Privacy Policy

Privacy basics

HerbGuide aims to keep data collection limited, explain third-party tools clearly, and avoid unnecessary complexity wherever possible.

This page explains the main categories of information that may be collected through analytics, advertising, and standard website operation.

What HerbGuide may collect

Depending on configuration, the site may use basic analytics, search console verification, advertising scripts, standard web server logs, and simple cookies related to performance or ad delivery. These tools may collect standard usage and device information according to their own settings and policies.

When this policy may be updated

If HerbGuide adds a newsletter, contact forms, richer analytics, affiliate links, or additional advertising controls, this policy should be updated with more exact language about what data is collected, which third parties receive it, and how users can manage their choices.

Analytics, search, and advertising tools

HerbGuide may use services such as Google Analytics, Google Search Console, Microsoft Bing Webmaster Tools, and Google advertising technologies to understand site performance, indexing, and general traffic behavior. These third-party services may collect standard usage information according to their own policies. Readers should review those providers' own privacy policies for more detail.

If a reader clicks an optional support link, they are taken to a Creem checkout page. Payment details are handled by Creem under Creem's own policies rather than being processed directly on HerbGuide.

Policy changes

This page may be updated to reflect changes in analytics, advertising settings, contact workflows, or publishing tools. The goal is to keep the policy accurate and reasonably easy to read.

Trust path

Related trust and reference pages

Readers who want more context about how HerbGuide works can continue to About, Editorial Policy, and Kitchen Traditions.

If they want practical educational depth rather than policy language, a useful next stop is Glossary or Basics.