Privacy
Last updated: June 2, 2026
Fishing Rod Database is a hobbyist reference site. It collects the minimum analytics needed to know whether anyone is using it.
What's collected
- Google Analytics 4. Page views, referrer, country (city-level at most), device type, approximate time on page. Google assigns an anonymous cookie ID; we do not link it to your name or email.
- Standard web server logs kept short-term: IP address, request path, response status, user agent. Used only for debugging and abuse mitigation.
- Anything you type into the contact form. Name, email, subject, and message body are emailed to the maintainer. The form is not stored in a database.
What's not collected
- No accounts, no profiles, no logins for regular visitors.
- No third-party ad networks or retargeting pixels.
- No data is sold or rented to anyone.
Amazon affiliate links
Some product links on this site point to Amazon and include an affiliate tag. If you click one and buy something, Amazon pays a small commission at no extra cost to you. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. We are not paid to feature specific products, and our specs are sourced independently of the affiliate program.
Opting out
Browser-level Do Not Track or any ad/tracker blocker (uBlock Origin, Privacy Badger, Brave Shields, etc.) will prevent Google Analytics from loading. The site works fine without it.
Questions or removal requests
Use the contact form.