At Foodarina (accessible from foodarina.com), the privacy of our visitors is one of our main priorities. This Privacy Policy document outlines the types of information collected and recorded by Foodarina and how we use it.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on Foodarina, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to assist with automated spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to verify if you are using it. You can review the Gravatar service privacy policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved by our team, your profile picture will be visible to the public in the context of your comment alongside your recipe feedback or question.
Media
If you upload images to the website (for example, sharing a photo of a smoothie you blended in the comments section), you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can potentially download and extract any location data from images hosted on the web.
Email Newsletters & Lead Magnets
If you voluntarily subscribe to our newsletter, download a digital asset, or opt-in to a smoothie recipe guide, we collect your name and email address.
This data is processed securely through our third-party email marketing provider. We use this information strictly to send you smoothie recipes, blending guides, gear recommendations, and promotional content. You can opt out of these communications at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” link located at the bottom of any email we send.
Analytics
We use third-party analytics services to understand how visitors find and use Foodarina. These services collect information such as pages viewed, time spent on the site, approximate geographic region, device and browser type, and the referring website or platform that brought you here.
This data is aggregated and used to improve our content and site performance. We do not use it to identify you personally.
Cookies, Advertising, & Affiliate Tracking
To ensure a fast, premium, and seamless browsing experience, Foodarina utilizes a lightweight, built-in cookie consent framework provided natively by our website theme, avoiding heavy external tracking scripts.
- Comment Cookies: If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience. These last for one year.
- Third-Party Advertising: We may partner with third-party ad networks to serve programmatic display advertisements when you visit our site. These companies may use cookies, device identifiers, and tracking pixels to collect non-personally identifiable behavioral data during your visit to serve optimized, relevant ads.
- Affiliate Links & Performance Tracking: Foodarina participates in affiliate marketing programs, including the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. If you click on an affiliate tracking link or purchase a product through an HTML link configured on our pages, a secure third-party tracking cookie may be placed in your browser to accurately attribute and process referral commissions.
- Login & Session Cookies: Administrative and login session cookies contain no personal data and are discarded automatically based on your logout or session expiration parameters.
Embedded Content From Other Websites
Articles and recipe posts on Foodarina may include embedded content (such as videos, images, Pinterest pins, or social media links). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the source website directly.
These third-party websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content — including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged into that specific third-party website.
Who We Share Your Data With
We value your trust and do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data with outside parties. For operational delivery and platform security, your data is only handled by trusted infrastructure partners:
- If you request a password reset, your current IP address will be included automatically in the verification email.
- Visitor comments may be processed through an automated, secure spam detection service.
- Contact information for newsletters is stored securely on our email marketing platform.
- Aggregated usage data is processed by our analytics provider.
How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment or recipe review, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to automatically recognize and approve any follow-up comments instead of holding them in a manual moderation queue.
For users that register or opt in on our website, we store the personal profile information provided. All users can request modification or erasure of this marketing data at any time.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have a registered account on Foodarina, have left comments, or are currently subscribed to our email newsletter network, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you.
You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any underlying data we are legally or administratively obliged to keep for security, legal, or administrative logging purposes.
Depending on where you live, you may have additional rights over your personal data — including the right to access, correct, delete, or restrict how it is processed, and the right to withdraw consent at any time.
Children’s Privacy
Foodarina is not directed at children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has provided us with personal data, contact us and we will remove it promptly.
Contact Us
For any question about this policy, or to make a request regarding your personal data, reach us through our contact page: https://foodarina.com/get-in-touch/
We aim to respond to all data requests within 30 days.
Changes To This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. The revision date at the top of this page will always show when it was last changed.