General Introduction
blueplatediaries is a recipe site that keeps things friendly and easy. We don't use accounts, and we won't ever ask for your personal info directly. That means blueplatediaries never sells or passes along details about you.
Still, we want to let you know that some details about your visit might get collected automatically by outside services we use. Things like stats, ads, or videos come from third parties that help us give you a better visit. This privacy policy is here to clarify what gets gathered and how blueplatediaries works to keep your data and privacy safe.
Third-party services used
To keep blueplatediaries running smoothly and recipes freely available, we work with several third-party providers. They help us see how the site gets used, support us with ads, and allow us to add fun features like video. Here’s what these partners do:
- YouTube: Once in a while, blueplatediaries shares recipe videos straight from YouTube. Whenever you play these, YouTube (run by Google) may set cookies to check things like video stats or views. If you’re signed into Google, watching on blueplatediaries could link to your profile, but we never access those records. You can read more in YouTube/Google’s privacy policy.
- Cloudflare Analytics: This tool from Cloudflare lets us keep tabs on website speed and reliability—without using cookies that identify individuals. Data like browsing info and IP address gets grouped. We only use it to spot site issues and make blueplatediaries better and safer for all.
- Google AdSense: This is Google’s advertising tool. AdSense lets us show ads that help fund blueplatediaries and keep it free for everyone. Cookies from AdSense help offer you ads that might interest you. blueplatediaries can’t see the private info Google might use for these ads. For complete details, take a look at Google’s privacy policy.
- Google Analytics: With Google Analytics, we can check out how visitors explore the site (which pages are favorites, or how long folks stay). All this info is anonymous, and cookies help collect the stats. None of these details identify you. The goal’s just to help us make blueplatediaries more useful for you.
Cookies and consent
Cookies are little text bits saved on your device when you pop by blueplatediaries. Both we and our trusted third-party services use them to make sure your visit goes smoothly:
- Advertising cookies: These come from Google AdSense and store your likes and browsing habits to make ads fit you better.
- Analytics cookies: Google Analytics and Cloudflare Analytics rely on these to collect statistics and traffic info. Everything's anonymized. It just lets us see what you love on blueplatediaries and how to keep things snappy.
- Functional cookies: These are must-haves for site basics—like remembering your choices (say, language or cookie consent). Without them, some things might not work quite right.
Browsing blueplatediaries means you’re cool with these cookies being used as laid out above. If you like, you can control or delete them by tweaking your browser preferences. Most browsers let you get rid of cookies, block them, or warn you before they show up. Just be aware—turning them off might impact your experience on blueplatediaries and elsewhere.
Changes to this policy
From time to time, blueplatediaries might change this privacy policy. That could be due to new rules, added services, or changes in how we operate. If the updates are big, we’ll flag them clearly—maybe with a homepage notice or a special announcement.
The date shown at the top of this page tells you when we last updated these terms. It's a good idea to check back now and then, so you're always informed about how blueplatediaries cares for your privacy.
Contact
If you’ve got questions, want to chat, or need something about this privacy policy explained, reach out! Contact us any time at legal@blueplatediaries.com. blueplatediaries is always happy to hear from you and help however we can.
Conclusion
Thanks for reading blueplatediaries’s privacy policy. By using blueplatediaries, you agree to how we handle things as described here. We hope this puts your mind at ease so you can dive into our recipes with confidence. We appreciate your trust—enjoy your time with us!