Privacy Policy

Last updated: 2 March 2026

In short: We do not use third-party tracking, we do not sell your data, and we do not serve advertising. Your data stays on our servers.

Who We Are

Philoenic is a wine education platform operated from London, United Kingdom. When we say "we", "us", or "our" in this policy, we mean the operators of philoenic.com.

What Data We Collect

Account information — If you register for an account, we store your email address, display name, and optionally your location. Your password is stored as a one-way hash and cannot be read by anyone.

Analytics data — We run our own self-hosted analytics. When you visit a page, we record:

This data is stored on our own servers and is never shared with third parties. We do not use Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, or any external tracking service.

Cookies

We use a small number of cookies, all of which are first-party (set by philoenic.com, not by external services):

We do not use any advertising, social media, or third-party analytics cookies.

External Resources

Our pages load fonts from Google Fonts (fonts.googleapis.com). This means your browser makes requests to Google's servers to download font files. Google's own privacy policy applies to this data. We do not control what Google does with these requests, though Google states that font requests are not used for tracking.

How We Use Your Data

Data Sharing

We do not sell, rent, or share your personal data with any third party. We do not serve advertising. The only external service that receives any data from your browser visit is Google Fonts (as described above).

Data Retention

Analytics data is retained indefinitely in aggregate form. If you delete your account, your personal data (email, display name) is removed from our systems.

Your Rights

You may request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal data at any time by contacting us at contact@philoenic.com.

Changes to This Policy

If we make material changes to this privacy policy, we will update the "last updated" date at the top of this page.

Contact

For any privacy-related questions, please email contact@philoenic.com.