Safety and advantages of smaller poker rooms like William Hill vs. PS and FTP

[Krk]

I am planning to open an account with william hill but would like to have some idea about the safety of that site in comparison to pokerstars and FTP, both of which I consider relatively safe.
I heard that WH and probably the whole ipoker does not even ban any user software used for datamining or real time play suggestion purposes. Is this true?

More generally:
Does anyone here have had experience with this pokerroom recently?
Would you recommend it for small stakes play and possible bankroll building?

 

[679]

I'd consider William Hill safer than Stars or FTP.

Regardless of your nationality, its not outwith the realms of possibility that FTP's funds are seized. Both sites lost around $30m a little over a year ago.

William Hill is a traded company, with a physical presence and a far longer history.

So I wouldn't worry about it.