The Penny-Wise Palate is operated by Taciturn Studios LLC. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and share information when you use The Penny-Wise Palate at www.thepennywisepalate.com (the "Service"), including cookies and third-party advertising. We also operate CookAids (cookaids.com), a related cooking-tools site. Each site has its own pages. This policy covers The Penny-Wise Palate only.
We collect only what we need to run the Service. If you disagree with this policy, please stop using the Service.
Information We Collect
We collect information you provide directly, such as an email address when you subscribe to our newsletter or contact us. We also collect limited information automatically, including browser type, pages viewed, approximate location derived from IP address, and referral data through Google Analytics.
Purchases of digital products are processed by Stripe. We do not store card numbers. Affiliate-link destinations, including Amazon, are handled under those providers' own terms and privacy practices. Amazon Associates links on this site use the tag seperts-20.
How We Use Your Information
We use information to send newsletters and product updates you requested, improve recipes and articles, respond to questions, process purchases, measure traffic, and show advertising. We do not sell your personal information.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
We use cookies and similar technologies for essential site functions, analytics, and advertising. You can control cookies through your browser settings and, where shown, our cookie consent banner. More detail is on our cookie policy.
Essential cookies
These cookies keep the site working, including session security and cookie-consent choices.
Analytics cookies
Google Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors use recipes, articles, and tools. Reports are aggregated. You can opt out through your browser or Google's controls.
Advertising cookies (Google AdSense)
We use Google AdSense to display ads on blog posts, recipes, and other content pages. Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website and other sites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visits to this and/or other sites on the Internet.
You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. Opting out of personalized ads does not stop ads from appearing. For how Google uses information from sites that use its services, see Google's partner-sites policy.
Data Sharing
We do not sell your personal data. We share information with service providers only as needed to run the site:
- Google, for analytics and AdSense advertising
- Our email provider, for newsletter delivery when you subscribe
- Stripe, to process payments you start
- Amazon Associates, when you follow an affiliate product link
- The provider that processes optional chat messages, only if you use chat
We may also disclose information if required by California or federal law, or to protect the site and its users.
Data Retention
We keep newsletter and contact details until you unsubscribe or ask us to delete them. We respond to deletion requests within 30 days. Payment records may be kept longer when tax rules require it. Analytics data is kept in aggregated form.
Your Rights
You may request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal data we hold about you. You may unsubscribe from email using the link in every newsletter. Contact privacy@thepennywisepalate.com to exercise these rights.
California Privacy Rights (CCPA)
California residents have the right to know what personal information we collect, disclose, or sell; the right to request deletion; and the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information. We do not sell personal information, and we do not share it for cross-context behavioral advertising beyond the advertising cookies described above. To exercise your rights, email privacy@thepennywisepalate.com with "CCPA Request" in the subject. We will not discriminate against you for exercising these rights.
AI Chat Assistant
If you use the optional chat assistant:
- Your messages are processed to generate a response
- We may retain transcripts for quality and product improvement
- Chat transcripts are not sold
- You may request deletion of chat data by emailing privacy@thepennywisepalate.com
A consent notice is shown before your first chat. Do not send passwords, payment card numbers, or other sensitive data in chat.
Children
This site is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe we have, email privacy@thepennywisepalate.com and we will delete it.
Changes
We may update this policy when our practices change. The "Last updated" date at the top will change when we do. Continued use of the site after an update means you accept the revised policy.
Contact
Privacy: privacy@thepennywisepalate.com
General: hello@thepennywisepalate.com
Related cooking site: CookAids