Privacy Policy

1. The short version

Free Tier Life is intended to collect as little personal information as possible. At launch, the site is primarily content-driven: recipes, articles, and supporting pages. If you read content without submitting forms or interacting with third-party services, very little personal information is intentionally collected directly by the site.

2. Information you may provide directly

If you contact Free Tier Life directly — for example by email, contact form, newsletter signup, consulting inquiry, or similar future features — you may provide information such as your name, email address, company name, or the content of your message.

That information will only be used to respond to your request, provide the service you requested, or communicate with you about Free Tier Life content, offerings, or updates.

3. Analytics, logs, and basic usage data

Like most websites, Free Tier Life may use server logs, platform logs, or future analytics tools to understand site availability, traffic patterns, general usage behavior, and content performance.

This may include information such as IP address, browser type, device type, pages viewed, referring page, and approximate interaction timing. This information is used to improve the site, understand what content is useful, and maintain site reliability.

If additional analytics or tracking tools are added over time, this page should be updated to reflect those tools more specifically.

4. Cookies and similar technologies

Free Tier Life may use cookies or similar browser storage mechanisms for basic site functionality, analytics, embedded content, or future monetization features. If more advanced tracking, advertising, or marketing automation is introduced, this privacy policy should be updated accordingly.

You can generally control cookies through your browser settings.

5. Third-party services

Some parts of Free Tier Life may rely on third-party services. For example, comment functionality may use GitHub-based tools such as Giscus. If you choose to interact with those features, your use of those services is also subject to the privacy policies and terms of those providers.

Free Tier Life may also link to third-party platforms, tools, products, or cloud providers. Those external services are not controlled by Free Tier Life, and their privacy practices are governed by their own policies.

6. Affiliate links, sponsorships, and future monetization

Free Tier Life is intended to become a monetized site over time. That may include affiliate links, sponsorships, product recommendations, consulting offers, premium content, or other revenue-generating mechanisms.

If affiliate links or sponsored content appear on the site, Free Tier Life will aim to disclose that clearly and transparently. The existence of a commercial relationship will not change the goal of providing practical, honest, high-signal content.

7. Data sharing

Free Tier Life does not exist to sell personal data. Information may be shared only when reasonably necessary to operate the site, respond to requests, work with service providers, comply with legal obligations, or protect the security and integrity of the platform.

8. Data retention

Any information submitted directly to the site, such as contact inquiries or future newsletter signups, may be retained only as long as reasonably necessary to operate the site, respond to requests, provide services, or maintain basic business records.

9. Children’s privacy

Free Tier Life is not specifically directed toward children. If you believe personal information from a child has been submitted inappropriately, please make contact and request removal.

10. Professional independence

Free Tier Life is a personal platform. Nothing on this site should be interpreted as reflecting the views, positions, strategies, or endorsements of any past, current, or future employer, client, customer, partner, or affiliated organization.

All opinions, conclusions, recommendations, and observations expressed on this site are personal unless explicitly stated otherwise.

11. Contact

If you have privacy-related questions, concerns, or requests, the best current path is to use the contact information or contact route published on the site.

12. Updates to this policy

This policy may change over time as Free Tier Life evolves. If site features, analytics, monetization, or third-party integrations change meaningfully, this page should be updated to reflect those changes.