As the owner of this website (the “Site”), 101 Cooking For Two LLC, we 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.
Effective as of May 24, 2018. Last updated Seotember 6, 2023.
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- Our Use of Cookies
- Web Analysis
- Browser Cookies
- Advertising
- Email Addresses
- Where do we send your data?
- Cloudflare
- Social Media
- Embedded content from other sites
- Affiliate Program Participation
- Server log files.
- What about other websites 101 Cooking for Two links to?
- Minors
- Comments
- How long do we retain your data?
- ADDITIONAL RIGHTS OF EEA (EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA) RESIDENTS
- Sale of Business or Assets
- Changes to the Privacy Policy
- Agreeing to Terms
- Contacting Us
Our Use of Cookies
A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) sent by a web server to a web browser and 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. Still, personal information 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) advertising - we use cookies to help us to display advertisements that will be relevant to you as outlined in the Advertising Privacy Statement of this document; and
(c) analysis - we use cookies [to help us to analyze the use and performance of our website and services;
Web Analysis
We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use using 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/. We at 101 Cooking for Two have “privatized” the data collected by Google by eliminating part of the IP address, which should help prevent personal identification.
This site, 101 Cooking for Two, also uses StatCounter for further analysis of site activities to help improve the site experience for site visitors.
Statcounter is an online service that helps us to understand our visitors; for example, how visitors find our website, how long they spend on our site, which web pages they are most interested in etc. We use Statcounter because a better understanding of how visitors interact with our website helps us improve our site's content, design, and functionality. This allows us to offer a better online experience to our visitors.
Statcounter uses cookies and other technologies to collect data on visitors and visitor activity on our website. This data is kept for only a few days and then destroyed. No attempt is made to identify individuals.
The data includes:
- The IP address (this is a numerical label assigned to a device by an Internet Service Provider to enable the device to access the Internet.)
- Time and date of visit (this can help us to identify and plan for busy periods on our website)
- Browser and Operating System (this can help us to make sure that our website functions correctly in the browsers/operating systems used to access our site)
- Device Information like device type and screen size (this can help us to make sure that our website functions correctly on the devices used to access our site)
- Referring data like a search engine link (this can help us to understand which search engines are helping visitors to find our website)
Furthermore, when you visit our website, a Statcounter cookie (called "is_unique") may be placed in your browser. This cookie is used only to determine whether you are a first-time or returning visitor and to estimate unique site visits.
You can learn more about cookies from StatCounter and set your browser to refuse their cookies.
For further details, please see the Statcounter privacy policy.
Browser Cookies
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) https://www.opera.com/privacy/cookies (Opera);
(d) https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies (Internet Explorer);
(e) https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205033 (Safari); and
(f) https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy (Edge).
Please note that blocking cookies may harm the functions of many websites, including our Site. Some features of the Site may cease to be available to you.
Advertising
This Site is affiliated with CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a Raptive (“Raptive”) 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.
Email Addresses
We may collect your email address, but only if you voluntarily provide it. This may occur, for example, if you sign up to receive an email newsletter, leave a comment, or enter a promotion.
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form and the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
If you have provided your email address to us, we will not use your email address to contact you for unrelated reasons. We may use the information you provided to personalize your experience and administer contests or promotions.
Where do we send your data?
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
All data is stored on our host server at BigScoots and a backup server. They are collecting no additional data at our request. You may review their privacy statement at BigScoots Privacy Policy.
Cloudflare
Our site is served through Cloudflare. Cloudflare helps our site load faster by storing copies of our content in data centers worldwide and defends our site from attacks by logging requests to detect and block suspicious traffic. For more information on how Cloudflare handles the data it collects, see Cloudflare’s privacy policy.
Social Media
101 Cooking for Two provides connections to various social media outlets to help you share our content. Each link to the various social media outlets is governed by their Privacy Policy, and we have no control over or access to that data.
Embedded content from other sites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Affiliate Program Participation
The Site may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the Site. If you use a link to an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions.
The Site 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 Site will post customized links provided by Amazon to track the referrals to their website. This program utilizes cookies to track visits to assign commissions on these sales.
This site also has an affiliate relationship with Thermoworks at https://www.thermoworks.com, which provides customized links like Amazon. If you use those links, a cookie may be placed in your browser to track referrals to their website. This program utilizes cookies to track visits for the purpose of assigning commissions on these sales. See Thermoworks privacy policy for more infomation.
Server log files.
When you use 101 Cooking for Two, our server automatically records certain log file information, including your web request, Internet Protocol ("IP") address, browser type, referring / exit pages and URLs, and how you interact with links/pages on the site. This log file information is automatically reported by your browser each time you request to visit a web page.
The information in the log files is only used to maintain the server and correct problems and errors.
What about other websites 101 Cooking for Two links to?
From time to time, 101 Cooking for Two will provide links to other websites as a convenience to our visitors. Those sites are not owned by 101 Cooking for Two LLC, and those sites are not governed by this privacy policy. We encourage you to review the privacy and security policies of any website that you visit.
Minors
This website is intended for use by adults 18 years and older. We do not intentionally nor knowingly collect personal information from minors without parental consent. If you are under the age of 18, you must cease the use of this website immediately.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the Site, we collect the data shown in the comments form and the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience, so you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
How long do we retain your data?
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can automatically recognize and approve any follow-up comments instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
If you sign up to receive email newsletters - your information is kept to send you our email newsletter. You can unsubscribe at any time by hitting the unsubscribe button, which is found at the bottom of any email received by us.
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 if 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.
Among other means that you may provide us with our communication, you consent and agree to communicate with us via email.
You may exercise any of your rights in relation to your personal data by contacting us at
DrDan at 101cookingfortwo dot com.
Sale of Business or Assets
If 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 if 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 data 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.
Agreeing to Terms
If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy as posted here on this website, please do not use this site or any services offered by this site.
Your use of this site indicates acceptance of this privacy policy.
Contacting Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the practices of this Site, please contact us.
Contact Information
Most current contact information at Contact Me.
DrDan @ 101cookingfortwo . com (Remove spaces to use)
Originally Published May 24, 2018
Last Updated April 19, 2023