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Privacy Policy

Updated: May 28, 2023

Privacy Policy for www.forkinthekitchen.com

As the owner of this website (www.forkinthekitchen.com, referred to as the “Site”), Fork in the Kitchen LLC understands that your privacy is of utmost importance. This Privacy Policy describes what information we collect from you via the Site and how we use and disclose such information.

The terms “we,” “us,” and “our” refers to Fork in the Kitchen LLC . The terms “user,” “you,” and “your” refer to site visitors and any other users of the site.

Use of Cookies

A cookie is a small file containing an identifier that is sent by a web server and stored in your web browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed. Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.

On this Site, we use cookies for the following purposes:

a) Authentication: We use cookies to identify you when you visit our website and as you navigate our website;

(b) Email: We use cookies to help us to send relevant emails to users who have subscribed to our email list, but only if you have provided us with said email;

(c) Advertising: We use cookies to help us to display advertisements that will be relevant to you; and

(e) Analysis: We use cookies to help us to analyze the use and performance of our website.

Website Analysis:

On this Site, 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.

This Google information may include end user location, search history, YouTube history, and data from sites that partner with Google—and is used to provide aggregated and anonymized insights into your users’ cross-device behaviors. 

Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

To opt out of Google Analytics visit: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/.

Browser Cookies:

Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. Please see your web browser’s support page to obtain information about deleting and/or blocking cookies.

Please note that blocking cookies may have a negative impact on the functions of many websites, including our Site. Some features of the Site may no longer be available to you.

Comments and E-mail:

If you leave a comment on our site you may choose to save 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. You are not required to save your information when leaving a comment.

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.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture may be visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

We may collect your email address, but only if you voluntarily provide it to us. This may occur, for example, if you sign up to receive an email newsletter, leave a comment as mentioned above, or enter a promotion. We will use your email address for the purposes for which you provided it to us. You may opt-out of such email communications at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” button at the bottom of the email or emailing the contact listed below.

Your email address may also be shared with the technology provider we use in connection with the purposes for which you provided it. For example, we use MailChimp to deliver our email newsletters. Information provided is transferred to MailChimp for processing in accordance with their Privacy Policy and Terms.

We will not share your email with any third parties.

If you are a resident of a country in the European Economic Area (EEA), please refer to the section below entitled “Additional Rights of EEA Residents.”

Advertising

This Site is affiliated with CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a CafeMedia (“CafeMedia”) for the purposes of placing advertising on the Site, and CafeMedia will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes. To learn more about CafeMedia’s data usage, click here www.cafemedia.com/publisher-advertising-privacy-policy

Internet-Based Advertising

Some of our advertising partners may use cookies and web beacons on our site. Our advertising partners include:

ShareASale

Amazon Affiliate Links

These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology to the advertisements and links that appear on www.forkinthekitchen.com send directly to your browsers. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. Other technologies ( such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons ) may also be used by the third-party ad networks to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see.

This Site has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information on their practices as well as for instructions about how to opt-out of certain practices. Our Site’s privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or websites.

If you wish to disable cookies, you may do so through your individual browser options. More detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found on the browsers’ respective websites.

Social Media and Sharing Sites

The Site provides connections to various social media outlets to help you share our content. Each of those links to the various social media outlets is governed by their own Privacy Policy, and we have no control over that data. Please visit each site’s specific Privacy Policy.

Retargeting Ads

Occasionally, the Site may engage in remarketing efforts with third-party companies, such as Google, Facebook, or Instagram, in order to market the Site. These companies use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to the Site.

This Site may engage in sponsored campaigns with various influencer networks, brands, and agencies. All sponsored content is disclosed in accordance with the FTC’s requirements. Occasionally, sponsored content campaigns utilize tracking pixels, which may contain cookies to collect data regarding usage and audience. This information is collected by the sponsoring company to track the results of the campaign. No personally identifiable information collected by the Site is used in conjunction with these tracking pixels.

AFFILIATE PROGRAM PARTICIPATION

The Site may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the Site. If you click on a link for an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions.

The Site is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and links to Amazon.com. As part of this Amazon Associates program, the Site will post customized links, provided by Amazon, to track the referrals to their website. This program utilizes cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commissions on these sales.

