Privacy Policy

At ComfortInaBowl.com, the privacy of our users is very important to us. This privacy policy outlines the types of personal information that is received, collected, and/or recorded by ComfortInaBowl.com and how it is used.

Comfort In a Bowl may change this policy sometimes by updating this page. You should check this page regularly to ensure you are happy with any changes that are made.

What personal data do we collect and how do we use it?

When you use one of our forms to sign up to our mailing list we collect your first name and email address. You may receive several introductory emails following sign-up, then an email whenever a new recipe is posted. We may also send you recipe roundup emails profiling existing recipes that are on our website.

The country where you signed up is also stored. This enables us to see the demographic of visitors to the website so that we can tailor our content accordingly.

When leaving a comment on our website we collect your name, email address, and (optionally) your website address.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

Where your information is stored

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

Personal information provided when leaving a comment is stored on our web servers. We use a web hosting company that has industry-standard security in place.

3rd Parties we use that store user data

Your personal information may also be stored on the systems of 3rd parties whose services we use. Such as:

1. ReCAPTCHA – We use Google’s ReCAPTCHA on our Contact Form to check comments submitted to our website for spam content.  The information they collect 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, email address and the comment itself).
2. Our Email Service Provider – We use mailing list services to send out our email newsletter. The information they collect includes location, IP address and information directly provided in the sign up forms. 

Cookies

A cookie is a small file that asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes, and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyze data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

Analytics

Comfort In a Bowl uses Google Analytics and other tracking pixels to collect information about how our website is being used. We can analyze the IP address, type of browser, date/time, pages visited, amount of clicks, referring pages, exit pages, and other information that is completely anonymous. We may share this information with third parties, primarily for sponsorship purposes.

If you would like to opt-out of providing information to Google Analytics, please use the Google Analytics Opt-Out Tool.

Advertising

We plan on using an advertising company with the purpose of placing advertising on our site and they will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes.

Amazon Affiliate Links

Our website participates in the Amazon Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon. On our website there may be links to products on the Amazon website which we have recommended. When you click through to the Amazon website from one of these links we may make a small amount of commission if you go on to purchase a product. However, the price you pay will be exactly the same as if you had gone directly to the Amazon website.

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we have no control over that other website and cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information that you provide while visiting such sites. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Who we share your data with

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so.

How long we keep your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow up comments automatically instead of holding them in a queue.

What rights you hold over your data

If you have left comments on this website you can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. T his doesn’t include any data we are obligated to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Every email we send to you will contain an unsubscribe link in the footer to enable you to unsubscribe from future emails if you so wish.

Contact Us

If you believe that any information we are holding is incorrect or incomplete, please contact us.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy please contact us at comfortinabowlofficial@gmail.com