Privacy Policy

Last Updated: April 15, 2023

Culinary Chronicles ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website culinarychronicles.com (the "Website"). Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site.

1. Information We Collect

1.1 Personal Data

We may collect personally identifiable information, such as your:

• Name
• Email address
• Phone number
• Mailing address
• Payment information

This information is collected when you subscribe to our newsletter, register for our cooking classes, purchase products, fill out contact forms, or engage in other activities on our Website.

1.2 Non-Personal Data

We may also collect non-personal information about you whenever you interact with our Website. Non-personal information may include:

• Browser name
• Device type
• Operating system
• IP address
• Pages visited
• Time and date of your visit
• Time spent on those pages
• Other statistics

2. How We Use Your Information

We may use the information we collect from you for the following purposes:

• To personalize your experience on our Website
• To improve our Website based on your feedback
• To process transactions
• To send periodic emails regarding your orders, products, services, or other information
• To follow up after correspondence (email or phone inquiries)
• To send promotional content about our products, services, special offers, and upcoming events
• To better understand how users access and use our Website to improve our offerings

3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies on our Website to collect information about your browsing activities. Cookies are small files that a site transfers to your computer's hard drive through your web browser that enables the site to recognize your browser and remember certain information.

We use cookies to:

• Keep track of advertisements
• Understand and save user preferences for future visits
• Compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interactions
• Enhance user experience on our Website

You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies through your browser settings. Since each browser is different, look at your browser's Help Menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.

We also use the following types of cookies:

• Essential cookies: Necessary for the Website to function properly
• Analytical/performance cookies: Allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and see how visitors move around our Website
• Functionality cookies: Enable us to personalize your experience on our Website
• Targeting cookies: Record your visit to our Website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed

4. Third-Party Disclosure

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personally identifiable information to outside parties except in the following circumstances:

• Service providers: We may share your information with third-party service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as payment processing, email delivery, hosting services, and customer service.
• Business transfers: If we or our assets are acquired, or in the unlikely event of bankruptcy, your personal information may be transferred as part of the transaction.
• Legal compliance: We may disclose information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.
• With your consent: We may share your information in any other circumstances where we have your consent.

5. Third-Party Links

Our Website may contain links to third-party websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

6. Analytics

We may use third-party Service Providers, such as Google Analytics, to monitor and analyze the use of our Website. These services may track information about your visits such as your IP address, browser type, referring pages, pages visited, and time spent on particular pages.

7. Data Retention

We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies.

8. Data Security

We use commercially reasonable security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

9. International Data Transfers

Your information, including personal data, may be transferred to and maintained on computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction. If you are located outside the United Kingdom and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including personal data, to the United Kingdom and process it there.

10. Children's Privacy

Our Website is not intended for children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 16. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

11. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including:

• The right to access the personal information we hold about you
• The right to request the correction of inaccurate personal information
• The right to request the erasure of your personal information
• The right to restrict the processing of your personal information
• The right to data portability
• The right to object to the processing of your personal information
• The right to withdraw consent at any time

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

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