privacy

what glugluglug keeps, and what it doesn't. last updated 21 August 2026.

The short version: without an account, nothing leaves your phone. With one, we keep your cellar so it can sync and be shared — and nothing else. No analytics, no advertising, no tracking, no selling anything to anyone.

using it without an account

glugluglug works free with no account. Your cellars, bottles and tasting notes are stored only on your device. We can't see them, because they never reach us.

what we store when you have an account

Your account: the name and handle you choose, and your password (stored only as a salted hash — we can't read it). You may also give an email address: it is optional, we only use it to let you back in if you forget your password, and we don't send anything else to it. Leave it blank and we never have one.
Your cellar: cellars, bottles, quantities, who a bottle is split with, and your tasting notes.
Your people: friend connections and requests between accounts.
Label scans: when you scan a wine label — with the camera, or by choosing a photo you already took — that photo and the details read from it are stored so repeat scans are instant and free. Choosing a photo uses Apple's own picker, which hands us the one picture you pick; the app never gets your photo library.
Subscription status: whether glug plus is active, and Apple's anonymous transaction identifier. We never see your payment details — Apple handles that.

The email address is the only contact detail we ever ask for, and it's optional. We don't ask for your phone number, contacts, or location.

who else touches it

Anthropic — a scanned label photo is sent to Claude to read what's on it. Anthropic does not train models on it.
Hetzner — our servers and file storage, in Germany and Finland (EU/EEA).
Apple — handles subscriptions and payment.
Resend — sends the one email we ever send: the code that lets you set a new password when you've forgotten the old one. Only sent when you ask for it, and only if you gave us an address.

That's the entire list. Your data is not sold, rented, or shared with anyone else.

what other people see

People you add as friends can see the bottles and cellars you explicitly share with them, and your handle and name. Your tasting notes stay yours unless you turn that on in your profile. Someone can find you by handle so they can send a friend request — that's switchable too.

keeping and deleting

We keep your data while your account exists. Delete a cellar, bottle or note in the app and it's removed from our database. To delete your whole account and everything in it, email ken@np.lol from your account's handle and we'll erase it — no questions, within 30 days.

You can take your cellar with you any time: profile → export the cellar gives you a CSV of everything.

your rights

glugluglug is run from Norway and follows the GDPR. You can ask for a copy of your data, have it corrected, or have it deleted, by emailing ken@np.lol. The data controller is Ken Grønnbeck, Norway. If you think we've handled your data badly, you can complain to Datatilsynet, the Norwegian Data Protection Authority.

children

glugluglug is about wine and is not intended for anyone under the legal drinking age.

changes

If this policy changes in a way that matters, the app will say so before the change applies.