Introduction
Welcome to Wheel of Names Tool, accessible at https://wheelofnamestool.com/. We are committed to safeguarding the personal privacy of every visitor who accesses our online decision tools, random name pickers, and virtual wheels.
Wheel of Names Tool provides lightweight, accessible, browser-based utilities including the Wheel of Names, Random Picker, Number Wheel, and Random Number Generator. Because our platform is designed primarily as a client-side utility, we do not require account registration, login credentials, passwords, or personal profile creation to use our services.
This policy details the types of data that may be gathered when you browse the site, how that data is processed, the role of client-side storage technologies, how third-party advertising and analytics services operate, and your rights and options regarding your personal privacy. If you have questions regarding this policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at toolsmaker76@gmail.com.
Information We Collect
The information processed by Wheel of Names Tool falls into two main categories: information you provide directly to us when contacting support, and technical information collected automatically through standard web technologies.
A. Information You Provide Directly
When you choose to communicate with us directly via email at toolsmaker76@gmail.com (such as submitting feedback, requesting support, or reporting a broken link), we receive the contact information you provide. This typically includes your email address, your name (if provided in your email client), and the contents of your message, including any attachments or technical details you choose to share. We use this information solely to review, investigate, and respond to your specific inquiry.
B. Automatically Collected Technical Data
Like virtually all modern websites, our hosting servers and third-party services automatically record standard technical log data when your browser requests web pages. This non-personally identifiable technical information may include your Internet Protocol (IP) address, operating system type and version, browser type and language, referring and exit page URLs, date and time stamps of requests, approximate geographic region (at the city or country level), and interaction patterns such as page clicks and scroll activity. This data is utilized strictly for server diagnostics, performance monitoring, website security, and statistical usage analysis.
Information You Enter Into the Wheel
Our spinning wheels and decision tools are designed to be flexible. Visitors frequently enter customized data into the wheel interface, such as lists of student names, contestant rosters, raffle numbers, project tasks, or personal options.
Client-Side Data Architecture:
The entries, labels, and settings you enter into our tools are processed locally inside your web browser using client-side JavaScript. Wheel of Names Tool does not transmit your wheel entries to a central remote database server, nor do we build databases of user lists, student rosters, or private notes.
When you customize a wheel or configure sound and animation preferences, that information may be saved locally on your own computer or mobile device using browser Local Storage (such as HTML5 localStorage). This allows your customized list to persist between page reloads for your convenience. You can clear this stored data at any time by clearing your browser cache and local storage data.
Important Privacy Advice for Users:
Because our tools are designed for public, classroom, and casual utility, you should avoid entering sensitive, confidential, or personally identifying data into any wheel tool. Do not enter financial details, passwords, national identification numbers, private medical information, or confidential business secrets. If you share your screen or record a video while spinning a wheel (such as during a live stream or virtual classroom), ensure that the displayed names or text comply with your organization's privacy standards.
How We Use Information
Any technical information gathered through your use of Wheel of Names Tool is utilized exclusively for legitimate operational and informational purposes, including:
- Delivering and Maintaining the Services: Ensuring that web pages render properly, that canvas wheel animations execute smoothly across devices, and that server bandwidth meets user demand.
- Performance Optimization: Analyzing page load speeds, diagnosing technical glitches, and refining touch-screen responsiveness on mobile and tablet displays.
- Responding to User Communications: Addressing inquiries, bug reports, and suggestions received at toolsmaker76@gmail.com.
- Website Security & Abuse Prevention: Detecting and mitigating malicious traffic patterns, distributed denial-of-service attempts, automated scraping, or other activities that threaten website availability.
- Analytics & Usage Measurement: Understanding aggregate visitor trends, identifying popular wheel types, and evaluating how users discover and navigate our content.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
Cookies are small text files placed on your device by your web browser when you visit websites. They are widely used to make websites function efficiently, remember user preferences, and provide analytical reporting.
Wheel of Names Tool and our third-party service providers (such as Google Analytics and potential third-party advertising partners) may use cookies, web beacons, device identifiers, and client-side storage technologies:
Functional & Local Storage
Browser local storage is used to remember your custom wheel entries, selected color themes, and audio toggle preferences across visits.
Performance & Analytics
Analytics cookies help us measure visitor traffic, popular entry points, session durations, and user journeys to improve tool functionality.
Advertising Cookies
Third-party advertising partners may place cookies to serve, personalize, and measure advertisements if ads are active on the website.
You have full control over cookies through your web browser settings. Most web browsers allow you to view existing cookies, delete them individually or en masse, or configure automated blocking rules. Please note that disabling certain storage mechanisms may cause customized wheel preferences to reset upon reloading the page.
Advertising and Third-Party Services
To maintain Wheel of Names Tool as a free service available to users worldwide without subscription paywalls, we may partner with third-party networks and technology vendors to support website operations.
