Privacy policy

Last updated September 2026.

This site is a free guide to making hard cider at home. It has no accounts, comments, or contact forms, and it doesn't ask you for any personal information.

Analytics

The site uses Google Analytics to count visits and see which pages and links people use. Google Analytics sets cookies in your browser and records things like the pages you view, the links you click, your browser and device type, and your approximate location. It doesn't give us your name or email address. Google'sexplanation of how it uses data from sites like this one has the details, and you can opt out with theGoogle Analytics opt-out browser add-on.

The site is hosted by Cloudflare, which handles every request to the site, including your IP address, to deliver pages and protect the site from abuse. SeeCloudflare's privacy policy.

Affiliate links

As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Many links on this site go to products on Amazon, and if you buy something after following one, Amazon pays this site a small commission at no extra cost to you. Amazon uses a cookie to connect your purchase to the link you followed. What Amazon collects is covered byAmazon's privacy notice.

Videos

The videos on this site show a picture until you press play. Nothing is loaded from YouTube before that. When you press play, the video loads from YouTube's privacy-enhanced mode, andGoogle's privacy policy applies.

Donations

The donate button on the Links & Credits page takes you to PayPal. PayPal handles the payment, and this site never sees your payment details.

Changes

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