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Privacy Policy
Fourth & Picks is a free, personal NFL pick tracker. There are no accounts, no ads and no cookies. Here is exactly what the site stores, who touches your data, and what you can do about it.
The short version
- Your picks and parlays live in your browser. We do not receive them unless you choose to share.
- We do not ask for your name, email or any account. We do not sell or rent personal information.
- We use privacy-friendly, cookie-free analytics to count visits.
- Fourth & Picks is not a betting site. It never handles money.
What stays on your device
Your picks, parlay names, the parlay you last opened and your settings are saved in your browser's local storage. They never leave your device unless you share a parlay (see below). Local storage is not a cookie and is not sent to us with your requests.
Clearing your browser's site data for this website erases all of it. If you use a different browser or device, your picks will not be there, because we have no account to sync them to.
What happens when you share
When you tap Copy link or share a parlay, the app sends the parlay to our server so that a short link can open it for your friends. This is the only time your picks reach us. We store:
- the parlay name you typed (up to 60 characters),
- the season and week, and
- the games and teams you picked.
It is saved under a short random-looking code, with no name, email or account attached. Anyone who has the link can see that parlay, so please do not put personal information in a parlay name. Shared parlays are kept for up to one year and then expire.
The image cards ("Save image", post and story sizes) are drawn on your device and are not uploaded by us. If you send an image or link through Messages, WhatsApp, X, Telegram, Facebook, LinkedIn or email, that service receives it and handles it under its own privacy policy.
Analytics and server logs
Analytics. We use Vercel Web Analytics to see how many people visit and which pages they open. It does not use cookies or track you across other sites. It records page views along with coarse information such as referring site, country, browser, operating system and device type.
Hosting logs. The site is hosted on Vercel, which, like any web host, processes your IP address and request details to deliver pages and protect against abuse.
Abuse protection. To stop spam, the share feature counts requests per IP address for about one minute. That counter is temporary and is not stored with your parlay.
Other services your browser talks to
- ESPN. Live scores, schedules and records come from ESPN's public scoreboard data. Our server fetches the scores. Team logos load from ESPN's image servers (a.espncdn.com), so ESPN can see your IP address when your browser loads them.
- Google Fonts. The site's typefaces load from Google Fonts, so Google receives your IP address and browser details to serve them.
- Vercel. Hosting, analytics and our storage for shared parlays run on Vercel and its infrastructure partners, which may process data in the United States and other countries.
Fourth & Picks is independent. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the NFL, its teams, ESPN or any broadcaster. Team names and logos belong to their owners and appear only to identify games.
Your choices and rights
- Delete your local data at any time by clearing this site's data in your browser.
- Remove a shared parlay. Email us the link or its six-character code and we will delete it. Otherwise it expires after one year.
- Access, correction, deletion and objection. Depending on where you live (for example the EU, UK or California), you may have rights over personal data. Because we do not collect accounts or identities, we usually hold nothing that identifies you, but you can still contact us and we will help.
- We do not sell or share personal information for advertising, and we do not run ad or cross-site tracking.
Children
Fourth & Picks is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them.
Security and retention
The site is served over HTTPS with strict security headers, and shared parlays are validated and size-limited before they are stored. No system is perfectly secure, so we keep what we store small on purpose. Shared parlays are kept for up to one year. Analytics and hosting logs are kept by Vercel under its own retention schedules.
A note on betting
Parlays on this site are a way to track your picks with friends. Fourth & Picks does not accept bets, hold money, or connect to any sportsbook. If you bet elsewhere, follow the laws where you live and the legal age, and only wager what you can afford to lose. If gambling stops being fun, free confidential help is available in the US from the National Problem Gambling Helpline at 1-800-GAMBLER (1-800-426-2537) or through ncpgambling.org.
Changes to this policy
If we change how the site handles data, we will update this page and the effective date at the top. Material changes will be noted here.
Contact
Questions, or a request to remove a shared parlay? Email hi@uvidstudio.com.