Privacy policy
What we collect when you read helloweekends or send us a form, and what you can ask us to do with it.
helloweekends is a reference on futures prop firm rules, payouts and trading hours. You can read every page without an account, and we collect as little about you as the site needs to work.
When you read the site
- No accounts, no advertising trackers. We do not run advertising pixels or social media widgets. We measure visits with our own analytics and with Google Analytics, as described under Analytics below.
- Cookies. Google Analytics sets cookies when you browse the site (see Analytics below). The site sets no other cookies for readers.
- Your time zone choice. On pages with trading hours you can switch the time zone. Your browser remembers the choice in its local storage; it never leaves your device.
- Server requests. Like any website, our hosting receives your IP address and browser details with each request, to deliver the page and to block abuse.
Analytics
The site counts page views, referring sources, internal searches, clicks on outbound links, form submissions and page-speed measurements with its own first-party analytics. This measurement sets no cookie.
Every public page also loads the Google tag for Google Analytics when the page is viewed. Google Analytics uses cookies and similar identifiers to measure visits, and Google receives technical request data from your browser, such as your IP address and the pages you view, under its own terms. See how Google uses information from sites that use its services. You can block Google Analytics with your browser's content-blocking controls or Google's opt-out browser add-on.
When you send a form
The corrections form and the contact form send us what you type: the page you report, your message, and your name and email if you give them. With each message we also store the IP address and browser identifier it came from, and a one-way hash of your email, so that we can filter spam and repeated submissions.
We use this only to check your report, answer you and keep a record of the corrections we make. We do not add you to a mailing list, and we do not sell or rent your data to anyone.
Who else processes it
The providers that run the site for us: hosting, network delivery and email. They process the data on our instructions and not for their own purposes. Google also receives visit data through Google Analytics, which it processes under its own terms.
Links to other sites
Pages link to prop firms, CME Group and other sources. Links that leave the site tell the other site that the visit came from helloweekends; they carry nothing about you. Other sites have their own privacy policies. If a link is paid, we label it, as the sponsored content and affiliate policy explains.
How long we keep it
We keep form messages for as long as we need them to answer you and to keep the record of corrections, and we delete them when you ask.
Your choices
You can ask us what we hold about you, ask us to correct it, or ask us to delete it. Send the request through the contact form with the topic "Privacy request" and the email you used before. We answer within 30 days.
Children
The site is written for adults who trade or plan to trade futures. We do not knowingly collect data from anyone under 18.
Changes to this policy
When we change what we collect, we update this page and its date at the top.