Privacy policy

Effective Sept. 24, 2026.

Bobby Ball is one guy writing about football. This page says what the site collects, why, and what you can do about it. Short version: I keep what I need to send you the column, and I don't sell any of it to anyone.

What the site collects

Your email, and your name if you give it, when you subscribe.

Payment details if you buy a paid tier or leave a tip. Stripe handles the card. I see that you paid. I never see the card number.

Comments, under your name, in public. I read them. So does everyone else.

Email stats. Ghost, the platform this site runs on, tells me whether a newsletter got opened and which links got clicked, and records how you found the site when you signed up.

Site analytics. Ghost's built-in analytics counts visits, pages read, where visitors came from and roughly what country they're in. It uses no cookies. If you're signed in, it notes your member ID and whether you're free or paid.

Cookies

The site sets a cookie to keep subscribers signed in, and Stripe sets its own at checkout. No advertising cookies, no retargeting, nothing that follows you around the internet trying to sell you a hoodie.

Who else touches it

Ghost hosts the site and sends the newsletter. Stripe processes payments. Some pages load fonts from Google and embedded posts from X, and those companies see the request the way any website does (your IP address and browser). Their privacy policies cover what they do with it. Links from this site to other sites carry a tag saying you came from here.

That's the whole list. I don't sell your information, rent it, or share it for advertising.

What you can do

Unsubscribe with the link at the bottom of any email. Change your email or cancel a paid plan from your account page. If you want a copy of what I have, want it corrected, or want it deleted, email schuyler@bobbyball406.com. No reason needed.

Do Not Track

The site doesn't change anything when your browser sends a Do Not Track signal. There's no cross-site tracking here to turn off.

Your California privacy rights

California's big privacy law, the CCPA, covers businesses with more than $26,625,000 in annual revenue or that buy, sell or share the personal information of 100,000 or more people. Bobby Ball misses the revenue bar by about $26,625,000. Everything on this page still applies to you: ask what I have, have it fixed or deleted, and know that none of it is sold or shared, so there's nothing to opt out of.

Montana

Montana's privacy law kicks in at 25,000 Montanans. I'm working on it.

Kids

This site isn't meant for children under 13, and I don't knowingly collect their information. If your kid signed up, tell me and I'll take them off the list.

Changes

If this policy changes, the date at the top changes with it. Anything that matters goes out in the newsletter too.