Thesimplerkitchen.com takes the privacy of its users extremely seriously and assumes a proactive approach to ensure that everything is done to protect the privacy of all users whilst they are visiting this site. The purpose of this privacy policy is to inform you what type of personal information is received and collected by thesimplerkitchen.com and how it is used.
Users contacting this website do so at their own discretion and provide any personal details requested at their own risk. Personal information is kept private and stored securely until it is no longer required.
Information may be used by the website in order to answer questions or queries that you may have submitted.
Information You Voluntarily Submit to the Website
We may collect personal information from you such as your name or email address. For example, you may voluntarily submit information to the Website by leaving a comment, subscribing to a newsletter, or submitting a contact form.
Automatically-Collected Information
We automatically collect certain information about you and the device with which you access the Website. For example, when you use the Website, your IP address will be logged, operating system, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the Website. Information about actions you take when using the Website, such as links clicked may also be logged.
Cookies
We may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your computer to improve your experience of the website. There are different types of cookies; session cookies, which terminate when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalized experience on the website.
This Website uses cookies to store visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information as to pages accessed or visited, to ensure visitors are not repeatedly seeing the same banner ads and to customise Website content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends. Cookies may also be used by third-party services, such as Google Analytics, as described herein.
Users may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies by the Website, by using a corresponding setting in your internet browser and may thus prevent the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies may be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all popular Internet browsers. However, if users deactivate the setting of cookies in their Internet browser, not all functionality of this Website may be available or usable.
PUBLICLY DISPLAYED INFORMATION
If you leave a comment on the Website, your name may be publicly visible. Your email address will never be publicly displayed. You may, at your own discretion, add a link to your own website, which will also be publicly accessible.
HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR DATA SECURE
We will use technical and organisational expertise to keep your data secure, for example; access to your account is controlled by a unique username and password, our data is stored on secure servers.
If you suspect any misuse or unauthorised access to your data then let us know immediately at thesimplerkitchen@gmail.com.
ADVERTISING
Display Ads – We may use third-party advertising companies to serve content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use cookies, as noted above.
Retargeted Ads – From time to time, the Website may engage in re-marketing efforts with third-party companies, such as Google, Facebook, or Instagram, in order to market the Website. These companies use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to the Website.
Affiliate Program Participation
The Website may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the Website. 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.
Thesimplerkitchen.com 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 by links to Amazon.com. As part of this Amazon Associates program, the Website will post customised links, provided by Amazon, to track the referrals to their website. This program utilises cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commission on these sales.
Newsletters
On the Website, thesimplerkitchen.com, you may subscribe to the newsletter, which may be used for advertising purposes. All newsletters distributed may contain tracking pixels. The pixel is embedded in emails and allows an analysis of the success of online marketing campaigns. Because of these tracking pixels, we may see if and when you open an email and which links within the email you click. This allows the Website to adapt the content of future newsletters to the interests of the user. This behaviour will not be passed on to third parties.
THIRD-PARTY USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorise us to share your information.
Additionally, the Website may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the Website. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies.
The Website currently uses the following third-party service providers:
Google Analytics – this service tracks Website usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the Website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is captured by Google Analytics.
At this time, your personal information is not shared with any other third-party applications. This list may be amended from time to time at the Website’s sole discretion.
Anonymous Data
From time to time we may use anonymous data which does not identify you alone or when combined with data from other parties. This type of data may be supplied to other parties for marketing, advertising or other uses. Examples of this anonymous data may include analytics or information gathered from cookies.
YOUR RIGHTS RELATED TO PERSONAL INFORMATION
Opt-out – You may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in our emails. You may also contact us at thesimplerkitchen@gmail.com and request to be removed from our mailing list.
Access – You may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request to thesimplerkitchen@gmail.com.
Amend – You may contact us at thesimplerkitchen@gmail.com to amend or update any personal information.
Forget – In certain situations, you may request that we erase or forget your personal data. To do so, please submit a request to us at thesimplerkitchen@gmail.com.
Please note: we may need to retain certain information for record-keeping purposes or to complete transactions, or when required by law.
SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION
No sensitive or personal information should be submitted to this Website. Such information includes; social security number, information regarding race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information, criminal background, or trade union memberships. If you choose to submit such information to us, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.
CHILDREN’S INFORMATION
This Website does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children (below the age of 16). If a parent or guardian believes that the Website has such information concerning a child under the age of 16 then please contact us at thesimplerkitchen@gmail.com and we will use our best efforts to remove all such details from our records.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Should you have more questions or concerns related to this Privacy Policy then please contact us at thesimplerkitchen@gmail.com.
Last updated: 17th March, 2020