Queen Bee Mixology Privacy Policy

Last Updated: May 18, 2026

This Privacy Policy applies to the Queen Bee Mixology website, queenbeemixology.com, and the Queen Bee Cocktails mobile app, created and operated by Queen Bee Mixology.

This Privacy Policy explains how Queen Bee Mixology collects, uses, stores, shares, and protects information when you use our website, mobile app, landing pages, email forms, recipe tools, affiliate links, advertisements, or related services.

By using Queen Bee Mixology or Queen Bee Cocktails, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We May Collect

Queen Bee Mixology and Queen Bee Cocktails are designed to help users explore cocktail recipes, learn mixology skills, build custom cocktails, organize a home bar, save favorites, and access curated product recommendations.

Depending on how you use our website or app, we may collect the following types of information.

1.1 Information You Provide Directly

This may include:

Your name and email address if you subscribe to emails, join a waitlist, request support, submit a form, or sign up for updates.
Cocktail preferences you enter into the Queen Bee Cocktails recipe builder, such as spirit, flavor profile, occasion, serving style, ingredient restrictions, and ingredients you have on hand.
Saved recipes, favorite recipes, and recipe notes.
Home bar inventory selections, including tools, glassware, spirits, mixers, ingredients, garnishes, and bar accessories you check off.
Feedback, support requests, survey responses, contest entries, or other messages you send to us.

1.2 Information Collected Automatically

We may collect limited technical and usage information to help operate and improve our website and app, such as:

Device type, browser type, operating system, app version, and general usage activity.
IP address, pages visited, features used, links clicked, and actions taken.
Crash reports, diagnostics, and performance data.
General analytics about how users interact with our website and app.

1.3 Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our website may use cookies, pixels, web beacons, tags, or similar technologies to understand website activity, improve user experience, analyze performance, support advertising, and support affiliate tracking.

A cookie is a small text file stored on your device that allows a website to remember information about your browsing activity. First-party cookies are created by the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies may be created by a domain other than the website you are visiting, including advertising, analytics, affiliate, and other technology providers.

You can control cookies through your browser settings. You may be able to block cookies, delete cookies, or receive a notification when cookies are being used.

1.4 Affiliate and Shopping Link Activity

Queen Bee Mixology and Queen Bee Cocktails may include affiliate or partner links to products or retailers, including bar tools, glassware, cocktail accessories, ingredients, and alcohol retailers where legally available.

If you tap or click a shopping link, the third-party retailer or affiliate platform may collect information according to its own privacy policy.

Queen Bee Mixology may earn a commission or benefit when you shop through certain links.

2. How We Use Information

We may use information to:

Provide and personalize website and app features.
Build, recommend, or save cocktail recipes.
Save favorite recipes and home bar inventory selections.
Send newsletters, updates, waitlist notices, or promotional emails if you choose to receive them.
Respond to customer support requests.
Improve recipe builder logic, app features, website performance, and user experience.
Understand which content, products, and features are useful to users.
Maintain security and troubleshoot technical issues.
Provide affiliate shopping links and related disclosures.
Serve, personalize, measure, and improve advertising on the website.
Comply with legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, App Store, or platform requirements.

We do not sell your personal information.

3. Queen Bee Cocktails Recipe Builder and App Preferences

The Queen Bee Cocktails app may use your selections to generate or recommend cocktail recipes. This may include information such as:

Selected spirit
Flavor profile
Occasion or holiday
Complexity level
Serving style
Ingredient restrictions
Ingredients you already have
Favorite or saved recipes
Home bar inventory selections

This information is used to provide app functionality and improve your cocktail-building experience.

4. Alcohol-Related Content

Queen Bee Mixology and Queen Bee Cocktails include cocktail recipes, spirits education, and home bartending guidance. This content is intended for users who are of legal drinking age in their location.

Please enjoy responsibly. Do not drink and drive. Queen Bee Mixology and Queen Bee Cocktails are for educational and entertainment purposes and do not encourage excessive alcohol consumption.

Alcohol-related shopping links, when included, are intended only for users of legal drinking age. Purchases are handled by third-party retailers and may be subject to age verification, shipping restrictions, and local laws.

5. Affiliate Links and Third-Party Websites

Our website and app may link to third-party websites, retailers, affiliate programs, or partner platforms, including but not limited to Amazon, alcohol retailers, product retailers, email platforms, analytics providers, advertising partners, or other service providers.

When you click or tap a third-party link, you leave Queen Bee Mixology or Queen Bee Cocktails and are subject to that third party’s terms, privacy policy, and data practices.

Queen Bee Mixology is not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or actions of third-party websites.

As an Amazon Associate, Queen Bee Mixology may earn from qualifying purchases.

6. Third-Party Services

We may use third-party services to support website and app functionality, analytics, hosting, email communication, affiliate tracking, advertising, crash reporting, customer support, or payment/subscription features if added in the future.

These providers may process information on our behalf only as needed to provide their services.

