Last updated: July 3, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how onlinemagic8ball.com ("the Site", "we") handles information when you use it.
Information We Collect
The Magic 8 Ball itself runs entirely in your browser. Questions you type into the ball are never sent to our servers, stored, or logged. They exist only on your device. Custom 8 balls you create are encoded directly into the share link; we do not store your custom answers on any server.
Advertising and Cookies
We use Google AdSense to display advertisements. Google and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites. Specifically:
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites.
- Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visits to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.
- You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings, or opt out of some third-party vendors' use of cookies at www.aboutads.info.
For more detail on how Google uses data from sites that use its services, see How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.
Analytics
We may use privacy-respecting analytics or Google Analytics to understand aggregate traffic (page views, referrers, approximate location by country). This data is not used to identify individual visitors.
Device Motion
On mobile devices, the Site may listen for device motion so you can shake your phone to shake the ball. Motion data is processed only in your browser in real time and is never transmitted or stored.
Children
The Site is a general-audience entertainment site and does not knowingly collect personal information from children.
Your Choices
You can clear or block cookies in your browser settings, use the ad personalization opt-outs above, and use the Site without entering any personal information at all.
Changes and Contact
We may update this policy from time to time; the date above reflects the latest revision. Questions? Contact us via the details on our About page.