Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 4, 2026

Ellen Cooks respects the privacy of its readers. This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you visit this website, how that information may be used and the choices available to you.

By using Ellen Cooks, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

Information You Provide

You may voluntarily provide personal information when you:

• Submit a contact form
• Leave a comment on a recipe or page
• Communicate with Ellen Cooks by email
• Sign up for a future newsletter or free digital cookbook
• Participate in another website feature that requests information

The information you provide may include your name, email address, comment, message and any other details you choose to submit.

Please do not include sensitive or confidential personal information in comments, emails or contact forms.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit Ellen Cooks, certain information may be collected automatically by this website and its service providers. This information may include:

• Your Internet Protocol address
• Browser and device type
• Operating system
• General geographic location
• Referring website or social media platform
• Pages and recipes viewed
• Time spent on the website
• Links and buttons clicked
• Date and time of your visit
• Cookie and similar technology information

This information helps us understand how readers find and use Ellen Cooks, improve the website, provide useful content and support website advertising.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

Ellen Cooks and its service providers may use cookies, pixels, tags and similar technologies.

Cookies are small files stored on your browser or device. They may be used to:

• Remember website and privacy preferences
• Analyze website traffic
• Improve website performance
• Measure advertising effectiveness
• Prevent fraud and misuse
• Display personalized or non-personalized advertising

You can adjust your browser settings to block or delete cookies. However, blocking cookies may affect how certain parts of the website function.

Where required, visitors will be provided with a way to accept, reject or manage certain cookies through a consent or privacy-settings tool.

Google Analytics

Ellen Cooks uses Google Analytics to understand how visitors find and use the website.

Google Analytics may collect information such as:

• Pages viewed
• Approximate geographic location
• Browser and device type
• Referring website or platform
• Time spent on the website
• Interactions with website content

This information is used to evaluate website traffic, identify popular recipes and improve the reader experience.

Google may process this information according to its own privacy policies and terms.

Pinterest and Social Media

Ellen Cooks uses Pinterest and may use other social media platforms to share recipes and website content.

When you arrive at Ellen Cooks from Pinterest or another social media platform, information about that referral may be recorded in website analytics.

Social sharing buttons, embedded content or links may allow the relevant social media platform to use cookies or similar technologies. Your interactions with Pinterest and other social media services are governed by the privacy policies of those platforms.

Ellen Cooks does not control how third-party social media platforms collect, store or use information.

Comments

When visitors leave comments, Ellen Cooks may collect the information entered in the comment form, along with technical information such as the visitor’s IP address and browser information.

This information may be used for:

• Spam detection
• Website security
• Comment moderation
• Responding to reader questions

Approved comments may be displayed publicly. Please do not include information in a comment that you do not want other people to see.

Ellen Cooks reserves the right to edit or remove comments that are offensive, misleading, promotional, inappropriate or unrelated to the recipe or discussion.

Contact Forms and Email

Information submitted through a contact form or email may be used to respond to your question, request or feedback.

Messages may be retained for recordkeeping, security, dispute resolution or continued assistance. Please provide only the information reasonably necessary for Ellen Cooks to respond.

Email Newsletter and Free Cookbook

Ellen Cooks does not currently operate an email newsletter but plans to offer one in the future.

Ellen Cooks may also offer a free digital cookbook, recipe collection or other downloadable cooking resource to readers who choose to subscribe.

If you sign up, Ellen Cooks and the email service used to manage subscriptions may collect and store information such as your name and email address.

This information may be used to:

• Deliver the requested free cookbook or digital resource
• Send new recipe notifications
• Share cooking ideas and website news
• Provide occasional Ellen Cooks updates

Signing up will be voluntary. The subscription form will explain what you are agreeing to receive before you submit your information.

You will be able to unsubscribe from future emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in each email.

Ellen Cooks will not directly sell or rent its newsletter subscriber list.

Advertising

Ellen Cooks may display advertisements managed by Journey by Mediavine.

Journey by Mediavine and its advertising partners may use cookies, pixels and similar technologies to collect information about visits to Ellen Cooks and other websites.

This information may be used to:

• Display personalized or non-personalized advertising
• Measure advertising performance
• Limit how often an advertisement is shown
• Prevent fraud and invalid traffic
• Understand interactions with advertisements

Advertising providers may receive information such as your IP address, browser type, device information, pages viewed and interactions with advertisements.

Where required, visitors will be provided with options to manage advertising consent and privacy preferences.

Journey by Mediavine may add its required advertising privacy disclosure to this page. That disclosure forms part of this Privacy Policy and should not be removed or changed without consulting Journey by Mediavine.

