Privacy Policy

Last Updated: February 19, 2026

Welcome to IdolHex (https://idol-hex.com). We understand that privacy online is important to users of our site, especially when conducting interactions such as voting. This statement governs our privacy policies with respect to those users of the Site ("Visitors") who visit without conducting voting interactions and Visitors who register to interact with the Site's real-time features.

1. Information Collection and Use

While using our Site, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. However, for the majority of our services, including the Hexagon Chart and Live Voting, we focus on non-personally identifiable data.

• Log Data: Like many site operators, we collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Site. This may include your computer's IP address, browser type, browser version, and the pages of our Site that you visit.
• Voting Data: To ensure the integrity of our Live Leaderboard, we use Firebase Anonymous Authentication and FingerprintJS. these technologies help us assign a unique, non-identifiable ID to your browser session to prevent duplicate voting within a 4-hour window.

2. Cookies Policy

Cookies are files with a small amount of data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier. We use cookies to:

• Maintain your voting countdown timer.
• Remember your selected artists for comparison in the Hexagon Chart.
• Analyze traffic and user behavior via Google Analytics.

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 Site, such as the voting feature.

3. Google AdSense and Third-Party Advertising

We use third-party advertising companies, including Google, to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.

• Google AdSense: Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on IdolHex.
• Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet.
• Third-party vendors and ad networks may also serve ads on our site. You may visit those vendor websites to opt-out of the use of cookies for personalized advertising (if the vendor or ad network offers this capability).
• Users may opt-out of personalized advertising altogether by visiting Google Ad Settings or by visiting www.aboutads.info.

4. Data Security

The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. We utilize Google BigQuery and Firebase, which are industry-standard secure cloud environments.

5. Children's Privacy

Our Site is a general audience site and is not specifically directed to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us.

6. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

7. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Email: idolhexagon@gmail.com
X (Twitter): @idolhexagon