Welcome to MyFishRecipes.com! This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website http://myfishrecipes.com and interact with our services. Please read this policy carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.
Last Updated: November 09, 2024
Table of Contents
Information We Collect
1.1 Personal Information
We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you:
- Subscribe to our newsletter
- Comment on blog posts
- Contact us via email at [email protected]
The personal information we collect may include:
- Name
- Email address
1.2 Non-Personal Information
We may also collect non-personal information automatically when you visit our website. This may include:
- IP address
- Browser type and version
- Pages you visit
- The time and date of your visit
- The time spent on those pages
How We Use Your Information
We use your personal information for various purposes, including:
- Providing and Improving Services: To offer recipes, cooking tips, and content tailored to your interests.
- Analytics and Tracking: To analyze usage patterns and improve the performance of My Fish Recipes through Google Analytics.
- Email Marketing: To send newsletters, updates, or promotional offers via MailChimp. You may opt out of receiving marketing emails at any time by following the unsubscribe link in our emails.
- Advertising and Remarketing: We display advertisements on our website through Google AdSense and use remarketing services from Google Ads, Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest.
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.
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 is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
MyFishRecipes.com may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience. Cookies are small data files stored on your device. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, some parts of our site may not function properly.
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 visit our login page, 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.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
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 tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data (GDPR)
If you are located in the European Union, our legal basis for collecting and using your personal information is as follows:
- Your consent, which you can withdraw at any time.
- Compliance with legal obligations.
- To fulfill legitimate interests in providing and improving our services.
User Rights (GDPR)
If you are an EU resident, you have specific rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), including:
- The right to access, correct, or delete your personal data.
- The right to restrict or object to processing.
- The right to data portability.
California Residents’ Rights (CCPA & CPRA)
Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), California residents have the following rights:
- Right to Know: You have the right to know what personal data we collect and how we use it.
- Right to Delete: You may request the deletion of your personal information.
- Right to Opt-Out: You can opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information.
- Right to Non-Discrimination: You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of your rights under CCPA and CPRA.
Compliance with CalOPPA
In compliance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA), we:
- Provide a clear Privacy Policy on our homepage.
- Allow users to contact us to update or delete their information.
- Honor Do Not Track (DNT) signals from browsers.
Third-Party Links
Our website may contain links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these third-party sites. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of any external sites you visit.
Affiliate Links
My Fish Recipes participates in affiliate programs, which means we may earn commissions from certain products or services linked on our website. These affiliate links do not affect the information we collect, and all links are provided to support our content and keep it free for users.
Third-Party Services
We may use third-party services, such as Google Analytics, MailChimp, and Google AdSense, to enhance your experience. These services may collect information as described in their respective privacy policies, and we encourage you to review their policies:
- Google Analytics
- MailChimp
- Google AdSense
How long we retain 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 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.
Who we share your data with
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal information to outside parties except as described below:
- Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party service providers who assist us in operating our website and conducting our business.
- Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information where required by law or if we believe such action is necessary to comply with a legal obligation.
How We Protect Your Information
We use industry-standard security measures to protect your information from unauthorized access, alteration, or disclosure. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Children’s Privacy
MyFishRecipes.com does not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from children under the age of 13. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will delete that information as quickly as possible.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, 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.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for legal reasons. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any updates.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Email: [email protected]
