Privacy Policy

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This Privacy Policy explains how From The Oven Warm (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, and shares information when you visit fromtheovenwarm.com (the “Site”).

1) Who We Are

From The Oven Warm is a recipe website sharing home-cooked meals and baking ideas. You can learn more on our About and Contact pages.

2) Information We Collect

2.1 Information you provide

  • Comments: When you leave a comment, we collect the data shown in the comments form and your IP address/user agent to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address may be provided to a Gravatar service to see if you are using it.
  • Contact forms: If you contact us, we collect your name, email, and message contents to respond.
  • Ratings & recipe notes: If available on the Site, we store the rating you submit and any optional review text.
  • Newsletter sign-ups (if enabled): If you subscribe, we collect your email address for delivery and basic engagement stats (opens/clicks). You can unsubscribe anytime.

2.2 Information collected automatically

  • Usage data: Pages viewed, links clicked, referring/exit pages, search terms, date/time, approximate location (city/region), and device/browser information.
  • Cookies and similar technologies: See Cookies for details and choices.

2.3 Information from third parties

  • Analytics and anti-spam providers may supply aggregated or pseudonymized data about Site usage and security events.
  • Embedded services (e.g., Pinterest, YouTube, Instagram) may set their own cookies and collect data when their content is loaded on our pages.

3) How We Use Information

  • Operate, maintain, and improve the Site and content.
  • Respond to comments and messages.
  • Detect, prevent, and address spam, fraud, and abuse.
  • Understand readership and recipe performance (aggregate analytics).
  • Send optional newsletters/updates if you opted in (you may opt out at any time).
  • Comply with legal obligations.

4) Cookies & Similar Technologies

We use cookies and comparable technologies to run the Site and understand how it is used.

  • Strictly necessary: Required for basic functionality and security.
  • Performance/analytics: Help us measure traffic and improve pages.
  • Functional: Remember preferences (e.g., saved fields).
  • Advertising/affiliate (if present): Measure campaign performance or attribute purchases from affiliate links.

Your choices: Most browsers let you block or delete cookies. Doing so may affect Site features. To learn more, see your browser’s help pages. If we deploy a cookie banner, you can adjust preferences there at any time.

5) Analytics

We may use analytics services (for example, Google Analytics, Plausible, or similar) to understand aggregate Site usage. These services may set cookies or use similar technologies and process IP addresses and device identifiers. Where feasible, we implement IP masking or aggregated reporting. You can opt out of certain analytics by using browser add-ons or your system’s privacy settings.

6) Embedded Content

Articles on this Site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, pins, images). Embedded content from other websites behaves as if you visited the other website directly. Those services may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content.

7) Advertising & Affiliates

From time to time, our posts may contain affiliate links. If you click and make a purchase, we may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you. We only recommend products we genuinely like and think you’ll find useful. Sponsored posts will be clearly disclosed.

8) How We Share Information

  • Service providers: We share information with trusted vendors who help us operate the Site (hosting, security, analytics, email delivery). They are bound to use your data only as instructed.
  • Legal: We may disclose information to comply with law, enforce our policies, or protect rights, safety, and property.
  • Business transfers: In a merger, acquisition, or similar event, Site data may be transferred subject to this Policy.

9) Data Retention

  • Comments & ratings: Retained indefinitely so we can recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically and preserve recipe feedback.
  • Contact form entries: Typically retained up to 12 months for customer service; not used for marketing unless you opt in.
  • Analytics: Kept in aggregated or pseudonymized form; retention periods depend on the provider (commonly 14–26 months).

10) Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have rights over your personal information, such as to access, correct, delete, or receive a copy of your data, or to object to/limit certain processing. If you’ve subscribed to emails, you can unsubscribe via any email footer.

To make a request, see Contact Us. We may need to verify your identity before acting on a request. If we are unable to honor a request due to legal or technical reasons, we’ll explain why.

California residents: You may have additional rights under the CCPA/CPRA (including the right to know, delete, correct, and opt out of certain sharing). We do not knowingly sell personal information.

11) International Transfers

If you access the Site from outside the country where our servers or providers are located, your information may be processed in other countries that may have different data-protection laws. We take steps to protect your data consistent with this Policy.

12) Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect personal information. No method of transmission or storage is 100% secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.

13) Children’s Privacy

The Site is not intended for children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided personal information, please contact us so we can delete it.

14) Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We’ll post the new effective date at the top of this page. Your continued use of the Site after an update means you accept the revised Policy.

15) Contact Us

If you have questions about this Policy or your data, please reach out: