This Disclosure and Privacy Policy was last modified on May 23, 2022. True North Kitchen (“us”, “we”, or “our”) operates https://true-north-kitchen.com (the “Site”). The owner of the site is Kristi Bissell. This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of personal information we receive from users of the Site. We use your personal information only for providing and improving the Site. By using the Site, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
AFFILIATE AND SPONSORED WORK
True North Kitchen is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. Please visit Amazon for their specific site privacy and cookie policies.
From time to time, True North Kitchen will work with various brands and/or corporate sponsors and may receive some sort of compensation in the form of cash, products, travel expenses, etc. in return for recipe creation, product review, promotion, and opinions on various other topics. The compensation received will never influence the content, topics or posts made on this blog. The views and opinions expressed on True North Kitchen are purely my own.
I will from time to time, work with different companies as an affiliate and affiliate links may appear in my posts. I will receive a small percentage of the sale if you choose to make a purchase after clicking through from one of these affiliate product links. All posts that are sponsored or paid will be identified as such.
PRIVACY POLICY
Your privacy and the protection of your personal information is important to me and I always keep it in mind whenever the question of privacy and securing that information arises. Below outlines what is received and logged when you visit the Site and how it is used. If you have any questions about the policy below, feel free to contact me at [email protected].
I will be updating this page from time to time with a modified date at the top. You should check this page to ensure that you are up-to-date with the latest policy.
ADVERTISING
This Site is affiliated with CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a Raptive (“Raptive”) for the purposes of placing advertising on the Site, and Raptive will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes. To learn more about Raptive’s data usage, click here: https://raptive.com/creator-advertising-privacy-statement/
INFORMATION SHARING AND DISCLOSURE
We may disclose the information as follows:
To service providers or partners that we have engaged to perform business-related functions on our behalf. This may include service providers that: (a) conduct research and analytics; (b) create content; (c) provide customer, technical or operational support; (d) conduct or support marketing (such as email or advertising platforms); (e) fulfill orders and user requests; (f) handle payments; (g) host our Site and online community; (h) administer contests; (i) maintain databases; (j) send or support online or mobile advertising; and (k) otherwise support our Site.
In response to legal process, for example, in response to a court order or a subpoena, a law enforcement or government agency’s request or similar request.
With third parties in order to investigate, prevent, or take action (in our sole discretion) regarding potentially illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to any person, us, or the Site, or violations of our policies, to verify or enforce compliance with the policies governing our site.
We may transfer some or all of your Information if we, or one of our business units, undergoes a business transition, like a merger, acquisition by another company, or sale of all or part of our assets, or if a substantial portion of our or of a business unit’s assets is sold or merged in this way.
Please note that the Site may offer content (e.g., contests, sweepstakes, promotions, games, applications, or social network integrations) that is sponsored by or co-branded with identified third parties. By virtue of these relationships, the third parties may obtain information from their visitors. We have no control over these third parties’ use of this information, which is subject to their own privacy policies.
COOKIES AND OTHER USER AD-TARGETING TECHNOLOGIES
We use cookies and other technologies both to provide our Site to you and to advertise to you. We also may work with partners to help them advertise to you when you visit other websites or mobile applications, and to help them perform user analytics. These technologies may also be used to analyze how our users interact with advertising on our Site and elsewhere, and more generally, to learn more about our users and what services or offers you might prefer to receive. We describe some of these technologies below.
Cookies. Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information which are sent to your browser and stored on your computer, mobile phone or other device when you visit a website. The cookies send information back to the originating website or another website that recognizes that cookie.
We use cookies for purposes such as improving the functionality of our website, to understand site usage and to improve or customize the content, offerings or advertisements. For example, we may use cookies to personalize your experience on our Site, save your password in password-protected areas, or save settings you may have made on the Site. We also may use cookies to help us offer you products, programs, or services that may be of interest to you and to deliver relevant advertising.
Advertising cookies may be placed by third parties such as advertisers, ad platforms and their agents, and can be permanent or temporary cookies. In short, they are related to advertising services provided by third parties on our website.
For visitors generating from the EU and EEA, advertising cookies are automatically not used for personalization and all advertising on the site will be generic and non-targeted.
Disabling Cookies. Most web browsers are set up to accept cookies. You may be able to set your browser to warn you before accepting certain cookies or to refuse certain cookies. However, if you disable the use of cookies in your web browser, some features of the Site may be inoperable.
