Effective Date: September 29, 2026

Culinary Ginger found at https://culinaryginger.com/ (“Website”) is governed by the following privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”).

We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you what personally identifiable information we may collect and how it may be used. This statement only applies to this Website.

Advertising

CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a Raptive (“Raptive”) is a service provider of this website for the purposes of placing advertising on the website, 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

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 https://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/.

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 Opt Out – NAI: Network Advertising Initiative.

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 website. 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)

What Information We Collect and How It Is Used

  • Information You Voluntarily Submit to the Website: If you sign up for our newsletter, you will only be asked for your email address, no other information will be collected. If you are leaving a comment or submitting a contact form, you will not be asked to create a profile. You will be asked for your name (first name only is fine) and email address. The email address is used ONLY to respond to a question or to thank you after leaving the comment or question. All comments are scanned for spam by Antispam Bee. You can read more about how we handle user comments and reviews in our Terms of Use.
  • Cookies: We may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by the Website. We may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalized experience on the Website.

How Your Information May Be Used

We may use the information collected in the following ways:

  • To operate and maintain the Website;
  • To send you promotional information, such as newsletters. Each email promotion will provide information on how to opt-out of future mailings;
  • To send you administrative communications, such as administrative emails, confirmation emails, technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts;
  • To respond to your comments or inquiries;
  • To provide you with user support;
  • To track and measure advertising on the Website;
  • To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.

Culinary Ginger uses your email address solely to send our weekly newsletter, ‘What’s been cooking this week’, featuring our newest and most popular recipes. We also use it to respond to any comments or reviews you leave on the site. Your information is never used for any other purpose, and you can opt-out of the newsletter at any time via the unsubscribe link included in every email.

Third-Party Use of Personal Information

We may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorize 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 may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is captured by Google Analytics. To learn more about how Google uses data, you can review Google’s Privacy Policy.
  • Kit – This service is used for delivery of email updates and newsletters. We store your email address for purposes of delivering such communications. Please refer to Kit’s privacy policy for further information.
  • Antispam Bee – Used for comment spam detection and filtering. You can read more about Antispam Bee.

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.

Publicly Visible Information

If you leave a comment and use your first and/or last name, it may be publicly visible, whichever you enter into the comment field. Your email address will never be available publicly or used by the website. Your comment may also be featured in a blog post.

To learn more about cookies, you can view this website’s Cookie Policy here.

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.

  • Opt-out: You may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in our emails. You may also notify us via our contact form to be removed from our mailing list. Once you unsubscribe, your information is permanently deleted.
  • Access: You may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request via our contact form.
  • Amend: You may contact us via our contact form to request to amend or update your personal information.
  • Forget personal data: In certain situations, you may request that we erase or forget your personal data. To do so, please submit a request via our contact form.

Please note that we may need to retain certain information for record-keeping purposes or when required by law. Additionally, data is stored as long as the website is open, or until a user requests for their personal data to be removed.

Sensitive Personal Information

At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to the Website. This includes your address, 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. Children and minors are not allowed to submit any information to the website. 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 via our Contact Form or email: [email protected] and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

External Links and Embedded Content

The website may include links to other websites, advertising platforms, or embedded media (such as video players and social media widgets like Pinterest pins) that are not under our control. Once you interact with or click on one of these elements, you are no longer interacting with our website. These third-party platforms have their own privacy policies, which we do not manage or oversee. Before sharing any personal information or interacting with embedded content, please review those platforms’ respective privacy policies. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or data handling of any third-party website or embedded service.

California Consumer Privacy Act Statement

This CCPA Statement is provided pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) and applies to California residents and supplements our overall Statement with additional disclosures and rights.

As of January 1, 2020, California law permits residents of California to request certain details about how their personal information is shared with third-parties or affiliated companies for direct marketing purposes.

Disclosures: For purposes of compliance with the CCPA, in addition to the further details as described in the Statement, we collect the following categories of personal information: Only name and/or email address to receive our weekly newsletter and to respond to questions asked from the comment section.

Nevada Privacy Rights

Under Nevada law (SB 220), residents of the State of Nevada have the right to opt out of the sale of certain types of personal information that a website operator may collect.

If you are a Nevada resident who has questions about our data practices or would like to submit a request to opt out of any potential future sale of your personal information, you may contact us via our Contact Form or email: [email protected] Please include “Nevada Privacy Request” in the subject line of your message, and provide enough information for us to verify your identity and respond to your request.

European Union (EU) and United Kingdom (UK) Privacy Rights (GDPR)

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA) or the United Kingdom, you have certain data protection rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and UK GDPR. Culinary Ginger aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data.

  • Legal Basis for Processing: We collect and process your personal data (such as your email for newsletters or comments) based on Consent (when you voluntarily subscribe or comment) and Legitimate Interests (such as maintaining website security, preventing spam via Antispam Bee, and analyzing traffic via Google Analytics to improve our content).
  • Your Rights: Under GDPR/UK GDPR, you have the right to:
    • Access & Portability: Request copies of your personal data held by us.
    • Rectification: Request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate.
    • Erasure (“Right to be Forgotten”): Request that we erase your personal data under certain conditions.
    • Restrict Processing: Request that we restrict the processing of your personal data.
    • Object to Processing: Object to our processing of your personal data.
    • Withdraw Consent: At any time where Culinary Ginger relied on your consent to process your personal information, you have the right to withdraw that consent.
  • How to Exercise Rights: To exercise any of these rights, please contact us via our Contact Form or email: [email protected]. Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.
  • Right to Lodge a Complaint: You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your Personal Data. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority in the EU or the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in the UK.

Consumer Privacy Information To learn more about the information we collect and use for advertising purposes, please see our Privacy Policy. If you wish to manage your consent preferences or opt out of personalized advertising, you can click on the privacy choices link or cookie settings icon provided on our website (typically managed via our advertising partner, Raptive).

We will continue to share some personal information with our partners (who will function as our service providers in such instance) to help us perform advertising-related functions such as, but not limited to, measuring the effectiveness of our ads, managing how many times you may see an ad, reporting on the performance of our ads, ensuring services are working correctly and securely, providing aggregate statistics and analytics, improving when and where you may see ads and/or reducing ad fraud.

If you access this website from other devices or browsers, visit the link below from those devices or browsers to ensure your choice applies to the data collected when you use those devices or browsers.

If you would like more information about how to opt out of interest-based advertising in desktop and mobile browsers on a particular device, please visit:

Global Privacy Control (GPC)

Our Website respects and responds to the Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal. If your browser or device is configured to broadcast a GPC signal, our site and its advertising partners will automatically recognize it as a valid request to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information, in accordance with applicable state laws.

Note on “Do Not Track” Signals: While we support the automated Global Privacy Control (GPC) protocol, our site does not currently take action on traditional browser “Do Not Track” (DNT) headers, as there is no uniform industry or legal standard for processing standard DNT signals.

Changes to This Policy

We may change this privacy policy at any time and from time to time. The most recent version of the privacy policy is reflected by the version date located at the bottom of this privacy policy. All updates and amendments are effective immediately upon notice, which we may give by any means, including, but not limited to, by posting a revised version of this privacy policy or other notice on Culinary Ginger’s website.

We encourage you to review this privacy policy often to stay informed of changes that may affect you. Our electronically or otherwise properly stored copies of this privacy policy are each deemed to be the true, complete, valid, authentic, and enforceable copy of the version of this privacy policy that was in effect on each respective date you visited the Culinary Ginger website.

Contact Information

At any time, please contact us via our Contact Form or email: [email protected] for questions related to these policies.