Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 3, 2026

Who We Are

Homemade Always LLC, referred to in this policy as “Homemade Always,” “we,” “us,” or
“our,” operates
HomemadeAlways.com, referred to as the
“Website.”

Homemade Always publishes recipes, cooking videos, kitchen tips, culinary travel content,
product recommendations, newsletters, and related food and lifestyle content.

For purposes of applicable privacy laws, Homemade Always LLC is the organization
responsible for the personal information described in this Privacy Policy.

Information We Collect

The information we collect depends on how you interact with the Website.

Information You Provide

You may voluntarily provide information to us when you:

• Subscribe to our newsletter: such as your name, email address,
  subscription preferences, and consent information.
• Contact us: such as your name, email address, and the contents of your
  message.
• Leave a comment or recipe rating: such as your name, email address,
  optional website address, recipe rating, and comment.
• Participate in a promotion or giveaway: such as your name, email
  address, social media username, mailing information, or other information described in
  the promotion rules.
• Communicate with us through social media: such as your social media
  username, profile information made available by the platform, and the contents of your
  message.

Please do not send highly sensitive information, such as Social Security numbers,
financial account passwords, medical records, or government identification numbers,
through our contact forms or comments.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the Website, we and our service providers may automatically collect
information such as:

• Your Internet Protocol address
• Browser type and browser settings
• Device type and operating system
• Language and approximate geographic location
• Referring and exit pages
• Pages, recipes, images, and videos viewed
• Date, time, and duration of visits
• Links, buttons, advertisements, and features you interact with
• Cookie identifiers, advertising identifiers, and similar identifiers
• Diagnostic, security, and website-performance information

This information may be collected through cookies, pixels, tags, local storage, log files,
software development kits, and similar technologies.

How We Use Information

We may use information for the following purposes:

• To operate, maintain, protect, and improve the Website
• To publish and deliver recipes, videos, and other content
• To respond to questions, comments, and support requests
• To send newsletters and other communications you requested
• To display and moderate comments and recipe ratings
• To understand how readers discover and use our content
• To analyze website traffic, performance, and audience engagement
• To personalize content and advertising where permitted
• To deliver, measure, and improve advertising
• To measure affiliate-link and sponsored-campaign performance
• To prevent spam, fraud, abuse, malicious activity, and security incidents
• To enforce our policies and protect our legal rights
• To comply with legal, accounting, tax, and regulatory requirements
• For other purposes disclosed when information is collected or with your consent

Cookies and Similar Technologies

Cookies are small files that websites and service providers place on your browser or
device. We and our service providers may use first-party and third-party cookies and
similar technologies.

Cookies used through the Website may include:

• Essential cookies: used for security, website operation, navigation,
  consent preferences, and other necessary functions.
• Preference cookies: used to remember choices, such as information you
  choose to save when submitting a comment.
• Analytics and performance cookies: used to understand website traffic,
  reader activity, errors, and performance.
• Advertising cookies: used to deliver, limit, personalize, and measure
  advertisements.
• Affiliate and campaign-measurement cookies: used to determine whether a
  purchase, visit, or other action resulted from one of our links or campaigns.

Depending on your location, you may be shown a consent banner or privacy-preference
controls. You may change available advertising choices by using the “Manage Privacy
Preferences,” “Privacy Settings,” or “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” link
displayed on the Website.

You may also configure your browser to block or delete cookies. Blocking some cookies may
affect Website functionality, saved preferences, embedded content, analytics, or the ads
you see.

Advertising and Journey by Mediavine

The Website works with Journey by Mediavine to manage programmatic advertising.
Mediavine and its advertising partners may use first-party and third-party cookies,
pixels, tags, device identifiers, and similar technologies to deliver, personalize,
limit, measure, and report on advertisements.

Information processed for advertising may include your IP address, browser and device
information, operating system, language, approximate location, referring source, pages
viewed, interactions with advertisements, cookie identifiers, and other pseudonymous
identifiers.

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may be asked whether you consent to
personalized advertising or may be provided with an option to opt out of the sale or
sharing of personal information for advertising purposes.

