Privacy Policy for Trading Roadhouse LLC

Effective Date: [April 23, 2025]

1. Introduction

Welcome to Trading Roadhouse. This Privacy Policy explains how Trading Roadhouse LLC (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, shares, and protects your personal information when you visit our websites www.Trading-Roadhouse.comand www.tradingroadhouse.com (the “Website”) and participate in our Discord server known as “Trading Roadhouse” (the “Discord Server”).

Trading Roadhouse LLC owns and operates the Website and the Discord Server and is responsible for the processing of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy. By accessing or using our Website or joining our Discord Server, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the practices described in this policy, please do not use the Website or the Discord Server.   

2. Information We Collect

We may collect different types of information from and about users of our Website and Discord Server:

  • Personal Information You Provide:
    • Contact Information: Such as your name and email address if you contact us directly or sign up for specific services/newsletters (if applicable).
    • Discord Information: Your Discord username, user ID, and any information you voluntarily share in messages, posts, or your Discord profile within our server.
    • Communications: Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses and Discord messages) if you contact us.
    • User-Generated Content: Any text, comments, media (images, videos, etc.), or other content you voluntarily submit, post, or upload to the Website or Discord Server. (See Section 5 for more details).
  • Information Collected Automatically:
    • Website Usage Details: As you navigate through and interact with our Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies (like cookies, web beacons, log files) to collect certain information about your equipment, Browse actions, and patterns, including details of your visits (traffic data, location data logs), and information about your computer and internet connection, specifically including your IP address and browser type/version data.
    • Discord Server Activity: We may collect metadata related to your activity within the Discord Server, such as join/leave times, roles assigned, and general engagement metrics, often facilitated by Discord itself or through server bots used for moderation and administration. Note that Discord Inc. also collects data according to its own Privacy Policy.
  • Information from Third Parties (Gravatar):
    • If you leave comments on the site and use Gravatar, 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, if you are using Gravatar, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.   

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes, consistent with the educational nature of our services as outlined in our Disclaimers:

  • To operate, maintain, and provide the features and functionality of the Website and Discord Server.
  • To manage your access and participation in the Discord Server, including moderation.
  • To respond to your comments, questions, and requests, and provide customer service.
  • To monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our Website and Discord Server for improvement purposes.   
  • To maintain the security and integrity of our Website and Discord Server.
  • To moderate content, enforce our community guidelines (including rules against harmful content as described in Section 5), and detect/prevent spam.
  • To comply with legal obligations and enforce our terms and disclaimers. This includes cooperating with law enforcement or federal agencies upon receipt of valid legal requests for information or data.
  • To send you technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages (if you provide contact information for such purposes).
  • To display your Gravatar profile picture alongside your approved comments if you use the service.

Important Note: Consistent with our Disclaimers, we do not use your personal information to provide personalized financial or investment advice. All content and interactions are for educational purposes only.

4. How We Share Your Information

We do not sell your personal information. We may share your information in the following circumstances:   

  • With Service Providers: We may share information with third-party vendors, consultants, and other service providers who need access to such information to carry out work on our behalf (e.g., website hosting, analytics providers, server administration tools, automated spam detection services that check comments and other submissions).   
  • With Discord: Your interactions within the Discord Server are inherently shared with Discord Inc., the platform provider. Your use of Discord is subject to Discord’s own Privacy Policy (https://discord.com/privacy) and Terms of Service.
  • With Gravatar Service: We share an anonymized hash of your email address with the Gravatar service if you leave comments, as described in Section 2.
  • For Legal Reasons: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with legal obligations, protect and defend our rights or property, prevent fraud, act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users, or protect against legal liability. Specifically, we work together with all federal agencies and will comply with valid legal requests for information or data, which may include providing user IP addresses, browser data, or other collected information.   
  • In Connection with Business Transfers: If Trading Roadhouse LLC is involved in a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, bankruptcy, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction.

5. User-Generated Content and Community Interaction

Our Website and Discord Server may allow users to post comments, upload media, or otherwise submit content.

  • Content Restrictions: You agree not to post, upload, or transmit any content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening,abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, radical, racist, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable. We reserve the right to remove any content that violates these guidelines or is otherwise deemed inappropriate, in our sole discretion.   
  • Media Uploads: If you upload images, videos, or other media (“Media”) to the Website or Discord Server, you represent and warrant that you own the Media or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions to use and authorize us to use the Media. You further warrant that the Media does not infringe upon the copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity, or other personal or proprietary rights of any third party. By uploading Media, you grant Trading Roadhouse LLC a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable license (with the right to sublicense) to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform the Media in connection with the Service and otherwise publish it on the Website or Discord Server.   
  • Comment Moderation: We reserve the right, but not the obligation, to monitor, review, screen, edit, or remove comments and other user-generated content. We retain the right to delete or make changes to comments or other content if these are deemed harmful to the brand, violate our guidelines, are unlawful, or for any other reason we deem necessary (in compliance with applicable law), without notice. Your comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

6. Cookies and Tracking Technologies   

Our Website may use “cookies” and similar tracking technologies to enhance user experience and analyze usage. Cookies are small files placed on your device. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Website.   

7. Data Security

We implement reasonable administrative, technical, and physical security measures designed to protect your personalinformation from unauthorized access, use, alteration, or disclosure. However, please be aware that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.   

8. Data Retention

We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as for tax, accounting, or other legal requirements). For example, we retain website logs for a period necessary for security and analysis, and Discord message history may be retained according to server settings and Discord’s policies.   

9. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including:   

  • The right to access – You can request copies of your personal information.   
  • The right to rectification – You can request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.   
  • The right to erasure – You can request that we erase your personal information, under certain conditions.   
  • The right to restrict processing – You can request that we restrict the processing of your personal information, under certain conditions.
  • The right to object to processing – You can object to our processing of your personal information, under certain conditions.   
  • The right to data portability – You can request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.   

To exercise these rights, please contact us using the details provided below. For data held by Discord (like your core account information), you will need to contact Discord directly.

10. Third-Party Services (Including Discord & Gravatar) 

Our Website and Discord Server may contain links to other websites or services not operated or controlled by us, and we utilize third-party services like Discord for our server, Gravatar for comment profile pictures, and potentially automated spam detection services. This Privacy Policy does not apply to these third-party services. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party service before providing any information to or through them, including:   

11. Children’s Privacy

Our Website and Discord Server are not intended for individuals under the age of 13 (or a higher age threshold if required by applicable law). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under this age. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information.   

12. International Data Transfers   

Your information, including personal data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction. If you are located outside the United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to the United States and process it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.   

13. Changes to This Privacy Policy   

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on our Website and updating the “Effective Date” at the top. We may also provide notice through the Discord Server or other means. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Your continued use of the Website or Discord Server after any modifications indicates your acceptance of the updated policy.   

14. Governing Law

This Privacy Policy and any disputes related thereto shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the United States and the State in which Trading Roadhouse LLC is registered, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.   

15. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact Trading Roadhouse LLC at: tradingroadhouse@gmail.com