This Privacy Policy governs the manner in which The Crowded Fridge collects, uses, maintains and discloses information collected from users (each, a “User”) of the www.thecrowdedfridge.com website (“Site”). This privacy policy applies to the Site and all products and services offered by A Little Bit Cheesy.
Information We Collect
Personal identification information collected from users
We may collect personal identification information from Users in a variety of ways in connection with activities, services, features or resources we make available on our Site. Users may be asked for, as appropriate, name, email address. Users may, however, visit our Site anonymously. We will collect these forms of personal identification information from Users only if they voluntarily submit such information to us. Users can always refuse to supply personally identification information, except that it may prevent them from engaging in certain Site related activities.
Personal identification information collected from others
We may receive information about you from other sources. The Website utilizes the WordPress commenting system, so if you choose to comment on a Website post while logged into your account, your profile picture will appear and will be visible to other users. Also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
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.
Web browser cookies
Our Site may use “cookies” to enhance User experience. User’s web browser places cookies on their hard drive for record-keeping purposes and sometimes to track information about them. User may choose to set their web browser to refuse cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If they do so, note that some parts of the Site may not function properly.
How Information May Be Used
How we use collected information
The Crowded Fridge may collect and use Users personal information for the following purposes:
- To operate and maintain the website
- To help us respond to your customer service requests and support needs more efficiently
- To send periodic emails in response to direct user inquiries, questions, and/or other requests
- To send you newsletters. Each newsletter will provide information on how to opt-out of future mailings. You will only ever be sent a newsletter if you have specifically signed up to receive it
- To track and measure advertising and usage on the website
- To send you administrative communications, such as administrative emails, confirmation emails, technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts
- To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity
- To identify you as a user of the Website when you submit a comment, should you choose to make this information available.
How we protect your information
We adopt appropriate data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of your personal information, username, password, transaction information and data stored on our Site.
Sharing your personal information
We may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorise 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 tracking has been set to anonymize your IP address. No other personal information is captured by Google Analytics.
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 functionality of many websites, including our Site. Some features of the Site may cease to be available to you.
Third party websites
Users may find advertising or other content on our Site that link to the sites and services of our partners, suppliers, advertisers, sponsors, licensors and other third parties. We do not control the content or links that appear on these sites and are not responsible for the practices employed by websites linked to or from our Site. In addition, these sites or services, including their content and links, may be constantly changing. These sites and services may have their own privacy policies and customer service policies. Browsing and interaction on any other website, including websites which have a link to our Site, is subject to that website’s own terms and policies.
Advertising
Ads appearing on our site may be delivered to Users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile non personal identification information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This privacy policy does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
By using this Site, you consent to the use of such cookies and the sharing of data captured by such cookies with AdThrive, Google, and any other of our third party partners. You can view, delete or add interest categories associated with your browser by visiting: https://adssettings.google.com. You can also opt out of the network cookie using those settings or using the Network Advertising Initiative’s multi-cookie opt-out mechanism at: http://optout.networkadvertising.org. However, these opt-out mechanisms themselves use cookies, and if you clear the cookies from your browser your opt-out will not be maintained.
For European Economic Area Residents
If you reside in a country in the European Economic Area (EEA), then under the GDPR and applicable data protection laws you have the rights, among other things, to access your personal data, have us erase it, and/or restrict its further processing. If you wish to access or delete your personal data (if any) maintained by us or related to advertising on the Site, you can contact us at nicole@alittlebitcheesy.com.
For California Residents
California law gives residents the right to opt out of the “sale” of their personal information to third parties, including for advertising purposes. Under California law, the sharing of your information with a service provider for advertising purposes could be considered a “sale.” To opt out of the sharing of your information for advertising information, click the opt out link provided in the footer of this page. You also have the right to request from us the categories of personal information that we have shared and the categories of third parties to whom the information was provided. To make such a request, please contact us at info@adthrive.com. To be clear we do not share your name, contact information, or any other sensitive information with third parties, and the categories of third parties that we share information with for advertising purposes are supply side platforms, programmatic advertising exchanges, and demand side platforms.
Google Adsense
This site also uses Google Adsense advertising. While this site doesn’t collect personal information or serve personalized ads to EEA residents. Although these ads don’t use cookies for ads personalization, they do use cookies to allow for frequency capping, aggregated ad reporting, and to combat fraud and abuse. Again, you can visit Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/ to learn how Google collects, stores and uses this information.
