Privacy Policy

This page explains what information shavedad.com (“Shave Dad,” “we,” “us,” “our”) collects when you visit the site, how we use it, who we share it with, and the choices you have. We’ve kept it short and concrete, there are only a few systems involved.

We are not lawyers. If you need a formal legal review, consult one. This page describes our actual practices in plain language.

1. What we collect

You do not need to create an account to browse Shave Dad. Most visitors never give us any personal information at all.

We collect information in four situations:

• When you subscribe to the Shave Dad newsletter. We collect the email address and first name you enter into the signup form. That data is sent to our newsletter provider, Kit, and stored on Kit’s servers.
• When you sign in to the Shave Tracker. Our Shave Tracker is an optional, free tool for logging shaves. Sign-in is handled entirely by Auth0, which supports Google, Facebook, or a plain email login. Auth0 processes your login credentials and (for social logins) basic profile data on its own servers. Our database never receives or stores your name, email address, or social profile. The only identity we store is an opaque account identifier issued by Auth0, which we cannot reverse into your name or email. If you sign in by different methods that share the same verified email address (for example Google one day and Facebook the next), Auth0 links them into a single account so your shave history stays in one place; this linking happens entirely inside Auth0 and does not change what our database stores.
• When you log shaves in the Shave Tracker. Each entry you save records the razor, the blade, the shave count on that blade, four 1-to-5 ratings (closeness, smoothness, skin comfort, overall), an optional short note, and timestamps. These entries are tied to the opaque identifier above, not to your name.
• Automatically, while you browse. Our hosting and ad partners log standard request data: IP address, user agent (browser and OS), referring URL, requested page, timestamp. They use this for security, traffic analytics, and (in the case of ads) personalization.

We do not collect: contact-form submissions, passwords (sign-in is handled by Auth0; your password or social credentials never touch our servers), payment information, location coordinates, biometric data, or government identifiers.

About the public leaderboard. The Shave Tracker publishes community rankings of razors, blades, and combinations. These are anonymous aggregates only: a combination appears only after multiple shaves from at least two different accounts, and nothing on the leaderboard identifies who logged what.

About names on the activity feed. The Shave Tracker also publishes a feed of recently logged shaves. A shave appears there with a display name only if that account has chosen to show one in the tracker’s Settings, and that name is limited to a first name and last initial (for example, John D.). Accounts created before this option existed are set to hidden and stay hidden unless their owner turns it on. You can turn it off at any time, which removes the name from the feed immediately. We never publish your email address, your full surname, or your notes.

2. How we use what we collect

• Newsletter email + name, to send you the Shave Dad Newsletter (limited drops, reviews, gear). You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in every email; that removes you from Kit’s list immediately.
• Server logs, to keep the site online and fend off abuse. Aggregated traffic numbers help us decide what to write about.
• Ad-related data (see §4 below), Google AdSense uses cookies and your browsing context to choose which ads to show you. Ad revenue keeps the site free.

We do not sell your email address. We do not run “data broker” exchanges. The newsletter is for our content only.

3. Who we share it with

shavedad.com is built on top of a small set of third-party services. Each one receives a specific slice of data:

• Netlify, hosts the site and runs the Shave Tracker’s backend. Receives the request logs described above (IP, user agent, request path). Shave Tracker entries are stored in a managed Postgres database provisioned through Netlify (operated by Neon).
• Auth0, handles Shave Tracker sign-in (Google, Facebook, or email). Auth0 stores your login credentials and account record on its servers; we receive only the opaque account identifier described in section 1.
• Kit, newsletter platform. Receives your email and first name when you subscribe, plus engagement data (whether you opened or clicked an email).
• Google AdSense, serves the ads on article pages. Sets cookies on your browser to show relevant ads and measure performance. AdSense may share data with its ad-network partners, listed in our ads.txt file (Google, AppNexus / Microsoft Xandr, Microsoft pubCenter).
• Anchor / Spotify, the Spotify embed on /podcast/ and on individual episode pages may set cookies and receive data when you press play. We do not have access to that data.
• YouTube, embedded video reviews load from youtube.com. YouTube sets cookies if you watch.

We do not share data with anyone outside that list, except where required by law (a valid subpoena or court order).

4. Cookies and tracking

The site itself sets no first-party cookies. Pagefind (our on-site search) runs entirely in your browser and stores nothing. If you sign in to the Shave Tracker, your browser keeps an Auth0 session token in local storage so you stay signed in; it is used only to authenticate your own requests and is never used for tracking or advertising. It is removed when you sign out.

Third-party cookies are set by:

• Google AdSense, for ad personalization and frequency capping. You can opt out of personalized advertising at https://adssettings.google.com. Declining personalization does not stop ads from being shown; it only changes how they’re chosen.
• YouTube and Spotify, only when you press play on an embedded player.

If you’re in the EU/UK and we add a Consent Management Platform in the future, you’ll see a banner on your first visit. Until then, consider your continued use of the site as ordinary acceptance under the cookie regime in force in your jurisdiction.

5. International transfers

Shave Dad is operated from the United States. Our hosting (Netlify), newsletter (Kit), and ad provider (Google) are all US-headquartered services with global infrastructure. If you visit from outside the US, including the EU/UK, your information is transferred to and processed in the United States. We rely on standard contractual mechanisms where applicable.

6. Data retention

• Server logs, Netlify retains for ~30 days, then anonymizes or deletes. We do not export them.
• Newsletter subscribers, Kit retains your record until you unsubscribe. You can unsubscribe at any time using the link at the bottom of every email; the record is then removed.
• Shave Tracker entries, kept until you ask us to delete them (see section 8). Individual entries lock 15 minutes after they are logged, but locking only prevents edits; it does not change how the data is stored. Anonymous aggregates derived from entries (the leaderboard and recommendation statistics) may be kept indefinitely.
• Aggregate analytics, anonymized counts may be kept indefinitely.

7. Children

Shave Dad is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has subscribed to the newsletter, contact us at the address below and we will remove the record.

8. Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or export the personal information we hold about you. Most relevant for this site:

• Newsletter unsubscribe. Use the link in any email. Immediate.
• AdSense personalization opt-out. Use Google’s opt-out at https://adssettings.google.com. Or use a privacy-respecting ad-blocker.
• Shave Tracker data deletion. Email us from the address associated with your login (or include your approximate sign-up method and logging history so we can locate the account) and we will delete your account identifier and every shave entry tied to it. Deleting your Auth0 login is separate; you can also request that in the same email and we will remove the Auth0 record too.
• Right to be forgotten / GDPR / CCPA. Email us with the address below and we will remove any record we have. For most visitors the only records are a newsletter subscription (removable instantly via the unsubscribe link) and, if you use it, your Shave Tracker data as described above.

9. Do-Not-Track

We do not currently change behavior based on the browser’s Do-Not-Track header, since AdSense’s policies do not honor it. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we are required to follow, this notice will be updated.

10. Changes to this policy

We update this notice when our practices change, for example, if we add a new analytics provider or a different newsletter platform. Material changes will be reflected in the Last updated date at the top of this page. There is no “before-and-after” archive; the version on this page is the current one.

11. Contact

Questions or requests about this privacy policy:

• Email: privacy@wetshavingstore.com

The Shave Dad Project is operated by The Wet Shaving Store, which is the legal entity behind this site.