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©The Baking ChocolaTess, 2014-2023. 
  • If you make and photograph one of my recipes, feel free to publish it on your blog rewritten in your own words with credit given to the original recipe post on thebakingchocolatess.com.
  • If you’d like to use my photography, feel free to use one photo of mine with a link back to the original post on thebakingchocolatess.com. I do not allow republishing of my full recipe and copyrighted photo of said recipe together.
  • An image and link may be used for recipe roundup posts, provided that full and clear credit is given to The Baking ChocolaTess with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.

    PRIVATE POLICY

  • The Baking ChocolaTess found at this website address: https://www.thebakingchocolatess.com and is governed by the following privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”).
  • We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you what personally identifiable information we may collect and how it may be used. This statement only applies to this Website.
  • WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT AND HOW IS IT USED?
  • 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. In addition, you are able to create a user profile, which allows you to create a username and password. We will store the username, but your password will not be visible in our records.
  • Information We Collect from Others: We may receive information about you from other sources.  You may link your Facebook, Instagram, and/or Google accounts to your user profile.  If you choose to link your Facebook, Instagram, and/or Google accounts to your user profile, we will receive your name, email address and profile picture associated with that account.  The Website utilizes the Facebook commenting system, so if you choose to comment on a Website post, your profile picture will appear.
  • 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, we will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the Website. We may also collect information about actions you take when using the Website, such as links clicked.
  • Cookies: We may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by the Website. We may use both session cookies, which expire 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.
  • HOW YOUR INFORMATION MAY BE USED
  • We may use the information collected in the following ways:
  • To operate and maintain the Website;
  • To create your account, identify you as a user of the Website, and customize the Website for your account;
  • To send you promotional information, such as newsletters. Each email promotion will provide information on how to opt-out of future mailings;
  • To send you administrative communications, such as administrative emails, confirmation emails, technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts;
  • To respond to your comments or inquiries;
  • To provide you with user support;
  • To track and measure advertising on the Website;
  • To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.
  • THIRD-PARTY USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
  • We may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorize 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.
  • ADVERTISING
  • This Site is affiliated with CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a CafeMedia (“CafeMedia”) for the purposes of placing advertising on the Site, and CafeMedia will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes. To learn more about CafeMedia’s data usage, click here www.cafemedia.com/publisher-advertising-privacy-policy.
  • Effective as of May 25, 2018
  • As the owner of this website (the “Site”), The Baking ChocolaTess (“we” or “us”) understand that your privacy is of critical importance.  This Privacy Policy describes what information we collect from you via the Site and how we use and disclose such information.
  • OUR USE OF COOKIES
  • A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.  Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
  • We use cookies for the following purposes:
  • (a) authentication – we use cookies to identify you when you visit our website and as you navigate our website;
  • (b) personalization – we use cookies [to store information about your preferences and to personalize the website for you;
  • (c) security – we use cookies [as an element of the security measures used to protect user accounts, including preventing fraudulent use of login credentials, and to protect our website and services generally;
  • (d) advertising – we use cookies to help us to display advertisements that will be relevant to you; and
  • (e) analysis – we use cookies [to help us to analyze the use and performance of our website and services;
  • We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
  • Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. You can however obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:
  • (a) https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en (Chrome);
  • (b) https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences (Firefox);
  • (c) http://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/cookies/ (Opera);
  • (d) https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies (Internet Explorer);
  • (e) https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411 (Safari); and
  • (f) https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy (Edge).
  • Please note that blocking cookies may have a negative impact on the functions of many websites, including our Site. Some features of the Site may cease to be available to you.
  • INTEREST-BASED ADVERTISING
  • CMI ADVERTISING 
  • This Site is affiliated with CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a CafeMedia (“CafeMedia”) for the purposes of placing advertising on the Site, and CafeMedia will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes. To learn more about CafeMedia’s data usage, click here: www.cafemedia.com/publisher-advertising-privacy-policy.
  • EMAIL ADDRESSES
  • We may collect your email address, but only if you voluntarily provide it to us. This may occur, for example, if you sign up to receive an email newsletter, or enter a promotion.  We will use your email address for the purposes for which you provided it to us, and also from time to time to send you emails regarding the Site or other products or services that we believe may be of interest to you.  You may opt out of such email communications at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” button in the email.]
  • We will not share your email address with any third parties.
  • If you are a resident of a country in the European Economic Area (EEA), please refer to the section below entitled “Additional Rights of EEA Residents.”]
  • REGISTRATION OR ACCOUNT DATA
  • We may collect other information from you when you register with our Site in order to use various features.  Such information could include your name, birthday, postal code, screen name, and password (if applicable). As you use the Site, we could collect other data that you provide voluntarily (such as comments that you post).
