Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how Bizon, LLC ("Bizon," "we," "us") collects, uses, and shares information when you use the Bizon Ag Tools website and tools (the "Service"). By using the Service you agree to this policy.

Using Bizon without an account

Many of our calculators work without signing up, and you can use them without telling us who you are. When you use the Service signed out:

• We do not ask for or collect your name, email address, or any other account information.
• What you type into a calculator is processed in your browser. We do not send it to us or store it on our servers, which is also why it cannot be saved: close the tab and it is gone.
• We store a small set of preferences in your browser's local storage (your theme, the persona filter, grid or list view, the "hide unavailable" setting, and hidden tools) so the site behaves consistently on your next visit. This stays on your device and is not an account.
• Our host and CDN process the technical data any website receives in order to serve a page (for example your IP address and browser type), and our analytics are cookieless and do not profile you or follow you across sites.

The sections below about accounts, profiles, saved work, sensors, billing, and teams apply only once you create an account.

Information we collect

If you create an account:

• Account information: your email address and password (passwords are handled by our authentication provider; we never see or store them in readable form).
• Profile details: optional nickname, organization, units, timezone, and ZIP code. Your ZIP powers location-aware tools (for example, climate zone and frost dates).
• Tool data you create: the inputs, settings, saved reports, systems/sites, and journal/log entries you enter into the tools.
• Device and sensor data: if you use Bizon sensors, the readings they send (such as temperature, humidity, leaf temperature, and VPD, with timestamps) and device identifiers, linked to your account.
• Payment information: if you subscribe, payments are processed by Stripe. We receive limited billing details (such as plan, status, and the last four digits of a card) but never your full card number.
• Communications: messages you send through our contact form.
• Notification settings: if you turn on push notifications, we store a push subscription for your browser or device so we can deliver alerts. You can turn this off at any time.
• Technical data: basic device/browser information and locally stored preferences (see "Cookies and local storage").

How we use information

• To provide, operate, and improve the Service and its tools.
• To create and secure your account and sync your saved work across devices.
• To process subscriptions and manage billing.
• To respond to your messages and send important account notices.
• To send the alerts you enable (by email or push notification) when a reading drifts out of the range you set.
• To generate location-based recommendations (for example, frost dates from your ZIP).

Service providers we share with

We do not sell your personal information. We share data only with vendors that help us run the Service, under their own terms and privacy policies:

• Google Firebase (authentication, database, hosting, and functions) stores your account, tool, and sensor data.
• Cloudflare provides content delivery and security, and privacy-friendly, cookieless website analytics.
• Stripe processes subscription payments.
• Web3Forms delivers contact-form messages and new-account notifications to our inbox.
• Your browser's or device's push service (such as Apple, Google, or Mozilla) delivers push notifications if you enable them.
• Zippopotam.us and Open-Meteo receive a ZIP code and/or approximate coordinates to look up location and climate history for frost-date features.

We may also disclose information if required by law or to protect our rights, users, or the public.

Team and organizational accounts

If you join an organization's team plan:

• The team owner can see your email address in their team roster, so they can manage who is on the team.
• Work you create while using a team seat (such as fertilizers and recipes) is associated with that team. If you are removed from the team, that team work is transferred to the team owner's account and removed from yours, as described in our Terms. Your own separate data, including anything created outside a team seat, stays with you.
• We show you these terms and ask you to agree when you accept a team invitation.

Cookies and local storage

We use only strictly necessary and functional storage: an authentication session to keep you signed in (only if you have an account), and browser local storage for preferences and caches (theme, persona filter, grid or list view, the "hide unavailable" setting, hidden tools, a welcome notice, and cached climate lookups). Signed-out visitors get the preference storage but not the session. All of it stays on your device, and you can clear it at any time through your browser's settings for this site. We do not use advertising or third-party tracking cookies.

Data retention and deletion

We keep your information while your account is active. You can delete your account at any time from your Profile, which removes your saved tool data and profile. Some records (for example, billing records held by Stripe) may be retained as required by law.

Security

We rely on reputable providers and reasonable safeguards to protect your data. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Children's privacy

The Service is not directed to children under 16, and we do not knowingly collect their personal information.

Your rights

California residents (CCPA/CPRA): you have the right to know what personal information we collect, to request deletion, and to not be discriminated against for exercising these rights. We do not sell or "share" personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.

EU/UK residents (GDPR/UK GDPR): our lawful bases are performance of our contract with you (providing the Service to account holders), your consent (where applicable), and our legitimate interests (operating and securing the Service, including serving pages to signed-out visitors and remembering the display preferences they choose). You have the right to access, correct, delete, restrict, or port your data, and to object to certain processing. You may also lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority.

To exercise these rights: you can export your data yourself at any time (any plan) and delete your account from your Profile, or reach us through the contact form for anything else.

If you use the Service without an account, there is nothing for us to show you or delete, because we hold no personal information about you. The preferences described above live in your browser, so clearing this site's data in your browser settings removes them.

International users

We operate in the United States, and our providers may process data in the U.S. and elsewhere. By using the Service you understand your information may be transferred to and processed in the United States.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. Material changes will be reflected by the "Last updated" date above, and continued use of the Service means you accept the updated policy.

Contact

Questions about privacy? Reach us through our contact form.