Effective Date: August 27, 2026
At The Betting Insider, operated by Insider Sports Inc, we are committed to protecting your privacy and being transparent about how we handle your information. This Privacy Policy explains in detail how we collect, use, disclose, store, and protect your personal information when you access our website (thebettinginsider.com), our iOS mobile application (available on the Apple App Store), our optional browser extension, our APIs, and all related platforms and services (collectively, the “Services”). This policy applies to all users across all platforms. By using our Services, you consent to the data practices described in this Privacy Policy. Please read Section 8 carefully, as it explains how your tracked betting performance becomes visible to other users.
We collect information that you provide directly to us, information that is automatically collected when you use our Services, and information we may receive from third parties. The types of information we collect include:
Personal Information: When you create an account, subscribe to our Services, or contact us, we collect personal information such as your name, email address, billing address, and any other information you choose to provide. Payment information (credit card numbers, bank details) is processed securely by our third-party payment processors (Stripe for web, Apple for App Store purchases) and is never stored on our servers.
Account and Authentication Data: We use Clerk, a third-party authentication provider, to manage your account. We collect and store your Clerk user ID, email address, display name, profile image URL, account creation date, last active date, subscription status, and authentication tokens. Your password is managed by Clerk and is never stored in our databases in any form.
Subscription and Transaction Data: We store your subscription status, plan and tier, entitlement records, billing history, payment processor customer identifiers (Stripe customer ID, RevenueCat subscriber ID, Apple original transaction ID and product ID), purchase history, and promotional and trial eligibility state. We do not store full credit card numbers or bank account details.
Credits, Packs, and Virtual Item Data: We maintain a ledger of your virtual currency balances and activity. This includes your Credit balances, every credit and debit applied to them with the reason (such as purchase, promotional grant, referral reward, Pack opening, or Builder spin), your Pack grants and openings and the builds you received, and the builds you hold, save, gift, or receive as gifts.
Builder and Build Data: When you use the Builder we store the builds you create and save, including their filters and conditions, name, description, sport and market, computed historical metrics and grades, and your usage of them over time. We also store which builds you have viewed, unlocked, saved, forked, shared, or gifted, and any share links you generate.
Performance Rewards Data (Insider Pro): If you are an Insider Pro subscriber, we compute and store reward cycle records in order to operate the Profit Shield and Performance Rewards program. Each record includes your cycle dates and Apple renewal date, your Apple original transaction ID and product ID, your qualifying pick count, average odds, ROI, net units, and win, loss, and push counts, the reward tier earned, and the status and timestamps of any claim. These records are retained as the definitive account of the program for you.
Profile, Social, and Community Data: If you use our social and community features, we collect the username, display name, profile photo, and biography you choose, along with your follows and followers, blocks and reports you submit, your reactions and comments, the content of any messages or posts you make, and any picks or builds you choose to share. Your tracked betting performance is visible to other users by default. See Section 8 for full details.
Direct Message Content and Metadata: If you use direct messaging, we store the full content of your messages together with metadata including sender and recipient identifiers, timestamps, read and delivery state, any attached pick or build references, and conversation and request state. Messages are not end-to-end encrypted and are stored on our servers in readable form. See Section 8.
Bet Tracking and Sportsbook Connection Data: If you use our pick-tracking tools, we collect the bets, picks, builds, stakes, odds, selections, event references, results, grading outcomes, and notes you enter or import, along with the time at which each pick was recorded. If you connect a sportsbook or prediction-market account to sync your activity, related credentials or tokens are handled as described in Section 9, and imported activity is associated with your account.
Mentorship Application and Program Data: If you apply for or purchase mentorship, we collect the information you submit in the application, which may include your name, email, phone number, self-reported age range, location, experience level, sports and markets of interest, typical stake sizes and bankroll information, betting history and goals, and free-text responses. We also store your purchase, session quota, booking activity, and correspondence. You should provide only the financial detail you are comfortable sharing; this information is used to evaluate fit and to deliver coaching, and is treated as confidential.
