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PRIVACY

Last updated April 24, 2026

Fear the Bako is a small site for running sports pools among friends. The summary below is the whole policy — there's no fine print hiding elsewhere.

What we collect

  • Email + password. Used to log you in. Authentication is handled by Firebase Authentication (Google). We never see or store your raw password.
  • Display name.The name you choose at registration. Shown next to your entries so other pool members know it's you.
  • Pool activity.Which pools you've joined, the rosters you submit, your picks, and your status (pending payment / awaiting draft / submitted).

What we don't collect

  • Payment info. Buy-ins are settled off-platform (Venmo, etc.) — we never see card or bank details.
  • Tracking.No analytics SDKs, no ad pixels, no cross-site tracking. We don't know what other sites you visit.
  • Personal details. No address, phone, date of birth, or location data is requested or stored.

Where it lives

Everything is stored in Google Firebase (Firestore for pool data, Firebase Auth for accounts). The site itself is hosted on Vercel, which doesn't store user data — it just serves the pages. No third party other than Google (Firebase) ever receives your data.

Who can see what

  • Other members of a pool can see your display name, your entry status, and (after rosters lock) your picks. Same as showing them in person at a party.
  • The pool creator and the site admin can see everything in their pool — entries, status, the email tied to an entry if one was provided — and can edit or delete entries.
  • Nobody outside a pool can see who joined or what they picked. Public pool pages only show the pool name, type, and entry count.

Deleting your data

Email mmenotti4@gmail.com and ask. Your account, entries, and any associated data will be removed within a few days. You can also reset your password yourself from the login page.

Changes

If anything material changes — for instance, if we ever add analytics or a new login method — this page gets updated and the “last updated” date at the top changes with it. No surprise updates.

Questions

Email mmenotti4@gmail.com. It's a one-person operation; you'll hear back from a real human.