Privacy policy

Last updated: 18 October 2026

This policy explains what information the HandHistory Discord bot ("the bot") handles, why, and what happens to it. The bot is made and run by Hitchhiker ("we"), hitchhikertech.com. We are the data controller for the information described here. Contact: hello@hitchhikertech.com.

Summary

• The bot reads hand descriptions only in channels a server admin has chosen, and when you use /hand.
• Your hand text and audio are sent to AI services to be turned into a hand history. The bot itself does not save them.
• The bot saves only which channels each server has set up, and who set them up.
• Removing the bot from a server deletes that server's settings.

What the bot processes

Hand descriptions and audio. When you post in a watched channel, or use /hand, the bot reads:

• the text of your message or the description you typed, and
• any voice note or audio file attached.

It only reads messages in channels a server admin added with /setup add, or that we configured. It does not read other channels.

Discord identifiers. To work, the bot uses Discord IDs: your user ID, the server ID, the channel ID and the message ID.

What is sent to third parties

To turn your description into a hand history, the bot sends content to these services:

Important: the bot uses free AI models through OpenRouter. Some free model providers may log prompts or use them to improve their models, under their own policies. Don't include personal information (real names, contact details, account details) in hand descriptions.

Your Discord user ID and username are not sent to these AI services.

Some of these services are based outside the UK. Where they handle personal information, they rely on safeguards recognised under UK law, such as standard contractual clauses.

What the bot stores

Server settings (kept until removed). In its database, the bot stores:

• the server ID and the IDs of the channels it watches, and
• the user ID of the admin who added each channel, and when.

These are deleted when an admin runs /setup remove, or automatically when the bot is removed from the server.

Rate limiting (temporary). To stop any one user or server using up the shared AI quota, the bot keeps a count of recent requests, by user ID and server ID. This is kept in memory only, is never written to disk, and is cleared whenever the bot restarts.

Logs. The hosting platform keeps operational logs, such as when the bot started, errors, and message, server or interaction IDs of processed hands. Hand text is not written to these logs in normal operation. Error logs may occasionally include fragments of a failed AI response. Logs are kept according to the hosting provider's retention policy.

Not stored: the bot does not keep your hand text, audio, transcripts or formatted results. Once the reply is posted, the bot's copy is discarded. The reply itself stays in Discord like any other message, until someone deletes it.

Why we may use this information (UK GDPR)

Our legitimate interest in running the bot you or your server chose to use, and keeping it working fairly for everyone (for example, rate limits).

Your choices and rights

• Don't want your hands processed? Don't post in watched channels and don't use /hand.
• Server admins can stop the bot watching a channel with /setup remove, or remove the bot from the server. Either deletes the related settings.
• Your rights: you can ask what information we hold about you, and ask us to correct or delete it, or stop using it. Email hello@hitchhikertech.com and we will reply within one month. You can also complain to the Information Commissioner's Office: ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint.

Children

The bot is for Discord users who meet Discord's minimum age. Poker content may be restricted where you live; follow your local laws.

Changes

If this policy changes, the updated version will be published here with a new "Last updated" date. Continuing to use the bot after a change means you accept the updated policy.

Contact

Questions: hello@hitchhikertech.com