Disclosure & Privacy Policies

The Spelt Kitchen is run by Tracy Morgan, and it is a blog for creating and sharing recipes. 

Our website address is: https://www.thespeltkitchen.com

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

• Subscribing to receive emails from The Spelt Kitchen

The Spelt Kitchen retains names and email addresses via secure opt-in services provided by Mailerlite, when people sign up to receive new recipes (subscribe to emails). The information is automatically transferred over to Mailerlite’s email services. The procedure to subscribe involves a double opt-in process, whereby a second email is sent to confirm the wish to subscribe.

The information you submit is not used for anything else, nor is it handed over to third parties (unless legally required to do so by law). I do not have access to any personal information, other than your country of residence and email address, and this is not used by me in any way at all. Anyone who subscribes to the mailing list can unsubscribe at any time by simply clicking the unsubscribe button in the emails sent.

For more information, please read Mailerlite’s privacy policy.

• Comments

When visitors leave comments on The Spelt Kitchen, we 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 anonymised 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.

• Google Analytics

The Spelt Kitchen uses Google Analytics to determine information, such as demographics, visits, and the actions taken while visitors are here (such as clicking through to different recipes). Having access to GA is very important to us, as it helps gauge our reader’s interests, and allows us to develop the blog with them in mind. 

However, if you would rather Google didn’t track or use your data, you can disable it through the banner at the bottom of the page, or you can opt out from Google Analytics completely using an opt-out browser add-on.

• Adsense

The Spelt Kitchen uses Google AdSense adverts on the site. Google uses cookies to help serve the ads it displays on the websites of its partners, such as websites displaying Google ads or participating in Google certified ad networks. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you  based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet.

When users visit a Google partner’s website, a cookie may be dropped on that end user’s browser. You can change your preferences, or opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Ads Settings.

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