Privacy Policy

Last updated: June 16, 2024

This privacy policy for One Creative Cook ("us", "we", or "our") operates the https://www.onecreativecook.com website (the "Website").

This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Website and the choices you have associated with that data.

We use your data to provide and improve the Website. By using our Website, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

Your privacy matters to us, we promise not to misuse, sell, or exploit any information you provide to us.

Our Use of Tracking Technologies and Cookies

Understanding Cookies and Web Beacons

  • Cookies: Cookies are small files or pieces of text that are downloaded to your device when you visit a website or use an app. They serve various functions, such as remembering your preferences and improving your browsing experience.

  • Web Beacons: Web beacons (also known as pixel tags or clear GIFs) are small, transparent graphic images embedded in a web page or email. They are used to track user activity, such as page views, and are often used in conjunction with cookies to collect data about how users interact with content.

First-Party and Third-Party Cookies

  • First-Party Cookies: These are set by the website you're visiting and are essential for its functionality. For example, they can remember your language preference, store your login credentials (if you have an account), or customize the appearance of the website based on your settings.

  • Third-Party Cookies: These are set by domains other than the one you're visiting. They are often used for advertising and analytics purposes. For instance, they allow advertisers to track your browsing behavior across different websites to serve personalized ads.

Squarespace

We use cookies and similar technologies, which allow Squarespace, our hosting platform to ensure the smooth operation of our Website. For information about the cookies dropped on your device, visit The cookies Squarespace uses.

These functional and required cookies are always used to securely serve our Website to you. 

These analytics and performance cookies are used, as described below, only when you opt-in through our cookie banner. We use analytics and performance cookies to view site traffic, activity, and other data. 

You can manage your cookie preferences or revoke consent at any time by accessing the cookie settings in your browser.

Affiliate Links

We participate in various affiliate marketing programs, including but not limited to Amazon Associates and other affiliate networks. When you click on an affiliate link on our Website and make a purchase, cookies may be set by these affiliate networks to track the referral and attribute commissions. These cookies are used for analytics and to facilitate earning commissions on qualifying purchases.

Google AdSense

We use third-party vendors, including Google, who may be placing and reading cookies on your browser, or using web beacons to collect information to serve ads based on your prior visits to this Website or other websites.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics, a third-party service, to observe and assess how our Website is used. Google Analytics is a tool provided by Google that uses cookies to track and provide reports on website traffic. 

  • Google utilizes the gathered data to monitor our Website’s usage and may share it with other Google services. 

  • Google can also use this information to tailor and personalize advertisements within its advertising network.

  • If you prefer not to share your activity on our Website with Google Analytics, you can opt-out through our cookie banner, or you can manage your cookie preferences or revoke consent at any time by accessing the cookie settings in your browser. 

  • Additionally, you can install the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. This add-on prevents Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from transmitting information about your visits to Google Analytics.

By opting-in to our use of tracking technologies and cookies, you consent to the collection and use of your data as described in this privacy policy.

For more information about the tracking technologies and cookies used by Squarespace and other third-party vendors, please refer to their respective policies.

Types of Visitor Data We Collect and How it’s Used

To serve the Website to you

This Website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace collects personal data when you visit this Website, including:

  • Information about your browser, network, and device

  • Web pages you visited prior to coming to this Website

  • Web pages you view while on this Website

  • Your IP address

Squarespace needs the data to run this Website, and to protect and improve its platform and services. Squarespace analyzes the data in a de-personalized form.

Analytics

This Website collects personal data to power our site analytics, including:

  • Information about your browser, network, and device

  • Web pages you visited prior to coming to this Website

  • Your IP address

This information may also include details about your use of this Website, including:

  • Clicks

  • Internal links

  • Pages visited

  • Scrolling

  • Searches

  • Timestamps

We share this information with Squarespace and Google Analytics, our Website analytics providers, to learn about site traffic and activity.

Form submissions

When you submit information to this Website via webform, we collect the data requested in the webform to track and respond to your submissions. We share this information with Squarespace, our online store hosting provider so that they can provide website services to us.

Share buttons

This Website includes share buttons that enable you to share pages or other content from this site to the following third-party services:

  • Pinterest

  • Instagram

If you click a share button, these third parties may receive your personal data, including:

  • Information about your browser, network, and device

  • Details about the web page or content you shared or proposed to share

  • Your IP address

Blog comments

This Website includes commenting functionality on some pages which enables you to post a comment. This Website collects personal data when you post a comment, including:

  • Your name (which will be displayed as part of your posted comment)

  • Your email address (optional, to let you know if someone replies to your comment)

  • Your website URL (optional)

This Website also includes “likes” functionality on some blog posts which enables you to “like” a post. This Website collects personal data when you like a post to try to prevent the same person from liking the same post during the same visit, including:

  • Information about your browser, network, and device

  • Details about the web page or content you shared or proposed to share

  • Your IP address

Marketing Emails

We may send you marketing emails, which you can unsubscribe from by clicking the link at the bottom of the email. We share your contact information with Squarespace, our email marketing provider, so they can send these emails on our behalf.

