What this site collects.

One cookie. When you dismiss the bottom-of-screen cookie band, this site stores a single value in your browser's localStorage (staple.cookie-band.seen) so the band doesn't reappear on your next visit. That value is one character long. It is never sent to a server. It is never shared with anyone.

No analytics. This site does not run Google Analytics. No third-party tag manager. No heatmaps. No session replay. No advertising pixels. If we add a privacy-respecting page-view counter in the future (Plausible or Fathom are the candidates), we will say so here and the counter will run server-side without setting cookies on your device.

No forms. The site has no contact form, no newsletter signup, no waitlist field. If you email cook@withstaple.com, the only thing we receive is the email you send and the address you sent it from. We don't add you to a list.

No fingerprinting. The site does not log your IP address, browser version, screen size, or referrer beyond the standard server-access logs the hosting provider keeps for fraud and abuse prevention. Those logs follow the provider's own retention schedule, typically a matter of days. The site itself never reads them.

Self-hosted fonts. The three typefaces this site uses (Cormorant Garamond, JetBrains Mono, Caveat) are downloaded once at build time and served from the same domain as the page itself. Your browser never makes a runtime request to Google's font CDN. This matters in Germany specifically, where the runtime variant of Google Fonts has been treated as a personal-data transfer requiring consent. The self-hosted variant doesn't.

The app is a separate thing. Staple, the app, runs on your device and syncs your household data through Staple's own servers. When you install the app and create a household, you agree to the in-app privacy policy, which is more detailed because the app handles real content (recipes you save, plans you make, lists you share). This site only governs withstaple.com.

Your rights. Under the GDPR you have a right to know what personal data is held about you, to ask for a copy, to correct it, to delete it, to restrict its processing, and to object. Practically, this site holds essentially nothing about you — there's no account, no profile, no analytics record. If you've written to cook@withstaple.com and want that thread removed, ask. It gets removed.

Children. This site isn't directed at children. The app, when it ships, will follow the local age-of-digital-consent threshold in the household-membership flow (16 in Germany; 13 in the United States). Children below that age can't create their own household, but they can absolutely help cook, plan, and write in one their parents created.

Questions. Email cook@withstaple.com. A real person reads it.