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This document was last updated on 27 December 2024. We invite you to read it thoroughly, as it details our dedication to protecting your privacy and securing your personal information. At LiLi Cooks, we value transparency in our data collection, usage, and protection methods, ensuring your confidence remains central to everything we do.

Privacy Policy - lilicooks.com

Hi there! So glad you're here poking around my recipes! Before we start cooking together, let's chat about how I handle your info - because being straightforward matters as much as not skimping on butter!

To make your visits to my little cooking corner worthwhile (and to keep creating recipes you actually want), I collect some basic details like your email when you share it, what you call yourself if you make an account, what device you're browsing from, and which recipes make you click. This helps me figure out whether to develop more pasta recipes or finally tackle those complicated pastries!

Just like I wouldn't give away my grandmother's dumpling technique without her blessing, I only collect your personal information with your permission and use it solely to make your experience in my virtual kitchen better.

How Long I Keep Your Stuff

I store your information only as long as needed to keep your favorite recipes accessible, or as required by law - basically the digital equivalent of not keeping leftovers until they grow interesting science experiments in the back of my fridge!

What I Actually Collect

To make recipe hunting less chaotic, here's what I gather:

  • When you message me through the contact form: your email address, name (if you tell me), and whatever you wrote
  • During your visits, I collect:
    • Technical details about website glitches, your device, and operating system (the boring-but-necessary stuff that helps me fix things when they break)
    • How you interact with recipes - which ones you click, save, or print (helps me know which recipes are actually useful versus which ones look pretty but nobody makes)
    • Your general location when allowed (mainly so I can suggest recipes that make sense - like not recommending heavy stews if you're experiencing a heatwave)
  • Information you voluntarily share when creating an account or using special features

The People Who Help Run My Site

Running this cooking blog as one person means I need some help from trusted partners:

About Those Cookies (Not The Edible Kind)

Unlike my double chocolate chunk cookies, digital cookies help make lilicooks.com work! They're small text files that remember things like your preferences and help me understand how you're using the site.

These cookies help me personalize your experience (like remembering you prefer metric measurements or that you've already seen my rambling story about how I learned to make dumplings) and understand which recipes are hits and which need more testing. I do share some anonymous usage data with Google and Facebook, which they might combine with info you've given them elsewhere (when is the internet not creepily interconnected?).

Want the technical details? Check out these policies (warning: less fun than actual baking):

A Note From My Tiny Kitchen

By browsing around lilicooks.com, you're agreeing to how I use cookies and collect information. Everything I gather helps me make your experience better—from suggesting recipes based on what you've enjoyed before to making sure the site loads quickly when you're frantically searching for dinner ideas at 5:47pm with hungry people staring at you.

I treat your data with the same care I give my grandmother's handwritten recipe cards that survived three moves and one unfortunate spill - with protection and a little reverence.

Got questions? Recipe disasters to share? Privacy concerns? I'd love to hear from you! Drop me a line at: privacy@lilicooks.com.