These external service providers may collect and process technical data in accordance with their respective privacy policies. We encourage visitors to review the privacy documentation of third-party vendors whose services are integrated into the website.
Google AdSense / Advertising
If advertising is displayed on Wheel of Names Tool, third-party advertising providers, including Google and its partners, may use cookies, advertising identifiers, or similar tracking technologies to help provide, measure, and personalize advertisements based on your prior visits to this website or other sites across the Internet.
Key Information Regarding Google Advertising Practices:
- Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to users based on their visits to Wheel of Names Tool and/or other websites on the Internet.
- Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings.
- Alternatively, users can opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page at optout.networkadvertising.org or the Digital Advertising Alliance consumer choice tool at optout.aboutads.info.
- If you are visiting from the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom, or California, third-party advertising networks may present consent mechanisms or allow you to choose between personalized and non-personalized advertising in compliance with applicable regional privacy frameworks.
Wheel of Names Tool does not directly access or store individual advertising profile data compiled by external advertising networks.
Analytics
Wheel of Names Tool uses Google Analytics 4 (GA4) to gather anonymous, aggregated information about how visitors navigate and interact with our web pages. Google Analytics uses cookies and device identifiers to compile analytical reports covering metrics such as:
- Total page views, active user sessions, and bounce metrics.
- Aggregate device classifications (desktop, mobile smartphone, or tablet).
- Operating system types, screen resolutions, and browser software.
- Approximate geographical country and city locations (derived from truncated IP addresses).
- Navigation flow between tools, such as moving from the Wheel of Names to our number generators.
Google Analytics 4 does not log or store full, raw IP addresses. You can prevent your website browsing data from being collected by Google Analytics across all websites by installing the official Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
Third-Party Links
Our web pages may occasionally include links to external websites, documentation sources, or privacy resources. Once you click an outbound link that directs you away from wheelofnamestool.com, this Privacy Policy no longer governs your browsing activity.
We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, cookie usage, or operational practices of any third-party websites or services. We encourage you to review the privacy documentation of any external website you visit.
Data Storage and Security
The security of any data handled in connection with Wheel of Names Tool is important to us. Because we operate as a static, client-side web application:
- No Central User Databases: We do not operate remote databases containing user accounts, personal identities, passwords, or saved name lists.
- Encrypted Web Transit (HTTPS): All web pages, stylesheets, scripts, and canvas assets are served exclusively over encrypted Transport Layer Security (TLS/HTTPS). This ensures that communications between your browser and our hosting infrastructure remain protected against eavesdropping and interception.
- Email Correspondence: Email inquiries sent to toolsmaker76@gmail.com are stored within secure, authenticated email accounts and are retained only for as long as necessary to address your inquiry or resolve technical matters.
While we implement standard security practices to protect website operations, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% immune from security vulnerabilities. We advise all users to maintain updated web browsers and avoid entering sensitive data into client-side tools.
Children's Privacy
Wheel of Names Tool is designed as a general-audience utility suitable for classrooms, family games, office events, and personal choices. We do not knowingly solicit, collect, or retain personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13 (or under 16 where applicable by regional law).
Because our tools operate client-side without registration, children using the site for classroom exercises or games do not transmit personal data to our servers. When teachers or parents utilize the wheels with children, student names entered into the wheel interface remain in the local browser session.
If a parent, guardian, or educator believes that personal information of a child has been unintentionally transmitted to us (such as via an email inquiry), please contact us immediately at toolsmaker76@gmail.com, and we will promptly take steps to delete such communications from our records.
Your Privacy Choices
You have several options to control how information related to your device is collected and managed:
Clear Browser Local Storage
You can delete any locally saved custom wheel entries, audio toggles, and recent spin history at any time by clearing your browser's site data or cache through your browser's settings menu.
Manage or Disable Cookies
You can configure your browser to reject cookies, alert you when cookies are being placed, or delete existing cookies across all domains.
Opt Out of Analytics Tracking
You can install the official Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on to disable analytical tracking across all participating sites.
Personalized Advertising Opt-Outs
You can manage advertising preferences via Google's Ads Settings or through industry opt-out portals such as aboutads.info and networkadvertising.org.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect modifications in website functionality, technical adjustments, evolving legal obligations, or changes in advertising practices.
When updates occur, we will revise the "Last Updated" date displayed at the top of this document. Any revisions become effective immediately upon posting to this URL. We encourage visitors to review this page periodically to stay informed about how we protect user privacy.
Contact Us
If you have questions, comments, or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, our data practices, or the operation of our tools, please contact us by email:
For more information about our website mission and development background, please visit our About Us page. To review our terms of use, please see our Terms of Service. You can also reach us via our dedicated Contact page.