General Introduction
Urban Spatula is all about easy, friendly cooking and sharing delicious recipes. We don’t use user accounts, and you won’t find us collecting personal information straight from you. That means we don’t sell or hand out your personal info to anyone.
Still, we want to be upfront about some automatic data collection through outside services, which help us offer features like traffic analytics, tailored ads, or embedded video content. This privacy policy walks you through what info might be gathered via third parties and exactly how Urban Spatula protects your data and privacy as you browse the site.
Third-party services used
Urban Spatula keeps things running smoothly and free for you by working with several trusted third-party partners. These services help power analytics, keep the lights on through advertising, and let us share awesome video content right on our pages. Here’s how some of these outside services are part of your experience with Urban Spatula:
- YouTube: You’ll find some recipe videos on Urban Spatula thanks to YouTube, a Google service. If you watch a video here, YouTube/Google cookies might monitor viewing stats or manage playback. If you’re logged in with Google, your video activity might link up with your profile, but none of this data is shared back with Urban Spatula. For more info, visit YouTube/Google’s privacy policy.
- Cloudflare Analytics: Cloudflare helps us track site traffic and performance without using cookies that could identify you. By gathering aggregated data like IP addresses and browsing activity, Cloudflare lets us spot technical issues and make sure Urban Spatula stays speedy and secure. These stats don’t reveal your identity.
- Google AdSense: AdSense, run by Google, helps us keep the site free by displaying relevant ads. Cookies may personalize these ads based on your activity, but Urban Spatula never receives or handles any of your personal ad-targeting data. For further info, check out Google’s privacy policy.
- Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics, a handy audience measurement tool, to anonymously monitor which recipes are crowd favorites and get ideas for improvements. Cookies are used for stats like page views and time spent, but no data that can personally identify you gets collected by Urban Spatula.
Cookies and consent
Cookies are tiny text files that your device saves when you visit websites. Urban Spatula and our outside partners use these to make your time here easier and better:
- Advertising cookies: Google AdSense uses these files to display ads. They keep track of what interests you or your browsing habits so we can show ads you’ll actually care about.
- Analytics cookies: Both Google Analytics and Cloudflare Analytics need these to gather details about how folks use Urban Spatula. The info stays bundled, giving us insights to finetune the site and content.
- Functional cookies: You’ll notice smoother visits thanks to these. They make the site work—like saving your language preferences or remembering your cookie consent. Skip them, and some features might not behave right.
By browsing Urban Spatula, you’re saying yes to the cookie practices above. Of course, you can always manage or wipe these cookies right from your browser’s settings. Most browsers even let you block cookies or get prompted before they’re saved. Turning them off might change how Urban Spatula (and other sites) work for you.
Changes to this policy
Sometimes things change—so this privacy policy might, too. If Urban Spatula updates its practices, adds new partners, or responds to updated laws, we’ll revise this policy to reflect that. We’ll always let you know about big changes—like a notice on our homepage or a special alert.
You can spot when we last tweaked this policy up top on this page. We recommend checking back now and then to keep up with our privacy approach.
Contact
If you’ve got questions or want to chat about your privacy, feel free to reach out. Drop Urban Spatula a line at legal@urbanspatula.com. We're always glad to connect and help with anything you need.
Conclusion
Thanks for spending a little time to review Urban Spatula’s privacy policy. By exploring our site, you’re agreeing to the data protection practices laid out here. We hope this gives you peace of mind as you enjoy our easy recipes. Thanks for trusting Urban Spatula—now, dive in and have fun in the kitchen!