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.
Disclosure Statement:
Cosmopolitan Cornbread is written and owned by Constance Smith.
Cosmopolitan Cornbread abides by word of mouth marketing standards. We believe in honesty of relationship, opinion, and identity. Any sponsored content that may be included here, will be clearly identified as paid or sponsored content.
The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely that of the blog owner. We will only endorse products or services that we believe, based on our experience and expertise, are worthy of such endorsement. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer or provider.
This blog will not contain any content which might present a conflict of interest.
On occasion the Cosmopolitan Cornbread will share an affiliate link. On those occasions, should you purchase the item through the affiliate link, Cosmopolitan Cornbread will receive a small percentage of that sale, which helps to cover the running costs of this website.
Web Site Terms and Conditions of Use
Terms
By accessing the Cosmopolitan Cornbread web site, you are agreeing to be bound by these web site Terms and Conditions of Use, all applicable laws and regulations, and agree that you are responsible for compliance with any applicable local laws. If you do not agree with any of these terms, you are prohibited from using or accessing this site. The materials contained in this web site are protected by applicable copyright and trade mark law.
Use License
Permission is granted to temporarily download one copy of the materials (information or software) on Cosmopolitan Cornbread ’s web site for personal, non-commercial transitory viewing only. This is the grant of a license, not a transfer of title, and under this license you may not:
- modify or copy the materials;
- use the materials for any commercial purpose, or for any public display (commercial or non-commercial);
- attempt to decompile or reverse engineer any software contained on Cosmopolitan Cornbread ’s web site;
- remove any copyright or other proprietary notations from the materials; or
- transfer the materials to another person or “mirror” the materials on any other server.
This license shall automatically terminate if you violate any of these restrictions and may be terminated by Cosmopolitan Cornbread at any time.
Unauthorized use and/or duplication of any material on Cosmopolitan Cornbread without express and written permission from this website’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. ALL CONTENT is protected under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Content theft, either print or electronic, is a federal offense.
Disclaimer
The materials on Cosmopolitan Cornbread ’s web site are provided “as is” Cosmopolitan Cornbread makes no warranties, expressed or implied, and hereby disclaims and negates all other warranties, including without limitation, implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement of intellectual property or other violation of rights. Further, Cosmopolitan Cornbread does not warrant or make any representations concerning the accuracy, likely results, or reliability of the use of the materials on its Internet web site or otherwise relating to such materials or on any sites linked to this site.
Limitations
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.
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.
Revisions and Errata
Cosmopolitan Cornbread does not warrant that any of the materials on its web site are accurate, complete, or current. Cosmopolitan Cornbread may make changes to the materials contained on its web site at any time without notice. Cosmopolitan Cornbread does not, however, make any commitment to update the materials. 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 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 through 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.
Links
Cosmopolitan Cornbread has not reviewed all of the sites linked to its Internet web site and is not responsible for the contents of any such linked site. The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Cosmopolitan Cornbread of the site. Use of any such linked web site is at the user’s own risk.
Once you leave Cosmopolitan Cornbread via an outgoing link, 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.
Site Terms of Use Modifications
Cosmopolitan Cornbread may revise these terms of use for its web site at any time without notice. By using this web site you are agreeing to be bound by the then current version of these Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
Privacy Policy
Your privacy is very important to us. Accordingly, we have developed this policy in order for you to understand how we collect, use, communicate and disclose and make use of personal information. The following outlines our privacy policy.
Before or at the time of collecting personal information, we will identify the purposes for which information is being collected.
We will collect and use personal information solely with the objective of fulfilling those purposes specified by us and for other compatible purposes, unless we obtain the consent of the individual concerned or as required by law.
We will only retain personal information as long as necessary for the fulfillment of those purposes.
We will collect personal information by lawful and fair means and, where appropriate, with the knowledge or consent of the individual concerned.
Personal data should be relevant to the purposes for which it is to be used, and, to the extent necessary for those purposes, should be accurate, complete, and up-to-date.
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, asked a question and we need to contact you directly.
or
If you have signed up for the mailing list. If you subscribed to the mailing list, you can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the link in the bottom of any of the emails.
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.
We will protect personal information by reasonable security safeguards against loss or theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification.
We will make readily available to customers information about our policies and practices relating to the management of personal information.
We are committed to conducting our business in accordance with these principles in order to ensure that the confidentiality of personal information is protected and maintained.
Cookies & Advertising
We may log information using cookies, which are tiny data files stored on your browser. We may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalized experience on the Website.
Cookies are used in the following ways:
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 web 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. For more information about blocking or turning off cookies, check with your browser’s official website.
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.
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.
Display Ads
Cosmopolitan Cornbread uses Mediavine to manage all third-party advertising on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use cookies. Mediavine may collect IP addresses and location to serve personalized ads. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp.