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🔒 Last updated: November 5, 2026

Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains what information SpinTheWheelRandom.com (“the site”, “we”, “us”) collects when you use our online spinner wheels, how it is used and the choices you have. By using the site you agree to this policy.

1. The short version

  • You do not need an account, and we do not ask for your name to spin a wheel.
  • The entries you type into a wheel stay in your own browser unless you choose to share or submit them. Creating a short share link saves the wheel on our server, and anyone who has the link can open it (section 3).
  • Spin results are calculated on your device with your browser’s Web Crypto random number generator.
  • We use Google Analytics to count visits and see which pages are used. It uses cookies, as described in section 4.
  • We may show advertising from Google, which uses cookies. You can control this as described in section 5.

2. Information stored in your browser

The site uses your browser’s local storage to remember things such as your saved wheels, entries, spin history, settings (sound, theme, language, palette) and journal notes. This data stays on your device. We cannot see it, and you can delete it at any time by clearing your browser’s site data or using the reset buttons in the tool.

3. Information sent to our server

Some features only work when information is sent to our server. They are used only when you take the action described:

  • Short share links: when you open Share / Embed, the wheel is saved on our server so the link can be short (for example /?s=AbC123xYz0). We store what is needed to rebuild the wheel: its title, entries, labels, weights, colours, result message and display settings. Images on slices are not stored. The id comes from the wheel’s content, so the same wheel always gets the same link. The link is not listed or searchable on the site, but it is not password protected: anyone who has the link can open the wheel and see its entries, including people it is forwarded to. A read-only link hides the editing tools; it does not hide the entries. The same applies to the embed code, which uses the read-only link.
  • Long share links: if a short link cannot be made, the wheel is written into the link itself (?w=…) and is not saved on our server, but it does appear in our server logs when the link is opened. Shared results links (?results=…) work the same way.
  • Spin counter: each spin adds one to an anonymous site-wide counter. To limit abuse, a one-way hash of your IP address is kept for a short time.
  • Star ratings: when you rate a page, we store the rating together with a one-way hash of your IP address so each visitor can rate a page only once. The raw IP address is not stored.
  • Public Wheel Gallery submissions: when you submit a wheel, we store its title, category, description, the creator name you typed and the entries. A short-lived hash of your IP address is used to limit submissions to one per minute. Approved wheels are visible to everyone.
  • Collect responses links: if you create a link that collects answers from others, the responses sent through that link are stored so the creator can see them.
  • Contact form: your name, email address, topic and message are emailed to the site team and used only to reply to you.

Like almost every website, our web host also records standard server logs (IP address, browser type, page requested, time) for security and troubleshooting.

4. Third-party services

  • Google Analytics: we use Google Analytics (installed through Google Site Kit) to understand how visitors use the site, for example which pages are visited, how long people stay and which device or browser they use. Google Analytics sets cookies and receives information such as your IP address, approximate location, device, browser and the pages you view. It does not receive the entries you type into a wheel: for shared wheels and shared results, the share parameters are removed from the page address before it is sent, and Google Analytics is set to redact them as well. We use this data only in summary form to improve the site. You can stop Google Analytics from collecting data about you with the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. Read Google’s Privacy Policy for more.
  • Google Fonts: fonts are loaded from Google’s servers, which receive your IP address when your browser requests them.
  • Unsplash: if you search for a photo to put on a slice, your search words are sent to Unsplash and the chosen image is loaded from Unsplash’s servers. See the Unsplash Privacy Policy.
  • Optional lookups: a few features contact other services only when you use them, for example importing a list from a Google Sheets link, searching places with OpenStreetMap, or opening a recipe, map or Wikipedia link in a new tab. Those services have their own privacy policies.
  • Videos: if a tutorial video is linked and you open it, it is served by its video platform (for example YouTube).

5. Advertising and cookies

We may use Google AdSense to show ads. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.

You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings, or opt out of some third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalised advertising at www.aboutads.info. Learn more about how Google uses information from sites that use its services.

Before we show personalised ads to visitors in the EEA, the UK and Switzerland, we will ask for their consent through a consent message, as the law in those regions requires. You can also block or delete cookies at any time in your browser settings; the wheels keep working without them.

6. Children

The site is a general-audience tool used in classrooms and at home. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. Teachers and parents should avoid putting children’s full names into public gallery submissions. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, contact us and we will delete it.

7. How long we keep information

Short share links do not expire on their own: a shared wheel stays on our server so its link keeps working. To have one deleted, send us the link through the contact form (topic “Privacy request”) or by email; we delete it, and the link then shows that it no longer exists. Copies people saved in their own browsers are not affected. Rate-limit hashes expire within minutes. Ratings and the spin counter are kept as long as the site runs. Gallery submissions are kept until they are removed by an admin or you ask us to delete them. Contact messages are kept only as long as needed to answer them. Google Analytics data is kept for the retention period set in our Google Analytics account and is then deleted by Google.

8. Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct or delete personal information we hold about you, or to object to its use. To make a request, use the contact form and choose “Privacy request”, or email spinthewheelify@gmail.com.

9. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy when the site changes. The date at the top shows the latest version.

10. Contact

Questions about this policy can be sent through our contact page or by email to spinthewheelify@gmail.com.