Who we are
Anya’s Cookbook is owner of this website, and our website address is: https://anyascookbook.com (anyascookbook.com is referred to as the “Site”). Your privacy is of the highest importance to us and we are committed to protecting your privacy and any personal information we collect.
What Information We Collect
- Information you voluntarily submit to the website: The Site may collect personal information from you such as your name and email address. For example, you may voluntarily submit information to the Site by leaving a comment, subscribing to a newsletter, or submitting a contact form.
- Information we collect from others: The Site may receive information about you from other sources. For example, if you use a third-party software through the Site, they may transfer information to us for fulfillment.
- Automatically collected information: The Site automatically collects certain information about you and the device with which you access the Site. For example, when you use the Site, the Site will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the Site. The Site may also collect information about actions you take when using the Site, such as links clicked.
Please see below for more details on how we collect information:
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about the Site using cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google analytics is a service that tracks Site usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the Site. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is captured by Google Analytics.
Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US
MailChimp
MailChimp is service used for delivery of email newsletters. MailChimp stores your name and email address for purposes of delivering such communications.
Affiliate Program Participation
The Site may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the Site. If you click on a link for an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions.
Anya’s Cookbook is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and links to Amazon.com. As an Amazon Associate, the Site earns from qualifying purchases. As part of this Amazon Associates program, the Site will post customized links, provided by Amazon, to track the referrals to their website. This program utilizes cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commission on these sales.
Contact Forms
When you submit a contact form on the Site, your name and email are captured upon submission. Information collected from contact form submissions is used only for the purposes of responding to inquiries and questions.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site 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.
Cookies
The Site may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by the Site. The Site may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalized experience on the Site.
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 have an account and you log in to this site, 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.
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.
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.
How We Use Your Information
- To Personalize Your Experience: Your Information helps us to better tailor the Site to your individual needs.
- To Improve Service Delivery and Quality of Your Experience Using the Site: We monitor and analyze traffic and use of the Site to determine which features and services are popular and useful to users. In this way, we can better tailor the content and services on the Site to better fit the user’s interests and needs.
- To Process Transactions: Your Information, whether public or private, will not be sold, exchanged, transferred, or given to any other company for any reason whatsoever, without your consent, other than for the express purpose of delivering the purchased product or service that was requested.
- To Send Emails: The email address you provide may be used to send periodic newsletters, emails, or information, respond to inquiries and/or other requests and questions. You may opt out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in our emails.
- Third-Party Use of Personal Information: The Site may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorize us to share your information. Additionally, the Site may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the Site. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies. Information about third-party usage is disclosed here.
- The Site may use other software to aid in processing and creation of contact forms. These service providers pass information directly to the Site and nothing is stored on a third-party server as a result.
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.
Embedded Content from Other Sites
Articles on this site may include embedded content, such as 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.
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.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Sensitive Personal Information
At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to the Site. 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
We do not knowingly collect any information from anyone under 16 years of age. We care about protecting children’s privacy and won’t knowingly allow anyone under 16 years of age to provide personally identifying information. Children who are under 16 should not provide any information about themselves on the internet, including names, email addresses, and phone numbers.
Contact Information
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the practices of this Site, please contact us at anya@anyascookbook.com