Affiliate Links

Ellen Cooks does not currently use affiliate links but may introduce them in the future.

An affiliate link allows Ellen Cooks to potentially earn a small commission when a reader follows a specially marked link and makes a qualifying purchase. This would not normally increase the price paid by the reader.

If affiliate links are introduced:

• Affiliate relationships will be disclosed clearly
• Relevant pages or recipes will identify affiliate links
• Ellen Cooks may receive information about completed transactions but will not normally receive a customer’s complete payment information
• Purchases will be processed by the third-party retailer according to its own terms and privacy policy

The inclusion of an affiliate link does not guarantee or endorse every aspect of a third-party product, retailer or service.

How Information Is Used

Information collected through Ellen Cooks may be used to:

• Operate and maintain the website
• Respond to questions and messages
• Manage and moderate comments
• Understand website traffic and reader interests
• Improve recipes, photographs and website content
• Diagnose technical problems
• Protect the website from spam, fraud and misuse
• Measure advertising performance
• Display and manage advertisements
• Deliver a requested free cookbook or digital resource
• Send newsletters requested by subscribers if a newsletter is introduced
• Administer affiliate relationships if affiliate links are introduced
• Meet legal, regulatory and contractual obligations
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How Personal Information May Be Shared

Ellen Cooks does not directly sell personal information for money or rent personal mailing lists.

Information may be shared with service providers that help operate the website, including:

• Website hosting providers
• Analytics providers
• Advertising providers
• Email service providers if a newsletter or free download is introduced
• Security and spam-prevention services
• Comment-management services
• Social media platforms
• Technical service providers
• Affiliate networks if affiliate links are introduced

These service providers may process information according to their agreements, terms and privacy policies.

Information may also be disclosed when reasonably necessary to:

• Comply with a legal obligation
• Respond to a lawful request
• Protect Ellen Cooks and its readers
• Investigate suspected fraud or misuse
• Enforce legal rights
• Protect the security and operation of the website

Some privacy laws may define certain advertising or data-sharing activities as a “sale” or “sharing,” even when personal information is not directly sold for money. Where applicable, visitors will be provided with the legally required privacy choices.

Third-Party Links

Ellen Cooks may contain links to third-party websites, social media platforms, products, services or other resources.

Ellen Cooks is not responsible for the content, security or privacy practices of third-party websites. Visiting an external website is subject to that website’s own privacy policy and terms.

Data Retention

Personal information is retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.

This may include retaining information to:

• Respond to messages
• Deliver a requested free cookbook or digital resource
• Maintain subscription records if a newsletter is introduced
• Moderate comments
• Protect website security
• Meet contractual obligations
• Comply with legal, tax or accounting requirements

Some information may remain in website backups for a limited period after it has been removed from active systems.

Data Security

Reasonable administrative and technical measures are used to help protect personal information.

However, no website, email transmission or online storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Information submitted through the internet is provided at the visitor’s own discretion.

International Data Processing

Ellen Cooks is based in British Columbia, Canada.

Some service providers may store or process information in Canada, the United States or other countries. Information may therefore be subject to the laws of the country where it is stored or processed and may be accessible to courts, law-enforcement agencies or regulatory authorities in that jurisdiction.

Children’s Privacy

Ellen Cooks provides food and recipe content for a general audience and is not specifically directed to children under 13.

Ellen Cooks does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 without appropriate consent.

A parent or guardian who believes that a child has submitted personal information may contact Ellen Cooks to request that the information be reviewed or deleted.

Your Privacy Choices and Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to request access to, correction of or deletion of certain personal information.

You may also have rights concerning consent, data processing and advertising-related sharing.

You may:

• Adjust cookie settings through your browser
• Use any consent or privacy-settings tool displayed on Ellen Cooks
• Unsubscribe from future emails if a newsletter or free cookbook subscription is introduced
• Contact Ellen Cooks regarding information you submitted
• Request correction or deletion where legally applicable

Ellen Cooks may need to verify your identity before completing certain privacy requests. Some information may be retained when required by law or for legitimate security, legal or recordkeeping purposes.

Changes to This Privacy Policy 

This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically to reflect changes to Ellen Cooks, its services, free resources, advertising arrangements, affiliate relationships or applicable privacy requirements.

The revised policy will be posted on this page with a new “Last updated” date.

Contact

For questions about this Privacy Policy or information you have submitted to Ellen Cooks, please contact me at ellencooks604@gmail.com

Website: Ellen Cooks
Location: British Columbia, Canada