Effective 25 May 2018 the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect. For that purpose, the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy below has been updated to show what data is collected by Cosmopolitan Cornbread and how it is used.
If you continue to use CosmopolitanCornbread.com after 25 May 2018, that means you’re good with the new updates. Thank you for being a part of the “CosmoCornbread” community.
Disclosures and Privacy
Any email addresses provided to Cosmopolitan Cornbread will be used solely for one of two reasons:
If you have left a comment or entered a giveaway and we need to contact you directly.
or
If you have signed up for the weekly or instant email updates.
Your e-mail address will never, ever, ever be shared or sold to other parties. We value your trust greatly and would never do anything to violate it.
Cookies & Advertising
I love cookies – chocolate chip, oatmeal, snickerdoodles – all sorts of cookies. But there are other cookies found on this website (and pretty much any website now-a-days.) It is a tiny piece of data that your computer saves and is used to track your traffic. have you logged into Facebook, and checked the box to stay logged in each time you visit? That’s a cookie. Ever do a search for a particular product, and then next thing you know, you are seeing ads for that very kind of product? It’s the cookies that track that and are used to show you advertising that is relevant to you. Cookies are used on Cosmopolitan Cornbread for that very reason, and also to remember if you are a new visitor or one of my wonderful regulars. I don’t see the information from the cookies, and can’t personally do anything with them. They don’t tell me who you are, nor anything about you. The cookies are used to show you advertisements that are tailored to interests you have shown by your past browsing history both here on Cosmopolitan Cornbread and other sites you have visited. The companies that supply these ads may collect non-personal meta-data like your browser type, your operating system, what website you’ve visited, what time you visit and other general information. The use of that meta-data is subject to their own privacy policies, not mine.
Cosmopolitan Cornbread uses Google Analytics to help understand and improve the user’s experience on the website. Google Analytics collects information on your IP address but it is only used to track your visitor behavior on Cosmopolitan Cornbread.com, and your broad location (by country/state). Your IP address as collected by Google Analytics cannot be used by Cosmopolitan Cornbread to identify you.
The type of information collected includes content viewed, pages, site sections and videos. By learning this information it shows us what content, recipes or articles are most attractive to our visitors, and helps determine what we share more of in the future.
Most webs browsers can be set to delete all cookies each time you close your browser if you like. You can also opt-out of this collection by turning off the cookies permission in your browser.
How to Block or Disable Cookies
to learn about disabling or blocking cookies, check with your browser’s information. Here are some links for your convenience.
- Firefox
- Internet Explorer
- Chrome
- For any other web browser, please visit your web browser’s official web pages.
Some cookies are used and provided by third-party sources. While Cosmopolitan Cornbread might not use all of them, here are the main links you can use to get more information should you wish.
YouTube Cookies
Cosmopolitan Cornbread embeds videos from our official YouTube channel using YouTube’s embed feature. To find out more please visit YouTube’s embedding videos information page.
Comment Cookies
When visitors leave comments on the site WordPress collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year, or until you clear your browser information.
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Outgoing Links
Here on Cosmopolitan Cornbread, you will find many outgoing hyperlinks to other websites, especially other food blogs & recipes that are owned and controlled by others with their own privacy policies. These links or embedded content (videos, articles, etc.) behave in the exact same way as if you have visited those websites. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website. (Cosmopolitan Cornbread does not offer registration or log-in of visitors.)
Once you leave Cosmopolitan Cornbread, I have no responsibility or control over what you see or experience on those other sites. I may not agree with all of the views found on those third-party sites, and am only sharing the direct links to specific information/recipes that you find, at the time of publishing.
Advertisers may, for example, use cookies to track responses to their advertisements. Cosmopolitan Cornbread does not accept responsibility or liability for the privacy practices of such third party websites and you use them at your own risk.
Recipe Voting
When user ratings are enabled the WPRecipe Maker plug-in creates a WPRM_User_Voted_%recipe% cookie (with %recipe% the ID of the recipe) that contains the rating this user has given to a particular recipe. This cookie is used as (one of the) measures to prevent rating spam. Those cookies are stored for 30 days.
Terms of Use
Cosmopolitan Cornbread is owned by Constance Smith and provided to you for your enjoyment. Cooking or baking times are not concrete unless stated. Depending on how hot or cool your oven, stove, crockpot, etc. are – there may be variances in the cooking times. That is just part of the process and perfectly normal.
Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this blog’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited.
Sharing Permissions
Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Constance J Smith and Cosmopolitan Cornbread with appropriate and clear direction to the original content. Republishing posts in their entirety is strictly prohibited without written consent of Constance J Smith and Cosmopolitan Cornbread. Under no circumstances are photos here to be used for advertising, duplication, personal use etc. Full legal action will be taken if this occurs.
Partnerships
We do at times accept sponsorship for post or products for the purpose of reviews. These posts are occasionally compensated, but the opinions expressed are always honest and our own. We will never positively review a product that we don’t actually love. On the occasion that we receive a product to review and cannot sincerely recommend it to our readers, we do not share the product on Cosmopolitan Cornbread. If appropriate, the company is give the option to have the product returned, provided they pay the shipping. If it is on Cosmopolitan Cornbread, it is because we honestly love it and would – or do use it ourselves.
We often receive requests to work with companies or businesses but are very particular as to who we approve. Not only do we have to like who we are working with, but it has to be a fit for our readers. We never accept outside content – if it is written on Cosmopolitan Cornbread, it was written by Constance, or an occasional special guest.
Usage
Cosmopolitan Cornbread makes no guarantees that the site will be available, uninterrupted or error free, or that the site or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or bugs. We will not be responsible for any loss or damage caused by: an interruption or delay to the site or errors, viruses or bugs contained in the site caused by events outside our reasonable control. We will not be responsible for any loss or damage caused by your negligence, your breach of these terms or failure to follow our reasonable instructions, or to do your own research on various topics.
The content, recipes, articles and other material on the Cosmopolitan Cornbread may contain inaccuracies and typographical errors. We do correct them any time we come across them or when they are brought to our attention. We reserve the right to correct any errors or omissions in any part of the website and/or to make changes to recipes, articles or other content and to the described on the site at any time without notice. We do not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the content or the reliability of any of the information displayed or distributed. By using Cosmopolitan Cornbread, you acknowledge that reliance on any of the information provided shall be at your sole risk.
Cosmopolitan Cornbread does not accept any responsibility for any damage, loss, injury or disappointment suffered though use of the website. In no event will we or any of our third party affiliates or Constance Smith personally be held liable for any damages whatsoever, whether in action of contract, negligence or other action, such as damages for loss of use of the site, damage to equipment or other software, or loss of data or profits or for other monetary loss or for any indirect or consequential damages, arising out of or in connection with the use (or inability to use) or performance of the site.
Comment Policy
I value your feedback. If you wish to comment, please keep it clean, keep it relevant. If you have a question about a recipe – be sure to check the comments, as someone else may have already asked it :) If you didn’t like a recipe, that’s fine. I know everyone doesn’t have the same tastes and preferences. If you have constructive criticism, I welcome that. However purely negative comments are not appreciated, and I can’t account for user-error. I retain the right to delete any comments as I see fit. Thank you for your understanding.
Any opinion I give on Cosmopolitan Cornbread is my own. It is the truth, the whole truth and nothin’ but the truth. I make no promises that you will agree with anything I say, enjoy any recipe I cook, or care for anything I use, read, eat, etc. You are welcome to hate anything I love, or love anything I hate. Free will is a wonderful thing. The End.