Some of the ads may be served by Google. Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to Users based on their visit to our Site and other sites on the Internet. DART uses “non personally identifiable information” and does NOT track personal information about you, such as your name, email address, physical address, etc. You may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy at http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html.
The Crowded Fridge partners with Google Adsense to provide some ads on our site. To see how Google uses information from sites that use Google services, visit this Google Information Article.
Affiliate and Other Partnerships
This 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.
Additionally, some posts are sponsored by advertisers/companies. These sponsored posts will always be clearly labeled at the top of the post as “sponsored” and will identify the sponsoring company. Some items that are reviewed are given to me by the company. Gifted products will always be clearly noted on the respective pages.
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.
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 behaviour will not be passed on to third parties.
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.
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Publicly visible information
If you use a WordPress user profile on the Website or leave a comment, certain information may be publicly visible. Your email address will never be available publicly. Along with your username, at your option, you may also add an avatar, a profile description, and a link to your website.
Users may see your username, avatar, profile description and website information.
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 nicole@thecrowdedfridge.com to be removed from our mailing list.
Access – You may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request to nicole@thecrowdedfridge.com.
Amend – You may contact us at nicole@thecrowdedfridge.com 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 nicole@thecrowdedfridge.com.
Please note that we may need to retain certain information for record-keeping 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 nicole@thecrowdedfridge.com and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
Changes to this privacy policy
The Crowded Fridge has the discretion to update this privacy policy at any time. When we do, we will revise the updated date at the bottom of this page. We encourage Users to frequently check this page for any changes to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this privacy policy periodically and become aware of modifications.
Your acceptance of these terms
By using this Site, you signify your acceptance of this policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our Site. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes to this policy will be deemed your acceptance of those changes.
Contacting us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this site, please contact us at:
The Crowded Fridge
www.thecrowdedfridge.com
Nicole, The Crowded Fridge(Canada)
nicole@thecrowdedfridge.com
This document was last updated on January 1, 2022
Terms of Use
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Recipe Disclaimer
The Crowded Fridge in no way provides any warranty, express or implied, towards the content of recipes in this website. It is the reader’s responsibility to determine the value and quality of any recipe or instructions provided for food preparation and to determine the nutritional value, if any, and safety of the preparation instructions.
The recipes presented are intended for entertainment and/or informational purposes and for use by persons having appropriate technical skill, at their own discretion and risk.
While I prepare the recipes at my own risk, I assume that should you desire to follow the recipes in this blog, you are doing so “at your own risk”. I am not liable, not responsible and do not assume obligation for:
– Adverse reactions to food consumed such as food poisoning and any kind of food-borne disease
– Misinterpreted recipe
– Domestic accidents, including but not limited to fires in your kitchen, a cut finger or flour-covered kitchen countertop.
– I make no warranties for the outcome of your food experiments.
Remember, cooking is very subjective. You and I might use different brands of the same ingredients. Our ovens might have different temperatures. Our cooking abilities might be at different levels. Before trying a new recipe, read and re-read the recipe. Make sure you’re not allergic to any of the ingredients. Use the right amounts and tools. What you decide to do with the recipes here is your responsibility.
Nutritional Disclaimer
All information and tools presented and written within this site are intended for informational purposes only. I am not a certified nutritionist and any nutritional information on The Crowded Fridge should only be used as a general guideline.
This information is provided as a courtesy and there is no guarantee that the information will be completely accurate. Any nutritional information provided, such as calories, is automatically calculated by my recipe card software. Even though I try to provide accurate nutritional information to the best of my ability, these figures should still be considered only as estimates.
Under no circumstances will The Crowded Fridge and its owner be responsible for any loss, adverse reactions, effects, consequences, damage, affliction or illness resulting in your reliance on the content here such as the recipes and nutritional information provided. Content should not be considered a substitute for professional medical advice, treatment or diagnosis. Should you need to be sure, please seek advice from a professional nutritionist or your doctor.
The reader assumes full responsibility for consulting a qualified health professional regarding health conditions or concerns before using the content on this site. To obtain the most accurate representation of the nutritional information in any given recipe, you should calculate the nutritional information with the actual ingredients used in your recipe. You are ultimately responsible for all decisions pertaining to your health.
By using The Crowded Fridge and it’s content, you agree to these Terms of Use.
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest, however, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Copyright
All images (logos, graphics and photographs) displayed on this site (with the exception of any advertising images/graphics) are the sole, copyrighted property of The Crowded Fridge and may not be used without express written permission from the site owner.
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January 1, 2022
