General Introduction
Toasty Basil delivers culinary inspiration with a focus on ease and community spirit. We've designed our platform without user accounts and we never directly gather your personal details. As a result, there's absolutely no selling or sharing of your individual information.
We'd still like to clarify how certain data might be automatically collected through third-party tools that enhance your browsing experience. These include traffic measurement, personalized ads, and video content integration. This privacy statement provides transparent information about these practices and how we safeguard your privacy and data while you explore Toasty Basil.
Third-party services used
To maintain Toasty Basil's smooth operation and continue providing free recipes, we utilize several third-party services. These tools help us analyze site usage, support our content through advertising revenue, and enhance our pages with video features. Here's a breakdown of the main external services we employ:
- Google Analytics: This Google-provided traffic analysis tool gathers anonymous information about how visitors interact with our site (such as page views and duration). These insights reveal which recipes attract the most interest and guide our improvement efforts. While Google Analytics may deploy cookies for tracking purposes, Toasty Basil never collects personally identifying information about you.
- Google AdSense: As Google's advertising solution, AdSense enables us to display promotional content throughout our site. These advertisements help fund our operations while keeping our recipes freely accessible. AdSense might use cookies to display content relevant to your interests. Toasty Basil cannot access any personal data that Google uses for ad customization. Google's privacy policy offers additional details on their practices.
- Cloudflare Analytics: This performance monitoring service from Cloudflare helps us assess site performance and visitor patterns without identity-tracking cookies. It allows us to identify technical problems and maintain a fast, secure experience. Information gathered by Cloudflare (including IP addresses and navigation patterns) remains aggregated rather than individually identifiable.
- YouTube: Our site occasionally features embedded cooking videos hosted on YouTube (a Google-owned platform). When viewing these videos on Toasty Basil, YouTube/Google may set cookies to monitor playback and compile viewing statistics. If you're signed into a Google account, YouTube might link your viewing activity with your profile, though we have no visibility into this information. YouTube/Google's privacy policy provides further information about their data practices.
Cookies and consent
Cookies are tiny text files that save to your device when visiting websites. Toasty Basil and its partners utilize cookies to enhance your site experience:
- Functional cookies: These necessary files ensure our site works correctly (such as saving language preferences or consent choices). Without them, certain features might fail to operate properly.
- Analytics cookies: Deployed by Google Analytics and Cloudflare Analytics to gather site usage information. This aggregated data shows how visitors navigate Toasty Basil, helping us improve our content and performance.
- Advertising cookies: Implemented by Google AdSense for advertisement delivery. They may track your interests and browsing patterns to display more targeted promotional content.
By using Toasty Basil, you're acknowledging acceptance of cookie usage as outlined above. You can control or remove cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers let you block cookies, delete them, or receive alerts before installation. Keep in mind that disabling cookies might impact your experience on Toasty Basil and other websites you visit.
Changes to this policy
We may periodically update this privacy policy. Changes might reflect modifications to our practices, introduction of new features, or compliance with emerging legal requirements. For significant revisions, we'll provide clear notification on our website, such as homepage alerts or dedicated announcements.
The revision date displayed at the top of this document indicates when we last updated our policy. We suggest checking this page occasionally to stay informed about our current privacy practices.
Contact
Should you have any questions, concerns or inquiries regarding this privacy policy, please don't hesitate to reach out to us. You can contact our team via email at [email protected]. We're always delighted to connect with our users and address any questions you might have.
Conclusion
We appreciate you taking time to review our privacy policy. When you use Toasty Basil, you're accepting the data protection practices we've outlined above. We hope this information provides peace of mind and allows you to enjoy our recipes with complete confidence. We value your trust – now go ahead and cook something delicious!