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Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 2026

FreezerBatchCocktails.com ("we", "us") respects your privacy. This page explains what we collect, why, and how to opt out. Plain English — no legalese where we can avoid it.

Who this site is for

This site is intended for readers who are at least 21 years old (or the legal drinking age in your country). We do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 21. If you are under 21, please leave the site.

Information we collect

Email addresses

If you submit your email — either through the inline "Email me this recipe" form on a calculator, through the newsletter signup at the bottom of the page, or on the unsubscribe page — the form submits to an email API on our own site. From there we pass your request to the services that process it for us: n8n (automation), Resend (email delivery), and Google Sheets (subscriber list storage).

Here is exactly what each form does:

  • Recipe email: requesting a recipe sends you that recipe — nothing else. It does not add you to the newsletter unless you also tick the newsletter checkbox.
  • Newsletter signup: we record your address, the page you signed up from, and a consent timestamp. Signing up subscribes you straight away — there's no confirmation step — and every email we send includes an unsubscribe link.
  • Unsubscribe: marks your address as unsubscribed and sends no further email — not even a goodbye message. The form shows the same response whether or not an address was on the list, so it can't be used to check who is subscribed.

We do not sell, rent, or trade your email. Marketing messages include an unsubscribe link, and you can unsubscribe any time at freezerbatchcocktails.com/unsubscribe.

Bot protection on forms

All email forms are protected by Cloudflare Turnstile, a privacy-focused alternative to CAPTCHAs. When you submit a form, Turnstile evaluates limited device and interaction signals to distinguish people from bots, per Cloudflare's privacy policy. We also apply rate limits to the email API to prevent abuse. We never see or store the raw signals Turnstile uses.

Usage analytics

We use PostHog to count visits and understand which pages and recipes are popular, and where people drop out of the calculator. It runs in an anonymous, cookieless configuration: no analytics cookies and no profile that identifies you. We never send your email address, your custom ingredient names, or any other free text you type — only things like a recipe slug, a bottle size, and whether a step completed.

To recognize a repeat visit — so that one person reading three pages counts as one visitor rather than three — PostHog stores a random identifier in your browser's local storage. It is not a cookie: it is never attached to a request, it belongs to this site alone, and no other site can read it. It identifies a browser, not a person, and clearing your browsing data removes it.

PostHog also captures anonymous session replays — a reconstruction of how a visit moved through the page, so we can see where the calculator confuses people instead of guessing. Everything you type is masked before it leaves your browser: a replay shows that a field was filled, never what you put in it, so your email address and your ingredient names stay out of them. We use replays only to find and fix usability problems.

If your browser sends a Do Not Track signal, analytics is switched off entirely and nothing is collected. Blocking analytics does not affect the calculator, sharing, or the email forms.

Cookies and similar technologies

The site itself does not set tracking cookies. Your browser may store small amounts of data locally (for example, your last-used recipe or unit preference); that data stays on your device. The one exception is the anonymous analytics identifier described above, which is sent with the usage events it labels.

However, this site is supported in part by advertising. Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this site or other sites.

  • 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. You can also opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.
  • For visitors in the EU, UK, or California: where required, you'll see a consent prompt before any non-essential cookies are set, and you can withdraw consent at any time.

Affiliate links

Some links on this site are affiliate links to Amazon and other retailers. When you click an affiliate link, the destination site may set its own cookies and collect information per its own privacy policy. We are an Amazon Associate; as such, we earn from qualifying purchases. Those commissions help keep the calculator free.

Third-party services we use

  • Cloudflare — hosting, DNS, the email API, Turnstile bot protection, rate limiting, and aggregate analytics.
  • Google Fonts — typography. May log IP addresses per Google's standard practice.
  • PostHog — anonymous, cookieless usage analytics and session replay. No personal data or free-text input is sent, and replays mask everything you type.
  • n8n — email automation: routes recipe, newsletter, and unsubscribe requests, only when you submit your address.
  • Resend — delivers the actual emails on our behalf.
  • Google Sheets — stores our subscriber list and consent records.
  • Google AdSense (where applicable) — display advertising.
  • Amazon Associates — affiliate links to bar tools and books.

Your rights

You can request a copy of any personal data we hold about you, or ask us to delete it, by emailing [email protected]. We typically respond within a few business days.

Residents of the EU, UK, and California have additional rights under GDPR / UK-GDPR / CCPA respectively. Contact us with any such request and we'll honor it.

Children

This site is not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 18. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us and we'll delete it.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. We'll bump the "Last updated" date at the top whenever we do. Material changes will be announced on the home page or to email subscribers.

Contact

Questions about this policy? Email [email protected].