Privacy Policy

1. Introduction & Overview

Welcome to Recipe Nest Salad ("we," "our," or "us"). We operate the digital culinary publication accessible at recipenestsalad.blog (the "Website"). We are committed to safeguarding the personal privacy of our visitors, readers, and subscribers.

This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, process, and protect your personal data when you visit our website, subscribe to our newsletter, submit recipe inquiries through our contact forms, or interact with our digital features. By accessing or using Recipe Nest Salad, you acknowledge and agree to the practices described in this document.

2. Information We Collect

We collect information in two principal ways: voluntarily provided information and automated technical data.

A. Information You Voluntarily Provide

• Contact Communications: When you send a query via our contact form, we collect your full name, email address, message topic, and the text of your inquiry.
• Email Subscriptions: When you register for our free weekly salad newsletter, we collect your active email address.
• Comments & Reviews: If you leave feedback or rate a recipe, we collect your submitted display name and commentary.

B. Information Collected Automatically

• Log Files & Device Data: Like most web servers, our infrastructure logs standard data including Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, and timestamp logs.
• Cookies & Tracking Identifiers: Small data files stored on your local device to enhance site navigation, remember user preferences, and analyze readership volume.

3. How We Use Your Information

We process your personal information strictly for legitimate operational purposes, including:

• Delivering requested recipe newsletters and seasonal kitchen meal prep guides.
• Responding directly to your culinary questions, technical queries, or partnership proposals.
• Monitoring aggregate traffic metrics to determine which salad recipes and dressing guides perform best.
• Defending our site infrastructure against malicious cyber activity, unauthorized scrapers, and spam submissions.

We do not sell, rent, or lease your personal contact information to third-party data brokers under any circumstances.

4. Cookies and Web Beacons

Recipe Nest Salad utilizes standard browser cookies. Cookies help us understand how you interact with recipes, which tags you filter by, and whether you have visited our platform before.

You maintain full autonomy to disable or selectively delete cookies via your individual web browser settings (e.g., Google Chrome, Apple Safari, Mozilla Firefox). Note that disabling certain essential cookies may marginally alter the layout or interactivity of our recipe search filters.

5. Third-Party Analytics & Advertising Disclosures

We may partner with privacy-compliant third-party service providers (such as Google Analytics) to aggregate anonymous metrics regarding page dwell time and device classifications. These services operate under their respective privacy policies.

Third-party advertising partners may use cookies and web beacons on our site to serve contextually relevant advertisements based on your prior browsing history. You may opt out of personalized third-party ad tracking by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance Consumer Choice Tool.

6. GDPR Compliance (EEA Residents)

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you possess specific rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):

• Right to Access: You may request copies of the personal data we hold about you.
• Right to Rectification: You may request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete data.
• Right to Erasure ("Right to be Forgotten"): You may request that we delete your email address from our subscriber records.
• Right to Restrict or Object to Processing: You may object to the processing of your data for newsletter marketing at any moment.

To exercise any of these rights, contact our Data Protection representative at hello@recipenestsalad.blog.

7. California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA/CPRA)

For California consumers, the California Consumer Privacy Act affords specific rights:

• The right to know the categories and specific pieces of personal information collected.
• The right to request deletion of personal information collected.
• The right to be free from discriminatory treatment for exercising privacy rights.

Notice of Non-Sale: We do not sell your personal data as defined by the CCPA.

8. Children's Privacy (COPPA Compliance)

Protecting children's privacy online is paramount. Recipe Nest Salad does not intentionally collect or solicit any personally identifiable information from children under 13 years of age. If we discover that a child under 13 has submitted personal information, we promptly delete it from our servers.

9. Data Security & Storage

We deploy industry-standard Secure Sockets Layer (SSL/TLS) encryption across the entirety of Recipe Nest Salad to safeguard your data in transit. However, please remember that no method of electronic storage or Internet transmission is 100% impenetrable.

10. Contacting Our Data Controller

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or wish to request data removal, please reach out to our physical studio or email: