Privacy Policy
Last updated: October 13, 2026. This page explains what information this site collects, how advertising on this site works, and the choices you have.
Who we are
Preauthorise (preauthorise.com) is an independent educational website about card holds and pre-authorizations. Questions about this policy: contact.malvyn@gmail.com.
Information we collect
- Information you send us. If you email us, we receive your email address and the contents of your message. We use it only to respond and to maintain the site's accuracy.
- Basic technical information. Like most websites, our hosting provider may log standard technical data (such as IP address, browser type, and pages visited) for security and operational purposes.
- Analytics. We may use privacy-respecting analytics to understand which guides are useful. Analytics data is aggregated and is not used to identify individual visitors.
We do not sell personal data. We do not operate user accounts, and we never ask for — and you should never send us — card numbers, bank credentials, or other financial login details.
Advertising and cookies (Google AdSense)
This site uses Google AdSense, a third-party advertising service provided by Google. Advertising helps keep this educational content free.
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this website or other websites.
- Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to users based on their visit to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.
- You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings. You can also opt out of some third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalized advertising at www.aboutads.info/choices.
- Google explains how it uses data from sites that use its services at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
If other third-party ad networks or vendors serve ads on this site in the future, they may likewise use cookies subject to their own policies; we will update this page to name them.
Other cookies
Beyond advertising and analytics described above, this site does not set its own tracking cookies. Your browser lets you block or delete cookies at any time; the site remains fully readable with cookies blocked, though ads may be less relevant.
External links
We link to official sources such as consumer agencies, regulators, and card issuers. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of external sites; review their policies before submitting personal information to them.
Children
This site is written for adults managing their own payment cards and is not directed at children.
Changes to this policy
We may update this page as the site's services change. The “last updated” date at the top will always reflect the current version.
Contact
Privacy questions: contact.malvyn@gmail.com.