Privacy Policy

1. General information

SpinyWheel is a free random wheel spinner. There are no accounts, no sign-up, and no paid plans, so there is no profile, password, or billing record attached to you. Building a wheel, editing entries, and spinning all happen in your browser.

The site does carry advertising and does measure traffic, and both involve third parties. Those are covered in sections 4 and 5.

2. Your wheel entries

The names, numbers, and options you type into a wheel are processed on your device. The spin result is generated there too, using your browser's cryptographic random number generator. Your entry list is not uploaded, stored on our servers, or shared with advertisers.

This is the part that matters most for teachers loading a class roster and organizers loading a participant list. Those names stay with you.

3. Log files

Like most websites, SpinyWheel's hosting keeps standard server logs. These record IP address, browser type and version, operating system, internet service provider, date and time, referring and exit pages, and pages viewed. Logs are used to keep the site online, investigate errors, block abuse, and see which wheels get used. They are not used to build a profile of you and they do not contain your wheel entries.

4. Cookies and local storage

SpinyWheel uses your browser's local storage to remember your setup between visits: your last wheel, theme, sound preference, language, and cookie choice. That information sits on your device. Clearing site data in your browser removes it.

Cookies on the site fall into three groups:

You can block or delete cookies through your browser settings. Blocking preference storage means the site forgets your setup each visit. Blocking advertising cookies does not remove ads, it makes them less targeted.

5. Advertising

SpinyWheel is free because the pages carry ads served by Google AdSense. Ad networks and their partners use cookies, JavaScript, and similar technologies in the ads themselves. These are sent directly to your browser, which means those partners receive your IP address when an ad loads. They use it to measure campaign performance and, where you have permitted it, to personalize what you see.

We have no access to or control over cookies set by third-party advertisers. Their handling of that data is governed by their own policies.

Google uses advertising cookies described at https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads. You can turn off personalized advertising at https://adssettings.google.com, and visitors in Europe can opt out through https://www.youronlinechoices.com.

SpinyWheel does not sell personal information and does not give advertisers your wheel entries.

6. Analytics

Traffic is measured with Google Analytics. It records page views, approximate location at city or country level derived from IP address, device and browser details, and the path visitors take through the site. It does not capture what you type into a wheel.

Google's handling is described at https://policies.google.com/privacy, and a browser opt-out is available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

7. Sharing a wheel

A share link carries the wheel contents inside the URL itself, so nothing is stored on our servers when you create one. Anyone holding the link can open the wheel, so treat a link containing real names as public.

8. GDPR rights

If you are in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, you have the right to access your personal data, to have inaccurate data corrected, to request erasure, to restrict or object to processing, and to data portability. You may also complain to your local supervisory authority.

Where consent is required, analytics and advertising cookies are set only after you agree, and you can withdraw that agreement at any time through the cookie settings in the footer. Server logs are kept on the basis of legitimate interest in operating and securing the site.

Because SpinyWheel holds no accounts, most data connected to you sits with the advertising and analytics providers named above. Requests to them are often faster handled directly, but write to us and we will help.

9. CCPA rights

California residents have the right to request the categories and specific pieces of personal information collected about them, to request deletion of that information, and to opt out of its sale. SpinyWheel does not sell personal information.

Requests are answered within the period required by law. Contact details are in section 12.

10. Children's information

SpinyWheel is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect personal information from them. There is no sign-up form, so nothing on the site asks a visitor for a name or email address.

Teachers using the site with a class should know that student names typed into a wheel remain in the browser and are not transmitted to us. Parents who believe a child has provided personal information through the site should contact us and it will be removed promptly.

11. Changes to this policy

Updates are posted on this page with a revised date at the top. Material changes will be flagged on the site. Continued use after an update means you accept the revised policy.

12. Contact

Questions about this policy, or a request about your data:

Email: contact@spinywheel.com Website: https://spinywheel.com

We aim to reply within 2 business days.

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