Privacy Policy — The Perfect Pour

Effective: 2026-05-18

Last updated: 2026-05-18

For: theperfectpourapp.com/privacy

The Perfect Pour (“we,” “us,” “the app”) collects and processes data so we can run a bourbon companion app that learns your palate from your own pours. This policy explains what we collect, why, how we use it, and what control you have. Plain English first; the legal-precise language is here too.

This policy covers the waitlist period (now through commercial release) and the beta period (June 1, 2026 onward). When commercial release happens, this policy may be updated. Material changes will be communicated to you by email.

1. What we collect

On the waitlist signup form:

Your email address
Your primary device type (iPhone, Android phone, iPad, etc.)
The time and source of your signup (page URL, link, channel — captured via UTM parameters when present)

During the beta and ongoing use of the app, if and only if you log it:

Bottles you add to your Rickhouse — names, distillery information, photos you take, purchase context
Tasting notes — written impressions, ratings, sensory data
Slow Tasting wizard data — structured responses during the six-step practice
Your Pour Print and Palate Print — derived from the above
Profile information — handle, display name, public/private visibility flag
Chase list items — bottles you’re hunting
Friend pin relationships — who you’ve followed in the app
Research queries — when you ask Franklin to research a bottle

Automatically, for app function:

Account-level identifiers (Supabase auth user ID)
Device and browser information
Crash and error reports (via Sentry)
Approximate usage events (which screens you visit, when — no precise tracking)

We do not collect:

Your precise location
Your contacts, your device’s photo library, or device storage beyond what you explicitly share
Anything from third-party services without your explicit connection

2. Why we collect it

To run the app. Your pours need a place to live; your Pour Print and Palate Print need data to derive from.
To deliver the beta and the Steward Year you signed up for. Email is how we tell you the door is open and how we activate your Bourbon Steward year on commercial release.
To improve the app. Crash reports tell us what broke. Usage events tell us which features land.
To respond when you reach out. If you email us, we keep the thread.

3. How we use it

Your data is used to operate the app, deliver the experience you signed up for, and improve what we build. We do not sell your data. We do not share your pours, your Pour Print, your Palate Print, or your tasting notes with advertisers, marketers, or third parties for their commercial benefit.

We may share aggregated, anonymized data (for example, “the average bourbon collector logs 1.3 pours per week”) for research, marketing, or product-development purposes — but never in a way that identifies you.

4. Third parties we work with

We use the following service providers to run the app. They process data on our behalf under contracts that bind them to confidentiality and use limitations.

Supabase — our database and authentication provider. Your account, your Rickhouse contents, your tasting notes, and your relationships live here. Hosted in the United States.
Anthropic — provides the Claude AI model that powers Franklin’s research calls and label reading. When you ask Franklin to research a bottle, the relevant query is sent to Anthropic. We do not include your personal identifiers in those queries.
ElevenLabs — provides the voice synthesis for Franklin’s audio clips. The clips are pre-rendered and stored locally on your device; no personal data is sent to ElevenLabs during normal use.
Sentry — collects error and crash reports from the app to help us fix bugs. Reports include technical context (device, OS, error stack) but not your personal data.
Netlify — hosts the website and serves the app. Receives standard server log data (IP address, request time, user agent).
(Future, commercial release) Stripe — will handle payments for paid tiers. Card data is processed by Stripe directly; we never see your card number.

5. The shared distillery database (community contribution)

Bourbon Steward research feeds a shared distillery database. When a Bourbon Steward researches a bottle, the resulting facts (mash bill, age, MSRP, tasting notes, etc.) join a cache that benefits every collector after them.

This contribution is opt-in, anonymous, and never linked to your account. You can opt out at any time in Settings. Bottles you have personally added to your Rickhouse are never published to the shared database without your explicit action.

6. Your rights

You have the right to:

Know what data we have about you. Email franklin@theperfectpourapp.com and we’ll send you a copy within 30 days.
Correct inaccurate data. Most app data you can correct yourself in Settings; for anything else, email us.
Delete your data. You can delete your account at any time in Settings. On deletion, your data is purged from active systems within 30 days. Some data may persist in encrypted backups for an additional 90 days; after that, it is gone.
Export your data. You can export your Rickhouse, tasting notes, and Pour Print data as a CSV at any time from Settings.
Opt out of analytics. Settings includes a toggle for crash and usage reporting.
Object to or restrict processing. Email us if you’d like to limit how we process your data.

Residents of California: you have specific rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), including the right to opt out of any sale of your personal information. We do not sell your personal information.

Residents of the EU and UK: you have specific rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), including the right to lodge a complaint with your data protection authority. Our legal basis for processing your data is your consent (signup, beta access) and our legitimate interest in providing the service.

7. Data retention

Waitlist signups: retained until you withdraw your signup or the waitlist closes. Then either rolled into an active account or deleted within 30 days.
Active account data: retained while your account is active.
Deleted account data: purged from active systems within 30 days; from encrypted backups within an additional 90 days.
Crash and error logs: 90 days.

8. Security

We use industry-standard security practices: encryption in transit (TLS), encryption at rest on Supabase, access controls on our admin systems. No system is perfectly secure; if we learn of a breach that affects you, we will notify you promptly and within the timelines required by applicable law.

9. Children and age verification

The Perfect Pour is intended for users of legal drinking age in their jurisdiction (21 in the United States, 18 or 21 elsewhere depending on local law). We do not knowingly collect data from users under the legal drinking age. If you believe a minor has provided us data, contact us at franklin@theperfectpourapp.com and we will remove it.

10. Cookies and tracking

The marketing website at theperfectpourapp.com uses minimal cookies for functional purposes (remembering you’ve dismissed a banner, holding form state). It does not use third-party advertising cookies. The app itself is a Progressive Web App and uses local storage on your device rather than third-party cookies.

If we add analytics tooling to the marketing site (for example, a privacy-respecting tool such as Plausible or Fathom), we will list it under §4 and update the effective date at the top of this policy.

11. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy as the product evolves. Material changes will be communicated to you by email at the address on file. Minor updates (typo fixes, clarifications) may be made without notification, but the effective date at the top of this policy will always reflect the most recent revision.

12. Contact

Privacy questions, requests, or concerns:

franklin@theperfectpourapp.com

Mailing address available on request.

The Perfect Pour. Guided by Franklin.