Privacy Policy

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At Gist Recipe ("we," "us," or "our"), accessible from https://gistrecipe.com, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by Gist Recipe and how we use it.

We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about our policy, or our practices with regards to your personal information, please contact us at .

We do NOT sell your personal information to third parties.

1. Information We Collect

Information You Provide to Us

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and services, when you participate in activities on the Website (such as posting comments or subscribing to our newsletter), or otherwise contacting us.

The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the Website, the choices you make, and the products and features you use. The personal information we collect can include the following:

  • Email Addresses: When you subscribe to our newsletter.
  • Names: If you choose to provide your name when commenting.
  • Content: Comments, reviews, recipes notes, or photos you upload.

Information Automatically Collected

We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the Website. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information, such as:

  • Log Data: IP address, browser type, device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location.
  • Usage Data: Information about how and when you use our Website, pages visited, time spent on pages, and other technical information.

This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Website, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.

2. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Like many businesses, we also use "cookies" and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to access or store information. Specific information about how we use such technologies and how you can refuse certain cookies is set out below.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google's privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

Advertising Partners

We may work with third-party advertising companies (such as Google AdSense, Mediavine, or AdThrive) to serve ads when you visit the Website. These companies may use information about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.

These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on Gist Recipe, which are sent directly to your browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs.

Note that Gist Recipe has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect or receive:

  • To facilitate account creation and logon process.
  • To send you marketing and promotional communications. We and/or our third-party marketing partners may use the personal information you send to us for our marketing purposes, if this is in accordance with your marketing preferences. You can opt-out of our marketing emails at any time.
  • To post testimonials or comments. We post content that may contain personal information. Prior to posting a testimonial, we will obtain your consent to use your name and testimonial.
  • To deliver targeted advertising to you. We may use your information to develop and display content and advertising (and work with third parties who do so) tailored to your interests and/or location and to measure its effectiveness.
  • To protect our Services. We may use your information as part of our efforts to keep our Website safe and secure (for example, for fraud monitoring and prevention).
  • To respond to legal requests and prevent harm. If we receive a subpoena or other legal request, we may need to inspect the data we hold to determine how to respond.

4. GDPR Data Protection Rights (European Economic Area)

We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you are entitled to the following:

  • The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
  • The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
  • The right to erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions (the "right to be forgotten").
  • The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to object to processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at .

5. CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)

Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), among other rights, California consumers have the right to:

  • Request that a business that collects a consumer's personal data disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data that a business has collected about consumers.
  • Request that a business delete any personal data about the consumer that a business has collected.
  • Request that a business that sells a consumer's personal data, not sell the consumer's personal data.

We do not sell personal information. However, if you would like to exercise any of these rights regarding your data, please contact us. If you make a request, we have 45 days to respond to you.

6. Children's Information

Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.

Gist Recipe does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

7. Data Security

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, please also remember that we cannot guarantee that the internet itself is 100% secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our Website is at your own risk.

You should only access the services within a secure environment.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

  • By email:
  • By visiting the contact page on our website: https://gistrecipe.com/page/contact/

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