Privacy

HOTSAnalyst is a fan-made site for Heroes of the Storm players. This page explains what it stores, why, and how to get your data removed. Questions or requests: hotsanalyst@outlook.com.

What we collect

• Sign-in: when you sign in with Battle.net we store your Battle.net account ID and your BattleTag. We don't see your password. We also record the time of each sign-in against your account, only to count how many people sign in.
• Replays you upload: we read the replay and keep the parsed result: the map, time, every player's in-game name, BattleTag, hero, talents and game statistics, and the in-game chat. We keep a fingerprint (hash) of the file to spot duplicates, but not the replay file itself.
• Your votes and reports: who you voted for, the vote, any categories or comment you wrote, and any reports you filed.
• Companion app: if you use it, it sends your votes and the in-game accounts it sees in your lobby, and an anonymous install ID with the app version. It also reports the heroes and map of games in progress.
• Companion tokens: only a hash of each token is stored.
• Cookies: a sign-in session cookie, and a short-lived cookie while you link another Battle.net account. We don't use advertising or analytics cookies.
• Hosting logs: our hosting provider may keep standard server logs (such as IP addresses) for security and operations. We don't store IP addresses in our database.
• Visitor statistics: we use Umami, a privacy-friendly analytics service, to count visits, pages viewed and roughly where visitors come from (country and the site that referred them). It uses no cookies and doesn't track you across sites.
• Page-speed timings: your browser sends anonymous timings (how fast a page loaded and responded) with the page address. They carry no cookies, account or IP address, are kept only in the server's memory, and are used to find slow pages. They are lost whenever the site restarts.

What other people can see

• Player profiles, ratings, awards and the leaderboards are built from uploaded games and show in-game names and statistics. This includes players who have never visited the site, because their names appear in other people's replays.
• Chat and individual votes are not shown on public pages. A game becomes public only when a participant chooses to share it, and a shared game doesn't include chat or votes.

Why we use it

To show player statistics and ratings, let players vote on teammates, run the companion app, and keep the site safe from abuse. We don't sell your data or use it for advertising.

Who processes it

The site and database run on Render. Sign-in is handled by Battle.net (Blizzard). We don't share your data with anyone else.

Your choices

• Delete your account: on your account page. This removes your Battle.net details, unlinks your in-game accounts and revokes your tokens. Games from replays, and votes you cast, are kept without your name because other players' ratings and the game history depend on them.
• Opt out of being rated: sign in and use the button next to each of your in-game accounts on your account page. If you don't have an account, email us and we'll hide the player from ratings and views.
• Remove your votes, or a game: email us.
• Access or correction: email us and we'll tell you what we hold about you.

Children

The site isn't aimed at children under 13, and you shouldn't use it if you are.

Changes

We'll update this page, and the date above, when anything changes.