Privacy Policy

YepPlant doesn't ask you to sign up, and its planner works out your planting windows in your browser. It uses Google Analytics to count visits and how often the planner is used. This page explains what information is handled when you visit and who is responsible for it.

Who is responsible

YepPlant is run by Masaaki Morishita, who decides how the information described on this page is used. For questions about it, email hello@yepplant.com.

What you enter

The planner and the ZIP code field on each crop page run in your browser. They don't send what you enter or choose (your ZIP code, risk level, crops, year, and whether you start seeds indoors) to a server, and YepPlant doesn't save them. To work out the results, your browser downloads YepPlant's data for the state or states that the first three digits of your ZIP code fall in, so the request shows which states' data was loaded, but not your ZIP code. Google Analytics does record the state each result is for, as described under Visit statistics below.

So you can share your plan, the planner adds your ZIP code, risk level, crops, year, and whether you start seeds indoors to the page's address (the part after the ?). The ZIP code fields on the home page and each state page, and the planner link on each crop page, open the planner with your ZIP code in its address. Anyone you share the address with can see them, and your browser may keep the address in its history. When you open or reload an address that holds them, or go from that page to another YepPlant page (as the address of the page you came from), Cloudflare, which hosts the site, receives the full address and may record it in its logs. Google Analytics receives the address without that part.

Visit statistics

YepPlant uses Google Analytics 4, a service from Google, to see which pages are visited and how often the planner is used. It sets two cookies on this site for up to two years: _ga holds a random identifier for your browser, so that repeat visits can be counted, and _ga_ followed by an ID keeps track of your current visit.

It records information such as the page you visit, the site that linked to it, your approximate location (country, region, and city, worked out from your IP address), your browser and its language, your operating system, device type, and screen size, the time of your visit, whether you scroll to the bottom of a page, and the links you follow to other sites, including their addresses. When the planner or a crop page shows planting windows, it records which page they're on (and, on a crop page, which crop) and the state they're for. When you use the planner's print button, download its calendar file, or use Copy link, it records which one you used and the state, but not the address you copied. It doesn't record your ZIP code, the weather station, or the risk level, crops, or year you choose. Google Analytics doesn't log or store IP addresses.

To stop Google Analytics from collecting data in your browser, install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. See Google's privacy policy and how Google uses information from sites that use its services for how Google handles this information.

Hosting

YepPlant is hosted on Cloudflare. To deliver pages, report pages that fail to load, and protect the site from attacks, Cloudflare processes technical information about each request, such as your IP address, your browser, and the address requested. If Cloudflare needs to check that a visitor isn't a bot, it may set a cookie for that check. See Cloudflare's privacy policy for how it handles this information.

Advertising

YepPlant doesn't show ads and doesn't use advertising cookies.

Email

If you email hello@yepplant.com, Cloudflare Email Routing forwards the message to the operator's inbox. Your email address and message are used only to read and act on what you sent. They aren't sold or used for marketing.

Children

YepPlant isn't directed at children under 13 and doesn't knowingly collect personal information from them.

Your requests

To ask what information about you YepPlant holds, or to have it corrected or deleted, email hello@yepplant.com.

Changes to this policy

When YepPlant starts or stops using a service that handles your information, including ads, this page is updated at the same time, and the date at the top changes.