Last updated: July 29, 2026
Welcome to Cook Time Recipes (www.cooktimerecipes.com). Your privacy matters to us. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect when you visit our website, how we use it, and the choices you have. By using this site, you agree to the practices described below.
Who We Are
Cook Time Recipes is a food blog that shares easy, step-by-step recipes for home cooks. The site is operated by the Cook Time Recipes team. If you have any questions about this policy, you can reach us through our Contact page or by email at [your email address].
Information We Collect
Information you provide voluntarily
You can browse Cook Time Recipes without creating an account or telling us who you are. We only receive personal information that you choose to share with us, such as:
- Comments — if you leave a comment on a recipe, we receive the name, profile information, and comment content you submit.
- Contact messages — if you use our contact form or email us, we receive your name, email address, and the contents of your message.
Information collected automatically
Like most websites, we and our service providers automatically collect certain technical information when you visit, including:
- Your IP address and approximate location (country or city level)
- Browser type and version, device type, and operating system
- The pages you visit, the date and time of your visit, time spent on pages, and the site that referred you here
This information is collected through log files, cookies, and similar technologies, and is used in aggregate to understand how visitors use the site. It is not used to identify you personally.
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to:
- Operate, maintain, and improve the website and its content
- Respond to your comments, questions, and messages
- Understand which recipes and pages are most popular so we can create better content
- Display advertising that supports the free content on this site
- Detect and prevent spam, abuse, and security issues
- Comply with legal obligations
We do not sell your personal information.
Cookies and Web Beacons
Cook Time Recipes uses cookies — small text files stored on your device — to remember visitor preferences, understand site traffic, and show relevant advertising. Because this site is hosted on Blogger, Google also sets cookies necessary for the platform to function and to measure site statistics.
You can disable or delete cookies at any time through your browser settings. Instructions can be found in your browser’s help menu. Please note that some features of the site may not work as intended with cookies disabled.
Advertising (Google AdSense)
We display advertisements served by Google AdSense to keep our recipes free for everyone. Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies — including the DoubleClick DART cookie — to serve ads based on your visits to this site and other sites on the internet.
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website and elsewhere online.
- Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to show you personalized ads.
- You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.
- You can also opt out of many third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalized advertising at www.aboutads.info or, in the EU, at www.youronlinechoices.eu.
Advertising partners on this site may have their own privacy policies covering their use of cookies and web beacons. We do not have access to or control over the cookies used by third-party advertisers. You can review Google’s advertising practices at policies.google.com/technologies/ads.
Analytics
We use analytics tools provided by Google (including Blogger’s built-in statistics) to measure traffic and understand how visitors interact with our content. These tools collect information such as pages visited, time on site, and general location, in aggregated form. You can learn how Google uses data from sites that use its services at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
Comments
When you leave a comment, the name or profile you use and the content of your comment are visible publicly on the page. Please avoid including personal information you do not want made public. We reserve the right to remove comments that are spam, offensive, or otherwise inappropriate.
Social Media and Embedded Content
Our site includes links and buttons for social platforms such as Pinterest and Facebook, and articles may contain embedded content (for example videos or pins). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if you had visited that website directly, and those platforms may collect data about you, use their own cookies, and track your interaction with the embedded content. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any social platforms you use.
Your Privacy Rights
Visitors from the European Economic Area and UK (GDPR)
If you are located in the EEA or the United Kingdom, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- Access — the right to request copies of the personal data we hold about you
- Rectification — the right to have inaccurate information corrected
- Erasure — the right to request that we delete your personal data
- Restriction — the right to ask us to limit how we process your data
- Objection — the right to object to our processing of your data
- Portability — the right to request transfer of your data to you or another organization
To exercise any of these rights, contact us through our Contact page. We will respond within one month. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.
California residents (CCPA/CPRA)
If you are a California resident, you have the right to know what personal information we collect, to request its deletion, and to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information. We do not sell personal information. To make a request, please contact us using the details below. We will not discriminate against you for exercising your privacy rights.
Data Retention
We keep personal information only as long as necessary for the purposes described in this policy. Comments remain published until you request removal or we delete them. Contact messages are kept only as long as needed to respond and follow up. Aggregated, non-identifying statistics may be retained indefinitely.
Children’s Privacy
Protecting children online is important to us. Cook Time Recipes does not knowingly collect any personal information from children under the age of 13. If you believe your child has provided personal information on our site — for example through a comment — please contact us immediately and we will promptly remove it.
External Links
Our recipes and articles may contain links to other websites. Once you leave cooktimerecipes.com, this Privacy Policy no longer applies. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of other sites, and we encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.
Security
The site is served over a secure HTTPS connection provided by our hosting platform. While no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure, we take reasonable steps to protect the limited information we collect and rely on Google’s infrastructure security for hosting.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for legal reasons. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated “Last updated” date. We encourage you to review this page periodically. Your continued use of the site after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the revised policy.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how your information is handled, please reach out:
- Contact form: Contact page
- Email: info@cooktimerecipes.com
Thank you for visiting Cook Time Recipes — now back to the good part: the food. 🍴