Fonts

This Website serves font files from and renders fonts using Google Fonts and Adobe Fonts. To properly display this Website to you, these third parties may receive personal information about you, including:

  • Information about your browser, network, or device

  • Information about this Website and the page you’re viewing on it

  • Your IP address

Personalized Ads

We use Google AdSense, a third-party service, to display personalized ads on our Website.

This involves collecting data about your browsing activity to tailor ads based on your interests. To learn more about what types of data are collected and how Google uses it, visit How Google uses data when you use our partners’ sites or apps. 

You can also manage your ad personalization preferences through Google's Ad Settings or opt out of personalized ads entirely through the AdChoices website.

Retention of Your Personal Data

We will retain your data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy. We will retain and use your data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

We will also retain usage data for internal analysis purposes. Usage data is generally retained for a shorter period, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Website, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer periods.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including personal data, is processed at our Website’s operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. This means that your information 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 in your jurisdiction.

Your consent to this privacy policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy and no transfer of your personal data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

Delete Your Personal Data

You have the right to delete or request assistance in deleting the personal data we've collected about you. Our Website may offer the option to delete certain information directly. You can also contact us to update, amend, or delete your information at any time. Please note, however, that we may need to retain certain information due to legal obligations or lawful bases

Timeline for Processing Deletion Requests

We strive to process deletion requests in a timely manner, typically within 30 days from the date of receipt. However, the processing time may vary depending on the complexity of the request and the volume of requests received.

Confirmation of Deletion

Once your deletion request has been processed, we will notify you via email to confirm that your personal data has been securely deleted from our systems, except where retention is necessary for compliance with legal obligations or for legitimate business purposes.

Exceptions to Deletion

Please note that certain data may be retained if necessary to comply with legal obligations or for legitimate business purposes, as outlined in this privacy policy. In such cases, we will inform you of the reasons for retaining your data and the applicable retention periods.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Law enforcement

Under certain circumstances, we may be required to disclose your personal data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Other legal requirements

We may disclose your personal data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

  • Comply with a legal obligation

  • Protect and defend the rights or property of this Website

  • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with our Website

  • Protect the personal safety of users of this Website or the public

  • Protect against legal liability

How We Share Your Data

We may share your data with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents (“third parties”) who assist us in providing services or carrying out tasks on our behalf and require access to such information to perform their duties. These third parties may include:

  • Cloud storage providers

  • Email service providers

  • Analytics providers

  • Marketing and advertising partners

We have contracts in place with our third-party partners designed to safeguard your personal information. These agreements specify that they may only process your personal information according to our instructions. Additionally, they are obligated to protect the data they handle on our behalf and to retain it for the duration specified in our instructions.

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of your personal data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Children's Privacy

Our Website does not address anyone under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. 

If you are a parent or guardian and are aware that your child has provided us with their personal data, please contact us so that we can take appropriate action to delete the information and ensure compliance with COPPA regulations. 

If we become aware that we have collected personal information from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.

If we need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your information and your country requires consent from a parent, we may require your parent's consent before we collect and use that information.

For more information about COPPA and children's online privacy rights, please visit the Federal Trade Commission's website at www.ftc.gov.

Links to Other Websites

Our Website may include links to websites operated by third parties. Clicking on these links will direct you to the respective third-party websites. We recommend reviewing the privacy policy of each site you visit.

Please note that we do not have control over the content, privacy policies, or practices of these third-party sites or services, and we assume no responsibility for them.

Affiliate Marketing

We participate in affiliate marketing programs, which means we may earn a commission on purchases made through links to affiliate sites. This helps support our Website and allows us to continue providing valuable content.

When you click on an affiliate link on our Website and make a purchase, the affiliate company compensates us at no additional cost to you. Our affiliate relationships do not influence the content, topics, or posts made on our Website. We always provide honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on those products.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these third-party websites. Please review the privacy policies of any external sites you visit from links on our Website to understand how your information is collected and used by those entities.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update our privacy policy periodically. We will notify you of any changes by posting the updated privacy policy on this page and updating the “Last updated” date.

Notification of Changes

We will inform you via email and/or a prominent notice before any changes to our privacy policy take effect. We encourage you to review this privacy policy regularly for updates.

Consent to Updated Policy

By continuing to use our Website after being notified of changes, you are deemed to have accepted the updated privacy policy. If you do not agree, you must stop using our Website.

Active Consent Requirement

In certain circumstances, we may require your active consent to the updated privacy policy as required by law. We will provide clear instructions on how to provide consent in such cases.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, you can contact us:

  • By visiting our Contact Page and filling out the contact form.