1. Information We Collect

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit Agave Notes, certain information may be collected automatically through analytics technologies and server logs. This information may include:

• The pages you visit

• The date and time of your visit

• The website or link that referred you to Agave Notes

• Your general geographic region, such as country or city

• Your browser type

• Your device type and operating system

• Screen resolution

• General interaction information, such as page views and session duration

• Internet Protocol address or information derived from it

This information is generally used in aggregated or pseudonymous form and is not intended to identify you personally.

Information You Provide

Agave Notes may collect information that you voluntarily provide, such as your name, email address, and the contents of a message you submit through a contact form or by email.

Please do not submit sensitive personal information through the website.

2. How We Use Information

Information collected through Agave Notes may be used to:

• Operate and maintain the website

• Understand how visitors find and use the website

• Measure readership and site performance

• Identify popular articles, reviews, and topics

• Diagnose technical problems

• Improve the website and its content

• Respond to questions or messages

• Protect the website from abuse, fraud, or security threats

• Comply with applicable legal obligations

Agave Notes does not use analytics information to make decisions about your eligibility for employment, credit, insurance, housing, or similar services.

3. Google Analytics

Agave Notes uses Google Analytics to understand how visitors use the website.

Google Analytics may collect information about your device, browser, approximate location, and activity on the website. Google Analytics uses first-party cookies and similar technologies to distinguish visitors and sessions and to generate reports about website traffic and usage.

Google may process this information on behalf of Agave Notes in accordance with Google’s own privacy policies and terms.

You may limit Google Analytics tracking by:

• Declining analytics cookies through the website’s cookie controls, when available

• Adjusting your browser settings to block or delete cookies

• Using Google’s Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on

• Enabling privacy or tracking-protection features offered by your browser

Blocking analytics cookies should not prevent you from reading the content on Agave Notes.

4. Vercel Hosting and Analytics

Agave Notes is hosted using Vercel.

When you access the website, Vercel may process technical information necessary to deliver the site securely and reliably. This may include request information, Internet Protocol addresses, browser information, timestamps, and diagnostic or security data.

Agave Notes may also use Vercel Web Analytics to measure website traffic and performance. According to Vercel, Web Analytics does not use cookies and stores anonymized analytics information. It may provide aggregated information such as page views, referring websites, browser type, device type, operating system, and country.

Agave Notes may also use Vercel Speed Insights to measure technical performance, including page-loading and responsiveness metrics.

Vercel processes information according to its own privacy notice and applicable service terms.

5. Cookies

Cookies are small text files stored on your browser or device.

Agave Notes may use the following categories of cookies:

Essential Cookies

These cookies support basic website operation, security, or your privacy preferences. Disabling them may affect certain website functions.

Analytics Cookies

Google Analytics may place analytics cookies on your device to distinguish visitors and sessions and help measure website usage.

Vercel Web Analytics does not currently use cookies. If the services or technologies used by Agave Notes change, this Privacy Policy and the website’s cookie controls may be updated accordingly.

You can delete or block cookies through your browser settings. Blocking cookies may affect some website features, although the primary articles and reviews should remain accessible.

6. Sharing of Information

Agave Notes does not sell or rent your personal information.

Information may be shared with service providers that help operate, secure, analyze, or host the website, including Google and Vercel. These providers process information under their respective terms, privacy policies, and contractual obligations.

Information may also be disclosed when reasonably necessary to:

• Comply with a law, regulation, subpoena, or valid legal request

• Protect the rights, safety, or property of Agave Notes or others

• Investigate fraud, abuse, security incidents, or technical problems

• Complete a transfer of the website or its assets, should ownership change

7. Data Retention

Agave Notes retains information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, including operating the website, responding to messages, analyzing site performance, resolving disputes, and meeting legal obligations.

Analytics providers may maintain information according to the retention settings selected by Agave Notes and their own policies.

Messages sent directly to Agave Notes may be retained as long as necessary to respond, maintain appropriate business records, or address follow-up questions.

8. Data Security

Agave Notes uses reasonable administrative and technical measures intended to protect information against unauthorized access, loss, alteration, or misuse.

No website, internet transmission, or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Agave Notes therefore cannot guarantee the absolute security of information transmitted through or stored in connection with the website.

9. Your Privacy Choices

Depending on where you live, you may have rights concerning your personal information, including the right to request access, correction, or deletion.

Because most information collected by Agave Notes is aggregated, anonymized, or maintained by analytics providers, Agave Notes may not be able to associate analytics information with a particular individual.

You may contact Agave Notes to ask about information you have submitted directly. Reasonable steps may be taken to verify your identity before completing a request.

To submit a privacy request, contact:

Email: [privacy@agavenotes.com]

10. Do Not Track Signals

Some browsers transmit “Do Not Track” signals. There is not currently a universally accepted standard governing how websites must respond to these signals.

Agave Notes may instead provide cookie controls or rely on browser-based privacy settings that allow you to restrict analytics technologies.

11. Children’s Privacy

Agave Notes is an alcohol-related editorial website intended for adults of legal drinking age. It is not directed to children under 13, and Agave Notes does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

If you believe a child has provided personal information through the website, please contact Agave Notes so the information can be reviewed and, where appropriate, deleted.

12. Visitors Outside the United States

Agave Notes is operated from the United States. If you access the website from another country, information may be processed in or transferred to the United States or other countries in which the website’s service providers operate.

Privacy and data-protection laws in those locations may differ from the laws where you live.

13. Third-Party Links and Embedded Content

Agave Notes may link to websites operated by tequila producers, retailers, publications, social-media platforms, or other third parties.

Third-party websites have their own privacy practices. Agave Notes is not responsible for the privacy, security, accuracy, or content of websites it does not control.

Embedded videos, social-media posts, or similar content may allow the third-party provider to collect information about your interaction with that content. Their collection and use of information are governed by their own policies.

14. Changes to This Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated when the website, its analytics tools, or applicable requirements change.

The revised policy will be posted on this page with an updated effective date. Material changes may also be identified through an additional notice on the website.

15. Contact

Questions or requests concerning this Privacy Policy may be sent to:

Agave Notes
Email: privacy@agavenotes.com
Location: Oregon, United States
Effective date: July 24, 2026