This Privacy Policy and cookie disclosure describes how Taciturn Studios LLC ("we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, and shares information when you visit The Penny-Wise Palate at www.thepennywisepalate.com. We also operate CookAids (cookaids.com), a related cooking-tools site. Each site has its own pages; this policy covers The Penny-Wise Palate.
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. 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 the website and its recipes and articles, respond to questions, process purchases, measure traffic, and show advertising.
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.
Essential cookies
These cookies keep the site working. They include session and security cookies and remember essential preferences such as cookie-consent choices. The site cannot operate correctly without them.
Analytics cookies
Google Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors use recipes, articles, and tools. Reports are aggregated. You can opt out of Google Analytics through your browser or Google's advertising and analytics 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.
AdSense cookies may be used to show relevant ads, limit how often you see an ad, and measure ad performance. These cookies may be set by Google or its advertising partners. Personalized advertising is subject to your consent choices and Google's own controls.
You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings or the Digital Advertising Alliance opt-out. You can also control cookies in your browser. Opting out of personalized ads does not mean you will stop seeing ads; ads may still appear and may be less relevant.
For more about 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
- MailerLite, 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 law or to protect the site and its users.
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.
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. If you are in the European Economic Area, you may also have rights under GDPR; see our GDPR page or email gdpr@thepennywisepalate.com.
Children
This site is intended for a general audience and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
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
Taciturn Studios LLC
Privacy: privacy@thepennywisepalate.com
General: hello@thepennywisepalate.com
Related cooking site: CookAids