Declining personalized advertising does not necessarily remove advertisements from the
Website. You may continue to receive contextual or non-personalized advertisements based
on the content of the page rather than your previous browsing activity.

For more information about companies that may participate in Mediavine advertising,
visit

Mediavine’s advertising partners page
.

Analytics

We use Google Analytics 4 and may use other analytics services to understand Website
traffic and reader engagement. These services may collect information about your device,
browser, approximate location, referral source, pages viewed, interactions, and visit
duration through cookies and similar technologies.

We use analytics information to understand which content readers find useful, improve
Website performance, identify technical problems, and guide future content.

You can learn more by reviewing

Google’s Privacy Policy
.
Google also provides a

Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on
.

Email Newsletter

If you subscribe to our newsletter, we may collect and use your name, email address,
subscription source, consent records, and information about how you interact with our
emails, such as whether an email was opened or a link was clicked.

We use Mailchimp, an Intuit service, to manage subscribers, send newsletters, operate
email automations, and measure email performance. Mailchimp processes subscriber
information on our behalf and in accordance with its own policies.

You may unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link included at the bottom
of our marketing emails. After you unsubscribe, we may retain a limited suppression
record so that we can continue honoring your request and meet applicable legal
requirements.

For more information, review

Mailchimp’s Global Privacy Statement
.

Comments, Recipe Ratings, and Gravatar

When visitors leave comments or recipe ratings, we collect the information shown in the
comment form. WordPress may also collect the visitor’s IP address and browser user-agent
information to assist with spam detection, security, and moderation.

An anonymized string created from your email address, sometimes called a hash, may be
provided to the Gravatar service to determine whether you use that service. After your
comment is approved, a profile image associated with your Gravatar account may be
publicly visible alongside your comment.

Gravatar is operated by Automattic. You can review

Automattic’s Privacy Policy
.

Approved comments, recipe ratings, names, profile images, and any information you include
in the comment itself may be publicly visible. Do not include private or sensitive
information in a public comment.

If you choose the option to save your name, email address, and website in your browser
for future comments, WordPress may store that information in cookies on your device.

Affiliate Links and Sponsored Content

Some content contains affiliate links. When you click an affiliate link, the retailer or
affiliate network may receive information such as the referring page, your device or
browser information, your IP address, and a cookie or tracking identifier. These
technologies allow the retailer or network to determine whether a purchase or other
action resulted from our link.

We may earn a commission when you make a qualifying purchase through an affiliate link,
at no additional cost to you.

As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

We do not receive your full payment-card information merely because you click an
affiliate link or purchase something from an outside retailer. Your purchase is governed
by the retailer’s own terms and privacy policy.

We may also publish sponsored content or participate in paid campaigns. Sponsored
campaigns may use tracking links, pixels, promotional codes, or reports from campaign
partners to measure reach, clicks, conversions, or other agreed campaign results. We will
disclose sponsored relationships where required.

Embedded Content and Social Media

Pages on the Website may include embedded videos, images, social posts, sharing tools, or
other content from services such as Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Pinterest, YouTube, and
similar platforms.

Embedded content may behave as though you visited the third party’s website directly.
Those services may collect information about you, place cookies, use tracking
technologies, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, particularly if
you are logged into an account with that service.

Your interaction with a social media or embedded-content provider is governed by that
provider’s own privacy policy and settings.

How We Share Information

We may disclose information to the following categories of recipients:

• Website service providers: such as hosting, caching, security,
  maintenance, email, form, spam-detection, and technical-support providers.
• Advertising and consent partners: including Journey by Mediavine,
  advertising partners, and consent-management providers.
• Analytics providers: including Google Analytics.
• Email providers: including Mailchimp.
• Affiliate networks, retailers, and campaign partners: for referral,
  attribution, reporting, and sponsored-campaign measurement.
• Professional advisers: such as accountants, attorneys, insurers, and
  consultants when reasonably necessary.
• Government authorities or other parties: when required by law or when
  reasonably necessary to protect rights, safety, security, or prevent unlawful activity.
• Parties involved in a business transaction: if all or part of our
  business is sold, transferred, reorganized, financed, or acquired.
• Other parties at your direction or with your consent.

