Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 28, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how searchingforbowlby.com ("we", "us", "our") collects, uses, and protects your personal information when you visit our website or make a purchase.

Information We Collect

• Information you provide: your name and email address when you subscribe to our newsletter, take the quiz with email delivery, purchase a product, or contact us.
• Information collected automatically: basic analytics data such as pages visited, approximate location, device, and referring source, collected through privacy-respecting analytics and cookies.

How We Use Your Information

• To deliver the free chapter, quiz results, and digital products you request.
• To send newsletters and occasional updates (you may unsubscribe at any time).
• To process and fulfill purchases through our payment provider.
• To understand and improve how the website is used.

Email & Marketing

Transactional emails (such as the free chapter and download links) may be sent through our email provider. You can unsubscribe from marketing emails using the link in any message.

Analytics (Google Analytics 4)

We use Google Analytics 4 (measurement ID G-8SR9B3QR7E) to understand which pages readers visit, roughly where they are, what device they use, and how they found us. Google Analytics sets first-party cookies (such as ga) and sends this usage data to Google. We do not send your name or email address to Google Analytics. You can block it with the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on or by choosing "Reject non-essential" in our cookie banner. See how Google uses information from sites that use its services.

Advertising (Google AdSense)

This site shows ads served by Google AdSense (publisher ID ca-pub-1051825252184436, also listed in ads.txt [blocked]). Ads are labeled "Advertisement" and appear inside or below articles and above the footer. We do not use pop-up, sticky, or anchor ads. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on visits to this site and/or other sites on the Internet. You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google ad personalization settings, or opt out of some third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalized advertising at the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page. See How Google uses information from sites that use its services.

Cookie Consent (Google Consent Mode v2)

We use Google Consent Mode v2. For visitors in regions where the law requires opt-in consent, advertising and analytics storage (ad_storage, analytics_storage, ad_user_data, ad_personalization) is denied by default until you accept cookies in our banner. Elsewhere these are on by default, and you can turn them off at any time by choosing "Reject non-essential." When you reject, we tell Google not to use cookies for analytics or ad personalization and we request only non-personalized ads. Your choice is saved in your browser so we don't ask again; clear your site data to change it.

Children

This site is written for adult readers and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has given us personal information, contact us and we will delete it.

Payments

Payments are processed securely by Stripe. We do not store your full card details on our servers.

California Privacy Rights

This policy is for California residents and is governed by California law. If you are a California resident, you may request to know, correct, or delete the personal information we hold about you, and you may opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information. We do not sell personal information. To make a request, use the contact form on this site. We will not discriminate against you for exercising these rights.

Data Retention

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to provide our services and to comply with legal obligations.

Contact

For any privacy questions, please reach us through the contact form on this site.