Welcome to Wild Thistle Kitchen! This privacy policy page aims to inform you about the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information when you visit our website. Please take a moment to carefully read through this policy to understand how we handle and protect your personal information.
Collection of Personal Information
When you visit our website, we may ask for certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. This may include your name, email address, phone number, and any other information you choose to provide us when filling out forms.
We might also collect some non-personal info, like your IP address, browser type, and operating system. We use this to spot trends, understand how people move around our site, and get a sense of who's visiting. It also helps us make the website better and give you a smoother experience.
Use of Personal Information
We might use your personal information for a few different things, including:
- Providing and maintaining our website
- Improving our website and services
- Responding to your inquiries or requests
- Sending newsletters or promotional materials if you have subscribed to them
- Preventing fraudulent activity on our website
We won't use your personal information for anything else without your consent unless the law requires us to. And we won't sell your personal information to anyone either.
Cookies
Like many other websites, Wild Thistle Kitchen uses "cookies" to collect information. You can choose to accept or decline these cookies and will be notified whenever a cookie is sent to your computer. Cookies also help us analyze data about webpage traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs.
Third-Party Services
We may use third-party services, such as Google Analytics, to help us understand how visitors interact with our website. These services collect, monitor, and analyze data such as your browsing habits, time spent on the site, and the pages you visit. This information is used to improve the functionality and content of Wild Thistle Kitchen, ensuring a better and more tailored experience for our users.
Please note that these third-party service providers have their own privacy policies regarding how they handle the information they collect. For Google Analytics, you can read their privacy policy https://policies.google.com/privacy
Google Adsense Compliance
Wild Thistle Kitchen is fully compliant with Google Adsense policies and guidelines. We ensure that all content on our website adheres to Google's standards for quality, reliability, and user-friendliness. This includes avoiding prohibited content, ensuring proper ad placements, and maintaining a safe and trustworthy browsing environment for our visitors.
By following these policies, we aim to provide an excellent experience for our users while partnering with advertisers responsibly. We are committed to maintaining the integrity of our website and ensuring that all ads displayed on our site meet Google's requirements.
Ad Placement
Proper ad placement is essential to ensure a good user experience while maintaining compliance with Google Adsense policies. We follow these guidelines when placing ads on our website:
- Ads are placed in a way that does not interfere with the user's ability to view and interact with content.
- Advertisements are distinguishable from website content and are labeled as such.
- We do not place more than three ad units per page, including no more than one large ad unit (300x600)
- We do not use misleading or deceptive ad placements, such as disguised links or pop-ups.
Security
Safeguarding your personal information is our priority. We implement robust precautions and adhere to industry best practices to ensure your data is not improperly lost, misused, accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed.
Links to Other Sites
Our website may include links to other sites that we don't operate. If you click on a third-party link, it'll take you to their site. We recommend taking a moment to check out the privacy policy of any site you visit.
While we do our best to provide helpful links, we don't have control over the content, privacy policies, or practices of third-party sites or services. We're not responsible for the actions, products, services, or content on these sites.
Children's Privacy
Wild Thistle Kitchen does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and become aware that your child has shared personal information with us, please reach out to us immediately. If we identify that a child under the age of 13 has provided personal information, we will promptly remove it from our servers.
Affiliate Program Participation
This Site 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.
This site, wildthistlekitchen.com, Anita Parris Soule, 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 links to Amazon.com. As part of this Amazon Associates program, the Website 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. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
How can I opt out of interest based advertising?
To opt out of interest based advertising on this site, you may take the following actions:
Cookie Consent - For EU/UK visitors
On first visit to the site, you may reject the use of cookies through the cookie consent banner, shown only where legally required. If you initially accept the use of cookies, but change your mind, you can access the banner by clicking "Update Privacy Settings" at the bottom of the home page to change your preferences at any time.
Disabling Cookies
To learn more about cookies and how to disable them for interest based advertising, visit All About Cookies. Most browsers provide options in their menu to stop accepting new cookies, alert you to new cookies, disable cookies, and clear your browser's cache or storage. Be aware that blocking cookies may affect your site experience, and essential cookies cannot be disabled as these are necessary for the website to function.
Opting Out Using Other Tools
Use the following tools to opt out of receiving interest-based advertising:
- Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) WebChoice Tool: https://optout.aboutads.info
- Network Advertising Initiative (NAI): https://thenai.org/opt-out
- Ad Choices (EDAA): https://www.youronlinechoices.com
- Ad Choices (DAAC): https://youradchoices.ca/en/tools
- AppChoices (Mobile Device): https://youradchoices.ca/en/tools
- Global Privacy Control (GPC): https://globalprivacycontrol.org
Opt-Out Rights in Certain US States
If you reside in certain US states, you have the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal data. A "Do Not Sell or Share My Information" button can be found at the bottom of the home page, where required.
Seeing Ads After Opting Out or Disabling Ads
Disabling cookies or opting out of the sales or sharing of personal data for advertising does not mean you won't see ads on this website. It means the ads you see will not be personalized to your online behavior and interests.
RAPTIVE Advertising
CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a Raptive ("Raptive") is a service provider of this Site for the purposes of placing advertising on the Site, and Raptive will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes. To learn more about Raptive's data usage, click here: https://raptive.com/creator-advertising-privacy-statement/
Your Rights
You have the right to access, update, or delete any personal information we have collected about you. Additionally, you can choose to unsubscribe from our communications or newsletters at any time. To exercise these rights, simply reach out to us via this contact form with your request, and we'll be happy to assist you.
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically to align with changes in our practices or to comply with evolving legal requirements. By continuing to use our site after any updates, you acknowledge and accept the terms of the revised policy.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, feel free to reach out to us through this contact form. Your privacy matters to us, and we're here to help with any questions or concerns you might have.