We do not rent or sell our email subscriber list to unrelated companies for their own
direct email marketing.

We do not sell personal information for cash. However, some advertising activities may
be considered a “sale,” “sharing,” or processing for targeted advertising under certain
U.S. state privacy laws. Available opt-out choices are described below.

Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes
described in this Privacy Policy, including to provide services, maintain business and
tax records, resolve disputes, prevent abuse, enforce agreements, and comply with legal
obligations.

For example:

• Newsletter information may be retained while you remain subscribed and for a reasonable
  period afterward to maintain unsubscribe and consent records.
• Comments and recipe ratings may remain published unless they are removed by us or in
  response to a valid request.
• Contact messages may be retained for customer service, recordkeeping, security, or legal
  purposes.
• Analytics, advertising, and affiliate information may be retained according to the
  settings and retention practices of the applicable service provider.

We may retain anonymized or aggregated information that can no longer reasonably identify
you.

Your Privacy Rights and Choices

Privacy rights vary depending on where you live. Subject to applicable law, you may have
the right to:

• Request access to personal information we maintain about you
• Request correction of inaccurate personal information
• Request deletion of personal information
• Request a portable copy of certain personal information
• Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
• Object to or restrict certain processing
• Opt out of targeted advertising
• Opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information
• Appeal a decision concerning a privacy request where applicable
• Receive equal service without unlawful discrimination for exercising a privacy right

Email Choices

You may unsubscribe from marketing emails by using the unsubscribe link in any marketing
email. You may still receive non-promotional communications when reasonably necessary,
such as responses to a message you sent us.

Advertising and Cookie Choices

Use the “Manage Privacy Preferences,” “Privacy Settings,” or “Do Not Sell or Share My
Personal Information” link displayed on the Website to review available advertising and
cookie choices. Our consent platform may also process recognized browser-based privacy
signals where supported or legally required.

California and Other U.S. State Rights

Residents of California and certain other U.S. states may have rights to access, correct,
delete, or obtain a copy of personal information, and to opt out of targeted advertising
or activities considered a sale or sharing under applicable law.

To submit a request concerning information controlled directly by Homemade Always, email

info@homemadealways.com

with the subject line “Privacy Request,” or use our
Contact page.

We may need to verify your identity before completing a request. An authorized agent may
submit a request where permitted, but we may require proof of authorization and identity.
Rights are not absolute, and we may deny or limit a request where permitted by law.

European Economic Area, United Kingdom, and Switzerland

Where applicable, our legal bases for processing personal information may include your
consent, our legitimate interests in operating and improving the Website, taking steps at
your request, performing an agreement, and complying with legal obligations.

You may have rights to access, correct, erase, restrict, object to processing, receive
portable information, and withdraw consent. You may also have the right to file a
complaint with your local data-protection authority.

Children’s Privacy

The Website is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 without
appropriate permission.

If you believe a child has submitted personal information to us, contact us at

info@homemadealways.com

so that we can review and address the request.

Information Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures intended to
protect information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or
destruction.

No website, transmission method, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely
secure. You should use caution when submitting information online and avoid sending
sensitive information through public comments or unsecured messages.

International Data Transfers

Homemade Always is based in the United States. Our service providers may process
information in the United States and other countries. Those countries may have
data-protection laws that differ from the laws where you live.

Where required, we and our service providers use appropriate contractual, legal, or
organizational safeguards for international transfers.

Third-Party Websites

The Website contains links to retailers, social networks, advertisers, affiliate
partners, and other third-party websites. We do not control the privacy or security
practices of those third parties.

Review the privacy policy of any third-party website or service before providing
information or making a purchase.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy as our Website, services, providers, or legal
obligations change. The revised policy will be posted on this page, and the “Last
updated” date will be changed.

When appropriate, we may provide additional notice of a material change through the
Website, email, or another reasonable method.

Contact Us

Questions or privacy requests may be sent to:

Homemade Always LLC
Email:
info@homemadealways.com
Website:
https://homemadealways.com/