Data Protection and Privacy Policy
Policy Updated June 8, 2022
Here at Cookmin we value and protect your privacy.
This policy explains when and why we collect information about you, how we use it, the conditions under which we may disclose it to others and how we keep it secure.
We may change this Policy from time to time so please check this page occasionally to ensure that you’re happy with any changes. By using our website, you’re agreeing to be bound by this Policy.
Any questions regarding this Policy and our privacy practices should be sent by email to [email protected].
Who are we?
Cookmin is an online recipe website founded in 2019. We share recipes for you and your family. We are based in the United States.
How we Collect Information About You
Information is collected via log files, cookies, leaving comments on the site or by subscribing to our newsletter.
What Information Do We Collect About You
We collect information on your name, email address, website (only if you leave this in a comment), IP address and the pages that you visited and when you visited them on the site.
How and Why we Track your Visit
Like most websites around the world we use Google Analytics (GA) to process information about the number of visitors on our site and their behavior.
We use this information to record the number of people using Cookmin and to better understand where you discover our site (from social media, google or another site) and how you use it as well as to see how people move throughout the site.
GA records your approximate location down to town level, the type device you are using e.g. Mobile or Table, Name of device e.g. iPad or Samsung Galaxy, etc…, operating system e.g. Windows 10 or iOS and browser e.g. Firefox or Chrome. None of this data can be used to identify you.
Google does record your IP address, however, we don’t have access to this information and GA modifies it so that you your specific location can not be identified.
Google Analytics Demographics
We are committed to ensuring that our website contains content that is valuable and useful to our readers. To help us with this we have implemented the Google Analytics demographics and interest reporting features on our website. These tools allow us to review anonymous data regarding the gender, age and interests of website visitors and adapt our website content to better reflect their needs. Although this information is collected through your Google ad settings, it is not provided to us in a personally-identifiable format. This means we cannot identify what information is about you, and we will not try to figure it out.
You can opt-out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customize Google Display Network ads using the Google Ad settings or through the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
To do this Google Analytics uses a “cookie” on your machine. Read more about Cookies below.
Leaving a Comment on our Site
Here at Cookmin we love hearing if you have tried a recipe, had success using one of our ideas, would like to share an idea with others, and/or found the information useful. We do this by giving you the option of leaving a comment. To leave a comment you may leave it anonymously or leave a name, email address, website and comment. We only use this information to identify you as the comment maker and do not pass this on to any third party. Your email address will never be shown in the comment section of the site. Your details will remain in the database unless we remove it or the article is removed from the site.
You may request that we delete the comment and remove you details at any time. Please email us at [email protected] to ask for a comment to be removed.
If you are under 16 you must obtain your parents permission before leaving a comment.
IMPORTANT: In your comment you should avoid leaving information of a personal nature and it is recommended that you do this on any website you comment on.
Subscriber Newsletter
If you choose to join one of our regular newsletters via a sign up on Cookmin, your email address is required so that you can be sent the emails. We also ask for your First Name (although this isn’t required) so that we may address you personal in our weekly email.
Your data is collected and then passed to our Email Service Provider. You may unsubscribe at any time from our newsletters using the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the email or you can email us at [email protected] and ask that you be removed. Please make sure that you are using the same email address as you receive the emails from to do this.
Within the Email Service Provider we use tags to track the pages that you visit and actions that you take within the emails so that we can provide a more personalized email service to you.
We send emails 1 -3 times a week and with our tracking try and make these as relevant to you as possible. From time to time we may include promotions for products.
Details that we hold including your name, email address and where you have visited will never be passed onto a Third Party.
Advertising
Cookmin currently does not run any advertising platform at all, enjoy!
Cookies
Cookies are little pieces of code that we use to track your use of our site and provide the best possible experience for you.
Specifically we use them for
- Our commenting system so that you don’t have to always enter you details
- Collect data as part of Google Analytics so that we can see who has visited our website
You can chose to disable or selectively turn off our cookies or third-party cookies in your browser settings, or by managing preferences in your browser.
However, this can affect how you are able to interact with our site as well as other websites. This could include the inability to login to services or programs, such as logging into forums or accounts.
If you are Under 16
Please obtain your parents permission before entering any personal information on Cookmin. We are concerned with your privacy as much as an adult’s privacy.
When we may Transfer your Personal Data
We will not transfer your personal data unless we are under legal obligation to do so.
If you wish to be Removed from our Data
At any point you may ask that we remove your information from our systems. Please contact [email protected] with your requirements and we will do so within a month.
The same applies for what information we hold about you and can be identified as being about you.