Nutrition Information

Fork in the Kitchen occasionally provides approximate nutrition information for convenience and as a courtesy only. Nutrition data is gathered primarily from Nutrifox and USDA Food Composition Database, whenever available, or otherwise from other online calculators. Nutrition information can vary for a recipe based on the precision of measurements, brands or the source of nutrition data. We strive to keep the information as accurate as possible but make no warranties regarding its accuracy and encourage readers to make their own calculations.

The authors of the Site are not dietitians or nutritionists. Any recommendations are made based on our research or personal experience, but shall not be construed as medical or nutritional advice. You are fully responsible for any actions you take and any consequences that occur as a result of anything you read on this Site.

The Site or content herein is not intended to cure, prevent, diagnose, or treat any disease. Please consult your healthcare provider regarding any health-related decisions.

Fork in the Kitchen LLC shall not be liable for adverse reactions or any other outcome resulting from the use of recipes or recommendations on the Site or actions you take as a result.

This website, including all images, text, software, and other content is the property of Fork in the Kitchen LLC and is protected by the United States and international copyright laws. All rights reserved.

You may have the opportunity to download ebooks or other digital products from our Site or newsletter. If you decide to do this, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, personal, non-transferable license to use the product(s). You agree that you are not allowed to modify, distribute, sell, share, republish, or create derivative content from any information provided to you without express consent from Fork in the Kitchen.

You have our permission to use a link to our Site from your website. You may use one photo or excerpt (up to 50 words) from any post, with a mandatory link back to the post on our Website where it originated. We do not allow re-posting an entire recipe or more than one paragraph of a post, using photos without linking back or presenting any of our content as your own. Any distribution of content from Fork in the Kitchen beyond what is described herein constitutes copyright infringement.

You may view and print any content displayed on the Website for personal, non-commercial use, provided that all copyright and attribution notices remain intact. You agree not to reproduce, publish, transmit, distribute, sell, license, modify, or create derivative content from this Website or any part of it, without prior written consent from Fork in the Kitchen LLC.

EMBEDDED CONTENT FROM OTHER SITES

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

ADDITIONAL RIGHTS OF EEA (EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA) RESIDENTS

If you are a resident of a country in the EEA, you have the rights, among others, to:

(i) access your personal data

(ii) ensure the accuracy of your personal data

(iii) the right to have us delete your personal data

(iv) the right to restrict further processing of your personal data, and

(v) the right to complain to a supervisory authority in your country of residence in the event that data is misused

If you believe that our processing of your personal information infringes data protection laws, you have a legal right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority responsible for data protection. You may do so in the EU member state of your residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement.

You may reach out to us via email at info@forkinthekitchen.com in regards to any of your personal data rights, or to request the removal of any previously stored data.

AI Generated Content

The owner of this website does not consent to the content on this website being used or downloaded by any third parties for the purposes of developing, training or operating artificial intelligence or other machine learning systems (“Artificial Intelligence Purposes”), except as authorized by the owner in writing (including written electronic communication). Absent such consent, users of this website, including any third parties accessing the website through automated systems, are prohibited from using any of the content on the website for Artificial Intelligence Purposes. Users or automated systems that fail to respect these choices will be considered to have breached Fork in the Kitchen’s Terms and Services.  

We have included on the pages of this website a robots meta tag with the “noai” or “noimageai” directive in the head section of the HTML page. Please note that even if such directives are not present on any web page or content file, this website still does not grant consent to use any content for Artificial Intelligence Purposes unless such consent is expressly contained.

Minors

To access or use the Site, you must be 18 years old or older and have the requisite power and authority to enter into this Privacy Policy. Children under the age of 18 are prohibited from using the Site.

CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY POLICY

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. The most recent version of the Privacy Policy will always be posted on the Site, with the “Effective Date” posted at the top of the Policy. We may revise and update this Privacy Policy if our practices change, as technology changes, or as we add new services or change existing ones. By using our Site or services after the Effective Date, you are deemed to consent to our then-current privacy policy. We will use information previously obtained in accordance with the Privacy Policy in effect when the information was obtained from you.

AGREEING TO TERMS

If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy as posted here on this website, please do not use this site or any services offered by this site. Your use of this site indicates acceptance of this Privacy Policy.

CONTACTING US

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the practices of this Site, please contact us at info@forkinthekitchen.com.