Phone Number: If you provide a phone number (for example, for account verification, SMS updates you opt into, a mentorship application, or certain sportsbook connection flows), we collect and store it. SMS messages are sent only where you have opted in.
Device and Push Notification Data (iOS App): When you enable push notifications on our iOS app, we collect your Apple Push Notification service (APNs) device token, device type, app version, and time zone, and associate them with your account. This data is used to deliver push notifications you have opted into, including pick alerts, signal changes, market movements, social activity such as new followers and messages, and Profit Shield cycle and claim reminders. You can disable push notifications at any time through your device settings.
Notification Preferences: We store your notification preference settings, including which sports, analysts, signal types, social events, and program events you wish to receive alerts for. These preferences are fully user-controlled.
Usage and Technical Information (Web): When you access our website, we automatically collect technical information including your IP address, browser type and version, device type and operating system, referring website addresses, pages viewed, time spent on pages, clickstream data, access times, and other usage statistics through cookies, web beacons, log files, analytics tools, and similar tracking technologies.
Usage and Analytics Information (iOS App): When you use our iOS app, we collect device model, operating system version, app version, session duration, screen views, and feature usage patterns through analytics tools including Mixpanel. This activity is associated with your account and user ID.
Advertising and Attribution Identifiers: With your permission (requested through Apple's App Tracking Transparency prompt on iOS), we collect the Apple Identifier for Advertisers (IDFA) and share advertising and conversion events (such as installs and subscriptions) with advertising partners, including Meta (Facebook), to measure and improve the effectiveness of our advertising. On the web, we use analytics and advertising technologies including Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, and an X (Twitter) conversion pixel. We also use attribution parameters and referral cookies that may process your IP address and campaign parameters to attribute installs, referrals, and marketing sources. If you deny the App Tracking Transparency prompt, we do not use the IDFA to track you. See Section 7 for the full list of advertising, analytics, and attribution partners.
Referral and Affiliate Data: If you participate in our referral or affiliate program, we collect your referral code, referral events (signups, installs, subscriptions attributed to your code), milestone and reward records, commission data, and payout information (processed through Stripe Connect for affiliates, which may require identity and tax information collected directly by Stripe).
Support and Correspondence: When you contact us through our contact page, by email, or through in-product support, we collect the content of your message, your contact details, and any information you choose to include, along with our responses.
Third-Party Integration Data: If you choose to connect your Discord account, we collect your Discord username and user ID to provide community access and send optional notifications. This connection is entirely voluntary. If you use our browser extension to connect an ESPN fantasy league, see Section 19.
Location Information: We may collect general location information based on your IP address to provide localized content, comply with applicable laws, and determine jurisdictional eligibility. We do not collect precise GPS location data.
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
We do not use your personal information to make automated decisions with legal or similarly significant effects, other than the rule-based eligibility determinations of the Performance Rewards program described above, which you can review in your Profit Shield dashboard and query with us.
Your data is stored and processed across the following infrastructure providers, each with specific roles:
All data transfers between our systems and third-party services are encrypted using TLS/SSL. All databases use encryption at rest.
We do not sell your personal information for money. However, our use of advertising and analytics partners (described in Section 7) may constitute “sharing” or a “sale” of certain identifiers under some state privacy laws. We may share your information in the following circumstances:
We take the security of your personal information seriously and implement reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards:
No method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your information, we cannot guarantee absolute security. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials. If we become aware of a security breach, we will notify affected users and relevant authorities as required by applicable law.
On our website, we use cookies, web beacons, pixels, and similar tracking technologies for the following purposes:
You can control cookies through your browser settings, including blocking or deleting them, though blocking essential cookies will prevent you from signing in. To opt out of the sharing of identifiers with advertising partners, contact us using the request described in Section 12; we process these requests manually. Our iOS app does not use browser cookies; app-based tracking and advertising identifiers are governed by Apple's App Tracking Transparency framework as described in Section 7.
We work with the following partners for advertising, analytics, and attribution. Some of these involve identifiers that certain laws treat as “sharing” or a “sale” of personal information; see Section 12 for your opt-out rights.
