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Disclaimer

This is a personal blog, written and edited by me, and any errors are my own.

I’d love it if you gave my recipes a try and let me know how they turn out for you but please remember it is designed for those with some cooking skills. The information in my blog is provided for information and entertainment only, and if you use the information here you do so at your own risk.

This Website, and it’s owner/s, cannot accept any liability for any food or physical safety issues arising from advise given. This includes, but is not limited to; any physical injuries, illness, disease or death incurred following preparation or consumption of any recipes or meals.

This Website, and it’s owner/s, can also not accept any liability for any damage incurred to any property or possessions as a result of the advice given.

Common sense is advised to be applied at all times.

I reserve the right to change the focus of my blog, to stop blogging, to sell it or change the terms of use at my discretion.

Unless stated otherwise, I (Zona) am the legal copyright holder of all content and images on the site. It can’t be reprinted or published without my consent. However, if you like what you see here and wish to link to my site that would be great, so long as the recipe is not posted and I am credited.

Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how Zona Cooks collects, uses, maintains and discloses information collected from user(s) of the https://zonacooks.com website (referred to as “the site” or “website” in this document). This privacy policy applies to the site and all products and services offered by Zona Cooks.

How Zona Cooks collects information

Zona Cooks may collect personal and non-personal identification information when users visit the site, leave a comment, enter a giveaway, fill out a form, and/or in connection with other activities, services, or features. This information may include, but is not limited to name, email address, IP address, location and device information. The site also may use “cookies” or similar technologies to collect and store information.

How Zona Cooks stores collected information

Zona Cooks uses a third party hosting provider. This means that user information collected by Zona Cooks may be stored and processed on third party servers within the US and/or in other countries.

How Zona Cooks uses collected information

Zona Cooks may collect and use personal information for the following purposes:

  • To respond to customer service requests and support needs. This includes using the provided email address to respond to questions or comments.
  • To analyze and improve the site, products, and services.
  • To administer promotions, surveys, contests, and other features
  • In connection with third party services such as advertisements and analytics.
  • Opt-in email communication:  Zona Cooks maintains an email mailing list on an opt-in basis. If users opt in, they will receive periodic emails. Instructions for unsubscribing from future emails will be included at the bottom of each email.

Sharing your personal information

Zona Cooks does not sell users personal identification information to others. We may share aggregated information regarding user activity with our business partners, advertisers, and affiliates for the purposes listed above. We use third party service providers to help administer activities on our behalf, such as sending out newsletters or running giveaways. When users provide information for those activities, they are giving us permission to share that information with those third parties.

Google Analytics:

We use Google Analytics with IP Anonymization to analyze the performance of the site and help us understand how users engage with the site. The site uses cookies to track this usage data, which is sent to Google for this purpose. You can find more information on how Google Analytics collects and processes data here: https://policies.google.com/privacy/partners 

Advertising

Ads appearing on the site may be delivered by advertising partners, who may set cookies. The information collected may be used to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements. This privacy policy does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

Third party content:

There may be advertising or other content on the site that links to our partners, advertisers, sponsors, and other third parties. We do not control the content or links on these sites and are not responsible for the practices of those sites. Interaction on any other website, including websites which have a link to our site, is subject to that website’s own terms and policies.

Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.0)

The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.

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/.

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 Site. 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)

Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.

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. You may also visit http://optout.aboutads.info/#/ and http://optout.networkadvertising.org/# to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at YourAdChoices.com | AppChoices to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.

For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please click here.

Changes to this privacy policy

Zona Cooks has the discretion to update this privacy policy at any time. The date of the most recent update will be indicated at the bottom of this page. It is user’s responsibility to review this privacy policy periodically and become aware of modifications.

Your acceptance of these terms

By using the site, you signify your acceptance of this policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use the site. Your continued use of the site after any changes to this policy are posted will signify your acceptance of those changes.

Contacting us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy please contact us at:

zona@zonacooks(dot)com

This document was last updated on May 26, 2022.