Last updated: October 21, 2026
Welcome to I Cooked This! You Can Too! (icookedthisrecipes.com).
Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and protect information when you visit our website, contact us, or join our community.
Information We Collect
We may collect information that visitors voluntarily provide, including:
- First and last name
- Email address
- Questions, comments, recipe requests, and other messages
- Information submitted through our community signup form
Certain technical information may also be collected automatically when visitors use our website, including IP addresses, browser types, device information, and website activity.
How We Use Your Information
We use collected information to respond to inquiries, manage community signups, communicate with visitors, improve website functionality, maintain website security, and understand how visitors interact with our content.
If you join the I Cooked This! Community, we may also use your email address to send recipe updates, cooking inspiration, and occasional community announcements when those communications become available.
We do not automatically subscribe visitors who contact us to our community mailing list.
Community Sign-ups & Email Communications
Visitors may voluntarily join the I Cooked This! Community by providing their name and email address.
Although we are not currently publishing a regular newsletter, community members may receive occasional recipe updates and announcements in the future.
Subscribers may request removal from our mailing list by contacting us. Once regular email communications begin, we intend to include unsubscribe instructions in those messages.
Contact Forms
We use WPForms to collect and process information submitted through our Contact and Community forms.
Form submissions are configured to generate email notifications sent to our business email address.
We use Google Workspace to manage business correspondence.
Information submitted through these forms is used for the purposes described in this policy.
Cookies and Website Technologies
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies for website functionality, security, performance, analytics, and advertising when applicable.
Cookies are small files stored on a visitor’s device.
Visitors can manage cookies through their browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality.
Where applicable law requires consent for nonessential cookies or tracking technologies, that consent must be obtained before those technologies are used.
Third-Party Services
We use third-party services to operate and maintain our website, including:
Hostinger: Website hosting and technical services.
WordPress: Website content management.
WPForms: Contact and community signup forms.
Google Workspace: Business email communication.
Other website tools may process technical information to support security, functionality, analytics, or advertising when enabled.
These providers may process information in accordance with their respective privacy policies and agreements.
Advertising and Google AdSense
I Cooked This! You Can Too! is preparing to participate in advertising programs, including Google AdSense.
If Google advertising is activated, third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve advertisements based on visitors’ previous visits to this website or other websites.
Google’s advertising cookies allow Google and its partners to serve advertisements based on visits to this website and other websites on the internet.
Visitors can manage their personalized advertising preferences through Google My Ad Center.
Visitors may also explore certain third-party advertising opt-out options through YourAdChoices.
Additional advertising partners and their associated practices will be disclosed when applicable.
Information Sharing
We do not sell the names, email addresses, or messages voluntarily submitted through our Contact and Community forms.
We may share information with service providers when necessary to operate the website, process submissions, manage communications, maintain security, or fulfill legal obligations.
If advertising services are activated, additional technical information may be processed by advertising partners as described above.
Data Retention
We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to respond to inquiries, manage community communications, maintain appropriate business records, and comply with applicable legal obligations.
Visitors may request deletion of their information, subject to applicable legal and operational requirements.
Your Privacy Rights
Depending on applicable law, visitors may have rights to access, correct, delete, or request information about certain uses of their personal data.
Privacy-related requests may be sent to:
We will respond in accordance with applicable privacy laws.
Children’s Privacy
Our website provides general recipes and cooking information and is not directed toward children under 13.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
If we learn that such information has been collected without appropriate authorization, we will take reasonable steps to delete it.
External Links
Our website may contain links to third-party websites.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or security of external websites.
Visitors are encouraged to review the privacy policies of websites they visit.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this policy to reflect changes in our website, services, technology, or legal requirements.
Any revisions will be published on this page with an updated effective date.
Contact Information
For questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact:
Website: icookedthisrecipes.com
Email: hello@icookedthisrecipes.com
I Cooked This! You Can Too!