Cookies

  • A session cookie holding your sign-in. Strictly necessary — the site cannot work without it.
  • Google Analytics cookies (_ga and _ga_*), which count you as a returning visitor. These last up to two years and are not necessary.

No advertising cookies are set, and we do not use cookies to follow you across other websites. You can clear or block the analytics cookies at any time in your browser without losing access to your account or your spots.