Your privacy is very important to us. At Cookery Nation we have a few fundamental principles that we follow:

• We don’t ask you for personal information unless we truly need it. Questions regarding income level or gender and the like really have no bearing on the cooking process – so we do not ask for it.
• We don’t share your personal information with anyone except to comply with the law, develop our products, or protect our rights.
• We don’t store personal information on our servers unless required for the on-going operation of our site for things like sending notifications and newsletters.

Visitors to the Site

Like most website operators, Cookery Nation collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. We use this information to better understand how Cookery Nation visitors use the website. From time to time, Cookery Nation may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

Users can completely block Google Analytics tracking using Google’s Analytics Opt-out browser add-on.

Cookery Nation also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for users leaving comments on our posts or requesting to receive updates and Newletters via email.

Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information

Certain visitors to Cookery Nation choose to interact with Cookery Nation in ways that require Cookery Nation to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Cookery Nation gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, for those who wish to receive Cookery Nation updates or Newsletters via email, we collect their first names and emails. In each case, Cookery Nation collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Cookery Nation. Cookery Nation does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities. This specifically applies to Recipe Favourites and Meal Planning.

Aggregated Statistics

Cookery Nation may collect statistics about the behaviour of visitors to the website. For instance, Cookery Nation may monitor the most popular pages on the cookerynation.com site or use spam screened by the Akismet service to help identify spam.

Subscription Services

Users of Cookery Nation may choose to subscribe to receive email notification or Newsletters. It is Cookery Nation policy to provide a clearly labelled link to allow users to Unsubscribe to future correspondence. This link is provided on all correspondence. If a users chooses to Unsubscribe, they will no longer receive any correspondence from Cookery Nation.

Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Cookery Nation uses cookies to help it identify and track visitors, their usage of the Cookery Nation website, and their website access preferences. Cookery Nation visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using the Cookery Nation website, with the drawback that certain features of Cookery Nation website may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

• Cookies allow repeat visitors to view their Favourited Recipes
• Cookies allow repeat visitors to view their past Meal Plans

If you would like to find out more about cookies you can visit http://www.aboutcookies.org.

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your Personally Identifiable Information.

Third-party links

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third-party products or services on our website. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

Google

Google’s advertising requirements can be summed up by Google’s Advertising Principles. They are put in place to provide a positive experience for users. https://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/answer/1316548?hl=en

We have not enabled Google AdSense on our site but we may do so in the future.

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, Cookery Nation may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Cookery Nation’s sole discretion. Cookery Nation encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.

To ensure that subscribed users of the site are kept up to date regarding Privacy Policy changes, Cookery Nation will contact subscription holders within one (1) business day via email notification. They will be directed to the Privacy Page to review the changes.