Privacy Policy

Agave Atlas ("Agave Atlas," "we," "us," or "our") is an independent informational platform focused on tequila, mezcal, and the broader agave-spirit industry. This Privacy Policy describes the categories of information we collect through our website and related services (the "Service"), how we use that information, and the choices you have.

By using the Service you acknowledge the practices described here. If you do not agree, please do not use the Service.

When you create an account, sign in, submit a review or rating, save a collection or favorite, report an availability update, or contact us, you may provide information such as your name or display name, email address, password credentials, profile details, and the content of your submissions or messages.

We use a hosted authentication service to create and manage accounts, verify email addresses, and maintain your sign-in session. This includes information required to authenticate you securely, such as identifiers, tokens, and timestamps of key account events.

When you access the Service, our infrastructure and hosting providers automatically record certain technical information, including browser type and version, device and operating system information, language settings, IP address, referring and exit pages, request and error logs, timestamps, and general usage activity within the Service.

We and our authentication provider use cookies, local storage, and similar technologies that are necessary to operate the Service — for example, to keep you signed in, remember preferences, and protect against abuse. You can control cookies through your browser settings; disabling cookies may affect the functionality of certain features, including sign-in.

We use the information we collect to:

• Operate, maintain, and provide the Service and its features;
• Create and authenticate accounts and safeguard sessions;
• Respond to inquiries and communicate with you about the Service;
• Understand how the Service is used and analyze usage in aggregate;
• Improve, personalize, and develop new features and content;
• Detect, investigate, and prevent security incidents, fraud, abuse, and violations of our Terms or applicable law;
• Comply with legal obligations and enforce our agreements.

We rely on a limited set of third-party service providers that process information on our behalf so that the Service can function. These providers include hosting and content delivery, database and storage, authentication, email delivery for transactional messages, mapping and geocoding services used to power discovery features, and error monitoring and security tooling. These providers are bound to use information only to perform services for us.

We do not sell your personal information. We do not rent your personal information to advertisers.

We may disclose information:

• To comply with applicable law, legal process, or lawful government requests;
• To protect the rights, property, or safety of Agave Atlas, our users, or the public, including to prevent fraud, abuse, or security incidents;
• In connection with a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, or sale of assets, in which case information may be transferred as part of that transaction subject to standard confidentiality protections.

We retain personal information for as long as needed to provide the Service, comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. Retention periods vary depending on the type of information and its purpose. Account information is retained while your account is active and for a reasonable period afterward.

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. No system, however, can be guaranteed to be completely secure, and we cannot promise that information will be free from unauthorized access.

You can update or correct your account information from your account settings, ask us to close your account, unsubscribe from non-essential communications where applicable, and adjust cookie behavior through your browser. Some choices may limit your ability to use certain features.

Depending on where you live, you may have rights under applicable law to access, correct, delete, or restrict the processing of your personal information, to object to certain processing, to obtain a portable copy of your information, or to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. To exercise these rights, please contact us using the contact information below. We will respond consistent with applicable law.

The Service is intended for adults of legal drinking age in their jurisdiction. The Service is not directed to children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so we can take appropriate steps.

The Service and its service providers may process information in countries other than the country in which you live. Data protection laws in those countries may differ from those in your jurisdiction. By using the Service, you understand that information may be transferred and processed internationally.

The Service may contain links to third-party websites, including retailer, producer, or reference sites. Those websites operate independently and have their own privacy practices. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of third-party websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any site you visit.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will update the effective date above and, where appropriate, provide additional notice. Your continued use of the Service after an update becomes effective constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us through the contact channels published on the Service.