  • We may also collect information about you through other methods, including research surveys, social media platforms, verification services, data services, as well as public sources.
  • We may use third parties to provide the functionality to allow you to register for the Site, in which case the third party will also have access to your information. Otherwise, we will not provide any personally-identifying information about you to third parties, except if required by law.
  • We may use your personally-identifying information for a variety of our internal business purposes, such as creating a better user experience for the Site, diagnosing and troubleshooting malfunctions on the Site, better understanding how the Site is used, and making personalized recommendations to you.
  • If you are a resident of a country in the European Economic Area (EEA), please refer to the section below entitled “Additional Rights of EEA Residents.”
  • OTHER:
  • ADDITIONAL RIGHTS OF EEA (European Economic Area) RESIDENTS
  • If you are a resident of a country in the EEA, you have the rights, among others, to:
  • (i)  access your personal data
  • (ii)  ensure the accuracy of your personal data
  • (iii) the right to have us delete your personal data
  • (iv)  the right to restrict further processing of your personal data, and
  • (v)  the right to complain to a supervisory authority in your country of residence in the event that data is misused
  • If you believe that our processing of your personal information infringes data protection laws, you have a legal right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority responsible for data protection. You may do so in the EU member state of your residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement.
  • You may exercise any of your rights in relation to your personal data by written notice to us addressed to the following: [email protected]
  • SALE OF BUSINESS OR ASSETS
  • In the event that the Site or substantially all of its assets is sold or disposed of as a going concern, whether by merger, sale of assets or otherwise, or in the event of an insolvency, bankruptcy or receivership, the information we have collected about you may be one of the assets sold or merged in connection with that transaction.
  • CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY POLICY
  • We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. The most recent version of the Privacy Policy will always be posted on the Site, with the “Effective Date” posted at the top of the Policy. We may revise and update this Privacy Policy if our practices change, as technology changes, or as we add new services or change existing ones. If we make any material changes to our Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal information, or we are going to use any personal information in a manner that is materially different from that stated in our Privacy Policy at the time we collected such information, we will give you a reasonable opportunity to consent to the change. If you do not consent, your personal information will be used as agreed to under the terms of the privacy policy in effect at the time we obtained that information. By using our Site or services after the Effective Date, you are deemed to consent to our then-current privacy policy. We will use information previously obtained in accordance with the Privacy Policy in effect when the information was obtained from you.
  • CONTACTING US
  • If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, or the practices of this Site, please contact us at [email protected] or [email protected].
  • MAILERLITE
  • This service is used for delivery of email updates and newsletters. We store your name and email address for purposes of delivering such communications. Please refer to MailerLite’s privacy policy for further information.
  • WP ULTIMATE RECIPE
  • Bootstrapped Ventures, the developer of WP Ultimate Recipe, does not have access to any of the data collected by the plugin. This is all stored in your local database and not communicated back to us. Take note of the following topics for your own privacy policy.
  • WHAT PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT AND WHY WE COLLECT IT
  • COOKIES
  • When user ratings are enabled we store a WPURP_User_Voted_%recipe% cookie (with %recipe% the ID of the recipe) that contains the rating this user has given to a particular recipe. This cookie is used as (one of the) measures to prevent rating spam.
  • When the User Menus feature is enabled we store WPURP_Shopping_List_Recipes_v2, WPURP_Shopping_List_Servings_v2 and WPURP_Shopping_List_Order_v2 cookies to be able to show the same shopping list to a guest on later visit. This does not contain any personal data.
  • When the Meal Planner feature is enabled we store WPURP_Meal_Plan_ID and WPURP_Meal_Plan_ID_%id% cookies to be able to show the same meal plan to a guest on later visit. This does not contain any personal data.
  • IP ADDRESS
  • When user ratings are enabled we store the IP address upon voting. This is used as (one of the) measures to prevent rating spam.
  • THEIR OWN MANUALLY INPUT INFORMATION
  • With the User Submission feature personal data can be collected, depending on the fields that were added to the form. This can include the user email and name.
  • THIRD PARTY EMBEDS
  • When enabling the share buttons or any of our partner integrations you will be including their code on your website. By doing so you’re agreeing to their Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. For the share buttons this can be Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Pinterest, StumbleUpon and LinkedIn. For partners integrations we have MediaVine, AdThrive, BigOven, Food Fanatic, Yummly and Chicory. All can disabled on the settings page.
  • Fonts in the recipe templates will be loaded from the Google Web Font API (fonts.googleapis.com) unless changed in the Template Editor. You will be agreeing to their Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
  • HOW LONG WE RETAIN YOUR DATA
  • Our cookies are stored for 30 days. User submitted data is stored indefinitely in the local database.
