Privacy

How Owncourt handles reader data.

Owncourt is operated by MB Rei exitus. This reader site does not offer accounts, comments, advertising trackers or a contact form.

Data processed when you visit

Our hosting provider, Vercel, processes the network and device information needed to deliver and protect the site, such as IP address, request time, requested URL, browser details and diagnostic logs. If you use story search, the words you enter are sent with the page request and may appear in infrastructure request logs.

Optional audience analytics

If you accept analytics, Google Analytics 4 records page visits, device and browser information. It uses first-party cookies to distinguish visits. Google processes this information to provide audience reports for Owncourt. Advertising personalization and Google signals are disabled. We omit search terms and query parameters from page-view URLs. For an exact Owncourt Bluesky article link, we may also record that the link arrived and that the article reached ten visible seconds plus half-body reading depth, using only the post and article identifiers. This is a reading signal, not an exact count of unique people. Analytics is not loaded before your consent, and rejecting it does not restrict access to stories. You can withdraw consent using the analytics preferences on this page; this stops further measurement and removes this site’s Google Analytics cookies.

Result notifications

If you enable notifications, Owncourt stores an encrypted browser messaging token, your choices, delivery records, abuse-prevention counters and a random browser capability cookie. The HttpOnly cookie is required to view or change that browser’s subscription. Google Firebase Cloud Messaging processes the token and notification delivery. Owncourt removes the usable token when you unsubscribe. Notifications are optional and do not require an account.

Publishing infrastructure

Published story records and import state are stored in a Neon-hosted PostgreSQL database. Owncourt receives published tennis copy from ContentFeed over an authenticated server connection. OpenAI and API-Tennis support upstream newsroom and match-data processing; this portal does not send them reader search terms or browsing activity.

Purpose and sharing

We process this information to deliver the publication and requested notifications, operate search, prevent abuse, diagnose faults and maintain publication integrity. We do not sell reader data or use it for behavioural advertising. Infrastructure providers process data on our behalf for these operating purposes.

Your choices

You can read articles without creating an account. You can unsubscribe on the notifications page. Avoid entering personal or sensitive information into story search. For privacy questions or requests about your personal data, email hello@owncourt.com. Include only the details needed to explain your request; do not send passwords, payment details or sensitive personal information. For publication issues, see our corrections policy or contact page.

Last updated: 9 October 2026.