Who we are

Welcome to Rule the Board, a dedicated website for reviewing and recommending board, dice, and card games. Our website address is: https://ruletheboard.com.

Our Privacy Policy (“policy”) and Terms of Use (“terms”, “agreement”) set forth the terms and conditions that apply to your access and use of the internet website owned and operated by Rule the Board and located at ruletheboard.com. This Agreement is legally binding between you, the person using this Site, and Rule the Board.​​ Terms such as “we,” “our”, “us”, and “Site” refer to Rule the Board.

The contents of the Site are intended for your personal, non-commercial use. All materials published or available on ruletheboard.com (including, but not limited to text, photographs, images, illustrations, designs, audio clips, video clips, metadata, data, or compilations, all also known as the “Content”) are protected by copyright, and owned or controlled by Rule the Board or the party credited as the provider of the Content. Non-commercial use does not include the use of Content without prior written consent from Rule the Board or the copyright holder identified in the copyright notice contained in the Content.

Our commitment to the privacy of our visitors at Rule the Board is paramount.

This section outlines the fundamental aspects of our privacy practices, detailing the methods we employ to safeguard your information and the principles that guide our handling of your data.

We reserve the right to change this policy at any given time, of which subscribers be promptly updated. If you want to make sure that you are up to date with the latest changes, we advise you to frequently visit this page.

What Data We Collect

We collect various types of information, including but not limited to details about your visit, such as the time and duration, as well as technical information, like the type of device and browser used.

When you visit the site, we may collect the following data:

• Your IP address.
• Your contact information and email address, if voluntarily provided.
• Other information, such as interests and preferences.
• Data profile regarding your online behavior on our site.

Note: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

You acknowledge that any comments, including suggestions, concepts, strategies, recommendations, testimonies, or and other type of feedback, which you provide to the Site or Rule the Board, shall become the property of Rule the Board without any compensation or other consideration payable to you by Rule the Board, and you do so of your own free will and volition. Rule the Board may or may not choose to incorporate or otherwise use such information on the Site, in future posts, or in any other content offered at any time by Rule the Board, and you hereby waive any rights to such information.

Rule the Board also reserves the right to remove or refuse any comments, at our sole discretion. Under these terms, you agree to not post or submit any content that is disrespectful, threatening, abusive, derogatory, or in any way harmful to the Site, and/or other users of the Site. Rule the Board reserves the rights to determine the appropriateness of all content posted or submitted to the Site. “Spam” messages are strictly prohibited.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website. Rule the Board is not liable for safeguarding metadata embedded in uploaded images.

You shall not upload any malicious

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Why We Collect Data

This collection of data is aimed solely at enhancing your user experience on our site and aiding in the customization of content that meets your interests and needs.

We are collecting your data for several reasons:

• To better understand your needs.
• To improve our services and products.
• To send you promotional emails (only if you opt in) with information we think you will find interesting.
• To contact you to fill out surveys and participate in other types of market research (only if you opt in).
• To customize our website according to your online behavior and personal preferences.

Embedded Content From Other Websites

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

At Rule the Board, safeguarding your personal information is a responsibility we take seriously. Rule the Board will not release, sell or distribute your personal information, whether gathered through direct interactions such as newsletter sign-ups or indirectly via cookies and analytics tools, to any third parties, unless we have your permission. We might do so if the law forces us.

We only share your data when necessary, with trusted partners who assist in the operation of our website and conduct business on our behalf, under the obligation to keep this information confidential. These partners are instrumental in providing you with a seamless experience on Rule the Board, and their access to your information is strictly limited to performing these essential functions.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes. To contact us, please visit the Contact Us page.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.