Privacy policy

Local Meat is built around a simple privacy posture: we don't need your health data, we don't capture it, and we don't want it. We earn affiliate commissions when readers click through to clinics we list on clinical-track pages. That's the entire business model.

What we do NOT collect

• We do not collect your medical history, diagnoses, prescriptions, or any health information.
• We do not store your eligibility-quiz answers — the quiz runs entirely in your browser session and produces a recommendation; nothing is sent to our servers.
• We do not pass any identifying or health information to the clinics we link to. When you click an outbound link, you go directly to the clinic — your relationship with them is theirs alone.
• We do not sell, rent, or trade any data we collect.
• We do not track you across other websites.

What we DO collect

Three narrow categories, each used only for the purpose listed:

• Anonymous analytics — aggregate page views, device type, and country/region via Google Analytics 4. Only collected when you grant cookie consent. We use this to understand which articles are working, not to identify you. You can decline cookies via the consent banner at any time.
• Newsletter email (optional) — if you subscribe to our monthly drop, we store your email address in our database and sync it to Klaviyo for delivery. Used only to send you the newsletter. Unsubscribe in one click from any email; we delete the record on request.
• Anonymous click tracking — when you click an outbound link to a clinic, we record which clinic was clicked, from which page, and a timestamp. We do not record your identity, IP address, or any other personal identifier. This data is used solely to compute earnings-per-click and refine our editorial ranking.

Reader trust votes

When you tell us whether an offer was still active (the “reader-verified” score on our pages), we hash your IP address as a duplicate-prevention key and discard the original IP. We do not retain raw IP addresses or correlate trust votes with any other identifier.

No sharing with manufacturers or providers

Outbound clicks flow through our local /api/track/external logger. The only thing we log is a click event and the destination URL. We do not append any user identifier to the outbound URL. The clinic you land on receives the same information they would receive from any direct visitor.

Children

Local Meat is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 13. If you believe we have, email privacy@localmeat.org and we will delete the record.

Your rights

Email privacy@localmeat.org to:

• Request a copy of any data we have associated with your email address (newsletter only)
• Correct an email address
• Delete your record entirely
• Opt out of any future processing

We honor opt-out and erasure requests under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA / CPRA), the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and other applicable regimes. Because we hold so little data per person, most requests complete in minutes.

Cookies

We use Google Analytics 4 (with Consent Mode v2) only when you grant cookie consent. We use Meta Pixel solely for paid-traffic attribution on campaigns we run, not for any cross-site tracking.

Updates

We may update this policy when our practices change. The “Last updated” date below reflects the most recent change. Material changes will be flagged at the top of this page for at least 30 days.

Last updated: 2026-05-08 · Affiliate disclosure · Terms of service