Privacy
The short version
TapeDog has no accounts, no sign-in, no email list and no advertising trackers. We don't collect your name, email or location, and we don't sell or share personal information.
What stays on your device
These are saved only in your browser's local storage and never sent to us:
- Profile name and favorite team, picks, saved games and followed teams
- Reels likes, which clips you've seen, the taste settings that personalize your feed, and your daily watch count
- Score Tracker game picks and delay setting
- Light or dark mode, sound and volume, and your last visit time
You can erase all of it at any time:
Analytics
We use Vercel Web Analytics and Speed Insights to count page views and measure load speed. They don't use cookies, don't follow you across websites and don't identify you personally. TapeDog does not set any cookies.
Services your browser talks to directly
To keep the site fast, some content loads straight from other services, which can see your IP address under their own privacy policies:
- ESPN: live scores, play-by-play, team logos, past results and highlight videos
- Bluesky: reporter posts and avatars in The Buzz
- Open-Meteo: stadium weather (no personal data is sent)
Fonts are hosted by TapeDog itself, not loaded from Google.
AI breakdowns
When an AI breakdown is generated, game data (never anything about you) is sent to Google's Gemini API to write it.
The TapeDog iPhone app
The app works like the site: no account, no email, no password. Your profile (a name and color you choose), the teams you follow and hate-follow, your picks, saved games, badges and settings are stored only on your phone. Uninstalling the app or tapping "Sign out and erase data" deletes them.
The app talks directly to the same public sources as the site (ESPN, tapedog.vercel.app and Google News) to load scores, odds, news and ESPN highlight clips. Those requests don't include anything about you.
Notifications are scheduled and sent by your phone, only if you turn them on. Live Activities (Lock Screen, Dynamic Island, CarPlay and Apple Watch scoreboards) run on your device. The Tape Room daily brief is written on your phone by Apple Intelligence when it's available; nothing is sent to us or to an AI company. The app has no ads, no tracking and no third-party analytics, so its App Store privacy label is "Data Not Collected." Invite codes are made on your phone and only shared when you choose to send one.
Your rights
Because we don't hold personal information on our servers, there is nothing for us to access, correct or delete about you: your data lives in your browser and the button above erases it. We do not sell or share personal information, as defined by California and other state privacy laws. Questions or requests: our team page.
Kids
TapeDog is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect information from them. TapeDog is meant for people 18 and older.
Changes
If this policy changes, we'll update the date at the top of this page.