Privacy Policy

Vineyard History is free to read without an account. This page explains the little information the site keeps and why.

If you just read

We do not use advertising, analytics trackers or third party cookies. Our host, Cloudflare, processes standard request data such as IP addresses to deliver and protect the site. Videos are embedded from YouTube in privacy enhanced mode and only load when you press play, at which point YouTube's own policies apply.

If you create an account

We store your name, your email address, a securely hashed password (never the password itself) the stories you save or finish, and your best quiz score. If you sign in with Google, Google tells us your name and verified email address, and nothing else.

If you send a memory or correction, we store your note, the time, and the IP address it came from to prevent abuse.

If you subscribe by email

We store your email address and whether you confirmed it, and use it only to send This Week in Vineyard History once a week. Every email has a one tap unsubscribe link, which deletes your address from the list. Password reset emails are sent only when you ask for one. Email is delivered through Cloudflare.

Cookies

We set one essential cookie, which keeps you signed in. It is secure, cannot be read by scripts, and expires after 30 days. A small setting in your browser remembers that you closed the cookie notice. If you choose Sign in with Google, Google may set its own cookies for that sign in.

Sharing

We never sell or share your information. It is used only to run your account and this site.

Your choices

You can change your password, sign out everywhere, or delete your account and everything saved in it at any time from your account page. Deleting your account removes it immediately.

Children

The site is made for all ages to read. Accounts are intended for people 13 and older.

Contact

Questions about privacy can be sent through the notes form on your account page.