Welcome to Oh Foodies (“we”, “us”, “our”, “the Site”). Your privacy is important to us, and this Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website oh-foodies.com (or applicable domain), including any other media form, media channel, or mobile application related or connected to it.

By using our website, you consent to the practices described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this policy, please do not access the site.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect information about you in the following ways:

a) Information You Provide Directly

• Name and email address (when you subscribe to our newsletter, leave a comment, or contact us through our forms)
• Message content (when you submit a message via our Contact Us page)
• Comments and any information included within a comment on a recipe post
• Any information you voluntarily provide when creating an account (if applicable), such as for saving/bookmarking recipes

b) Information Collected Automatically

• IP address, browser type, device type, and operating system
• Pages visited, time spent on the site, and referring/exit pages
• Cookies and similar tracking technologies (see our separate Cookie Policy for full details)

c) Information from Third Parties

• If you sign in or interact with our site through a third-party service (such as Google or social media), we may receive basic profile information from that service, in accordance with your privacy settings on that platform.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Deliver, operate, and improve our website and content
• Send you our newsletter and recipe updates, if you subscribe (you may unsubscribe at any time)
• Respond to your comments, questions, and contact form submissions
• Analyze website usage and trends to improve user experience
• Detect, prevent, and address technical issues or fraudulent activity
• Comply with legal obligations

3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Our website uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your browsing experience, analyze site traffic, and understand where our visitors are coming from. For full details on the types of cookies we use and how to manage your preferences, please refer to our Cookie Policy.

4. Third-Party Services

We may use third-party services that collect, monitor, and analyze data to help us improve our website, including but not limited to:

• Google Analytics — to understand website traffic and user behavior
• Mailchimp / Brevo — to manage our email newsletter subscriptions
• Pinterest, Facebook, Instagram — for social sharing buttons and embedded content
• WP Recipe Maker (or similar plugin) — to display and manage recipe content and ratings
• Hosting Provider — to store and serve website data securely

These third parties have their own privacy policies addressing how they use such information, and we encourage you to review them.

5. How We Share Your Information

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties. We may share information in the following limited circumstances:

• With service providers who perform services on our behalf (such as email delivery or website hosting), who are obligated to keep your information confidential
• If required by law, legal process, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Oh Foodies, our users, or others
• In connection with a business transfer, such as a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets

6. Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comment form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to check whether you are using it. The Gravatar service’s privacy policy is available separately. After comment approval, your profile picture (if any) may be visible to the public alongside your comment.

7. Data Security

We implement reasonable administrative, technical, and physical security measures to protect your personal information. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

8. Data Retention

We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (for example, comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely so we can recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically).

9. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Right to Access — request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
• Right to Rectification — request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data
• Right to Erasure — request deletion of your personal data, subject to certain exceptions
• Right to Restrict Processing — request limits on how we use your data
• Right to Data Portability — request your data in a structured, commonly used format
• Right to Object — object to certain types of processing, including for marketing purposes
• Right to Withdraw Consent — where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw it at any time (e.g., unsubscribing from our newsletter)

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details below. If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA) or United Kingdom, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

10. Children’s Privacy

Our website is not intended for children under the age of 13 (or the applicable age in your jurisdiction), and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected such information, we will take steps to delete it promptly.

11. Links to Other Websites

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, including affiliate links to products or ingredients mentioned in our recipes. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those external sites. We encourage you to review their privacy policies before providing any personal information.

12. International Data Transfers

If you are accessing our website from outside the country where our servers are located, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in a different country, which may have different data protection laws than your jurisdiction.

13. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, legal requirements, or other factors. We will post the updated policy on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

14. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:

Contact Page: Contact Us