What we collect
Bowl Revolution is a content site — you don't need an account and we don't ask you to submit personal information to read our content. The data collected is limited to standard website analytics, a log of clicks on our product links, affiliate-referral tracking, any questions you choose to type into Ask BR, a record that a score photo was scanned, and, only if you choose to create one, the details of your free account, all described below. We do not sell your personal information.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics (GA4) to understand how visitors use the site — which pages are read, general traffic patterns, and aggregate, anonymized usage. This helps us improve the content. Google Analytics sets cookies and may collect data such as your approximate location, device, and browsing behavior on our site, governed by Google's own privacy policy. We use this only in aggregate to make the site better. Our host, Cloudflare, also adds its Web Analytics beacon to each page; it measures page loads and performance without cookies and without identifying you, and reports to our own site address.
Affiliate tracking
As explained in our affiliate disclosure, some outbound links to retailers are affiliate links. When you click one, the retailer or affiliate network may set a cookie to credit a referral if you make a purchase. This tracking is handled by those third parties under their own privacy policies; we receive only aggregate commission data, not your personal purchase details.
Product link clicks
Our "check current price" and gear links pass through our own short-link service (go.veryation.com) before reaching the retailer. For each click it records the link, the page you clicked from, the time, your browser type, your country, and a one-way hashed form of your IP address (not the address itself). We use this to see which guides and links are useful and to filter out automated traffic.
Ask BR
Ask BR is our bowling question assistant. When you ask a question, the text you type is sent to Anthropic, the company that provides the Claude AI model that writes the answer; Anthropic's own privacy policy applies to that processing. We keep a log of the questions asked: the question text, the time, your country, which of our pages and products the answer pointed to, and short topic labels (the subject, the type of gear asked about, and whether our pages covered it). We use it to improve the answers and the site. We don't store your IP address with it (it is used only momentarily to limit how many questions can be asked per minute). If you ask while signed in to an account, the question is linked to that account so your account page can list your recent questions; otherwise it is not tied to you in any way. Please don't type personal information into Ask BR.
Arsenal builder
The balls you add to the arsenal builder are stored in your own browser, on your device. If you are signed in to an account, a copy of the list is also saved to your account on our servers so your other devices show the same arsenal; you can delete it by deleting the account. Signed out, nothing is sent to us.
Score tracker
Games and leagues you save in the score tracker are stored in your own browser, on your device, and clearing your browser data erases them. If you are signed in to an account, a copy is also saved to your account on our servers so your other devices can show the same games; you can delete it by deleting the account. Signed out, nothing is sent to us. If you scan a photo of your scores, the image is sent to Anthropic, whose Claude AI model reads the marks; Anthropic's own privacy policy applies to that processing. We do not store the photo or the scores read from it. We log only that a scan happened: the time, your country, and how many games were found.
Accounts
Creating an account is optional and free. It exists so your score tracker games and arsenal can follow you between devices and so you can see your recent Ask BR questions. When you create one we store the email address and display name you enter, the date you joined, and when you last signed in. We do not verify the email address and we never send email to it; it simply names the account. Sign-in uses a passkey: your device creates a key pair and sends us only the public half, together with a label for the device (for example "iPhone, Oct 2026"). No password exists, and nothing we store can be used to sign in as you. While you are signed in we keep a session record (a random identifier, its expiry, and your browser type) for up to 30 days. You can rename or remove passkeys, sign out, and delete the whole account from your account page; deleting it removes your profile, passkeys, sessions and synced games and arsenal from our servers immediately and unlinks your past Ask BR questions from you.
Cookies
Cookies are small files stored by your browser. We and our third-party services (analytics and affiliate networks) use them for the purposes above. If you sign in to an account, we set two first-party cookies of our own: one that holds your session and one that only tells the page you are signed in; both last 30 days and are removed when you sign out. You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings, and you can opt out of Google Analytics using Google's browser opt-out tools. Blocking cookies won't stop you from reading the site.
Third-party services
We rely on a few third parties whose own privacy policies apply: Google (Analytics and the fonts we load), our hosting/CDN provider (Cloudflare), Anthropic (the AI model behind Ask BR), and the affiliate networks we participate in (such as Amazon Associates, Awin, CJ Affiliate, and Impact). We don't control their data practices, so we encourage you to review their policies.
Children
Bowl Revolution is a general-audience site about bowling and is not directed at children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
Your choices
- Adjust or block cookies in your browser settings.
- Use Google's opt-out tools to disable Analytics tracking.
- Use private/incognito browsing to limit tracking.
- Use the site without an account, or delete your account at any time from your account page.
Changes and contact
We may update this policy as the site evolves or as practices change; we'll update the date above when we do. Questions about privacy? Contact us and we'll do our best to help.