Last Updated: October 1, 2023

1. Introduction

Welcome to Foodness Gracious at www.foodnessgracious.com ("we," "our," or "us"). We are committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your data when you interact with our website, products, and services.

2. Information We Collect

2.1 Personal Information: When you use our website, we may collect personal information that can identify you, such as your name and email address, or any other information you provide to us.

2.2 Non-Personal Information: We may also collect non-personal information, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, and other technical details when you visit our website.

3. How We Collect Information

We may collect information through the following methods:

3.1 Directly from You: We collect personal information that you provide voluntarily, such as when you subscribe to our newsletter, comment on a recipe or contact us directly.

3.2 Automatically: We may use cookies and similar technologies to collect non-personal information about your use of our website. 

3.3 What are cookies?: Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to the website owner.

3.4 How we use cookies:

3.4.1 Essential Cookies: These are necessary for the proper functioning of our website, such as enabling you to navigate through the pages and use essential features.

3.4.2 Analytics Cookies: We use analytics cookies to collect information about how you use our website, such as which pages you visit and if you experience any errors. These cookies help us improve the website's performance and user experience.

3.4.3 Advertising Cookies: We may use advertising cookies to deliver personalized advertisements on our website and third-party websites based on your interests. These cookies are used to show you relevant content and measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns.

3.4.4 Social Media Cookies: Social Media Cookies: Our website may include social media plugins that allow you to share content or connect with your social media profiles. These plugins may set cookies to track your activity on our website.

3.5 Your Cookie Choices: You can manage your cookie preferences by adjusting your browser settings. Most web browsers allow you to accept or reject cookies, delete cookies, or be notified when a cookie is sent. However, please note that if you disable cookies, some features of our website may not function correctly.

3.6 Third-Party Cookies: We may also use third-party cookies, such as those from Google Analytics and social media platforms. These third parties may collect data about your online activities through cookies when you use our website.

3.7 Cookie Duration: Cookies may be session cookies (temporary and deleted when you close your browser) or persistent cookies (remain on your device until deleted or expired).

3.8 Changes to Cookie Usage: We may update our Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, legal requirements, or our practices. Please review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies.

4. How We Use Your Information

We use the collected information for the following purposes:

4.1 To provide and improve our products and services.

4.2 To personalize your experience on our website.

4.3 To communicate with you, including responding to your inquiries.

4.4 To send you marketing and promotional materials (with your consent) via a newsletter.

5. Data Sharing and Disclosure

We may share your information with third parties in the following circumstances:

5.1 With your consent.

5.2 To fulfill a legal obligation.

5.3 To protect our rights, privacy, safety, or property, as well as that of our users and others.

5.4 In connection with a merger, sale, or acquisition of all or part of our company.

6. Data Security

We employ industry-standard security measures to protect your data. However, no method of transmission over the internet is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

7. Your Choices

You have the following rights regarding your data:

7.1 To review and update your personal information.

7.2 To request the deletion of your personal information.

7.3 To opt-out of marketing communications.

8. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with the "Last Updated" date.

9. Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)

The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.

First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting.Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies(collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The "help" feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at https://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/

Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.

The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:

IP Address

Operating System type

Operating System version

Device Type

Language of the website

Web browser type

Email (in hashed form)

Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about endusers from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps.This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.

If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit https://thenai.org/opt-out/ NationalAdvertising Initiative opt out page.  You may also visit http://optout.aboutads.info/#/ Digital Advertising Alliance website and http://optout.networkadvertising.org/# Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at https://youradchoices.com/appchoices Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.

For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit https://www.mediavine.com/ad-partners/Mediavine Partners.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us.