Privacy Policy

WHO WE ARE

Annie’s Noms, found at https://anniesnoms.com uses the following privacy policy to govern how we collect and use data.

We are dedicated to protecting your privacy and rest assured any information we collect which could be used for identification purposes will be used only in accordance with this policy.

WHAT PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT AND WHY WE COLLECT IT

Comments

When visitors leave comments on this site we collect your name and email address, with the option of leaving a link to your website. We also collect your IP address and browser agent to help in spam detection. This information will only be used to respond to your comment. We will not contact you outside of this, or use your information to send marketing emails.

An anonymised 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 is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Contact forms

When you use the contact form you are required to fill in your name and email address. We will also collect your IP address and browser agent to help in spam detection. This data will only be used to respond to your query. If your query requires no response, your data will be deleted within 7 working days. We will not use this data to send marketing emails.

Cookies

This website uses cookies to store visitor’s preferences. To opt out of Google cookies click here.

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.

If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

Embedded content from other websites

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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

This site uses Google Analytics to track data on sessions, page views, referring websites (the URL you were at before you came to Annie’s Noms), bounce rate, general geographical information and user demographics. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is captured.

This site has taken the decision to anonymize analytics, so Google no longer records your full IP address.

WHO WE SHARE YOUR DATA WITH

Annie’s Noms is dedicated to safeguarding your personal information. By default we do not share, sell, rent or trade your personal data with anyone. However, these authorised third party applications or providers may use certain data to provide functions on our behalf.

Sumo Me – This site uses Sumo Me as a social sharing application. It collects site statistics to do with performance of social sharing of posts. Read their privacy policy here: https://help.sumo.com/hc/en-us/articles/218958727-Privacy-Policy

Akismet (automattic) – This service captures IP addresses for spam detection and filtering of comments. Read their privacy policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy/

Jetpack (automattic) – Jetpack is used to add sharing buttons to posts, add like buttons for users on posts, site analytics, to show you related content, monitor the sites downtime and block suspicious login activity. We also use a Jetpack contact form. Read how they use data here: https://jetpack.com/support/privacy/ and their privacy policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy/

Mediavine – Mediavine is our advertising partner. They use Google Analytics to provide you with adverts which may interest you or relate to sites that you have previously visited. You can choose to disallow this and have non targeted adverts. Read their privacy policy here: https://www.mediavine.com/privacy-policy/

Chicory – Chicory is provided through Mediavine and is a tool which allows you to buy ingredients mentioned in recipes posted on this site. They collect non-personal-identifying data to provide targeted adverts. Read their privacy policy here: https://chicory.co/privacy/

WordPress – This is a self-hosted WordPress site. We mainly use third party applications to collect data. However, WordPress do collect the data you put into the comment form; your name, email address and website, if entered. They also collect other non-identifying data such as language, browser type, referring site and the date/time of a visit. Read their privacy policy here: https://en-gb.wordpress.org/about/privacy/

Yoast – Yoast is an SEO aid. They use Google Analytics to analyse how people use Annie’s Noms. They use cookies and keywords to collect non-identifying log information. Read their privacy policy here: https://yoast.com/privacy-policy/

DreamHost – DreamHost is our website provider. They host the site and database including access details for monitoring and reporting purposes. Read their privacy policy here: https://www.dreamhost.com/legal/privacy-policy/

Mailchimp – This service is used to deliver newsletters. We store your name and email address only in order to send these communications. Within marketing emails there may pixels which are used to track the success of email marketing campaigns. Read their privacy policy here: https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/

Cloudflare – Cloudflare is a web performance and security provider. They collect IP addresses to help prevent attacks to a website and improve site performance. Read their privacy policy here: https://www.cloudflare.com/security-policy/

Vaultpress – Vaultpress is a backup and security provider. They store data in secure data centres. Data is not stored locally, but able to be downloaded any time it’s required. Read their privacy policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy/

Collective Bias – We sometimes work with Collective Bias on paid campaigns which help with the running costs of this site. They are a company which act as an intermediary between this site and third parties. They collect IP address, cookies, browser information and site analytics to see how a campaign is performing. Read their privacy policy here: https://collectivebias.com/privacy-policy/

Google – Google are our email provider. They record your IP address, name and email address when you contact us via email.  Read their privacy policy here: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

HOW LONG WE RETAIN YOUR DATA

For contact form queries, we only keep your personal information if a response is required. If no response is required, we delete your information within 7 working days. If your email does require a response, your personal information will be kept for 30 days and then deleted.

Google Analytics keeps data for 26 months.

Mediavine keeps data for 13 months.

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

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

WHAT RIGHTS YOU HAVE OVER YOUR DATA

You have the right to access, the right to be forgotten and the right to data portability of the data that we personally hold on you.

You have the right to opt out of any of our email services by following the “unsubscribe” link in our emails.

You may request that we send you the information we have about you by emailing [email protected]

You may ask us to erase the information that we have about you by emailing [email protected]

If you have left comments on this site, you can request to receive an exported file 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. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

WHERE WE SEND YOUR DATA

This site is hosted in the US by DreamHost who will obey the laws and regulations of the state of California.

Cloudflare will hold multiple copies of the site within their data centres to facilitate their role as a content delivery network.

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

OUR CONTACT INFORMATION

Please contact Annie via email on [email protected] for any privacy queries or concerns you may have.

HOW WE PROTECT YOUR DATA

This site uses two factor authentication for administrators to log in and we work hard to protect all data which could be used to identify you. Unfortunately, no data transmission can be 100% secure. Whilst we employ precautions to ensure the security of your information and work hard to ensure third parties we use do the same, we are not responsible for the actions of third parties.

If there are any data breaches on our site, we will immediately notify you.

CHILDREN’S INFORMATION

We do now knowingly collect or store any identifiable information of minors under 16 years of age.

If you as a parent think we may have any information regarding your child, please contact [email protected] immediately.

MEDIAVINE PROGRAMMATIC ADVERTISING

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 All About 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 end users 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 National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at 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 Mediavine Partners.

This policy may be updated from time to time, so please check back to ensure you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from July 2nd 2020.