1. What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device — computer, smartphone, or tablet — when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, remember your preferences, and provide information to website owners.

Cookies do not contain personally identifiable information by themselves. However, any personal information that we store about you may be linked to information stored in and obtained from cookies.

2. How We Use Cookies

TastePinch uses cookies for the following purposes:

• To ensure our website functions properly and reliably
• To remember your preferences and settings across visits
• To understand how visitors use and navigate our website
• To measure the performance and popularity of our recipes and content
• To display relevant advertisements through Google AdSense
• To improve our website content and user experience over time
• To detect and prevent security threats or fraudulent activity

3. Types of Cookies We Use

4. Cookie List

Below is a list of the main cookies used on TastePinch and their purpose:

5. Google AdSense Cookies

TastePinch uses Google AdSense to display advertisements. Google AdSense uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website and other websites on the internet.

Google’s advertising cookies enable it and its advertising partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to TastePinch and other sites across the internet. This is known as interest-based or personalized advertising.

For more information on how Google uses data from sites that use its services, please visit: How Google uses data when you use our partners’ sites or apps.

6. Google Analytics Cookies

TastePinch uses Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our website. Google Analytics collects anonymized data about visitor behavior including:

• Pages visited and time spent on each page
• How visitors arrived at our website (search engine, direct, referral)
• General geographic location (country and city level only)
• Device type and browser used
• Most and least popular recipes and content

This data is used solely to improve TastePinch content and user experience. We do not use Google Analytics data to personally identify any visitor.

7. Third Party Cookies

In addition to our own cookies, TastePinch may use cookies from trusted third-party services that appear on our pages. These third parties have their own privacy and cookie policies which we have no control over.

Third-party services that may set cookies on TastePinch include:

• Google AdSense — advertising and remarketing cookies
• Google Analytics — website traffic and behavior analytics
• Google Fonts — typography delivery
• WordPress — essential site functionality cookies
• WP Recipe Maker (WPRM) — recipe card functionality

We recommend reviewing the privacy policies of these third-party services for full details on their cookie practices.

8. How to Manage Cookies

You have full control over cookies on your device. You can manage, disable, or delete cookies through your browser settings at any time. Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of TastePinch.

Here is how to manage cookies in the most common browsers:

9. GDPR & Cookie Consent

If you are visiting TastePinch from the European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA), you have additional rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) regarding cookies and your personal data.

• You have the right to know what cookies are being used and why
• You have the right to accept or decline non-essential cookies
• You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time
• You have the right to request deletion of any personal data collected through cookies

TastePinch uses a cookie consent banner to obtain your consent before placing non-essential cookies on your device when required by applicable law. Essential cookies that are strictly necessary for the site to function are placed without consent as they are required for the website to operate.

10. Changes to This Cookie Policy

TastePinch may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our use of cookies, technology, or legal requirements. When we make changes, we will update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page.

We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies. Your continued use of TastePinch after any changes to this policy constitutes your acceptance of the updated terms.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us:

• Website: tastepinch.com
• Email: hello@tastepinch.com
• Contact Page: tastepinch.com/contact-us