Privacy

The short version: we collect as little as we can. If you only read Sharkly, we keep nothing about you beyond the ordinary records any hosting service makes. If you join the club, we keep your name, your email and a scrambled password. We do not use ads, analytics or tracking cookies, and we never sell your information.

What we collect

• If you just visit: like every website, our hosting service sees your network address and what kind of device you use while it sends you the pages. It keeps short-term logs to keep the site running and safe.
• If you join the club: your name, your email address, a password, and the date you joined. Your password is stored scrambled, so nobody, including us, can read it.
• When you sign in: a sign-in record that keeps your network address and a description of your device, so we can keep you signed in and spot misuse.
• If you vote: which shark you chose and when. Only you see your own vote; other members only see the totals after they vote.

We do not ask for your age, birthday, home address, a photo of you, or any payment details. We do not save quiz answers or quiz results in our database.

Why we need it

To run the club: to confirm your email, to sign you in (with a password or an emailed link), to send the emails you ask for, to count votes, and to protect the site from misuse.

Who helps us run Sharkly

These services handle information for us, only to provide their service:

• Vercel hosts the website.
• Railway stores our database, including accounts and votes.
• Resend sends our emails, so it sees the address it is sending to.
• Wikimedia hosts the shark photos. When a photo loads, Wikimedia's servers see your network address, as with any picture on the web. See the photo credits.

The fonts on this site come from Sharkly itself, not from another company.

Cookies

When you are signed in, we set one cookie that keeps you signed in. That is the only cookie. There are no advertising, analytics or tracking cookies.

Children

Sharkly accounts are for grown-ups. If you are a parent or guardian signing up for a young reader, the account is yours, and we ask only for your name, email and a password. We do not knowingly collect information from children on their own. If you think a child has made an account, tell us and we will delete it.

How long we keep it

We keep your account for as long as you have one. When an account is deleted, its sign-in records and its votes are deleted too. Our hosting service keeps short-term server logs for a limited time.

Your choices

You can ask to see what we hold about you, to correct it, or to have your account deleted. You can delete your account yourself from your account page. We email you a link, and nothing is deleted until you confirm. Deleting removes your account, sign-in records and votes.

Changes

If we change what we collect, for example when we add a newsletter, we will update this page and its date first.