Last updated: July 19, 2024
Who we are
Ginger Snap's Baking Affairs ("Website") privacy policy.
At gingersnapsbakingaffairs.com we are committed to protecting your privacy. This privacy policy is meant to inform you of what information we collect and how it is used.
What Personal Data We Collect and How It Is Used
Voluntary Information:
Personal information, such as your name and email address, may be collected when you voluntarily leave a comment, subscribe to a newsletter, or sign-up for a freebie on the Website.
When visitors leave comments on the Website, 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. If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
Log Files (Automatically-Collected Information):
Like with many other websites, we use and collect the information your browser sends when using our Website. This log file includes information such as your IP address, operating system type, browser system, pages viewed, and the time in which you visited the Website.
Contact forms:
To serve with sending you requested information from our Website, we use a third-party provider, MailPoet. Mailpoet outlines their privacy notice here. At any time you can opt-out of these emails by unsubscribing (we will remove your information) by clicking the unsubscribe button at the bottom of any email.
Cookies:
Cookies are files containing small amounts of data that are stored on your browser by the Website. Like with many other websites, Ginger Snap's Baking Affairs uses cookies to collect information. Cookies do not typically contain personal information about the user, but rather that user's browser.
You can certainly choose to disable or turn off the Website cookies or third-party cookies in your browser setting, but know that this can affect the functionality of the Website. Some portions of the Website will be unusable.
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.
Google Analytics:
Ginger Snaps Baking Affairs uses Google Analytics to track and report Website usage. Here is Google Analytics privacy policy for more details.
What rights you have over your data
At any time you may opt-out of receiving emails from Ginger Snap's Baking Affairs by following the unsubscribe link in your previously received emails.
How Your Information May Be Used
We may use your information in the following ways:
- To operate and maintain the Website
- To send you newsletters or promotional information based on previous request (See Voluntary Information)
- To respond to comments or emails
- To provide you with user support while on the Website
- To protect against unauthorized or illegal activity
Third-Party Use Of Personal Information
We may share your information with third-parties only when you clearly authorize us to.
Additionally, the Website may use third-party service providers to service various features of the Website. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their personal privacy policies.
Ginger Snap's Baking Affairs currently uses the following third-party service providers:
Google Analytics: to track and report Website usage. See Google Analytics Privacy Policy for more information
MailPoet: to serve with sending you requested information from our Website. See MailPoet Privacy Notice for more information.
Nutrition Information
Ginger Snap's Baking Affairs provides approximate nutrition information for convenience and as a courtesy only. Nutrition data is gathered primarily from the USDA Food Composition Database, whenever available, or otherwise other online calculators. Nutrition information can vary for a recipe based on precision of measurements, brands or the source of nutrition data. We strive to keep the information as accurate as possible, but make no warranties regarding its accuracy and encourage readers to make their own calculations.
The authors of the Website are not dietitians or nutritionists. Any recommendations are made based on our research or personal experience, but shall not be construed as medical or nutritional advice. You are fully responsible for any actions you take and any consequences that occur as a result of anything you read on this Website.
It is the readers 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 perpetration instructions.
Ginger Snap's Baking Affairs or Karissa Parrish shall not be liable for adverse reactions or any other outcome resulting from the use of recipes or recommendations on the Website or actions you take as a result.
Affiliate Program Participation
This Website engages in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the articles. 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 affiliate commissions.
Ginger Snap's Baking Affairs is a participant in the Amazon 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 to earn commissions. This program utilizes cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commission on these sales. As an Amazon Associate, the person owning this Website earns from qualifying purchases.
Security
The Website is committed to keeping your information as secure as possible. We have in place an acceptable course of action to safeguard and secure the information that we collect.
Links To Other Websites
Our Website may contain links to other websites. Please note that if you use these links to leave our Website, we are not responsible for the protection or privacy of any information that is collected from these other sites. Please read the privacy policy on said sites for more information on how they collect data.
Children's Information
This website does not knowingly collect any personal information from children under the age of 16. If an adult, parent, or guardian believes that the Website has personal information regarding that of a child under the age of 16 in its database, please contact us immediately at gingersnaps@gingersnapsbakingaffairs.com and we will use our best efforts to immediately remove such information from our records.
Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)
The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.
First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The "help" feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at All About Cookies.
Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.
The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:
- IP Address
- Operating System type
- Operating System version
- Device Type
- Language of the website
- Web browser type
- Email (in hashed form)
Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.
If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.
For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit Mediavine Partners.
Advertising.
CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a Raptive (“Raptive”) is a service provider of this Site 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/
Contact Us
If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy please contact us at gingersnapsbakingaffairs@gmail.com
