FermentWise respects your privacy. This policy explains what information may be collected when you visit fermentwise.com, why it is used, and the choices available to you.
Information we collect
You can use FermentWise without creating an account or directly providing personal information. Our hosting, security, and analytics providers may automatically process limited technical information such as your IP address, browser type, device type, referring page, pages visited, approximate location, and access time.
Calculator data
Values entered into FermentWise calculators are processed in your browser to produce results. We do not intentionally associate those values with your identity. Avoid entering personal or sensitive information into calculator fields.
Cookies and similar technologies
FermentWise and its service providers may use cookies, local storage, web beacons, or similar technologies to operate the site, understand usage, remember preferences, prevent abuse, and support advertising. Where required by law, non-essential technologies will be used only after consent.
Advertising
FermentWise may display advertising through Google AdSense or other advertising partners. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a visitor's previous visits to FermentWise or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables Google and its partners to serve personalized ads.
You can manage or opt out of personalized Google advertising throughGoogle Ads Settings. You may also visitaboutads.infoto manage choices for participating advertising providers.
Analytics and service providers
With your permission, we use Google Analytics to understand aggregate traffic and improve our calculators and guides. Analytics does not load until you select “Allow analytics” in the consent notice. Your choice is stored locally in your browser. Google processes analytics information under its own privacy terms.
How information is used
- To provide, maintain, secure, and improve FermentWise.
- To understand which tools and guides are useful to visitors.
- To prevent fraud, abuse, and technical problems.
- To display and measure advertising where enabled.
- To comply with legal obligations and protect our rights.
Sharing and retention
We do not sell information that directly identifies you. Limited information may be processed by hosting, analytics, security, and advertising providers, or disclosed when required by law. Information is retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described above.
Your privacy choices
You can restrict or delete cookies through your browser, use the advertising opt-out tools linked above, and make choices through any consent notice shown on the site. Depending on where you live, you may also have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict, or object to certain processing of your personal information.
Children's privacy
FermentWise is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy as the site and its services evolve. The current version will always be posted on this page with its latest revision date.
Contact
Privacy questions or requests can be sent toprivacy@fermentwise.com.