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Privacy policy

Last updated: July 20, 2026.

FranchiseFeast ("we") publishes educational content at franchisefeast.com. This policy explains what data we handle and why. The short version: we collect as little as possible, our analytics cookies stay off until you accept them and we honor Global Privacy Control, we never sell your information to data brokers or advertising networks, and any sharing with a referral partner happens only if you opt in.

What we collect

  • Email signups. If you request a resource by email, we store your email address with our email service provider (Resend) to deliver it and to send occasional related content, and you can unsubscribe from any email immediately. If you check the optional referral box on a form, you are asking us to connect you with our independent franchise-development partner: we then share the information you gave us (such as your email and the franchise interests you provided) with that specific partner so they can follow up, and we may receive a referral fee. That sharing is opt-in only, you can withdraw it anytime by contacting us, and we never sell or rent your information to data brokers, advertising networks, or anyone else.
  • Affiliate link clicks. When you click an Amazon affiliate link, we send Google Analytics an event named "affiliate_click" so we can see which recommendations readers act on. It records the product name shown on the card, or the link's own text when the link sits in an article; the part of the Amazon web address that follows the domain, including its query string; that domain; the Amazon product ID when the link points to one specific product; and a flag marking the click as one that leaves our site. The product name and that address are each shortened to 100 characters. The event also carries a fixed placeholder number, 1, with the currency code USD, which is a stand-in we set so clicks can be weighed in reporting. It is not a price, a payment, or an amount anyone earns.
  • Email form submissions. When one of our email forms is submitted successfully, we send Google Analytics an event named "generate_lead" that records which form it was: the email signup form, a quiz result form, or a calculator result form. It carries the same fixed placeholder number and currency code described above, and nothing else. Your email address is not part of that event, and neither are your quiz answers or the figures you typed into a calculator, so none of that reaches Google through it.
  • Site search terms. When you search this site and pause typing, we send Google Analytics an event named "search" carrying the words you searched for. This is the one place where text you typed does reach Google, so we screen it first: a search that looks like an email address, a phone number, or any run of seven or more digits is discarded and never sent, and nothing is sent until a search settles, so partial typing is not transmitted. Please do not type personal information into the search box.
  • Tool and page interactions. We send Google Analytics events named "calculator_used", "quiz_start", "quiz_complete", and "print" so we can see which tools people actually use. These record which tool or quiz it was, whether a quiz result was reached with or without giving us an email address, and nothing else. The figures you type into a calculator and the answers you pick in a quiz are not part of them.
  • File downloads. Google Analytics automatically records a "file_download" event when you download one of our templates, including the file name and link. This is a built-in Google Analytics feature rather than something we send.
  • Server logs. Our web server records standard request logs (IP address, user agent, requested URL) for security and reliability. Logs rotate automatically.
  • Spam protection. The email form uses Cloudflare Turnstile to block bots. Turnstile processes limited technical signals under Cloudflare's privacy policy.

Analytics, advertising, and cookies

We use Google Analytics 4 to see how visitors find and use the site, such as which guides are read, general location at the country or city level, and device type, so we can improve our free content. Google Analytics sets first-party cookies (named _ga and _ga_ followed by the property ID) that help tell one visit from another. We have not turned on Google Signals or ads personalization, and Google acts as our service provider for this analytics data under its data processing terms. Google may process the data in the United States under its Standard Contractual Clauses and, where applicable, its EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework certification. You can read how Google handles it in the Google Privacy Policyand at how Google uses data from sites that use its services. The user-level and event-level data tied to your visit is deleted by Google after the retention window we set in Google Analytics, which is no longer than 14 months. Aggregated, non-identifying statistics in our standard reports may be kept longer.

Analytics and advertising cookies stay off until you choose. On your first visit a banner lets you accept or reject non-essential cookies, and refusing is as easy as accepting. We use Google Consent Mode, so while you have not chosen, or if you reject, no analytics or advertising cookies are set and identifiers such as ad click IDs are stripped from requests. Google's analytics library still loads and may send Google a limited signal with no cookie and no identifier so aggregate trends can be estimated, but it does not identify you or set a cookie until you accept. You can change your choice at any time with the "Cookie settings" link in the footer or the button below, and we treat a Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal from your browser as an automatic opt-out that keeps these cookies off. As an extra option, Google offers a Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.

All of the events described above follow the same rules as page views. They are not held back while consent is denied, because Google's library is what decides whether anything may be stored: while you have not chosen, or if you reject, they are sent with no cookie and no identifier, and only after you accept can they be tied to a cookie. None of them carries your email address or your name. With the single exception of the site search terms described above, which are screened for anything resembling an email address, a phone number, or a long run of digits before being sent, they do not carry anything else you typed into a form either.

We do not currently serve advertising. If we enable Google AdSense later, Google and its partners may use cookies to serve ads, the same accept-or-reject choice and opt-out controls will apply, and visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, and other regions that require it will be asked to opt in through a certified consent mechanism before any advertising cookie is set. You can also control personalized ads at Google Ads Settings. We will update this section when advertising goes live.

Affiliate links

Amazon affiliate links include an identifier that tells Amazon the visit came from this site so commissions can be attributed. What Amazon collects on its own pages is governed by Amazon's privacy notice. We also count the click in Google Analytics, as described under Analytics, advertising, and cookies.

Your privacy choices, selling, and sharing

We do not sell your personal information to data brokers or advertising networks for their own independent use, and we do not exchange it for money. Two kinds of disclosure can happen, and both are under your control:

  • The franchise-development referral. If you check the optional referral box on a form, you are asking us to share the details you gave us with our independent franchise-development partner so they can follow up, and we may receive a referral fee. Because a fee is involved, California law (the CCPA/CPRA) may treat that opt-in referral as a "sale" or "sharing" even though you asked us to make it. To opt out, simply do not check the box; if you already opted in, contact us to withdraw it and we will stop sharing.
  • Analytics and advertising cookies. Google Analytics acts as our service provider, which is not a sale. If advertising is enabled later, some cookie-based ad identifiers could count as "sharing" for cross-context behavioral advertising under California law. You can turn these off with the banner, the "Cookie settings" control, or a Global Privacy Control signal, as described under Analytics, advertising, and cookies.

Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. You can exercise this at any time: leave the referral box unchecked (or contact us to withdraw), reject non-essential cookies, or send a Global Privacy Control signal from your browser, which we honor automatically as a valid opt-out. Opting out never affects the free resources or emails you signed up for.

Your choices and rights

You can browse without providing any personal information. To unsubscribe, use the link in any email. To ask what we hold about you, to correct it, or to request deletion, contact us and we will respond within 30 days. We handle these requests on an individual basis and aim to honor the rights available to you under laws such as the GDPR (EU/UK) and the CCPA/CPRA (California), including access, deletion, and the right to opt out of any sale or sharing of personal information. As explained above, we do not sell your information to data brokers or advertising networks. Google Analytics acts as our service provider and its cookies stay off until you agree; the only third-party sharing for a partner's own use is the opt-in referral, which you can decline or withdraw at any time.

You can also reach us by mail at: FranchiseFeast, 31000 Lynx Lane, Prather, CA 93651.

Children

This site is not directed at children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect their data.

Changes

If this policy changes, the date above changes with it, and material changes get a note here.