Who we are
HotTake is a free Windows desktop app for party games. This website (https://hottake-website.vercel.app) markets the app and serves the installer download. Both are made and run by Pranshu Basak, an individual developer based in India, who is the controller of the personal data described here ("we", "us").
You can reach us at hello@pranshubasak.site about anything on this page.
This policy is written in plain language. It should be reviewed by a lawyer before anyone relies on it.
The short version
- No ads, no third-party advertising or analytics trackers, and we never sell your data.
- If you don't accept analytics cookies, we only keep an anonymous count of page views, downloads and clicks.
- If you choose "Accept all", we record details about your visit (listed below) to understand who uses the site and how.
- If you join the mailing list, we keep your email address to send HotTake release news only.
- Raw IP addresses and full browser strings are deleted after 90 days.
Fonts are bundled with the site when it is built, so your browser doesn't contact Google or any other font service when you visit.
What we collect without consent
Until you make a choice, if you pick "Essential only", or if your browser sends a Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control signal and you haven't made a choice, we store only an anonymous count of page views, downloads and clicks. Each entry holds the event name and the page path. It contains no IP address, no user agent and no identifier, so it can't be tied to you.
For downloads we also record the country the download came from. We set one essential cookie, ht_consent, to remember your choice. See the cookies page for details.
Like any website, our host Vercel receives your IP address with each request and may keep it briefly in its server logs for security and operations.
What we collect if you accept analytics
If you choose "Accept all", we set a random visitor ID and session ID (see the cookies page) and record the following.
Once per session
- Your IP address and an approximate location derived from it (country, region and city).
- Your user agent and what we parse from it: browser and version, operating system and version, device type, vendor and model, and whether the visitor looks like a bot.
- Your preferred languages and timezone.
- Screen size, viewport size and pixel ratio.
- Your colour scheme and reduced-motion preferences.
- CPU core count and device memory, when your browser exposes them.
- Connection type and whether your device supports touch.
- The referring page, any UTM campaign parameters, and the page you landed on.
For each event
- The event name and page path (query strings are dropped).
- Time spent on the page and how far you scrolled.
- The labels of buttons and links you click, and the destination of links that leave the site.
Downloads
When you download the installer we record the download and its country. With consent, we also record your IP address and the referring page.
Email sign-up
If you join the mailing list, we store your email address, when you signed up, which form you used, and the IP address you signed up from (to help prevent abuse). We use your address only to send HotTake release news. No newsletter has been sent yet.
Every email will include a one-click unsubscribe link. You can also email hello@pranshubasak.site to be removed.
Why we are allowed to use your data
We rely on the following grounds under the GDPR, the UK GDPR and India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023:
- Consent for analytics cookies and the data collected with them, and for the mailing list. You can withdraw consent at any time; this doesn't affect processing that already happened.
- Legitimate interest (or, under Indian law, a legitimate use) for keeping the site secure and preventing abuse, such as storing the sign-up IP address, and for the essential cookie that remembers your choice.
How long we keep it
- Raw IP addresses and full user-agent strings, including sign-up IPs: deleted after 90 days.
- Events, sessions and visitor records: deleted after 13 months.
- Mailing-list subscribers: kept until you unsubscribe. After that we keep the record marked as unsubscribed so we never email you again. Ask us and we'll delete it completely.
- Anonymous counts contain no personal data.
Your rights
Depending on where you live, you can ask us to:
- give you access to the personal data we hold about you;
- correct data that is wrong;
- delete your data;
- withdraw your consent (use the cookie settings or unsubscribe link);
- stop processing based on legitimate interest (object).
Email hello@pranshubasak.site and we'll reply within 30 days. We may need a detail such as your visitor ID or email address to find your records. You can also complain to your local supervisory authority (for example, in the EEA or UK) or, in India, to the Data Protection Board of India.
Children and the desktop app
This website isn't directed at children under 13 (under 16 in the EEA), and we don't knowingly collect their data. If you think a child has given us data, email us and we'll delete it.
The HotTake desktop app runs on your own laptop. It has no accounts and no telemetry, and the website analytics described here don't apply to it. Gameplay happens on your local network; players' phones send only what is needed to run a game session on the host laptop. The app's online-play option uses a Cloudflare Tunnel to hottake.pranshubasak.site to relay phone controller traffic to the host laptop. That relay is part of the app and is covered by our terms of use.
Changes and contact
If we change this policy, we'll update it here and change the date at the top. If a change is significant, we'll ask for your consent again where the law requires it.
Questions or requests: hello@pranshubasak.site. You can also find Pranshu Basak on LinkedIn.