Privacy Policy
Last updated: September 27, 2026
Cooking With Kimberly respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what personal information may be collected when you visit CookingWithKimberly.com or interact with its features, why that information may be collected, how it may be used or disclosed, how long it may be retained, and what choices and access rights may be available to you.
Information We May Collect
Depending on how you use the site, information collected may include:
- Information you voluntarily provide, such as your name, email address, subject and message when using a contact form;
- Comments and information submitted with comments, if commenting is available;
- Information provided when subscribing to newsletters or other communications, if those services are available;
- Searches, page interactions and general site usage information;
- Technical information such as browser type, device type, approximate location, IP address and referring page;
- Cookie, analytics and similar technical information where those technologies are used; and
- Information reasonably necessary to prevent spam, abuse, fraud, malicious activity or unauthorized access.
Please do not submit passwords, financial information, private medical information, home addresses or other sensitive personal information through public comments or ordinary contact forms.
Why We Collect and Use Information
Information may be collected and used to:
- Provide, operate, maintain and improve the website;
- Respond to questions, messages or requests;
- Provide newsletters or other communications you have requested or consented to receive;
- Moderate comments and prevent spam or abuse;
- Protect the website, its visitors and its administrators;
- Understand general site usage and improve content, usability and site performance;
- Administer transactions, promotions or other site features if they are offered;
- Maintain appropriate business and administrative records; and
- Meet legal, accounting, security or other legitimate administrative obligations.
We aim to collect only personal information reasonably necessary for the purposes identified at or before the time of collection. If personal information is to be used for a materially different purpose, additional notice or consent may be sought where required.
Contact Forms
When you use the Cooking With Kimberly contact form, the information you submit may be stored by the website and delivered by email so that your message can be reviewed and, where appropriate, answered.
Submitting a contact form does not subscribe you to a newsletter or marketing list.
Comments and Spam Protection
If comments are enabled, we may collect the information entered into the comment form together with technical information such as the commenter’s IP address and browser details. This information may be used to moderate comments, prevent spam and protect the site.
Comments may be held for moderation, rejected, edited where appropriate or removed. We do not guarantee that every submitted comment will be published.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
The site may use cookies or similar technologies to remember preferences, support site functions, maintain security, measure general traffic and improve performance.
WordPress and related site services may use cookies for functions such as login, editing, commenting, preferences or security.
Analytics, embedded services, video players, social media content, advertising or other third-party tools may also use cookies or similar technologies and may collect information according to their own privacy practices.
You can usually control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect some site features.
Email Communications
Cooking With Kimberly does not sell or rent email addresses.
If a newsletter, recipe series or other email subscription is offered, subscribers will be asked to provide any consent required for those communications. Applicable commercial electronic messages will identify the sender and provide a practical way to unsubscribe.
We will not knowingly add people to a mailing list without their permission. Where applicable, you may withdraw your consent to receive future marketing communications by using the unsubscribe method provided or by contacting Cooking With Kimberly.
Third-Party Services
The site may use third-party service providers for functions such as hosting, security, spam detection, video delivery, analytics, social media, email delivery, payment processing, advertising or embedded content.
These providers may process information on behalf of Cooking With Kimberly or independently according to their own privacy policies and terms. Some providers may operate in, store information in or process information in jurisdictions outside Canada. Information handled in another jurisdiction may be subject to the laws and lawful access requirements of that jurisdiction.
We aim to use third-party services only where they serve a legitimate site or business purpose and to limit the information provided to what is reasonably necessary for that purpose.
Affiliate Links, Advertising and Monetization
Some content may contain affiliate links, sponsored references, advertising or other forms of monetization. If you make a purchase through an affiliate link, Cooking With Kimberly may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.
Affiliate networks, advertisers or other commercial partners may use cookies, referral information or similar technologies where permitted and applicable. Their collection and use of information may also be governed by their own privacy policies.
Affiliate or advertising relationships do not constitute a guarantee of a product’s quality, suitability, safety or performance. Readers should make their own informed decisions.
Embedded Content and External Websites
Articles may include embedded videos, images, social posts, recipes or other content hosted by third parties. Embedded content may collect information, use cookies or track interaction as though you visited the third-party service directly.
Cooking With Kimberly may also link to websites that we do not operate. We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security or content of independent third-party websites. We encourage you to review their privacy information before providing personal information.
How Long Information Is Retained
Personal information is retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, or as needed for security, dispute resolution, legal, accounting or administrative requirements.
Comments may remain available while the related content is published unless they are removed. Contact messages may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to respond to the message and maintain appropriate records.
When personal information is no longer reasonably required, it may be deleted, anonymized or otherwise securely disposed of where appropriate and technically feasible.
How Information Is Shared
Cooking With Kimberly does not sell personal information.
Information may be disclosed to service providers that help operate, secure, maintain or improve the site; to providers needed to deliver a service or communication you request; or where disclosure is required or permitted by law.
Information may also be disclosed where reasonably necessary to investigate fraud, abuse or security incidents; enforce applicable terms; respond to lawful requests; or protect the rights, safety or security of Cooking With Kimberly, its visitors, its administrators or others.
Security
Reasonable administrative, technical and organizational safeguards are used to protect personal information against unauthorized access, disclosure, loss, misuse or alteration. Safeguards may vary according to the sensitivity of the information and the circumstances in which it is handled.
However, no website, storage system or internet transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Your Privacy Choices and Access Rights
You may contact Cooking With Kimberly to ask about personal information we may hold about you, how it has been used and to whom it may have been disclosed. You may also request access to that information, ask for correction of inaccurate or incomplete information, withdraw consent where applicable, request deletion where legally and reasonably possible, or ask questions about our privacy practices.
Before providing access to personal information or acting on certain requests, we may take reasonable steps to verify that the person making the request is entitled to receive the information or make the request.
Some information may need to be retained, and some requests may be subject to lawful limitations or exceptions, including where retention is permitted or required for security, legal, accounting, administrative or dispute-resolution purposes.
Children’s Privacy
Cooking With Kimberly is a general-audience food and cooking website and is not directed toward children under the age of 13.
We do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children under 13 through site forms, subscriptions or similar features without appropriate involvement or consent from a parent or guardian where required.
If you are a parent or guardian and believe that a child has provided personal information through the site in circumstances where it should not have been collected, please contact Cooking With Kimberly so the matter can be reviewed.
Privacy Accountability and Questions
Cooking With Kimberly is responsible for personal information under its control and designates responsibility for overseeing the site’s privacy practices.
Privacy questions, requests for access or correction, withdrawal of consent, or concerns about the handling of personal information may be submitted through the Contact page. Please identify your message as a privacy request so it can be directed appropriately.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated when the site, its features, its service providers, our information-handling practices or applicable requirements change.
When changes are made, the revised policy will be posted on this page and the “Last updated” date will be changed accordingly. Where additional notice or consent is required because of a significant change in how personal information is handled, appropriate steps will be taken.
