What this site keeps about you

Saved in your browser

If you tell the site which paddle you play, it saves that paddle in your browser, so it's still there on your next visit. Your recent searches are saved the same way.

While you browse, the site also remembers where you were on each page, so the back button returns you to the same spot. That's forgotten when you close the tab.

All of this stays on your device and is never sent to me. Clearing this site's data in your browser removes it.

How I measure the site

I measure how the site is used so I can make it more useful.

Vercel Web Analytics and Ahrefs Web Analytics count visits without cookies. It records the page you view, the site you came from, roughly where in the world you are, and your device and browser. It doesn't record who you are.

Microsoft Clarity records how people use the pages: clicks, taps, scrolling and mouse movement. I see it as heatmaps and as replays of visits. Clarity hides sensitive content, such as anything you type into a box. Microsoft handles this data under the Microsoft Privacy Statement.

I also count clicks on buy buttons, code copies and the site's tools, to learn which ones help people most.

Cookies

Microsoft Clarity sets cookies to tie the pages of one visit together and to tell a returning visitor from a new one. Nothing else on this site sets cookies.

When you email me

Your message and your email address go to my Gmail inbox.

I use your email only to reply. I don't add you to any list.

Hosting

The site runs on Vercel. Like any web host, its servers log basic details of each visit, such as your IP address, your browser and the page you asked for. Vercel uses them to deliver the site and protect it from attacks.

Videos

YouTube videos on this site use YouTube's privacy-enhanced mode. Google says watching a video in this mode isn't used to personalize the ads or videos it shows you.

The video still loads from YouTube, so Google's privacy policy applies to it.

Stores you visit from here

Buy buttons take you to brand stores. They tell the store you came from me, so I'm credited for the sale.

Once you're there, the store's own privacy policy applies. The store may use cookies to credit my code or link.

What I don't do

• I don't sell or rent your information.
• I don't share it with brands.
• I don't show ads.

Do Not Track

If your browser sends Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control, this site doesn't load Microsoft Clarity. Vercel and Ahrefs Web Analytics still count the visit, without cookies.

YouTube and the stores you visit from here have their own policies, and they may follow what you do across other sites.

Your choices

To have a message you sent me deleted from my email, email me and ask.

To keep your visits out of Microsoft Clarity, turn on Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track in your browser.

Changes to this page

When this page changes, I change the date at the top. If a change affects what happens to your information, I'll say so on this page above the first section.

Who runs this site

Steven Shipler runs STS Pickleball from Chandler, Arizona. Send privacy questions to stspickleball@gmail.com.