We collect as little as we can. We don't sell your personal information, we don't run advertising trackers, and our website analytics are privacy-friendly and anonymous. Wherever possible, the data our apps create stays on your device. The full details are below.
This Privacy Policy explains how AC Forge, LLC ("AC Forge," "we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and protects information when you visit ac-forge.com (the "Site") or use the applications and services we provide (collectively, the "Services"). By using the Site or our Services, you agree to the practices described here.
AC Forge, LLC is a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Texas, United States.
1Scope of this policy
This policy applies to the AC Forge company Site and to the Services we operate, including Thyme Capsule and tabout. Individual applications may publish their own supplemental privacy notice describing data practices specific to that app. Where an app-specific notice conflicts with this policy, the app-specific notice controls for that app.
This policy does not apply to third-party websites or services that we link to but do not control.
2Information we collect
Information you provide
We only receive personal information from you when you choose to give it to us — for example, when you email us at hello@ac-forge.com. This typically includes your email address and anything you choose to include in your message. We use it solely to respond to and follow up on your inquiry.
Analytics information
We use a privacy-friendly, cookieless analytics service to understand how the Site is used in aggregate (for example, which pages are popular and roughly where visitors come from). This analytics does not use cookies, does not collect or store personally identifiable information, and does not track you across other websites. Metrics are aggregated and anonymous, and we cannot use them to identify an individual visitor.
Information collected automatically
Like most websites, our hosting infrastructure may briefly process standard technical information — such as your IP address and browser user-agent — as part of delivering and securing the Site. We do not use this information to build a profile of you, and we do not combine it with the anonymous analytics described above to identify you.
Information our apps store
Many of our applications are designed to keep the content you create — such as recipes in Thyme Capsule or bills in tabout — on your own device or in storage you control, wherever that is technically possible. Any account or sync features an app offers, and the data they involve, are described in that app's own documentation or supplemental notice.
3How we use information
- To operate, maintain, secure, and improve the Site and our Services;
- To respond to your messages, requests, and support inquiries;
- To understand, in aggregate, how the Site is used so we can make it better;
- To comply with our legal obligations and enforce our Terms of Service.
We do not use your information for behavioral advertising, and we do not sell or rent it.
4Cookies and tracking
The Site does not use advertising or cross-site tracking cookies. Our analytics is cookieless. We may use a small number of strictly necessary cookies or local storage entries only where required for core functionality or security; none of these are used to track you across other websites.
5How we share information
We do not sell your personal information. We share information only in these limited circumstances:
- Service providers. With vendors who help us operate the Site and Services (for example, hosting and analytics providers), who are permitted to use the information only to provide services to us.
- Legal and safety. When we believe in good faith that disclosure is required by law, legal process, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of AC Forge, our users, or the public.
- Business transfers. In connection with a merger, acquisition, financing, or sale of assets, information may be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to this policy.
6Data retention
We keep personal information only for as long as needed for the purposes described in this policy — for example, keeping email correspondence as long as reasonably necessary to support you and maintain our records — and then delete or anonymize it. Aggregated, anonymous analytics may be retained indefinitely.
7Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect information against loss, misuse, and unauthorized access. No method of transmission or storage is perfectly secure, however, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
8Your rights and choices
Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or restrict the processing of your personal information, or to object to certain processing. Because we collect so little, in most cases the only personal information we hold about you is correspondence you have sent us. To make a request, email hello@ac-forge.com and we will respond as required by applicable law. We will not discriminate against you for exercising these rights.
9Children's privacy
The Site is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided us personal information, please contact us and we will take appropriate steps to delete it.
10International visitors
We are based in the United States, and the Site is operated from the United States. If you access the Site from outside the U.S., you understand that your information may be processed in the United States, where data-protection laws may differ from those in your country.
11Third-party links
The Site and our apps may link to third-party websites and services, including the dedicated sites for our applications. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those third parties, and we encourage you to review their policies.
12Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will revise the "Last updated" date above. Material changes will be reflected on this page, and your continued use of the Site after a change takes effect constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
13Contact us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, contact us at hello@ac-forge.com.
AC Forge, LLC · Texas, United States · hello@ac-forge.com