General Introduction
cookziva is all about simple, friendly recipes—no profiles, no accounts to manage. We never directly gather your personal information, so there's no selling or sharing of your data, ever.
Still, we want you to know that a few third-party tools might automatically pick up some data (like for traffic stats, showing you relevant ads, or displaying videos) while you browse. This privacy policy breaks down exactly how those services work and how cookziva's looking out for your privacy every time you visit.
Third-party services used
To keep cookziva up and running—and to make sure you get free recipe access—we rely on a few outside services. They help us track how you're using the site, show ads to keep our content funded, and give you cool video content. Here are the main third-parties we use:
- Google Analytics: This Google tool helps us figure out which recipes people love and what features need work. It collects anonymous info about your visit—like pages you check out and how long you stick around. Google Analytics uses cookies, but cookziva never sees anything that can ID you personally.
- Google AdSense: Ads you see on cookziva come through Google AdSense. Ads keep our recipes free, and cookies can make the ads more relevant to you. Only Google manages that data for ad targeting; cookziva doesn't access your personal info. Google's privacy policy has all the details if you're curious.
- Cloudflare Analytics: Cloudflare gives us insight on site speed and security, tracking overall usage without personal cookies. It looks at traffic trends and performance using aggregated data like IP addresses, but doesn't identify anyone specifically.
- YouTube: Sometimes you'll find recipe videos from YouTube (which is part of Google) on cookziva. Watching them may allow YouTube or Google to drop cookies and collect things like view counts. If you're logged into Google, they might link the views to your account. But cookziva can't see or use any of that info. Check Google's policy for more on video privacy.
Cookies and consent
Cookies are tiny pieces of data saved on your device every time you visit cookziva or its partners. They help make the site smoother for you:
- Functional cookies: These are needed so cookziva works as it should. They let us save things like your language choice and what you said yes to. Skip them, and some features won't be available.
- Analytics cookies: Google Analytics and Cloudflare Analytics use these to figure out how folks use cookziva. We look at general patterns and stats, to boost site speed and make our content better.
- Advertising cookies: Google AdSense uses these for ads—helping make the ads more useful by tracking browser activity and preferences.
When you use cookziva, you agree to these cookie practices. If you want, your browser lets you block, manage, or clean out cookies. Just keep in mind, disabling cookies can mess up your experience on cookziva and other sites.
Changes to this policy
Our privacy policy might get tweaked now and then. When cookziva updates it—to reflect changes, add new services, or follow legal guidelines—we make sure you’ll know. If it’s a big change, you'll see a clear notice on our homepage or somewhere similar.
You can always check the date at the top of this page to see when we last reviewed these details. We recommend coming back once in a while to stay in the loop on how cookziva protects your privacy.
Contact
Got questions or want to chat about our privacy policy? Feel free to email us at legal@cookziva.com. cookziva's always happy to hear from you and help with any concerns.
Conclusion
Thanks for checking out our privacy policy! Using cookziva means you're cool with how we handle your info, as explained above. We hope you find this info reassuring and dive into our recipes with peace of mind. We really appreciate your trust—enjoy cooking with cookziva!