Last updated: December 12th, 2023
Give Recipe is owned by Give Recipe Ltd, United Kingdom.
Give Recipe found at https://www.giverecipe.com/ (“Website”) is governed by the following privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”).
As the owner of this website www.giverecipe.com, we understand that your privacy is of critical importance. This Privacy Policy describes what information we collect from you via the Site and how we use and disclose such information.
DATA COLLECTION AND USAGE ON OUR WEBSITE
Data Provided by You Voluntarily
When you interact with our website, we might collect personal information that you choose to share with us. This can include your name and email address, which you might provide while posting comments, signing up for our newsletter, or filling out a contact form.
Automatically Gathered Data
While you navigate through our website, we automatically gather specific details about your visit. This includes your IP address, the type of operating system and browser you are using, the website that referred you to us, the pages you view on our site, and the times and dates of your visits. We also track your interactions on our website, like the links you click on.
Use of Cookies
Our website employs cookies – small text files stored on your browser – to enhance your experience. These cookies can be of two types: session cookies, which are temporary and disappear when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which remain until you or your browser delete them. These cookies help us tailor your experience on our website to your preferences and browsing habits.
HOW YOUR INFORMATION MAY BE USED
We may use the information collected in the following ways:
To operate and maintain the Website;
To create your account, identify you as a user of the Website, and customize the Website for your account;
To send you promotional information, such as newsletters. Each email promotion will provide information on how to opt-out of future mailings;
To send you administrative communications, such as administrative emails, confirmation emails, technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts;
To respond to your comments or inquiries;
To provide you with user support;
To track and measure advertising on the Website;
To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.
THIRD-PARTY USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorize us to share your information.
Additionally, the Website may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the Website. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies.
The Website currently uses the following third-party service providers:
Google Analytics – this service tracks Website usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the Website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is captured by Google Analytics.
MailerLite – this service is used for the delivery of downloads, newsletters and other emails (such as updates, giveaways and offers). We store your name and email address for purposes of delivering such communications. Please refer to MailerLite’s privacy policy for further information. You can unsubscribe at any time through the link provided in each email.
Your personal information remains confidential and is not disclosed to any third-party applications. We are committed to not selling, distributing, or releasing your email addresses or any other personal information without your explicit consent, except in instances mandated by legal requirements.
ANONYMOUS DATA
Occasionally, we may use anonymous data, which cannot be linked to you specifically, either on its own or when aggregated with information from other sources. This non-personal data may be shared with third parties for purposes such as marketing, advertising, or other applications. Such data could include generalized analytics or information derived from cookies, which do not reveal your identity.
PUBLICLY VISIBLE INFORMATION
Whenever you post a comment on our Website, your name, comment, and any web address you provide will be publicly accessible. However, while we do collect your email address and IP address for internal use, these details are strictly confidential and will not be disclosed publicly. The information you submit in your comments may be retained indefinitely on our platform. Additionally, to maintain the integrity of our website, we screen visitor comments using an automated service designed to detect spam.
COOKIES
The Website uses cookies to store visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same banner ads, customize Website content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends. Cookies may also be used by third-party services, such as Google Analytics, as described herein.
Users may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies, by the Website, by using a corresponding setting of your internet browser and may thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies may be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all popular Internet browsers. However, if users deactivate the setting of cookies in your Internet browser, not all functions of our Website may be entirely usable.
ADVERTISING
This Site is affiliated with CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a Raptive (“Raptive”) for the purposes of placing advertising on the Site, and Raptive will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes. To learn more about Raptive’s data usage, click here: https://raptive.com/creator-advertising-privacy-statement.
Display Ads
We may use third-party advertising companies to serve content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use cookies, as noted above.
Retargeting Ads
From time to time, the Website may engage in remarketing efforts with third-party companies, such as Google, Facebook, or Instagram, in order to market the Website. These companies use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to the Website.
NEWSLETTERS
When you subscribe to our newsletter on the Website, be aware that it might be utilized for advertising purposes. Our newsletters often include tracking pixels. These pixels, embedded in the emails, enable us to analyze the effectiveness of our online marketing efforts. By using these pixels, we can determine if and when you open an email and which links you follow within it.
This information helps us tailor the content of future newsletters to better match your interests. Rest assured, this tracking data is for our use only and is not shared with any third parties.
RIGHTS RELATED TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Opt-out – You may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in our emails. You may also notify us via email to be removed from our mailing list.
Access – You may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request via email.
Amend – You may contact me via email to amend or update your personal information.
Forget – In certain situations, you may request that we erase or forget your personal data. To do so, please submit a request via email.
Please note that we may need to retain certain information for record keeping purposes or to complete transactions, or when required by law.
EMBEDDED CONTENT FROM EXTERNAL WEBSITES
Our articles may feature embedded content, such as videos, images, or articles, originating from other websites. This content functions just as if you were visiting those external websites directly.
Be aware that these external sites might gather information about you, employ cookies, incorporate further third-party tracking, and monitor your engagement with the embedded content. This includes noting your interactions with it if you have an account and are logged into those websites.
EXTERNAL WEBSITE LINKS
Our website, Give Recipe, includes links that lead to other external websites which you might find interesting. However, it's important to remember that once you use these links and leave our Website, we no longer have any control over these external sites.
Consequently, we cannot be held accountable for the safeguarding and confidentiality of any information you provide while visiting these sites, as they are not covered by our Privacy Policy. We advise you to exercise caution and review the privacy policies of these external websites for your own protection.
SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION
At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to the Website. This includes your social security number, information regarding race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information, criminal background, or trade union memberships. If you elect to submit such information to us, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.
CHILDREN’S INFORMATION
The Website does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 16. If a parent or guardian believes that the Website has personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 16 in its database, please contact us immediately via email and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA RESIDENTS
If you reside in a country in the European Economic Area (EEA), then under the GDPR and applicable data protection laws you have the rights, among other things, to access your personal data, have us erase it, and/or restrict its further processing. If you wish to access or delete your personal data (if any) maintained by us or Raptive related to advertising on the Site, you can contact us via email and contact Raptive at privacy@raptive.com. If you wish to see a list of the advertising partners we work with or change which of those partners track your behavior using cookies, click the ad preferences link at the bottom of the site. (Available in the EU.)
FOR CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS
Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), if you are a California resident, you have the right to inquire whether your personal information is being sold or disclosed to third parties. We assure you that we do not engage in selling your personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. Furthermore, there has been no history of selling your personal information. Additionally, California law provides you with the right to opt-out of any potential sales of your personal information.
CHANGES TO PRIVACY POLICY
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. The most recent version of the Privacy Policy will always be posted on the Site, with the "Effective Date" posted at the top of the Policy. We may revise and update this Privacy Policy if our practices change, as technology changes, or as we add new services or change existing ones. If we make any material changes to our Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal information, or we are going to use any personal information in a manner that is materially different from that stated in our Privacy Policy at the time we collected such information, we will give you a reasonable opportunity to consent to the change. If you do not consent, your personal information will be used as agreed to under the terms of the privacy policy in effect at the time we obtained that information. By using our Site or services after the Effective Date, you are deemed to consent to our then-current privacy policy. We will use information previously obtained in accordance with the Privacy Policy in effect when the information was obtained from you.
CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, or the practices of this Site, please contact us via email.