Privacy Policy

You (“you” or “your”) must read this Privacy Policy in its entirety prior to accessing and using the misstipsybaker.com website (the “Website”). The Privacy Policy is subject to change without notice. Please read it each time you visit the Website.  If you do not agree to the Privacy Policy, you may not access and use the Website.  Use of the Website signifies your acceptance of this Privacy Policy. 

The web site

Misstipsybaker.com is a personal food blog (“misstipsybaker.com”, “we”, “our” or “us”).  You can reach us at [email protected].  Misstipsybaker.com respects your privacy and has written this Privacy Policy so that you are aware of the information misstipsybaker.com collects from you and how the information is used.  

Eligible users

Use of the Website is governed by the laws of the United States. No one under the age of 13 may use the Website.  If you are between the ages of 13 and 18, please have your parents review this Privacy Policy with you. 

Information collected by us

You may access the Website without completing a user registration and without providing us with your Personal Information.  “Personal Information” means information that identifies a person, such as the person’s full name, home address, email address, telephone number, credit card information or any other information that would allow someone to identify or contact you.  You must register to subscribe to misstipsybaker.com blog updates.  If you subscribe to the blog, post comments, enter sweepstakes, contests or promotions, respond to surveys, sign up for newsletters, demonstrations or special offers, or send us communications, you will be required to provide us with Personal Information.

Use of information

We use your Personal Information to provide you with access to the full functionality of the Website, to communicate with you about our content, including blog posts, contests, sweepstakes and other promotions, and to monitor your usage of the Website so that we can better understand and improve your Website experience.  

We generally do not disclose Personal Information to third parties except as necessary to comply with applicable law or to investigate wrongful activity.  We may disclose Personal Information to trusted third party contractors who assist us in running the Website. 

We may from time to time share aggregated information (in a way that does not specifically identify your Personal Information) including, but not limited to data such as the Internet Protocol (IP) address of your computer and your browser software (i.e. Google Chrome, Safari, etc.) and configuration used as well as any information submitted through the Website with our business partners, advertisers, sponsors, and other third parties.

Use of cookies

We may place or recognize a unique “cookie” on your browser. A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user’s hard drive containing information about the user. We may use cookies to enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance your Website experience.  Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any Personal Information while on the Website.  If you reject the cookie, you may still use the Website.

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

Use of log files

We use IP addresses (log files) to analyze trends, administer the Website, track the movement of users, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to Personal Information.

Suspected Privacy Policy violations

If you feel that misstipsybaker.com is not abiding by this Privacy Policy, please contact misstipsybaker.com via email at [email protected]

Notification of changes

You should review this Privacy Policy whenever you visit misstipsybaker.com in order to be aware of the ways that your information is used. misstipsybaker.com reserves the right to change its Privacy Policy at any time. We will post Privacy Policy changes so that are always aware of what information misstipsybaker.com collects, how it is used, and under what circumstances, if any, misstipsybaker.com discloses it. 

Third party advertising

misstipsybaker.com may use third party advertising companies to place advertisements on our Website.  These companies may use information (not Personal Information) about your visits to this and other websites in order to determine goods and services that may be of interest to you.

Web site links

The Website may contain links to other websites.  This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by misstipsybaker.com.  We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites linked to this Website.  We encourage you to read the privacy policies of websites connected through this Website.

Security

The security of your Personal Information is important to us.  We use industry standard procedures to safeguard Personal Information.  While we are committed to the security of your Personal Information, we cannot warrant or represent the security of your Personal Information. 

Entire agreement; severability

The Terms of Use for misstipsybaker.com are hereby incorporated by reference and made a part hereof.  The Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy constitute the entire agreement between you and us with respect to use of this Website.  Additional terms and conditions may apply when you enter contests, subscribe to blog updates, use third party services or access linked websites.  Should any provision of this Privacy Policy be held invalid, unlawful or for any reason unenforceable, then the invalid, unlawful or unenforceable provision shall be severable from the remaining provisions.  Such invalid, unlawful or unenforceable provision shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions.

California privacy rights

We comply with the California Online Privacy Protection Act, California Business and Professional Code 22575 – 22579.   If you are a California resident, we will, upon your written request, provide you with: (a) the names and addresses of all third parties to which we have disclosed your Personal Information during the preceding year for direct marketing purposes; (b) the categories of information we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes during the preceding calendar year; and (c) if the nature of the third party direct marketer’s business cannot be reasonably determined by the third party’s name, examples of the products or services marketed.   In order to obtain this information, please contact us at [email protected].