Privacy Policy

1. Information we collect

• Information you send us: if you email us, we receive your email address and anything you include in your message.
• Automatically collected data: like most websites, our server and hosting provider log basic technical information such as IP address, browser type, device type, pages visited and the date and time of your visit. This helps us keep the site secure and working properly.
• Cookies: small files stored by your browser. We use cookies that are needed for the site to work, and we may use analytics and advertising cookies as described below.

2. How we use information

• To run, maintain, secure and improve the website.
• To understand which guides are useful through aggregated, non-identifying statistics.
• To reply to messages and correction requests.
• To display advertising that helps keep the site free (if and when ads are shown).

3. Analytics

We may use analytics tools such as Google Analytics to understand how visitors use the site. These tools use cookies to collect information like pages viewed and time on site. You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing Google’s browser opt-out add-on or by blocking cookies in your browser.

4. Advertising and third-party cookies

We may show ads from third-party vendors, including Google. 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 to you based on your visits to this site and/or other sites on the internet. You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings, or opt out of some third-party vendors’ cookies at aboutads.info.

5. Links to other websites

Our guides may link to other websites, including the official Starbucks website. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of other sites, so please review their privacy policies.

6. Data retention and security

We keep emails only as long as needed to respond and follow up, and server logs for a limited period for security purposes. We use reasonable measures, including HTTPS encryption, to protect information, but no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure.

7. Your privacy rights

Depending on where you live (for example, California under the CCPA/CPRA, or the EU/UK under the GDPR), you may have the right to access, correct or delete personal information we hold about you, and to object to or limit certain processing. We do not sell your personal information. To make a request, email us at [email protected].

8. Children’s privacy

This website is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, please contact us and we will delete it.

9. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes take effect when posted on this page, and the “Last updated” date above will be revised.

10. Contact us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, email [email protected].