General Introduction
At homesteadspoon, we're all about making cooking fun and easy for everyone. You won't find user accounts here, and we never directly gather your personal info. That means we won't ever trade or hand out data about you to others.
Still, we think it's important for you to know how automatic data collection works when we use outside tools—like traffic analytics, advertising, or built-in videos. This privacy policy breaks down what gets collected through those third-party services, how it helps homesteadspoon.com, and what we do to keep your info safe and private when you visit our site.
Third-party services used
homesteadspoon relies on trusted external partners to keep everything running smoothly and continue bringing you free recipes. Third-party services help us make sense of how people use the site, keep our content funded through advertising, and add great features like embedded videos. Here are the main partners we use:
- Google Analytics: This analytics platform from Google tracks visitor stats—things like time on site and which pages you check out. That way, we can see which recipes people love most and tweak things for a better experience. Google Analytics may use cookies for tracking, but homesteadspoon never receives any personal details about you.
- Google AdSense: This is Google’s ad system, helping support homesteadspoon.com so everyone can access recipes at no charge. You'll see ads tailored by AdSense, sometimes using cookies to choose which are most relevant. homesteadspoon doesn’t have access to the private info Google uses for ad targeting. Want details? Google's privacy policy has more info.
- Cloudflare Analytics: Cloudflare gives us insights into web traffic and keeps an eye on site performance, all without using personally identifying cookies. We use it to spot issues fast and keep things secure. Any data Cloudflare gathers—like your IP or browsing stats—gets grouped together and isn’t tied back to you specifically.
- YouTube: You'll sometimes find tasty recipe videos from YouTube right on homesteadspoon.com. Watching one may mean YouTube/Google cookies are set to manage stats and video playback (like view counts). If you’re logged in to Google, YouTube could connect what you’ve watched to your account, but homesteadspoon never gets access to that info. Curious? Check out Google’s and YouTube’s privacy policies for more details.
Cookies and consent
Cookies are tiny files saved on your device each time you visit a website. homesteadspoon.com and our selected partners use cookies to make your time on the site better:
- Functional cookies: These are needed for basic site operations, like remembering your consent or language choice. If they weren’t here, things might not work as intended.
- Analytics cookies: These cookies—used by Google Analytics and Cloudflare Analytics—track general usage and traffic. We look at this info in bulk to see how people navigate homesteadspoon and where we can improve content or speed.
- Advertising cookies: Google AdSense uses these cookies to show ads that match your tastes or browsing habits, making the ads more relevant for you.
By sticking around on homesteadspoon.com, you’re agreeing to our use of cookies as described. Want to control or remove cookies? Just check your browser settings. Most browsers let you block, clear, or get notified about cookies. Keep in mind—stopping cookies could affect how homesteadspoon and other sites work for you.
Changes to this policy
We may change this privacy policy from time to time. If our processes change, we add new features, or legal requirements shift, we'll reflect that here. For any major updates, you'll see a clear notice on homesteadspoon.com—maybe a banner or message right on the home page.
The top of this policy always shows the latest update date. Be sure to check back every so often so you’ll know about the newest privacy practices at homesteadspoon.
Contact
If you've got any questions, feedback, or requests about our privacy practices, we'd love to hear from you. Just drop us an email at legal@homesteadspoon.com. homesteadspoon's always happy to chat and help out with whatever you need.
Conclusion
Thanks for taking a few minutes to read homesteadspoon's privacy policy. By using our site, you're agreeing to the data protection approach we've explained above. We hope this puts your mind at ease and lets you enjoy homesteadspoon's recipes with confidence. We're grateful for your trust—happy cooking!