This Privacy Policy details all the information we collect through the website at www.whenavagabondcooks.com (referred to as the “Site”) and how we use it.

By using this site and/or our services, you consent to the processing of your personal data as described in this Privacy Policy.

What Data We Collect and Why

The site collects only personal data you provide us, such as your name & email address, and technical data such as information about cookies.

Comments

When visitors voluntarily leave comments on the site, the data shown in the comments form is collected. The Site will record your name as provided. You are welcome to use a nick-name if you would rather not have your name published in conjunction with the comment. Other data collected while commenting are the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

You can read our Comment Policy here.

Email Addresses

We collect your email address only if you voluntarily provide it to us. If you have subscribed to our newsletter, there is a good chance you will receive emails from us.

We will only send you emails which you have signed up to receive, or which pertain to the services we provided to you.

To send you emails, we use the name and email address you provide us. Our site also logs the IP address you used when you signed up for the service to prevent abuse of the system.

This website can send emails through the MailPoet sending service. This service allows us to track opens and clicks on our emails. We use this information to improve the content of our newsletters.

No identifiable information is otherwise tracked outside this website except for the email address.

Rights of EEA (European Economic Area) Residents

If you reside in a country in the European Economic Area (EEA), then under the GDPR and applicable data protection laws you have the rights, among other things, to access your personal data, have us erase it, and/or restrict its further processing. If you wish to access or delete your personal data (if any) maintained by us, you can contact us.

Children

We do not intend to collect or knowingly collect information from children. Children should always get permission from their parents before sending any information about themselves (such as their names and email addresses) over the Internet, to us or to anyone else. If you’re under 13, please do not provide us with any personally identifying information (such as your name and email address).

Third Party Links

The Site contains links to third party websites and resources. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, we will have no control over the information you share with these websites. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. Therefore, we will not be liable for the protection and privacy of any information that is collected by the third party websites accessed from our website. Please check their privacy policies in case you are concerned.

Cookies and other technologies we use

We use cookies and/or similar technologies to analyse customer behaviour, administer the website, track users’ movements, and to collect information about users. This is done in order to personalise and enhance your experience with us.

A cookie is a tiny text file stored on your computer. Cookies store information that is used to help make sites work. Only we can access the cookies created by our website. You can control your cookies at the browser level. Choosing to disable cookies may hinder your use of certain functions.

We use cookies for the following purposes:

• Necessary cookies – these cookies are required for you to be able to use some important features on our website, such as logging in. These cookies don’t collect any personal information.
• Functionality cookies – these cookies provide functionality that makes using our service more convenient and makes providing more personalised features possible. For example, they might remember your name and e-mail in comment forms so you don’t have to re-enter this information next time when commenting.
• Analytics cookies – these cookies are used to track the use and performance of our website and services.

You can remove cookies stored in your computer via your browser settings. Alternatively, you can control some 3rd party cookies by using a privacy enhancement platform such as optout.aboutads.info or youronlinechoices.com. For more information about cookies, visit allaboutcookies.org.

We use Google Analytics to measure traffic on our website. Google has their own Privacy Policy which you can review here.

Affiliate Links

We have affiliate links throughout the Site and we will earn a commission if you purchase products through those links. We use many of these products and recommend them but we don’t own and have not used all of the products.

As an Amazon Associate, the Site earns from qualifying purchases. 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 commission on these sales.

Advertising

The site may contain links to third party websites, placed by our advertising and marketing partners. We will not be able to control the practices of these websites and so our site, services, and this privacy policy will not cover nor will be responsible for the practices of these websites or how your information is used by them.

How we secure your data

We do our best to keep your Personal Data safe.  We use safe protocols for communication and transferring data (such as HTTPS). In spite of our efforts, you acknowledge that no information shared over the internet is completely secure and can be tampered or accessed via third parties. With this Privacy Policy, you consent to that we are not responsible for any information accessed or tampered in an unauthorized manner without our permission or knowledge, and you release us from all litigations arising out of it.

Photo & Recipe Use

You can read about our Photo & Recipe use policy in Terms & Conditions.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to make change to this Privacy Policy.
Last modification was made January 25, 2021.