Privacy Policy

The short version

We don't sell your data. We don't have accounts, so there's nothing to log into and no password of yours to lose. The only personal information we ever hold is what you type into the contact form, and that goes to an inbox — not into a database, a mailing list, or an advertising profile.

What we collect

The contact form

If you email us or use the contact form, we receive your name, your email address, and whatever you write. We use it to reply to you and, if you sent a correction, to fix the site. We keep the email so we have a record of the correction. We do not add you to any mailing list, because we don't have one.

The form also records the moment the page loaded and your IP address — purely to block automated spam (bots submit forms in milliseconds; humans don't). The rate-limiting record is held in memory and disappears on its own. We are not building a profile of you with it.

Analytics

We use Google Analytics 4 to understand which pages people read and which links they click. It tells us things like "this comparison page gets read and this one doesn't" — which is how we decide what to write next. It sets cookies and collects usage data, and that data is processed by Google under their privacy policy.

We do not use it to identify you personally, and we don't combine it with anything else. If you'd rather not be measured at all, a browser-level tracker blocker or Google's own opt-out add-on will stop it, and nothing on this site will break.

Affiliate links

When you click a link to Amazon from this site, Amazon knows the click came from us — that's the mechanism by which we get paid, and it's the same mechanism every affiliate site uses. Amazon may set cookies at that point, under their privacy notice, not ours. What you do once you're on Amazon is between you and Amazon; we can't see your cart, your purchase, or anything about you.

Every one of those links is labelled paid link right next to it, so you always know before you click. More detail on the affiliate disclosure page.

What we don't do

• We don't sell, rent or trade your personal information. To anyone. Ever.
• We don't have user accounts, so we hold no passwords.
• We don't run a newsletter or a mailing list.
• We don't serve display advertising, so there are no ad-network trackers here.
• We don't take payments, so we never see a card number.

Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to ask what personal data we hold about you, to have it corrected, or to have it deleted. Given the above, the honest answer is almost always "an email you sent us, and nothing else" — but ask anyway and we'll tell you, and delete it if you want us to.

Email info@theespressoreport.com. We'll respond within 30 days, and realistically much sooner.

Children

This site is about espresso machines and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect information from them. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, email us and we'll delete it.

Changes to this policy

If we change how any of this works, we'll update this page and change the date at the top. If a change is significant — if we ever started doing something materially different with data — we'd say so plainly rather than quietly amending a clause.

Contact

The Espresso Report is published by Type 5 Marketing LLC. Questions about this policy: info@theespressoreport.com.