Welcome to my Eaten Good. I’m the owner of this personal blog and the only one who writes and edits the blogs for this website. For me the commitment to protecting the privacy of the visitors of my website is the most initial part.

And this is why I’ve put together this Privacy Policy to give you the explanations about how I keep your information safe. Because I believe it’s important for every visitor of my website to know what types of information I collect, how I use it alongside what rights you have. 

But what’s the main purpose of collecting your information? Well, by using your information responsibly I get to know you better, find your browsing issues on my website to solve them. And this helps me provide you with a more enhanced user experience while you visit my website. So, why we are still here? Let’s dive into the details. 

Information I Collect About You

To me, maintaining the privacy of my site visitors is my top priority. And for this reason, I’m committed to protecting your personal information.

What does this policy actually explain? Well, it mainly talks about what information we collect about you when you visit my website and in which way I use it. 

So, let’s dig into the below discussion to learn more.

1. Automatically Collected Data

When you visit my website, I may automatically collect some information such as about your device and another thing is your browsing activity. 

These two pieces of information help me to understand better how you use my blog site. And what’s the benefit of this? It helps me improve more and give you the best browsing experience. 

Apart from these two pieces of information let me give you some more examples of the information that I collect automatically to keep the transparency. Take a look:  

• IP Address: This unique identifier is assigned to your device when you go online. 
• Browser Type & Version: Your browser type and version tell me just what browser you’re using. Such as, when you use Chrome or Firefox to visit my website, I automatically collect the the browser type and its version.
• Operating System: By collecting the operating system data, I able to know that which operating system your device is using (like Windows, macOS, or Android).
• Referring URLs: This tells me the website you visited before browsing my site.
• Pages Viewed on My Website: This gives me information about which pages you are visiting on my website and how long you are staying on them.
• Dates & Times of Access: This access gives me information about your visiting date and time on my website.

But one question that may come to your mind is: How do I collect this information? It’s simple! By using cookies and similar technologies. So, when you visit a website, a thing pops up on your screen that says ‘Accept Cookies or Decline.’ Relatable? But what is this thing? 

Cookies are small data files that are basically stored on your device when you visit a website. This technology offers you control it. That means you can just simply accept or disable cookies through your browser settings. 

2. Data You Submit

The previous pieces of information I talked about I can collect them automatically. But there is some more information that you may choose to give me willingly. What are they? Find them below:

• Your Name & Comments: So, after reading one of my recipes, you might leave a comment if you find it useful for you. And there I collect your name if you provide it and your precious comment also.
• Ratings: When you rate any of my recipes, I collect your ratings.
• Account Creation Details: If you are visiting my website, then I might ask you to create an account on my website. And I’m pretty sure you’ve seen this before while surfing any kind of website.

To create an account I’ve to collect your email address, your provided username, and a password (which you’ll create for your account). Don’t worry your password will be encrypted.

How I Use Your Information

I’ve told you before that why I collect your information. Yes, to operate and improve my website to give you a presonalize user experience. Your information also contributes to provide you with valuable contents.

But how I use your information? Here are the answers:

1. Website Improvement and Analytics:

I use automatically collected data to see how my visitors are interacting with my blog site. Because this helps me to identify the areas for future improvements that I should make. 

Want an example? Okay, suppose I have got automatically-collected data of yours and find out that you’re facing problems to find your desired recipes? Then, by recognizing the problem, I’ll fix it or them and ensure you that next time when you’ll visit my site, you find the recipes that you are looking for, you find them easily.

2. Personalization:

I use cookies to personalize your user experience on my website. How? Let’s take, you have accepted cookies option of my website and I’ve collected your browsing history. Now what difference will happen? 

Okay, by using the data I’ll be able to recommend you recipes that you might be interested in. It’s like priotizing your likings, and serve you according to that. 

 3. Targeted Advertising:

First of all, please note that I will only use your information for targeted advertising if you explicitly opt-in to this feature. 

And with your permission, I may use cookies and other tracking technologies to show you relevant advertisements on my website. In easy words, you’ll only see the ads that you’ve shown interest from your browsing activity.

4. Your Choices

Lastly, you are the controller of your information. Yes, you can manage or disable cookies in my browser settings. On the other hand, you can also opt out of receiving newsletters or other communications from me. 

Who I Share Your Information With

As I value my privacy, I value yours, too. So, let me clarify the whole idea about how, when and to whom actually I share your information. But one thing that I can assure you without thinking a second time is that I never ever share any personal information of yours or any visitors with third parties.

Then when can I share your information? Here are the limited cases:

1. Service Providers

I may share your information with third-party service providers that help us run our website and also provide services to you. But don’t worry. Because they are contractually bound to keep your information confidential and secure. 

So, who are those service providers? They are the companies that help us with analytics, website hosting, and email marketing.

2. Legal Requirements

I might share your information with the law (if required) or to protect our rights and the safety of others. This could involve responding to a court order or subpoena.

User Choices and Control

I respect your right to have full control over sharing your personal information while visiting my website. Therefore in this section, I’m going to discuss with you how you can manage your data. Let’s dive in: 

Cookies:

I’ve mentioned to you before in this article about how cookies work and the way of controlling or disabling cookies. But it’s important to revise it again as we are discussing the “User Choices and Control” topic for website visitors. 

So, you can control or disable my website’s cookies just by going to your browser settings. After going to the browser setting you’ll find the “Privacy & Security” section. This is where you will find the option for blocking all cookies or customizing them as per your needs. 

Other websites may offer an add-like tab where that shows the accept or disable cookies option right after you enter those websites. From there, you can quickly and easily accept or disable cookies.

Caution: Keep in mind that when you disable cookies, it may limit some features of the websites.

Account Information:

If you have created an account on my website then, you can access also update your account information anytime you want. Not only that you also can delete your account whenever you desire to do that.

Communications:

You can stop receiving newsletters or marketing emails from me. To do that you’ll need to click the “unsubscribe” link from any of the emails that I’ve sent you. 

Security

I take the required steps to protect your information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. And how do I do that?

Basically, I use a combination of security measures like encryption to keep your precious data safe from any kind of harm. But the factor is there is no website that is 100% secure. 

So, if any kind of security breach involves your personal information, just don’t panic. I’ll notify you by that moment. 

Changes to the Privacy Policy:

I may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. And when I do, I’ll notify you by posting the updated policy on my website. I always recommend reviewing the updated Policy often, as it will keep you informed of updates.

Another thing that you should know. After the update of the Privacy Policy, your visits to my website will consider that you have  accepted the changes.

Contact Information:

So, if you have any questions about my website’s Privacy Policy, please feel free to contact me by  (email) this email address. I will be very happy if I get a chance to read your feedback.