Privacy Policy

The short version

Buff & Bead does not ask you to create an account, does not sell anything directly, and does not collect personal information except when you choose to send it through the contact form. Analytics and affiliate links involve third parties, and both are described below.

What we collect

• Contact form submissions. Your name, email address and message, sent to us by email so we can reply. We keep them only as long as needed to deal with the message.
• Aggregate analytics. Google Analytics 4 records page views, referrers, approximate location and device information, plus an event when an affiliate link is clicked. We use it to understand which pages are useful, not to identify individuals.
• Server logs. Standard request logs kept by our hosting provider, including IP addresses, used for security and abuse prevention.

What we do not collect

• Payment details. Nothing is sold on this site, so no payment information is ever handled here.
• Accounts, passwords or profiles. There is nothing to sign into.
• Newsletter subscriptions, unless and until we offer one, at which point this page will say so.
• Anything you have not chosen to send us.

Third parties

Google Analytics 4. Sets cookies and collects usage data subject to Google’s own privacy terms. You can block it with any standard browser setting or content blocker, and every page on this site works normally with it blocked.

Amazon. Buy links on this site pass through our own redirect and then to Amazon with our Associates tracking identifier attached, which is how a purchase is attributed to us. Amazon sets its own cookies and applies its own privacy policy from the moment you arrive there. See the affiliate disclosure.

Hosting and email. The site is hosted by a third-party platform which keeps standard server logs. Contact form messages are delivered by email through Microsoft Graph.

Cookies

This site sets no cookies of its own. Google Analytics sets cookies if it loads, and Amazon sets cookies once you follow a buy link. Blocking either is straightforward in any modern browser and breaks nothing here.

Children

This site is intended for adults buying car care products and is not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 13.

Your choices

• Block analytics with a browser setting or content blocker; the site works normally.
• Do not use the contact form if you would rather not send us your details.
• Ask us to delete a message you sent, and we will.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the date at the top of the page changes with it and the change is described here rather than made quietly.

Contact

Questions about any of this go to info@buffandbead.com, or through the contact page.