  • WP RECIPE MAKER
  • Bootstrapped Ventures, the developer of WP Recipe Maker, does not have access to any of the data collected by the plugin. This is all stored in your local database and not communicated back to us. Take note of the following topics for your own privacy policy.
  • WHAT PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT AND WHY WE COLLECT IT
  • COMMENTS
  • When comment ratings are enabled we store the rating a user has given to a recipe along with the personal data WordPress core stores.
  • COOKIES
  • When user ratings are enabled we store a WPRM_User_Voted_%recipe% cookie (with %recipe% the ID of the recipe) that contains the rating this user has given to a particular recipe. This cookie is used as (one of the) measures to prevent rating spam.
  • IP ADDRESS
  • When user ratings are enabled we store the IP address upon voting. This is used as (one of the) measures to prevent rating spam.
  • THEIR OWN MANUALLY INPUT INFORMATION
  • With the Recipe Submission feature personal data can be collected, depending on the fields that were added to the form. This can include the user email and name. When using the reCAPTCHA feature you will be agreeing to their terms of use and privacy policy.
  • HOW LONG WE RETAIN YOUR DATA
  • Our cookies are stored for 30 days. User submitted data is stored indefinitely in the local database.
  • LIMIT LOGIN ATTEMPTS
  • Site Security Software to prevent hacking by collecting cookie and IP information.
  • WORDFENCE SECURITY
  • Used to prevent hacking by way of cookie and IP collection.
  • AKISMET
  • We collect information about visitors who comment on Sites that use our Akismet anti-spam service. The information we collect depends on how the User sets up Akismet for the Site, but typically includes the commenter’s IP address, user agent, referrer, and Site URL (along with other information directly provided by the commenter such as their name, username, email address, and the comment itself).
  • 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.
  • At this time, your personal information is not shared with any other third-party applications. This list may be amended from time to time in the Website’s sole discretion.
  • Except when required by law, we will not sell, distribute, or reveal your email addresses or other personal information without your consent; however, we may disclose or transfer personal information collected through the Website to third parties who acquire all or a portion of our business, which may be the result of a merger, consolidation, or purchase of all or a portion of our assets, or in connection with any bankruptcy or reorganization proceeding brought by or against us.
  • 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.
  • CONTACT FORMS
  • We keep contact form submissions for a certain period for customer service purposes, but  do not use the information submitted through them for marketing purposes.
  • 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 anonymous data may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. Examples of this anonymous data may include analytics or information collected from cookies.
  • PUBLICLY VISIBLE INFORMATION
  • If you create a user profile on the Website or leave a comment, certain information may be publicly visible.  To create a user profile, you must choose a username and password and input your email address for profile confirmation.  Your email address will never be available publicly.  At your option, you may also add an avatar, a profile description, and a link to your website.
  • You may also choose to link your Facebook, Instagram, and Google Account.
  • Users may see your username, avatar, profile description and website information.
  • COOKIES
  • The Website uses cookies to store visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same banner ads, customize 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 of your internet browser and may thus permanently deny 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 your Internet browser, not all functions of our Website may be entirely usable.
  • ADVERTISING/NON-DISCLOSURE
  • 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.
  • RETARGETING ADS
  • From time to time, the Website may engage in remarketing 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.
  • SPONSORED CONTENT TRACKING PIXELS
  • This Website may engage in sponsored campaigns with various influencer networks, brands, and agencies. All sponsored content is duly disclosed in accordance with the FTC’s requirements. From time to time, these sponsored campaigns utilize tracking pixels (aka web beacons), which may contain cookies to collect data regarding usage and audience. This information is collected by the sponsoring company to track the results of the campaign. No personally identifiable information collected by the Website is used in conjunction with these tracking pixels.
  • 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.
  • The Baking ChocolaTess 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.
  • NEWSLETTERS
  • On the Website, you may subscribe to our newsletter, which may be used for advertising purposes. All newsletters sent 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. Also, this allows the Website to adapt the content of future newsletters to the interests of the user. This behavior will not be passed on to third parties.
  • RIGHTS RELATED TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
  • Opt-out – You may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in our emails. You may also notify us at [email protected] to be removed from our mailing list.
  • Access – You may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request to [email protected].
  • Amend – You may contact us at [email protected] to amend or update your 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 [email protected].
  • Please note that we may need to retain certain information for recordkeeping purposes or to complete transactions, or when required by law.
  • SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION
  • At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to the Website. This includes your social security number, information regarding race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information, criminal background, or trade union memberships. If you elect to submit such information to us, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.
  • CHILDREN’S INFORMATION
  • The Website does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 16. If a parent or guardian believes that the Website has personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 16 in its database, please contact us immediately at [email protected] and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
  • CONTACT INFORMATION
  • At any time, please contact us at [email protected] for questions related to this Privacy Policy.
  • Last updated: 10/17/2023.