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Privacy Policy
We take your privacy seriously. Here's exactly what we do — and don't do — with your data.
This Privacy Policy explains how Savory Table ("we," "our," or "us") collects, uses, discloses, and safeguards your information when you visit our website www.savorytable.com. Please read this policy carefully. If you disagree with its terms, please discontinue use of our site.
1. Information We Collect
Information You Provide Directly
We collect information you voluntarily provide when you:
- Subscribe to our newsletter (email address)
- Submit a contact form (name, email address, message content)
- Leave a comment on a recipe (name, email address, comment text)
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit our website, certain information is collected automatically through cookies and similar technologies, including:
- IP address and approximate geographic location
- Browser type and version
- Pages visited and time spent on each page
- Referring website or source
- Device type (desktop, mobile, tablet)
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to:
- Send you the weekly newsletter if you have subscribed
- Respond to your inquiries and messages
- Analyze website traffic and improve our content and user experience
- Monitor and prevent fraudulent or unauthorized use of our site
- Comply with applicable laws and regulations
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes. Ever.
3. Cookies
Our website uses cookies — small text files stored on your device — for the following purposes:
- Essential cookies: Required for the website to function correctly (e.g., remembering your saved recipes locally).
- Analytics cookies: Used to understand how visitors use our site (e.g., Google Analytics). These are anonymized and aggregated.
You can control or disable cookies through your browser settings. Note that disabling cookies may affect some functionality. We do not use advertising or tracking cookies.
4. Third-Party Services
We use the following third-party services that may process your data:
- Google Analytics: Anonymized website traffic analysis. Subject to Google's Privacy Policy.
- Google Fonts: Font delivery. May log requests. Subject to Google's Privacy Policy.
- Unsplash: Some images are served from Unsplash's servers.
We do not use any advertising networks, third-party trackers, or affiliate tracking on this website.
5. Data Retention
We retain your information for as long as necessary to provide our services or as required by law:
- Newsletter subscriptions are retained until you unsubscribe.
- Contact form submissions are retained for 24 months, then deleted.
- Comments are retained until removed by you or us.
6. Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- Access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Correction: Request correction of inaccurate data.
- Deletion: Request deletion of your data ("right to be forgotten").
- Objection: Object to our processing of your data.
- Portability: Request transfer of your data in a machine-readable format.
- Withdrawal: Withdraw consent at any time (e.g., unsubscribe from newsletter).
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at hello@savorytable.com. We will respond within 30 days.
7. Children's Privacy
Our website is not directed to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately and we will delete it.
8. Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. Our website uses HTTPS encryption. However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
9. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of significant changes by posting the new policy on this page with an updated "Last Updated" date. Continued use of our website after changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised policy.
10. Contact Us
If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us:
- Email: hello@savorytable.com
- Website: savorytable.com/contact
- Address: Savory Table, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA