Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 25, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how SharpTake handles information when you use the site.

SharpTake is currently a public sports analytics site without user accounts or paid subscriptions. If that changes, this policy should be updated.

1. Information We May Collect

When you use SharpTake, we may collect:

  • questions or prompts submitted through the site
  • pages viewed and basic usage activity
  • technical information such as IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, referring page, and timestamps
  • server logs, error logs, and security/rate-limit logs
  • emails or information you choose to send to us

2. How We Use Information

We use information to:

  • operate and improve SharpTake
  • answer submitted sports questions
  • diagnose bugs and performance issues
  • monitor abuse, scraping, security issues, and rate limits
  • understand which features are useful
  • respond to support, feedback, or legal requests
  • maintain and improve data quality and product coverage

3. Cookies and Analytics

SharpTake uses necessary storage for site functionality and security, and local storage to remember explicit analytics choices. Permission expires after 180 days; an explicit refusal remains in effect until you change it or clear browser storage. You can use the site without optional analytics.

SharpTake does not currently require users to create accounts. SharpTake does not currently sell personal information.

Where enabled under the choices below, SharpTake uses Google Analytics 4 to measure page views, engagement, device/browser information, approximate location and referring sites. Google receives network information, including your IP address, to provide this service. Google Analytics does not log or store individual IP addresses. Analytics cookies identify a browser and expire after up to 180 days, renewed with use.

For eligible visits identified as United States visits, basic nonadvertising analytics can start by default unless you previously refused or send a privacy signal. For the EEA, UK, Switzerland, all other countries and unknown or failed location checks, Google Analytics is blocked until you choose Allow analytics. Refusing does not limit site access. Use Analytics settings in the footer to change your choice or withdraw consent. Withdrawal stops future collection and removes this site's Google Analytics cookies; it does not erase information already received by Google. Global Privacy Control and Do Not Track signals keep analytics off.

If you have no recorded choice, SharpTake may request a country policy from its Cloudflare-hosted analytics-region.sharptakesports.com endpoint. Cloudflare estimates country from the network connection. The endpoint returns only whether U.S. default analytics is permitted; it does not return an IP address, country, city or coordinates. The decision is not stored, and location can be approximate, including when using a VPN. Failed, uncertain or malformed checks require consent. No Google request is made to determine your location.

We do not send submitted sports questions, form field values, URL query strings or fragments to Google Analytics. We do not enable Google advertising personalization or Google Signals, and do not send account identifiers or custom query events. Basic referral attribution is available. Pages opened with URL parameters or fragments are not measured, to prevent automatic collection of search terms or campaign text.

Google may process analytics information on servers outside your country. Google's privacy policy is available at https://policies.google.com/privacy and information about how Google uses data from partner sites is available at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

4. Sharing Information

We may share limited information with service providers that help operate SharpTake, such as hosting, database, infrastructure, analytics, security, email, or development tools.

We may also disclose information if required by law, to protect SharpTake, to investigate misuse, or to protect the rights, safety, or security of users or others.

We do not sell personal information.

5. Data Retention

We keep information only as long as reasonably needed for site operation, security, debugging, product improvement, legal compliance, or support. Logs and submitted queries may be retained for a limited period and may be deleted or anonymized over time.

6. Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect information. No website or internet transmission is completely secure, and SharpTake cannot guarantee absolute security.

7. Children

SharpTake is not directed to children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information to SharpTake, contact us at:

8. Your Choices

You may contact us with privacy-related questions or requests. Depending on the request and applicable law, we may need to verify information before responding.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy as SharpTake changes. The updated version will be posted on this page with a new "Last updated" date.

10. Contact

Privacy questions may be sent to: