Your data, which is mostly not here

Who we are

KeepPickling is an independent pickleball magazine at keeppickling.com, published by a small editorial desk. For anything on this page, the contact is [email protected].

What we do not collect

• No accounts, passwords, or profiles.
• No comment systems and no reader-submitted posts displayed publicly.
• No advertising identifiers, retargeting pixels, or data brokers.
• No third-party analytics service running on the site today.
• No sale or rent of personal information, ever.

What is collected automatically

Like any website, the site is served by a hosting provider. KeepPickling is deployed as static files to Cloudflare Pages. The host processes standard request information to deliver pages and protect the site: an IP address, the requested URL, a timestamp, a user agent, and sometimes a referring page. That information is used for security, abuse prevention, and aggregate traffic reporting. It is not used by KeepPickling to identify individual readers.

The hosting provider's own privacy policy and retention practices apply to those logs. We do not combine them with anything else, and we do not build reader profiles from them.

Search

The search button fetches a static file, /search-index.json, and matches words in your browser. Your search terms never leave the page, and no search service sees them. The hosting logs show that the index file was downloaded, not what you typed.

Email and messages

If you email [email protected] or send a message through the contact form, we receive your email address and whatever you write. We use it to reply, to handle corrections, and to keep a record of editorial decisions. We do not add you to a marketing list because you asked a question, and we do not share the message outside the editorial desk unless you ask us to or the law requires it.

Please do not send medical records, financial details, or anything you would not want kept in an ordinary email inbox. We keep correspondence only as long as it is useful for the correction or conversation, then delete it.

The newsletter and the launch list

The Kitchen Line has not started sending yet, but the launch list is open. When you submit the form, we store three things in KeepPickling's own database, hosted on Cloudflare: the email address you entered (lowercased, so the same address is not stored twice), which page the signup came from, and the date and time. We do not store your IP address, your device, or a tracking identifier.

The purpose is to write to you when the letter starts, and to know roughly which stories send readers to the form. We do not sell, rent, or share the list. We do not send marketing email today. When the letter does start, every issue will have a working unsubscribe link, and you can also ask us to delete your address at any time by emailing[email protected] from the address you signed up with. We keep the address until you unsubscribe, ask for deletion, or the list is wound down.

The form includes a hidden anti-spam field and no third-party advertising or analytics script. It works without JavaScript: in that case the form posts to our server and returns you to this site with a confirmation message. The database is accessible only to the editor, through a secret export token.

Cookies

KeepPickling's own code does not set cookies. The hosting provider may set a security cookie to tell humans and bots apart. There are no analytics, advertising, or preference cookies. The cookie policy lists what exists in detail and what would change if analytics were ever added.

Analytics

There is no analytics tool on the site today. If the desk adds privacy-friendly aggregate analytics later, this policy and the cookie policy will be updated and dated before the tool goes live. We will not add cross-site advertising tracking, and we will not claim to be cookieless while running something that is not.

Links to other sites

Stories link to sources such as rulebooks, studies, and manufacturer pages. When you follow one, you are on someone else's site and their privacy policy applies. KeepPickling has no affiliate links live today; when they exist, the affiliate disclosure explains them, and a retailer may set its own cookie after you click through.

Your choices and rights

You can ask what correspondence we hold about you, ask for a correction, or ask us to delete it. Email [email protected] with the subject "Privacy request" and we will respond within a reasonable time. If you are in a state or country with a specific privacy law, you can exercise those rights through the same address. We do not sell personal information and we do not share it for cross-context behavioural advertising, so there is nothing to opt out of on that front.

Children

The magazine is written for adults, and it is not directed at children under 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has sent us something, contact us and we will delete it.

Changes to this policy

If the way the site handles data changes, this page changes first and the date at the top moves. A material change, such as turning on analytics or opening the newsletter, will be described in the updated policy rather than quietly applied.

Contact

Questions about this policy go to [email protected], or use the contact page. This is a plain-language draft written in good faith and it has not been reviewed by a lawyer. It is not legal advice.