Privacy Policy

This privacy policy explains how this Website (forkknifeswoon.com) uses and protects any information that you give while using forkknifeswoon.com. At Fork Knife Swoon we work hard to provide inspiring, helpful, and delicious content that we think will be valuable to you, our readers. We also believe in transparency, so this page is where you’ll also find all the details about what information we collect, how compensation works for the Website, and other Terms of Use that apply to you.

By accessing and browsing this Website, you agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. In the event of any violation of these Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, or any applicable laws, we intend to fully cooperate with any law enforcement officials or agencies in the investigation of such violations.

Fork Knife Swoon may change this policy by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from January 1, 2020.


Advertising

This Website (forkknifeswoon.com) is affiliated with CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a CafeMedia (“CafeMedia”) for the purposes of placing advertising on the Site, and CafeMedia will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes. To learn more about CafeMedia’s data usage, click here: www.cafemedia.com/publisher-advertising-privacy-policy

How we use cookies

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyze data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

For European Economic Area Residents

If you reside in a country in the European Economic Area (EEA), then under the GDPR and applicable data protection laws you have the rights, among other things, to access your personal data, have us erase it, and/or restrict its further processing.  If you wish to access or delete your personal data (if any) maintained by us or AdThrive related to advertising on the Site, you can contact us at info@forkknifeswoon.com and contact AdThrive at info@adthrive.com. If you wish to see a list of the advertising partners we work with or change which of those partners track your behavior using cookies, click the ad preferences link at the bottom of the site. (Available in the EU.)

For California Residents

California law gives residents the right to opt out of the “sale” of their personal information to third parties, including for advertising purposes. Under California law, the sharing of your information with a service provider for advertising purposes could be considered a “sale.” To opt out of the sharing of your information for advertising information, click the opt out link provided in the footer of this page. You also have the right to request from us the categories of personal information that we have shared and the categories of third parties to whom the information was provided. To make such a request, please contact us at info@adthrive.com. To be clear we do not share your name, contact information, or any other sensitive information with third parties, and the categories of third parties that we share information with for advertising purposes are supply side platforms, programmatic advertising exchanges, and demand side platforms.

Controlling your personal information

We will never sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so.

Links to other websites

Fork Knife Swoon may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Opt Out

For information about opting out of our ad serving partners please visit http://www.networkadvertising.org to learn more about this advertising practice and/or to opt-out of this type of advertising.

Copyright

This website, including all images, text, and other content is the property of Laura Bolton and Fork Knife Swoon, and is protected by United States and international copyright laws. All rights reserved.

At times, you may have the opportunity to download digital products from our Website or newsletter. If you decide to do this, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, personal, non-transferable license to use the product(s). You agree that you are not allowed to modify, distribute, sell, share, republish, or create derivative content from any information provided to you without express consent from Laura Bolton/Fork Knife Swoon.

You have our permission to use a link to our Website from your online blog or website. You may use up to one photo from a post – with credit and a mandatory link back to the post on our Website where it originated. This permission may be rescinded at any time. We work very hard to create all of the content on this website and it is always appreciated if you ask first.

We do not allow re-posting an entire recipe or written post, using any photos without proper attribution and links back to this website, or presenting any of our content as your own. Any distribution of content from Fork Knife Swoon beyond what is described herein constitutes copyright infringement.

You may view and print any content displayed on the Website for personal, non-commercial use, provided that all copyright and attribution notices remain intact. You agree not to reproduce, publish, transmit, distribute, sell, license, modify, or create derivative content from this Website or any part of it, without prior written consent from Laura Bolton/Fork Knife Swoon.