General Introduction
At simplestatekitchen, we make finding great recipes easy and fun, with a focus on a laid-back experience. You won’t find user accounts here, and we never gather your personal info directly. That means we don’t sell or pass on your details to anyone else.
Still, some features work through outside providers, which may automatically collect certain data to enhance your visit—like stats tracking, personalized ads, or video playback. This privacy policy lays out in plain terms how we work with those third-party services and what steps simplestatekitchen takes to keep your data private while you browse our website.
Third-party services used
simplestatekitchen relies on several outside tools to keep the site running smoothly and to offer you all our recipes for free. These third parties help us understand how visitors use the site, fund our content through ads, and bring you videos straight to our pages. Here are the most important providers we team up with:
- Cloudflare Analytics: Cloudflare helps us track web traffic and spot any tech hiccups. Their analytics tool never uses cookies that single you out. Info like your IP address is grouped with others, so no one can trace it back to you.
- YouTube: On some recipe pages, you'll find YouTube videos (YouTube is part of Google). Watching videos here might lead YouTube (and Google) to drop cookies that count views and gather stats like how long videos are played. If you’re signed into Google, your watch history could tie to your profile. simplestatekitchen, though, can't see this data. Want to know more? Check out YouTube or Google’s privacy details.
- Google AdSense: Google’s ad tool displays ads on simplestatekitchen, which helps pay for our content. AdSense uses cookies to show you ads that might match your interests. We don’t access the personal info Google uses to choose those ads. For all the specifics, look over Google’s privacy terms.
- Google Analytics: This Google service helps us spot trends by collecting anonymous info about how you browse simplestatekitchen (like which dishes get the most views and how long people stay on pages). Google Analytics can use cookies for tracking, but simplestatekitchen never gets hold of anything that personally identifies you.
Cookies and consent
Cookies are tiny text files that get stored on your device when you drop by a website. simplestatekitchen and the external partners we use rely on various types of cookies to make your browsing smooth and more personalized:
- Advertising cookies: Google AdSense relies on these to show you ads you might find interesting. These cookies track habits to display more relevant ads.
- Functional cookies: These basics keep simplestatekitchen running right—like remembering your language or if you’ve accepted cookie use. If you block them, some features may not work as expected.
- Analytics cookies: Google Analytics and Cloudflare Analytics use cookies to learn about visitor trends on simplestatekitchen. The details are anonymous, so we can tweak content and boost performance based on overall insights and not on individual users.
When you keep using simplestatekitchen, you’re agreeing to this cookie approach. If you want, you can manage or get rid of cookies in your browser settings—block them, delete them, or ask for alerts before they’re set. Just remember, turning off cookies might make some parts of simplestatekitchen and other websites work less smoothly.
Changes to this policy
simplestatekitchen’s privacy policy might change from time to time. Sometimes we need to tweak it to match new laws, update our services, or add more things that protect your data. If there’s a big update, you’ll spot a clear announcement on our homepage or a special alert on the site.
You can check the top of this page to see when we last made a change. We recommend dropping by now and then to stay in the loop about how simplestatekitchen looks after your info.
Contact
Got questions or need more info about this privacy policy? simplestatekitchen is always happy to chat! Reach us anytime by emailing legal@simplestatekitchen.com. We'll get back to you as soon as we can.
Conclusion
Thanks for checking out our privacy policy. By using simplestatekitchen, you’re saying yes to the data practices described above. We hope you feel reassured and can browse our recipes with peace of mind. Thanks for being here and happy cooking!