Privacy Policy

Laguna Beach Happy Hour is a free public directory. The site is ad-free, has no user accounts, and collects only the minimum information needed to operate. This policy explains what is collected, what it is used for, and how to request removal.

Contact form submissions. When you send a message via the contact form, the name, email address, and message you type are sent through Resend (the email delivery service) and arrive in the site operator’s personal inbox. Submissions are retained as long as needed to respond. There is no automated retention policy beyond that.

Server logs. Like every site on the public internet, requests to this site generate standard server logs (timestamp, request path, response code, IP address, user agent). These are kept by the hosting provider (Vercel) for operational debugging.

Google Analytics 4 (page-view + engagement metrics). This site uses Google Analytics 4 to understand which pages get traffic, how visitors navigate the directory, and which venues get the most interest. GA4 records the pages you visit, your approximate location (city-level, derived from IP), device + browser type, and session duration. No advertising identifiers, no remarketing, no third-party ad cookies are configured. GA4 sets first-party cookies (_ga, _ga_*) in your browser; see the Cookies section below.

No other tracking. No advertising pixels, no fingerprinting, no third-party trackers beyond GA4. The site is ad-free and does not sell or share data.

• Vercel — hosting, edge network, build pipeline. Standard request logs.
• Neon — Postgres database for venue and content data.
• Resend — transactional email delivery for contact form submissions.
• Google Analytics 4 — sitewide page-view and engagement analytics. Tracking ID: G-567PLZQTE2. No advertising integrations; no remarketing audiences configured.
• Google Maps Platform — only on the /map page. Google's JavaScript runs in your browser to render the map; subject to Google's privacy policy.
• Yelp — venue listing data, ratings, and hero images are sourced from Yelp. Yelp's CDN delivers the images but does not receive your IP address from this site beyond what is required for the browser to fetch each image.
• Bing Webmaster Tools — site verification meta tag is present in the page HTML; no scripts run.

The first-party cookies set by this site are:

• Admin session cookie — used by the admin login flow at /admin. Only present after a successful admin login. Visitors who don't log in to admin never receive this cookie.

Google Analytics 4 sets the following first-party analytics cookies:

• _ga — identifies a unique browser. Two-year expiry by default.
• _ga_G-567PLZQTE2 — GA4 session state. Two-year expiry by default.

Google Maps (on the /map page only) may set its own cookies governed by Google's privacy policy. No advertising or remarketing cookies are configured anywhere on the site.

You can opt out of Google Analytics via the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on or by enabling Do Not Track / Global Privacy Control in your browser.

This site is about happy hour — discounted alcoholic-beverage service for adults — and is not directed to children under 13. No information is knowingly collected from children. If you believe a child has submitted information through the contact form, contact us via the form (with your own adult contact info) and the message will be deleted promptly.

Contact form messages are retained for as long as is reasonably needed to respond — typically a few days to a few weeks. Messages that have been responded to and require no further follow-up are deleted on a rolling basis. There is no automated long-term archive.

Server logs are retained per Vercel’s standard retention period (typically 30 days for log data).

You can request that any message you've sent through the contact form be deleted at any time — just reply to the original thread or send a new message via the contact form asking for deletion. If you don't have a record of your original submission, sending an email address that matches one used in a previous submission is enough to identify the records.

Residents of California (CCPA), the EU (GDPR), and other jurisdictions with similar laws have the right to request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information. All such requests can be sent through the contact form.

This policy may be updated occasionally — for example, when a new third-party service is added or removed, or when applicable laws change. Material changes will be reflected by an updated last-modified date on this page. The current canonical version always lives at this URL.