Who we are
This privacy policy relates to all content produced and curated on Kait’s Cupboard. It is effective as of June 1, 2022. Our website address is https://kaitscupboard.com. Kait’s Cupboard retains the right to change policy from time to time through updates on this page. Please feel free to check this page intermittently to make sure you agree with any policy changes.
We may collect some information that could help us tailor our content to you and help you find things more quickly on Kait’s Cupboard. We might collect your contact information and email address, background information including your zip code, and other basic preferences. Any other information that could help us tailor offers or content to you.
We may send you emails about new content on Kait’s Cupboard, special offers, or other new information we would like to share with you! We also may ask you to participate in research regarding how to best tailor our content and partner marketing to suit your interests.
Affiliate Partnerships
Kait’s Cupboard includes affiliate links to websites such as Amazon, William Sonoma, and Wine.com. When you buy an item highlighted by our website, you are supporting Kait’s Cupboard. Thank you! We may earn commission based on your clicks and purchases through these links.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site 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 anonymized 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.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. That means a small file in your computer’s hard drive will be saved and help analyze website traffic and tailor our content to you through your history of likes, comments, and other preferences. Cookies are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
A cookie will not give us access to your computer or any personal information about you other than that which you have decided to share.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Furthermore, when you click on any links to external websites you have left Kait’s Cupboard. We do not have control over external website content and cannot be responsible for the protection of your information or privacy. Please remember to be cautious and review the privacy agreements in any website you are visiting.
Who we share your data with
If you would like to keep your information private, we are happy to exclude you from any research or sharing your preferences with parties outside Kait’s Cupboard. If your identify on Kait’s Cupboard has been compromised you may request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website, we may also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.