Privacy Policy

The Grams to Cups at thegramstocups.com is operated independently by an individual publisher. This policy explains how information is handled when you use our calculators, browse the website or contact us.

For privacy questions or requests, email support@thegramstocups.com. The publisher handles requests through this address.

Calculator inputs

You do not need an account to use the calculators. Conversion amounts, ingredient choices and results are processed in your browser. The calculator does not send these values to our server or Google Analytics, or save them in cookies, localStorage or sessionStorage.

This does not mean that browsing is unrecorded. Hosting services and Google Analytics process information about visits as described below.

Contact messages

When you use our contact form, we collect your email address, chosen topic and message. Your name and the related page address are optional. Please include only information needed to explain your question.

The form sends your submission over HTTPS to our backend on Vercel. It then uses an encrypted SMTP connection to deliver the message to our Hostinger-hosted support mailbox. Your email address is included so we can reply. Emails you send directly to the support address are also handled through Hostinger.

We use messages to answer questions, investigate reported problems and consider suggestions. Contact names, email addresses and message contents are not sent to Google Analytics. The website does not maintain a separate database of contact submissions.

Our form also processes IP addresses and request timing in temporary server memory to limit excessive submissions. A hidden form field helps detect automated spam. These checks are separate from Analytics.

Hosting and external fonts

Vercel hosts the website and its contact endpoint. Delivering pages and protecting the service involves processing technical request information, such as IP addresses, requested URLs, timestamps and browser information.

The website loads fonts from Google Fonts. Your browser connects to Google to request the font resources, which exposes technical information such as your IP address and request headers to that service.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics 4 to understand website use, including page visits and interactions. Analytics can process browser identifiers, session information, referring pages and device or browser details. These identifiers can distinguish visits over time, so we do not describe the information as fully anonymous.

Google Signals and advertising or remarketing features are disabled in our current setup. We do not send contact-message contents or calculator inputs to Analytics.

Currently, Analytics loads when a page opens, without an interactive cookie-consent banner. Browsing data can therefore be transmitted before you make a privacy choice on this website.

Analytics cookies

The suffix in the second cookie name depends on the Analytics configuration. Browsers may shorten cookie lifetimes, and cookie expiry can be renewed by later activity. These cookies are separate from the Analytics data-retention setting below. See Google's cookie documentation for more information.

Your tracking choices

You can manage or delete cookies through your browser settings. Cookie blocking alone does not necessarily prevent every Analytics request. Google also provides an Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on for supported browsers.

These controls do not remove information already collected, and the add-on does not stop technical processing by our hosting, email or font services.

Search Console and advertising

We use Google Search Console to review how the website appears and performs in Google Search. Search Console reporting is separate from the on-site Analytics collection described above.

Google AdSense is not currently enabled on this website. If advertising services are introduced, we will update this policy and the relevant privacy controls to reflect the actual setup.

How long information is kept

Contact messages: Our mailbox policy is to delete contact messages within 60 days of receipt, including copies in mailbox folders and trash. You can request earlier deletion by emailing the support address. Once we can identify and verify the relevant messages, we remove the mailbox copies within five business days.

Analytics: Our GA4 event-data retention setting is two months. This setting does not apply to standard aggregated reports or set the lifetime of Analytics cookies. Google processes expiry through its deletion cycle, so it is not a promise that every Analytics record disappears exactly two months after a visit. See Google's retention explanation.

Technical records: Hosting, email delivery, security records and provider backups have separate handling and retention arrangements. The mailbox deletion policy does not promise deletion of every provider log or backup within 60 days. Temporary form rate-limit records are held in server memory rather than a contact database.

Service providers and processing locations

Vercel, Hostinger and Google receive the information needed for their respective hosting, email, font or Analytics services described above. Their infrastructure may process information outside your country. This policy does not promise that all information stays in one country.

Information may also need to be disclosed where required by law or to address misuse of the service. A link from this website to another website is subject to that website's own privacy practices.

Privacy requests

Email support@thegramstocups.com to ask about your information, request a correction or request deletion of your contact messages. Use the address you contacted us from where possible and identify the message or issue so we can locate it. We may need to verify that the request concerns your information.

Depending on the law that applies, you may have additional rights to access, correct or erase personal information, restrict or object to processing, request portability, or complain to a relevant data-protection authority. Available rights depend on the circumstances. We may not be able to connect an Analytics browser identifier to a named email sender.

Changes to this policy

We will update this page when our practices change and revise its “Last updated” date. Check the current version when you want to understand how the website handles information.