Your controls: On iOS, decline the App Tracking Transparency prompt, or change it later in Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking, to prevent IDFA-based tracking. On the web, use your browser's cookie controls, and contact us to submit an opt-out request as described in Section 12.
This list may change as we add or remove partners. We will update this section when it does.
Our Services include social and community features: profiles, usernames, following, leaderboards, a picks feed, direct messaging, gifting of builds, sharing of picks and builds, and a public community chat on our website. Availability differs by platform; direct messaging and gifting are currently features of our iOS app.
Profiles: The username, display name, avatar, and biography you choose are visible to other users. Choose a username and biography that you are comfortable having publicly associated with your betting activity, and avoid including your real name, contact details, or other information you do not want disclosed.
Leaderboards and Feeds: Leaderboards rank users by performance over various windows and are visible to other users. Your individual picks may be shown in feeds, including the selection, odds, stake in units, and result.
Follows: Follow relationships are stored and are generally visible, including your follower and following counts and lists.
Shared Picks and Builds: You may share picks or builds publicly or by link. Anyone with a share link can view the shared content without needing an account, so treat share links as public.
Direct Messages Are Private From Other Users, but Not From Us: Other users cannot read your conversations. However, direct messages are not end-to-end encrypted. They travel over encrypted connections and are stored on our servers in readable form, and authorized personnel may access message content where necessary to operate the Services, investigate a report, enforce our Terms, prevent fraud or harm, or comply with a legal obligation. You should not send sensitive personal, financial, credential, or payment information through direct messages. We do not currently offer a feature that removes a message you have sent from another participant's account or device.
Message Requests and Blocking: By default, users who do not follow you cannot place a message directly into your inbox; their messages arrive as requests you may accept or ignore. You can change who may message you in your settings, and you can block a user, which prevents them from messaging you or sending you gifts.
Reports: When you report a message or user, we store the report along with the reported content, the identities of both parties, and the reason you selected, and we use it to review and act on the report. Reports are not anonymous to us. We may retain reports and related content after the underlying content is deleted in order to enforce our Terms and to keep a record of enforcement decisions.
Gifting: When you gift a build, the recipient can see that you sent it and which build it was. Gift records are stored for both users.
Community Chat (Web): Posts in our public community chat are visible to anyone who can view the page, and moderation tools there are more limited than in our iOS app. Do not post anything you would not want publicly associated with you.
Persistence: Content you have made public or shared with other users may be viewed, copied, screenshotted, or retained by them, and may remain in circulation after you delete it, change your settings, or close your account. We cannot retrieve or delete copies held by others.
Our pick-tracking tools let you record and analyze your own betting activity, and optionally import it from a supported third-party operator.
You can delete tracked picks and disconnect a connected account at any time in the app, subject to the restriction that graded picks cannot be edited or deleted, which exists to preserve the integrity of leaderboards and the Performance Rewards program. Disconnecting an account stops further import and removes the stored connection.
Our Services include AI-powered features, including AI-generated game scripts, written analysis, projections, and summaries. To provide these features, the relevant inputs and context are processed by third-party AI providers, including Anthropic and, where applicable, OpenAI.
Most of our AI features operate on sports data rather than on your personal information. Where a feature accepts input from you, we do not send your payment card data, sportsbook credentials, or authentication secrets to AI providers, and you should not enter sensitive personal, financial, or credential information into any AI feature. AI-generated content may contain errors, omissions, or fabrications and should not be relied upon as the sole basis for any decision. See our Terms of Service for additional disclaimers.
Depending on your location and applicable laws, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information:
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us through our contact page. We handle these requests manually and will respond within a reasonable timeframe in accordance with applicable law. We may need to verify your identity before processing your request. You will not be charged and will not receive degraded service for making a request.
If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) provides you with the following rights:
Categories of Personal Information Collected: Identifiers (name, email, phone number, IP address, account and device identifiers, advertising identifiers); commercial information (subscription and purchase history, Credit and virtual item ledgers, reward records); internet and app activity (usage, analytics, and clickstream data); geolocation (approximate location inferred from IP address); electronic communications content (direct messages, community posts, support correspondence); professional or financial information you volunteer in a mentorship application; and inferences drawn from the above.
