Privacy Practices at a Glance
Food By Mary is a user-friendly recipe hub. We don’t ask for accounts or collect your personal details directly. This means we never sell or share your data.
However, third-party tools we depend on may automatically gather some details to enhance your experience, such as tracking website activity, showing ads, or embedding videos. This policy outlines these practices to highlight how Food By Mary prioritizes your privacy and protects your data every step of the way.
Our Use of Third-Party Tools
To keep Food By Mary running smoothly and accessible for free, we leverage third-party services. These tools help us analyze activity, fund free content via ads, and enhance pages with embedded videos. Here’s an overview of the third-party services we collaborate with:
- Google Analytics: This tool from Google tracks anonymous data, such as which recipes are popular or how long visitors spend on pages. It uses cookies to gather this information, but no personal information is stored by Food By Mary.
- Google AdSense: Ads delivered by Google AdSense support Food By Mary. These ads may be tailored to your interests based on cookies. While we don’t access this data, you can review Google’s privacy policy for details.
- Cloudflare Analytics: Cloudflare provides analytics to monitor site traffic and ensure smooth performance. It doesn’t use cookies to identify users. Data like browsing habits and IP addresses is aggregated in a way that maintains anonymity.
- YouTube: Some of Food By Mary's recipes include video tutorials hosted on YouTube, a service by Google. Watching these videos may result in cookies being set on your device. If you’re logged in to Google, this activity might be linked to your profile. Food By Mary doesn’t access these details, but you can check YouTube’s privacy policy for more information.
Ezoic Services
This website uses the services of Ezoic Inc. ("Ezoic"), including to manage third-party interest-based advertising. Ezoic may employ a variety of technologies on this website, including tools to serve content, display advertisements, and enable advertising to visitors of this website. These technologies may utilize first- and third-party cookies, tags, beacons, pixels, and similar tools to monitor interactions with advertisements and optimize ad targeting.
A cookie is a small text file sent to your device by a web server that allows the website to remember your browsing activity. Ezoic and its partners may place third-party cookies to track interactions and deliver personalized advertising. Disabling cookies may limit access to certain content and features, and rejecting cookies will not eliminate ads but will result in non-personalized advertising.
The following information may be collected and stored in a cookie when serving personalized ads:
- IP address
- Operating system type and version
- Device type
- Language preferences
- Web browser type
- Email (in a hashed or encrypted form)
Ezoic and its partners may combine this data with information collected independently to deliver targeted advertising across various platforms. Additional data such as unique IDs, advertising IDs, geolocation data, usage data, referral sources, and user interactions may also be gathered to create audience segments for targeted advertising across devices and browsers.
You can find more information about cookies and managing them here.
Learn about interest-based advertising here.
View Ezoic’s privacy policy here.
See Ezoic’s list of advertising partners here.
Cookies and Your Consent
Cookies are small data files placed on your device when you visit websites. At Food By Mary, we and our third-party partners use cookies to enhance your experience:
- Functionality Cookies: These let the site remember your preferences, like language settings or cookie choices. Some parts of the site may not work properly without them.
- Analytics Cookies: Tools like Google Analytics and Cloudflare Analytics use these to track how visitors interact with Food By Mary. This data helps us improve our content and functionality.
- Advertising Cookies: Cookies used by Google AdSense display ads relevant to your interests. They analyze browsing behavior for better recommendations.
By using Food By Mary, you agree to the cookies mentioned above. You can manage or remove cookies through your browser settings. Many browsers offer options to block, delete, or receive warnings about cookies. Keep in mind, disabling cookies might limit some features on Food By Mary or other sites.
Policy Updates and Revisions
We may update our privacy policy from time to time. Updates may involve new tools we use, changes to our practices, or compliance with legal requirements. Major updates will be clearly communicated on our website, either through banners or popup announcements.
The date above reflects the most recent revision. We recommend checking this page periodically to stay informed on how Food By Mary handles and protects your privacy.
Reach Out to Us
If you’ve got questions, concerns, or specific requests regarding this privacy policy, feel free to contact us. Drop us a line at legal@foodbymary.com. We’re happy to provide clarity and address any queries.
Final Thoughts
Thank you for going over our privacy policy. By exploring Food By Mary, you accept the practices described here. We hope this gives you peace of mind and encourages you to enjoy browsing our recipes. Your support means the world to us—happy cooking!