We may work with certain third-party companies that use techniques other than HTTP cookies to recognize your computer or device and/or to collect and record information about your web surfing activity, including those integrated with our Site. Please keep in mind that your web browser may not permit you to block the use of these techniques, and those browser settings that block conventional cookies may have no effect on such techniques. To learn more about Interest-Based Advertising or to opt-out of this type of advertising by those third parties that are members of DAA’s opt-out program, please go to http://www.aboutads.info.
Web Beacons. We and our Partners may also use “web beacons” or clear GIFs, or similar technologies, which are small pieces of code placed on the Site or in an email, to monitor the behavior and collect data about the visitors viewing the Site or email. For example, web beacons may be used to count the users who visit a web page or to deliver a cookie to the browser of a visitor viewing the Site. Web beacons may also be used to provide information on the effectiveness of our email campaigns (e.g., open rates, clicks, forwards, etc.).
By visiting the Site, whether as a registered user or otherwise, you acknowledge, and agree that you are giving us your consent to track your activities and your use of the Site through the technologies described above, as well as similar technologies developed in the future, and that we may use such tracking technologies in the emails we send to you.
Our unaffiliated partners and third parties may themselves set and access their own tracking technologies when you visit our Services and they may have access to information about you and your online activities over time and across different websites or applications when you use the Site. Their use of such tracking technologies is not in our control and is subject to their own privacy policies.
ANALYTICS
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.
Cookies used by Google analytics in particular are really important for us to understand our visitors on the site. We use it to measure traffic at different times and places in the world. Here is more information from Google:
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245
Google Analytics mainly uses first-party cookies to report on user interactions on your website. These cookies are used to store non-personally identifiable information. Browsers do not share first-party cookies across domains.
For customers who use Google Analytics Advertising Features, Google advertising cookies are used to enable features, such as Remarketing, for products like AdWords on the Google Display Network. For more information about how Google uses advertising cookies, visit https://policies.google.com/privacy. To manage settings for these cookies and opt-out of these features, visit the Ads Settings.
LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
Content on our Site contains links to other websites such as other bloggers, affiliates such as Amazon or other media sites such as YouTube. 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. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
Our Site does not address anyone under the age of 13 (“Child” or “Children”). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from Children. If you are a parent or guardian and are aware that your Child or Children have provided us with personal information, please contact us. If we discover that a Child or Children under 13 have provided us with personal information, we will delete such information from our servers immediately.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
True North Kitchen may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on the Site. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION
We may collect personally identifiable information from users in a variety of ways in connection with activities, services, features, or resources we make available on this site including, but not limited to, email newsletters and contests/giveaways. Where applicable, users may be asked for a name, email address, and other personally identifiable information. This is collected from users only if they submit such information voluntarily. Certain features and services may offer the user the ability to opt-in to services provided by third-party websites. It is the user’s responsibility to review the policies of any third-party websites before opting-in to their services. This privacy policy does not cover the use of information collected by these third-party websites. Users can always refuse to supply personally identifiable information with the knowledge that it may prevent them from engaging in certain site activities or features.
CONTACT
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact:
Kristi Bissell
Email – [email protected]
NUTRITION INFORMATION DISCLAIMER
The Site occasionally provides nutritional information. The calculations were done using an online tool called WP Recipe Maker. Even though we have tried to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures should be considered estimates. Varying factors (such as product types or brands, natural fluctuations in fresh produce, substitutions, serving sizes, and the way ingredients are processed) change the effective nutritional information in any given recipe. Any change in ingredient (such as using a different nondairy milk than mentioned or using a sweetened version, salted chickpeas versus home cooked unsalted etc) will change the nutritional information, sometimes considerably.
Different online calculators provide different results depending on their own nutrition-fact sources, databases and algorithms. To obtain the most accurate representation of the nutritional information in a given recipe, please calculate the nutritional information with the actual ingredients and amounts used, using your preferred nutrition calculator. Under no circumstances shall this website, https://true-north-kitchen.com, and/or the author, Kristi Bissell, be responsible for any loss or damage resulting for your reliance on the given nutritional information. You are solely responsible for ensuring that any nutritional information provided is accurate, complete, and useful.
I am not a certified nutritionist and make no claims to the contrary. Each individual’s dietary needs and restrictions are unique to the individual.
This website is written and produced for informational purposes only. Statements within this site have not been evaluated or approved by the Food and Drug Administration. This website is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Content should not be considered a substitute for professional medical expertise or treatment.