At Epicurious Recipes, we value our users’ privacy and are committed to protecting their personal information. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect the information that we receive from our users when they visit our website or use our mobile app.
Information Collection and Use:
We collect personal information from our users when they register for an account, submit a recipe or review, or make a purchase through our website or mobile app. The personal information that we collect may include names, email addresses, postal addresses, and payment information.
We use this information to provide our users with personalized content, to process their transactions, to communicate with them about our services, and to improve our website and mobile app. We may also use this information to send our users promotional emails or other marketing materials, but users may opt-out of receiving these communications at any time.
We may also collect non-personal information about our users, such as their IP addresses, browser types, and operating systems. This information is used to analyze trends, to administer our website and mobile app, and to gather demographic information about our user base.
Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies:
We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve our users’ experience on our website and mobile app. Cookies are small text files that are stored on a user’s computer or mobile device when they visit our website or use our mobile app. These cookies allow us to remember user preferences, to personalize content and advertisements, and to track user behavior on our website and mobile app.
Users may choose to disable cookies through their browser settings, but this may limit their ability to use certain features of our website and mobile app.
Third-Party Services:
We may use third-party services, such as Google Analytics, to analyze user behavior on our website and mobile app. These services may collect non-personal information about our users, such as their IP addresses, browser types, and operating systems.
We may also use third-party services to process payments or to provide customer support. These services may collect personal information from our users, but they are required to comply with our Privacy Policy and to use this information only for the purposes of providing their services to us.
Information Security:
We take reasonable measures to protect our users’ personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, or misuse. We use secure servers and encryption technologies to protect this information, and we restrict access to this information to authorized personnel only.
However, no data transmission over the internet or other network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee the security of any information that our users transmit to us, and users do so at their own risk.
Akismet
We collect information about visitors who comment on Sites that use our Akismet anti-spam service. The information we collect depends on how the User sets up Akismet for the Site, but typically includes the commenter’s IP address, user agent, referrer, and Site URL (along with other information directly provided by the commenter such as their name, username, email address, and the comment itself).
Changes to This Privacy Policy:
We reserve the right to modify or update this Privacy Policy at any time, without prior notice. Users are encouraged to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed of any changes. By using our website or mobile app, users agree to be bound by the terms of this Privacy Policy.
Contact Us:
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our practices regarding personal information, please contact us at privacy@epicuriousrecipes.com. We will do our best to address your concerns in a timely and effective manner.