Effective Date: September 01, 2025
Website: https://cookingwithkiran.com/
Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how Cooking With Kiran (“we,” “our,” or “us”) gathers, uses, and protects your information when you visit our website.
By using the services offered through this website, you are agreeing to the practices described below.
1. Information We Collect
When you interact with our website, we may collect the following types of information:
a) Personal Information You Provide
- Comments: When visitors leave comments, we collect the data shown in the comment form (name, email, and optional website), as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
- Contact Forms: If you use our contact form, we collect your full name, email address and any information you include in your message.
b) Automatically Collected Information
- Analytics Data: Using Google Site Kit (Google Analytics, Search Console, etc.), we collect anonymized data including pages visited, time on site, referring website, device and browser used, etc.
- Cookies: We use cookies and other similar technologies for our preferences, tracking user actions and enhancing our website’s performance.
We do not require users to create accounts, so we do not store passwords or account details.
2. How We Use Your Information
We may impose the collected information as follows:
- To correspond on your inquiries through our contact form.
- To publish or moderate comments from blog posts.
- To track our traffic and improve our website.
- To tailor content and experience.
- To place ads (such as Google AdSense) and affiliate product links (such as Amazon Associates).
3. Cookies & Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and other tracking technologies to:
- Save your settings when you leave comments (so you don’t have to re-enter your information).
- Analyze how the site is performing so we can make improvements.
- Analyze how visitors are engaging on the website via Google Analytics.
- Deliver and show personalized advertising, when/if applicable.
You can disable cookies in your browser, but doing this will result in some of the features of the website not working properly.
4. Third-Party Services
We may share limited information to trusted third parties for the purposes of administering our website.
The following parties we may share limited information with include:
- Google (as it applies to analytics information and ads).
- Amazon Associates (if you click on one of the affiliate product links).
- Advertising Partners (including AdSense, if it’s turned on).
- Email Service Providers (if we add a newsletter in the future).
These providers have their own respective privacy policies and we encourage you to review them yourself.
We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to any third parties.
5. Affiliate Disclosure
Cooking With Kiran participates in affiliate programs, including the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program.
When you buy a product through an affiliate link, we may earn a commission on the purchase at no extra cost to you.
Affiliate partners may use cookies or tracking technology to identify the referrals from our site.
6. Children’s Privacy
Our website is not intended for children under 13 years old. We do not collect personal information from children on purpose. If you believe a child under 13 years has provided us with personal information , please contact us immediately at kiransaoindia(a)gmail.com, and we will remove it as quickly as possible.
7. Data Retention
- Comments: Stored indefinitely to allow for automatic recognition of follow-up comments.
- Contact Form Submissions: Retained for customer service use but not for marketing as long as you don’t provide consent.
- Analytics Data: Stored indefinitely by Google and will follow their own data retention policy.
8. Data Protection & Security
We follow standard security practices to protect your information. However, there is no route of transmission or storage of information on the Internet that is completely secure. We cannot guarantee absolute prevention of breaches of that protection.
9. Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have a right to:
- Request access to your personal information we hold.
- Request correction or deletion of that information.
- Opt out of cookies or targeted advertising.
If you would like to exercise any of those rights, please contact us at kiransaoindia(a)gmail.com.
10. External Links
Our website may contain links to third-party websites, including affiliate links (e.g. Amazon). We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of external websites, so we encourage you to review their policies before sharing any personal information.
11. Updates to This Privacy Policy
We may change this privacy policy from time to time to comply with changes in our practices or to satisfy our legal obligations. Changes will be posted to this page and the new “Effective Date” will be noted.
12. Contact Information
If you have questions about this privacy policy, please contact:
Author & Site Owner: Kiran Sao
Email: kiransaoindia (a) gmail.com