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Privacy Policy for Smart Cook Recipes

Last updated: October 2025

Welcome to Smart Cook Recipes.
Your privacy is very important to us. This page explains what information we collect, how we use it, and how we protect it when you visit or interact with our site.

🍴 Who We Are

Smart Cook Recipes is a food blog that shares easy, homemade, and delicious recipes.
Our website address is: https://smartcookrecipes.com.

💬 Comments

When visitors leave comments, we collect the data shown in the comment form, the visitor’s IP address, and browser user agent to help detect spam.
If you use Gravatar, an anonymized hash of your email may be sent to the Gravatar service to display your profile picture.
You can view their privacy policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy/.

📷 Media

If you upload images, please avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the site can download and extract any location information from images.

🍪 Cookies

We use cookies to improve your browsing experience.
If you leave a comment, you may choose to save your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience.

Comment cookies last one year.
Login cookies last two days, or two weeks if you select “Remember Me.”
Screen preference cookies last one year.
If you log out, login cookies will be removed.

We may also use cookies to analyze traffic and personalize content. You can disable cookies anytime in your browser settings.

🌍 Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, or other articles).
Embedded content from other websites behaves as if you visited those sites directly. They may collect data, use cookies, and track your interactions.

🤝 Who We Share Your Data With

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the email.
We do not sell or trade your personal information with third parties.

⏳ How Long We Retain Your Data

Comments and their metadata are stored indefinitely to recognize and approve follow-ups automatically.
Registered users can view, edit, or delete their personal information anytime (except usernames).
Administrators can also edit that information.

🧾 What Rights You Have Over Your Data

You can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you or ask us to delete it.
This excludes data we must retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.