Privacy Policy

Effective Date: [Insert Date]

At [Your Website Name], we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and safeguard your data when you visit any of our recipe websites.

1. Who We Are

This website is part of our recipe site network, focused on sharing simple, delicious meals. Our website address is: [yourdomain.com].

2. Information We Collect

Comments:
When you leave a comment, we collect the data shown in the form, your IP address, and browser user agent to help detect spam. If you use Gravatar, an anonymized hash of your email may be sent to check for an associated profile.

Media Uploads:
If you upload images, avoid including location data (EXIF GPS), as other visitors can download and extract that info.

Cookies:

Leaving a comment allows your name, email, and site info to be saved in cookies for future convenience (lasts 1 year).
Visiting our login page sets a temporary cookie to see if your browser accepts cookies.
Logging in sets additional cookies to store your login and display preferences.
Editing or publishing a post may set a cookie with the article ID (expires in 1 day).

3. Embedded Content

Our posts may include embedded content (e.g. YouTube videos, Instagram posts, or external articles). These behave like you visited the source website, which may collect data and track your interaction.

4. How We Use Your Data

We use your data to:

Improve website functionality
Respond to comments
Prevent spam and abuse
Analyze traffic and performance

5. How Long We Keep Data

Comments and their metadata are kept indefinitely.
If you register, your personal info is stored in your user profile. You can view, edit, or delete this data anytime (except your username). Website admins can also view and manage this data.

6. Your Rights

You can request to:

Access the personal data we hold about you
Receive a copy of your data
Request deletion of your data (excluding info we need for legal/admin/security purposes)