Privacy Policy for Mary's Home Cooking

Effective Date: 15 May 2025

This Privacy Policy governs the manner in which Mary’s Home Cooking collects, uses, maintains, and discloses information collected from users of this website. By accessing or using this website, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by the terms of this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect

Mary’s Home Cooking may collect the following categories of information:

  • Personal Information: Information that personally identifies you, including but not limited to your full name, email address, and any other contact details voluntarily provided when subscribing to our newsletter, submitting comments, or otherwise engaging with this website.
  • Non-Personal Information: Certain technical information is collected automatically upon visiting this website, including your IP address, browser type and version, pages visited, time and date of your visit, and other diagnostic data relating to your interaction with the website.
  • Cookies and Tracking Technologies: This website employs cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance the user experience, monitor site traffic, and deliver personalised content. Users may configure their browser settings to refuse cookies; however, doing so may affect the functionality of certain features of this website.

2. Use of Collected Information

Information collected through this website is used solely for the following purposes:

  • To maintain, improve, and optimise the functionality and user experience of this website.
  • To communicate with users regarding website updates, recipe content, or promotional offers, where the user has expressly opted in to receive such communications.
  • To fulfil legal obligations and safeguard the rights, property, and safety of Mary’s Home Cooking, its users, and third parties as required or permitted by law.

3. Protection of Personal Information

Mary’s Home Cooking implements reasonable and appropriate technical and organisational measures to safeguard personal information against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. It must be acknowledged, however, that no method of data transmission over the Internet or electronic storage system is entirely secure. Accordingly, while we endeavour to protect your personal information, we are unable to guarantee its absolute security.

4. Disclosure of Personal Information

Mary’s Home Cooking does not sell, trade, rent, or otherwise transfer your personal information to third parties for commercial purposes. Aggregated, anonymised demographic data that cannot be linked to any individual user may be shared with trusted business partners, affiliates, or advertisers solely for the purposes described within this Privacy Policy.

5. Third-Party Websites and Services

This website may contain hyperlinks to external websites or third-party services. Mary’s Home Cooking bears no responsibility for the privacy practices, content, or policies of such external sites. Users are strongly encouraged to review the respective privacy statements of any third-party websites they visit.

6. Your Rights and Data Subject Requests

You retain the following rights with respect to your personal information held by Mary’s Home Cooking:

  • The right to access personal information we hold about you.
  • The right to request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal information.
  • The right to request the deletion of your personal information, subject to applicable legal obligations.

To exercise any of the above rights, please direct your written request to: mary@maryshomecooking.com. We will endeavour to respond to all legitimate requests within a reasonable timeframe.

7. Amendments to This Privacy Policy

Mary’s Home Cooking reserves the right to amend or update this Privacy Policy at any time at its sole discretion. Any material changes will be communicated by publishing the revised policy on this page, along with an updated effective date. Users are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically to remain informed of how their information is being protected and managed. Continued use of this website following the posting of any changes constitutes acceptance of those changes.

8. Contact Information

For any questions, concerns, or enquiries regarding this Privacy Policy or the handling of your personal data, please contact us at:

Email: mary@maryshomecooking.com