To exercise your California privacy rights, contact us through our contact page with the subject “California Privacy Request.” We will verify your identity and respond within 45 days, with an extension where permitted. Residents of other states with comparable privacy laws may submit the same requests through the same channel, and we will honor them to the extent those laws apply.
If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom, or Switzerland, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) provides you with additional rights. Our legal bases for processing your personal data are:
In addition to the rights described in Section 11, you have the right to withdraw consent at any time, restrict processing, object to processing based on legitimate interests, and lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority. Your data may be transferred to the United States; where we do so, we rely on appropriate safeguards including standard contractual clauses with our processors where required. By using our Services, you acknowledge this transfer.
Our Services are not intended for individuals under the age of 18 (or the age of majority in your jurisdiction). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. Our Services involve sports betting analytics, and all users must be of legal age to access such content in their jurisdiction. We rely on your representation of your age at registration and do not independently verify it.
If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately, and we will take steps to terminate the account and delete such information from our systems within a reasonable timeframe.
We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy:
When we no longer need your personal information, we will securely delete or anonymize it. To request deletion, contact us through our contact page.
Your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States and other countries where our service providers operate. These countries may have data protection laws that differ from those in your country. By using our Services, you consent to the transfer of your information to countries outside your country of residence.
We take appropriate safeguards to ensure that your information receives an adequate level of protection, including using service providers that maintain appropriate security certifications and contractual data protection obligations.
Our Services may contain links to third-party websites, sportsbooks, prediction markets, or services that are not owned or controlled by us. This includes links to sportsbook operators, DFS platforms, prediction markets, and sports news sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of any third-party websites or services. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party sites you visit.
In compliance with Apple's App Store requirements, here is a summary of our data practices for the iOS app. These are reflected in the app's App Store privacy “nutrition label.”
We offer an optional browser extension, “The Betting Insider – ESPN Connector,” that lets you connect your own ESPN fantasy league to our fantasy rankings tools. The extension is not required to use our Services, and it runs only on espn.com and thebettinginsider.com.
ESPN Authentication Cookies: When you choose to connect a private ESPN league, the extension reads two cookies that ESPN sets on espn.com — “espn_s2” and “SWID” — and only at the moment you click “Fill in information automatically.” These cookies represent your existing ESPN login session. We never request or handle your ESPN username or password.
League Information: The extension reads your ESPN league ID and season from an open ESPN tab so we can identify the league you want to connect.
Draft and Roster Data: While you are drafting, the extension reads the list of players that have been drafted or rostered from the ESPN draft page so our board can mark those players as taken in real time.
How This Data Is Used: This information is transmitted only to The Betting Insider over an encrypted (HTTPS) connection and is used solely to connect and read your own league. Your ESPN cookies are stored encrypted at rest (AES-256-GCM), are never displayed back to any web page, and are never sold or shared with third parties.
Your Control: Disconnecting your ESPN league from within The Betting Insider deletes the stored connection and the associated ESPN cookies. Uninstalling the extension stops all access.
Insider Sports Inc uses an internal integration with QuickBooks Online (Intuit) to manage our own business accounting — for internal financial reporting, reconciliation, and analysis of our company's books. This integration accesses our own QuickBooks company data (such as our invoices, bills, transactions, and financial reports). It does not access, use, or expose your personal account information, and it is not part of the consumer-facing Services. Our handling of Intuit and QuickBooks data complies with Intuit's applicable developer and data-use requirements.
We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy at any time to reflect changes in our practices, Services, legal requirements, or for any other reason. When we make material changes, we will update the “Effective Date,” provide notice via email or through our Services, and post the updated policy on this page. Your continued use of our Services after the effective date constitutes acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, how your information is handled, or to exercise your privacy rights — including requesting deletion of your account or removal of your performance data from public surfaces — please visit:
Data Controller: Insider Sports Inc
We are committed to protecting your privacy and will respond to your inquiry as soon as possible.