Privacy & Data

Stored on Your Device

Local personalization

The Product Shelf, tasting journal, heat comfort setting, comparison tray, recently viewed products, recently used tools, and suggested-video history are stored in your browser using local storage. This information normally stays on that device and is not required to use the public archive.

Clearing browser data can erase this profile. The My Profile page lets you export a backup, import it on another browser, or clear the profile data yourself.

First-Party Measurement

Site analytics

Fire & Flavor records basic first-party traffic information to understand which pages are useful and how visitors find the site. This can include the page viewed, referring website domain, campaign tags, browser and device category, and an approximate city, region, and country supplied by Cloudflare.

Raw IP addresses and complete referring-page URLs are not stored. A one-way visitor identifier is used for approximate unique-visitor counts, analytics are not sold or used for advertising profiles, and visit records are retained for up to 12 months. Browser Do Not Track requests are respected by the site tracker.

Email Signup

The Weekly Burn newsletter

When you subscribe, Fire & Flavor receives the name and email address entered in the form. That information is used to send an immediate welcome email, the Monday newsletter, and manage unsubscribe requests. It is not added to the device-local taste profile. Repeated signup attempts do not trigger repeated welcome emails.

Viewer Feedback

Community ratings

The site creates a random browser identifier when a community rating is submitted. It helps prevent accidental duplicate submissions without requiring a public account. Submitted ratings and optional notes may be stored with the product rating.

Do not include private or sensitive information in a public rating note.

YouTube and Podcast Platforms

Embedded and linked media

Episode pages may use YouTube's privacy-enhanced embed domain. YouTube and other listening platforms may still receive information when a visitor plays embedded media or opens an external platform link, subject to that platform's own privacy practices.

Maker and Retailer Sites

External links

Product pages link to official maker websites and other external destinations. Fire & Flavor does not control the privacy, cookies, checkout systems, or data practices of those sites.

Your Choices

Access, backup, and deletion

Use My Profile to export, restore, or clear device-local profile data. Newsletter emails include an unsubscribe option. Questions about information submitted directly to Fire & Flavor can be sent through the contact page.