Privacy Policy

This policy describes how VerificaBet collects, uses, and protects the personal information you provide when using our platform.

By accessing or using VerificaBet, you agree to the terms of this privacy policy.

1. Information We Collect

We collect only information strictly necessary for the platform to operate and to improve user experience. The information collected may include:

We do not collect sensitive information such as financial data, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, or health information.

  • Access data: IP address, browser type, operating system, date and time of access, pages visited, and search terms used.
  • Contact information: Name, email, and other information voluntarily provided through our communication channels.
  • Alert subscription data: Email, interest profile (optional), selected alert type, preferred language, country of origin (via IP geolocation), and anonymized IP hash for audit and abuse-prevention purposes.

2. Verifica-Widget Partner Data

When you apply to the Verifica-Widget partner program, we collect the following information:

Registration data

Full name, email address, password (stored as a hash), company or media outlet name, URL of the website where the widget will be used, channel type (news portal, blog, app, educational platform, institutional initiative or other), and use justification.

Purpose

Data is used exclusively for eligibility analysis, request approval or rejection, generation of access credentials (API key), operational communications related to the partner program, and prevention of misuse.

Retention

If approved, data is retained for as long as the partnership remains active and for up to 24 months after termination. If rejected, data is retained for up to 12 months after the rejection date for audit purposes and to prevent repeated attempts, after which it is deleted or anonymized.

Sharing

Partner data is not shared with third parties, except when required to comply with legal obligations.

API key

The generated access credential is displayed in full only once, at the moment of approval. After that, only the key prefix is shown on the platform. The partner is responsible for storing it securely.

Data from visitors of partner sites

The Verifica Widget does not collect personal data from visitors to the partner's site. Queries made by visitors are processed anonymously on VerificaBet's servers. Recorded telemetry is strictly aggregated: query volume per partner key, without IP addresses, device identification or any data that could identify the visitor. Telemetry records are retained for up to 12 months, after which they are deleted or irreversibly anonymized. The partner has no access to individual query records — only to aggregated usage metrics for their own key.

3. How We Use Information

Collected information is used to:

We do not share your personal information with third parties except when necessary to comply with legal obligations or protect our rights.

  • Analyze platform traffic and usage to identify trends and improve user experience.
  • Respond to questions, comments, or support requests.
  • Send technical regulatory alerts according to the modalities selected by the user.
  • Segment alert content based on the interest profile provided (when available) to adjust the technical detail of notifications.
  • Generate aggregated, anonymized statistics about the platform audience.
  • Review partnership applications and operate the Verifica-Widget program.

4. Cookies and Similar Technologies

We use cookies and other similar technologies to collect information about platform use and to improve user experience.

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you access a site. They may be used to remember your preferences, track your platform use, and personalize the content displayed.

You can control cookie use in your browser settings. However, disabling cookies may affect platform functionality.

5. Information Security

We implement security measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, misuse, alteration, or destruction.

These measures include firewalls, intrusion detection systems, encryption, and access controls.

However, no security measure is perfect, and we cannot guarantee absolute security of your information.

6. Links to Third-Party Sites

VerificaBet may contain links to third-party sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those sites.

We recommend that you review the privacy policies of all sites you visit.

7. Children

VerificaBet is not intended for individuals under 18. We do not intentionally collect personal information from minors.

If you are a parent or guardian and become aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so we can remove it.

8. Contact

If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy policy, please contact us through the channels below.

9. Consolidated Public Data

VerificaBet displays information from official public sources. The consolidation of this data does not change its public nature.

10. Consent

By using VerificaBet, you consent to the collection, use, and storage of your personal information as described in this privacy policy.

11. Changes to the Privacy Policy

We may change this privacy policy at any time. Changes will be published on this page and take effect immediately.

We recommend that you review this privacy policy periodically to stay aware of any changes.

12. International Data Transfers

Your personal information may be transferred to and processed in other countries where we have facilities or service providers. These countries may have data protection laws different from those of your country.

We will take steps to ensure your personal information is adequately protected regardless of the country in which it is processed.

13. Data Retention

We will retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

For regulatory-alert subscriptions, unsubscription can be done at any time via the link in each notification. After unsubscription, the subscription record is kept with the cancellation date for audit purposes, but no new communications are sent.

For Verifica-Widget partner data: registration data is retained for up to 24 months after the partnership ends; widget telemetry data is retained for up to 12 months, as described in section 2 of this policy.

14. Your Rights

You have the following rights regarding your personal information:

To exercise these rights, contact us through the channels indicated in the "Contact" section above.

  • Access: You have the right to request access to your personal information that we hold.
  • Correction: You have the right to request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal information.
  • Deletion: You have the right to request deletion of your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.
  • Objection: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.
  • Portability: You have the right to request the transfer of your personal information to another data controller in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format.

15. Cookie Policy, Global Rights, and International Transfers

We use cookies to improve your experience and analyze platform traffic. This section details which cookies we fire, when we fire them, and how we respect user privacy rights across jurisdictions.

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We adopt an opt-in consent model using Google Consent Mode v2: no analytics tag is loaded before your explicit acceptance in the cookie banner.

We do not use advertising, remarketing, social-media, or third-party pixel cookies (Meta/Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn, Hotjar, Clarity, etc.). We do not sell, rent, or share personal data with third parties for commercial purposes. You may accept, refuse, or change your choice at any time by clearing browser cookies, which will re-display the banner.

  • Strictly necessary cookies: store your consent choice (vb_cookie_consent) and navigation language. They are essential to site operation and do not require consent.
  • Google Analytics 4 (GA4): collects anonymous, aggregated statistical data (pages visited, session time, traffic source, device). Fired only after acceptance, with anonymized IP (anonymize_ip) and no sharing for advertising purposes.

Global Privacy Rights — European Union and United Kingdom (GDPR / UK GDPR)

European users have the right to access, rectify, or delete their data; to restrict or object to processing; to data portability; and to withdraw consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing.

Legal basis: processing via Google Analytics relies on explicit consent (Art. 6(1)(a)). Essential site operation relies on legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f)). Verifica-Widget partner data processing relies on contract performance (Art. 6(1)(b)).

Users in Brazil (LGPD)

In compliance with Law No. 13.709/2018, we guarantee Brazilian users control over their personal data, with transparency in collection, free access to processed information, and the rights provided for in Art. 18 of the LGPD (confirmation, access, correction, anonymization, portability, deletion, and consent withdrawal).

Users in the United States (CCPA / CPRA and equivalent state laws)

For residents of California and other states with active privacy laws:

  • No Sale or Sharing of Data: we declare that we do not sell or share your personal data with third parties for profit or for cross-context behavioral advertising.
  • Right to opt out: your right to limit the use of third-party cookies is respected through our consent settings and the Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal when issued by the browser.
  • Right to know, correct, and delete the personal data we may have collected.

Other regions (Canada, Switzerland, Asia, Oceania)

For users in other jurisdictions — including Canada (PIPEDA), Switzerland (nFADP), Australia (Privacy Act 1988), New Zealand (Privacy Act 2020), Japan (APPI), South Korea (PIPA), and similar — we apply the highest protection standards, ensuring data is collected only for the stated purposes with the necessary technical and organizational safeguards.

International Data Transfers

By using this platform, you acknowledge that data collected by tools such as Google Analytics may be processed on servers located outside your country of residence (including the United States), always under the security mechanisms and standard contractual clauses required by applicable regulators (EU Standard Contractual Clauses, EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, and equivalents).