Who we are:
Our website address is: https://aroundgrandmastable.com
Effective Date: 1/4/2024
Welcome to AroundGrandmasTable.com, a food blog that celebrates the joy of cooking and sharing recipes. This Privacy Policy is designed to inform you about how we collect, use, disclose, and protect any personal information you may provide while using our website.
By accessing and using AroundGrandmasTable.com, you agree to the terms outlined in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with these terms, please refrain from using our website.
1. Information We Collect:
1.1 Personal Information:
When you visit AroundGrandmasTable.com, we may collect the following personal information:
- Name: We may collect your name if you voluntarily provide it, for example, when leaving comments or interacting with our community.
- Email Address: Your email address may be collected when you subscribe to our newsletter or contact us through forms on the website.
- Other Information: Any additional information you choose to provide voluntarily, such as cooking preferences or family traditions, may also be collected.
1.2 Non-Personal Information:
In addition to personal information, we automatically collect certain non-personal information to enhance your user experience:
- Browser Type: We may collect information about the browser you are using to access our website.
- Operating System: Information about your operating system may be collected for analytical purposes.
- IP Address: We may collect your IP address to monitor and enhance the security and performance of our website.
2. How We Use Your Information:
2.1 Personal Information:
We use the personal information collected for the following purposes:
- Service Provision: To provide you with the services you have requested, such as responding to your comments or inquiries.
- Communication: To engage with you about our recipes, cooking tips, and other relevant content.
2.2 Non-Personal Information:
Non-personal information is used for:
- Statistical Analysis: Analyzing trends and patterns to improve the overall user experience.
- Website Improvement: Understanding how users interact with our website to make necessary improvements.
- Security: Ensuring the security and stability of AroundGrandmasTable.com by monitoring IP addresses and user activities.
3. Cookies and Similar Technologies:
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
- Enhanced Experience: Cookies help personalize your experience by remembering your preferences.
- Analytics: Cookies aid in gathering data for statistical analysis and website improvement.
If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select "Remember Me", your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
4. Third-Party Links:
While navigating AroundGrandmasTable.com, you may encounter links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these external sites. We encourage you to review their privacy policies before providing any personal information.
5. Newsletter:
If you subscribe to our newsletter, we use your email address to:
- Send you updates about our latest recipes, cooking events, and relevant information.
You can unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time by following the instructions provided in each newsletter.
6. Security:
We employ reasonable security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. However, it's important to note that no data transmission over the internet is 100% secure.
7. Children's Privacy:
AroundGrandmasTable.com is not directed at individuals under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect or store personal information from children.
8. Changes to this Privacy Policy:
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically, and any changes will be reflected on this page. The effective date will be updated accordingly.
9. Contact Information:
By using AroundGrandmasTable.com, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to this Privacy Policy.
10. Comments:
When visitors leave comments on AroundGrandmasTable.com, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
11. Embedded content from other websites:
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
12. Media:
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
13. Who we share your data with:
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
14. How long we retain your data:
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
15. What rights you have over your data:
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.