This Privacy Policy governs your engagement with the Vera Recipes website, accessible at https://verarecipes.com (“Website”). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. This policy outlines how we collect, use, and secure your personal information, and your rights regarding that information. This policy is solely applicable to this Website and complies with relevant privacy regulations, including GDPR for EU users and CCPA for California residents.
Information We Collect and How It Is Used
Information You Voluntarily Submit
We may collect personal information from you, such as your name and email address, when you voluntarily submit information to the Website by:
- Leaving Comments: Providing feedback or participating in discussions.
- Subscribing to Newsletters: Signing up for updates and promotional materials.
- Filling Out Contact Forms: Reaching out to us with inquiries or requests.
- Creating User Profiles: Registering for an account, which may involve creating a username and password. Your password will be stored securely and not visible in our records.
Information We Collect from Others
We may receive information about you from other sources. If you link your social media accounts (Facebook, Instagram, Google) to your user profile, we will receive your name, email address, and profile picture associated with that account. This information is used to create and manage your user profile on our Website.
Automatically-Collected Information
We automatically collect certain information about you and the device with which you access the Website. For example, when you use the Website, we will log:
- IP Address: Helps us identify and troubleshoot issues.
- Operating System Type and Browser Type: Assists in improving website compatibility and user experience.
- Referring Website: Tracks how you found our Website.
- Pages You Viewed and Dates/Times of Access: Analyzes how users interact with our content.
- Actions Taken on the Website: Such as links clicked, which help us understand user behavior and preferences.
Cookies
We may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by the Website. Cookies help us:
- Personalize Your Experience: By remembering your preferences and settings.
- Analyze Website Traffic: Using tools like Google Analytics to track and report on user interactions.
- Advertise More Effectively: By showing you relevant ads based on your browsing history.
How Your Information May Be Used
We may use the information collected in the following ways:
- Operate and Maintain the Website: Ensuring it functions correctly and efficiently.
- Create and Manage Your Account: Identifying you as a user and customizing your experience.
- Send Promotional Information: Such as newsletters and marketing materials. You can opt-out at any time.
- Send Administrative Communications: Including confirmations, technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts.
- Respond to Comments or Inquiries: Providing customer support and addressing concerns.
- Track and Measure Advertising: Assessing the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns.
- Protect Against Unauthorized Activity: Investigating and deterring potential fraud or illegal activities.
GDPR Compliance
Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data
We process your personal data based on the following legal grounds:
- Consent: You have given clear consent for us to process your personal data for specific purposes.
- Contract: The processing is necessary for a contract you have with us, or because you have asked us to take specific steps before entering into a contract.
- Legal Obligation: The processing is necessary for us to comply with the law.
- Legitimate Interests: The processing is necessary for our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of a third party, provided your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
Your Rights Under GDPR
Under GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- Right to Access: You may request access to the personal data we have about you.
- Right to Rectification: You may request that we correct or update your personal data.
- Right to Erasure: You may request that we delete your personal data.
- Right to Restrict Processing: You may request that we restrict the processing of your personal data.
- Right to Data Portability: You may request that we transfer your personal data to another organization or directly to you.
- Right to Object: You may object to the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected].
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 uses third-party service providers to manage 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: Tracks Website usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the Website. Google Analytics Privacy Policy
- ConvertKit: Manages email updates and newsletters. We store your name and email address for the purposes of delivering such communications. ConvertKit Privacy Policy
- OneSignal: Sends push notifications through your web browser. OneSignal Privacy Policy
At this time, your personal information is not shared with any other third-party applications. This list may be updated from time to time at our discretion.
Except when required by law, we will not sell, distribute, or reveal your email addresses or other personal information without your consent. We may, however, disclose or transfer personal information collected through the Website to third parties who acquire all or a portion of our business, which may result from a merger, consolidation, or purchase of assets, or in connection with any bankruptcy or reorganization proceeding brought by or against us.
Anonymous Data
From time to time, we may use anonymized data, which does not identify you alone, or when combined with data from other parties. This type of anonymous data may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. Examples include analytics or information collected from cookies.
Publicly Visible Information
If you create a user profile or leave a comment on the Website, certain information may be publicly visible. To create a user profile, you must choose a username and password and input your email address for profile confirmation. Your email address will not be visible to the public. You may also add an avatar, a profile description, and a link to your website at your discretion. Users may see your username, avatar, profile description, and website information.
Cookies
The Website uses cookies to:
- Store Visitor Preferences: Customizing content based on visitors’ browser type or other information.
- Record User-Specific Information: Tracking what pages users access or visit.
- Ensure Non-Repetition of Ads: Preventing repetitive banner ads.
- Customize Website Content: Based on visitors’ browser type or other information sent.
Cookies may also be used by third-party services, such as Google Analytics, as described herein. Users can manage their cookie preferences through their browser settings, which allows the prevention or deletion of cookies.
Advertising
Display Ads
This Website is affiliated with CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a CafeMedia (“CafeMedia”) for the purposes of placing advertising on the Website, and CafeMedia will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes. To learn more about CafeMedia’s data usage, click here.
Retargeting Ads
From time to time, the Website may engage in remarketing efforts with third-party companies such as Google, Facebook, or Instagram, to market the Website. These companies use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to the Website.
Affiliate Program Participation
The Website may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the Website. 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.
Vera Recipes 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 linking to Amazon.com. As part of this Amazon Associates program, the Website will post customized links provided by Amazon to track referrals to their website. This program utilizes cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commission on these sales. Program Details
Newsletters
On the Website, you may subscribe to our newsletter, which may be used for advertising purposes. All newsletters sent may contain tracking pixels. The pixel is embedded in emails and allows an analysis of the success of online marketing campaigns. Because of these tracking pixels, we may see if and when you open an email and which links within the email you click. This enables the Website to adapt the content of future newsletters to the interests of the user. This behavior will not be passed on to 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 at [email protected] to be removed from our mailing list.
Access
You may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request to [email protected].
Amend
You may contact us at [email protected] 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 to [email protected].
Please note that we may need to retain certain information for record-keeping purposes or to complete transactions, or when required by law.
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 at [email protected] and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
Amendments to This Policy
This Privacy Policy is subject to modifications and was last updated on 07/15/2020. We encourage regular review to stay informed of changes. Significant changes will be notified through the Website or directly to users via email where feasible.
Contact Information
At any time, please contact us at [email protected] for questions related to this Privacy Policy.