Examples of third-party services may include:

Website hosting providers
App hosting or backend service providers
Analytics providers
Email marketing or waitlist tools
Affiliate platforms
Advertising partners
Crash reporting or diagnostics tools
Payment or subscription platforms if added in the future

This list may change as our website, app, and services develop.

7. Mediavine Programmatic Advertising

The Queen Bee Mixology website may work with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the website.

Mediavine may serve content and advertisements when you visit the website. These advertisements may use cookies and similar technologies to collect information about your browsing activity in order to provide personalized advertising.

Mediavine may collect information such as your IP address, operating system, device type, browser type, pages visited, referring pages, date and time of visit, and other information about your interaction with the website and advertisements.

Mediavine and its advertising partners may use cookies, pixels, tags, and other technologies to collect information about browsing activity on this website and other websites in order to provide advertisements that may be more relevant to your interests.

Mediavine may also work with third-party advertising partners who may collect or receive certain information from your browser or device, including cookies, mobile advertising identifiers, IP address, hashed email address where applicable, browser type, operating system, device information, general location information, traffic data, referral data, and information about your interaction with ads.

This information may be used to:

Serve advertisements on the website.
Personalize advertising based on your interests.
Measure advertising performance.
Limit the number of times you see an advertisement.
Understand how users interact with advertisements.
Detect and prevent fraud or security issues.
Improve advertising services.

You can control cookies through your browser settings. You may also be able to opt out of certain interest-based advertising through industry opt-out tools, including the Digital Advertising Alliance, Network Advertising Initiative, or AppChoices where available.

Disabling cookies may affect your browsing experience and may not stop all advertisements from appearing. You may still see non-personalized advertisements.

8. Information Sharing

We may share information with:

Service providers and vendors who help us operate our website, app, email services, analytics, hosting, affiliate links, advertising, customer support, or technical systems.
Advertising and analytics partners, including Mediavine and related advertising partners, for website advertising and performance measurement.
Affiliate and business partners when needed to support affiliate links, promotions, or product recommendations.
Legal authorities, regulators, or other parties when required to comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal process, or enforceable government requests.
Successors or assigns if Queen Bee Mixology is involved in a merger, acquisition, sale, reorganization, or transfer of assets.

We do not sell your personal information.

9. Data Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards to help protect information from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, disclosure, or alteration.

No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.

10. Data Retention

We keep information only as long as reasonably necessary to provide our website, app, and services; support users; comply with legal obligations; resolve disputes; enforce agreements; and improve our offerings.

Saved recipes, favorites, and home bar inventory selections may remain available in the Queen Bee Cocktails app until you delete them, uninstall the app, or request deletion where applicable.

11. Your Choices

Depending on how you use Queen Bee Mixology and Queen Bee Cocktails, you may be able to:

Unsubscribe from marketing emails using the unsubscribe link in the email.
Disable or manage cookies through your browser settings.
Delete saved recipes or favorites in the app.
Update or remove home bar inventory selections.
Request access, correction, or deletion of personal information by contacting us.

To make a privacy request, contact:

qbmixology@vmgstudios.com

12. Children’s Privacy

Queen Bee Mixology and Queen Bee Cocktails are not intended for children or users under the legal drinking age in their location.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided personal information, please contact us so we can take appropriate action.

13. International Users

Queen Bee Mixology is based in the United States. If you access our website or app from outside the United States, your information may be processed in the United States or other locations where our service providers operate.

By using Queen Bee Mixology or Queen Bee Cocktails, you understand that your information may be transferred to and processed in locations outside your country of residence.

14. California and Other Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including the right to request access, correction, deletion, or information about how your data is used.

To submit a request, contact:

qbmixology@vmgstudios.com

15. Updates to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, services, app features, third-party providers, advertising partners, affiliate programs, or legal requirements.

If we make material changes, we will update the “Last Updated” date above and may provide additional notice where required.

Your continued use of Queen Bee Mixology or Queen Bee Cocktails after an update means you accept the revised Privacy Policy.

16. Responsible Use & Educational Disclaimer

Queen Bee Cocktails includes cocktail recipes, spirits education, home bartending guidance, and optional links to third-party retailers. The app is intended for users who are of legal drinking age in their location.

Queen Bee Cocktails is provided for educational, informational, and entertainment purposes only. The app is designed to help users learn about cocktail balance, ingredients, techniques, recipe building, and responsible home entertaining.

Queen Bee Cocktails does not encourage underage drinking, excessive alcohol consumption, unsafe alcohol use, or drinking and driving. Users are responsible for following all local laws related to alcohol purchase, possession, preparation, and consumption.

Any alcohol-related shopping links are provided as optional third-party resources. Purchases, age verification, product availability, shipping, and legal eligibility are handled by the third-party retailer.

Please enjoy responsibly. Never drink and drive.

17. Contact Us

For questions about this Privacy Policy or how Queen Bee Mixology handles personal information, contact:

Queen Bee Mixology
Email: qbmixology@vmgstudios.com
Website: www.queenbeemixology.com