Privacy Policy

website address is: http://dakotabowling.com.

Story, Photo & Memory Submissions

Got a story about Dakota? A photo of him mid-adventure, mid-fish, or mid-questionable-decision-that-somehow-worked-out? Great — that’s exactly what this site is for. If you knew Dakota, you knew his adventurous spirit — and odds are good you either watched it happen or ended up part of the story.

When you submit a story or photo of Dakota, we collect the name, story text, and any pictures you send our way. We use it for exactly one thing: putting it on this site so friends and family have a place to share and hold onto memories of Dakota — and so Violet, Addison, and Maverick get to know their Dad through the people who actually knew him.

Every submission gets a quick read-through before it goes live — not because we don’t trust you, but because this site is for three kids growing up, and it needs a little quality control along the way.

One ask: only submit photos that are actually yours to share (or with permission from the owner) — keep it simple for all of us.

Email Updates

Want to know when a new story or photo goes up? Drop your email in the Dakota’s Stories box. We’ll use it for that, and only that — no spam, no surprise midnight phone calls. Unsubscribe whenever you want.

Comments & Interaction

Comments are turned on for Dakota’s site; we automatically collect some standard behind-the-scenes info (name, email, IP address) to keep the spam bots out. Not personal — just how the internet works.

Contact

Questions, or want something removed? Reach out to us @ family@dakotabowling.com. We’ll sort it out.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on Dakota’s site, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish a story, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Pages on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

Data collected from Dakota’s site is strictly shared with family members.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you.

The Short Version

This site was built with love, and we want to handle your information the right way. If you’d just like to know more about how something works, reach out anytime. This page may get updated as the site grows, but the goal stays the same: a safe, honest place for the people who loved Dakota to help his kids know him.