Privacy

This page explains what Cougs on The Couch Prediction League collects, why, and what you can do about it.

Who runs it

The league is operated by Brewer Consulting Group LLC, in the United States. Email [email protected] about anything on this page.

What is collected

• Your email address, for your sign-in code and any emails you choose to get. There is no password, so it is how you get back in.
• A display name, shown publicly in the standings. It does not need to be your real name.
• The picks you make, and the points and badges they earn.
• Your email preferences.
• While you are signed in, what you do on the site: actions such as saving a pick, opening a badge, viewing the standings or sharing, recorded in our own database with your account and the time. See Analytics below.
• If you turn on phone notifications, the address your browser gives us to deliver them to, and which browser it is. Turning them off, or signing out on that device, deletes it.

Nothing is sold, and nothing is shared for advertising. The one place your details go beyond the services below is the show's own newsletter, and only if you say yes to it.

What is stored on your device

• Your sign-in session, in your browser's local storage, so you stay signed in. It is removed when you sign out.
• Cloudflare Turnstile, the "verify you are human" check on the sign-in form.
• Google Analytics cookies (_ga and _ga_*), described below.
• A copy of the league's pages, kept by the browser so the site still opens with a weak signal and can show notifications. It holds no personal details.
• A random id for the open tab, in session storage, which groups what you do in one visit. It is deleted when the tab closes.

Analytics

Google Analytics tells us how people find the league and which pages they use. It sees pages and actions such as "a pick was saved", never your name or email address. Google's advertising features, Google Signals and ad personalization are switched off.

Do-not-track signals. If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal, Google Analytics does not load at all and nothing about your visit reaches Google.

Our own record. When you are signed in, the actions listed above are also saved in the league's database, linked to your account, so we can see whether a feature makes a difference for the fans who use it. It stays with us and the services below and is never sold or used for advertising. The detailed record is deleted after 90 days; after that only daily totals with no names are kept. Global Privacy Control does not switch it off, because it covers selling and sharing, and none happens here.

Who processes it

• Supabase: the database and sign-in.
• Cloudflare: serves the site and runs the Turnstile check.
• Resend: delivers sign-in codes and the emails you choose to get.
• Google: Google Analytics.
• Your browser's push service (Apple, Google, Mozilla or Microsoft): delivers phone notifications, if you turn them on. The message is encrypted so the service cannot read it.
• Google: Google Sheets, which holds the list passed to Cougs on The Couch.

Each handles your data only to provide its service to us.

How long it is kept

For as long as you have an account. Leave the league from your account page and your name, picks, points and the record of what you did in it are deleted. Leaving your last league deletes your account and your sign-in. What stays is a note that someone left, with how long they had played and how many picks they made, and no name or email address.

Children

The league is not directed to children under 13, and you must be 13 or older to sign up. If you believe a child under 13 has an account, email [email protected] and it will be deleted.

Your choices

You can see and change your name and email preferences, stop all email, or delete your account, on your account page. For anything else, including a copy of your data, email [email protected].

Changes

If this page changes, the date at the top changes with it.