Privacy Policy

Effective Date: October 25, 2026

Favourite Family Recipes (https://favouritefamilyrecipes.com/) is owned and operated by Oombawka Design, Ltd., an Ontario, Canada corporation.

We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting the personal information of visitors to our website.

This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how it is used, which third-party services may process it, and how you can contact us about your privacy.

1. Information We Collect

Information You Provide

When you contact us, submit a comment, or communicate through an available website feature, we may collect:

Your name
Your email address
Your comment or message
Any additional information you choose to provide

We use this information to respond to inquiries, manage comments, and maintain the website.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit Favourite Family Recipes, our hosting provider and website services may process technical information, including:

IP address
Browser and device information
Operating system
Pages visited
Referring website
Date and time of access
Information required to detect spam, security threats, and technical problems

This information helps maintain website security, performance, and reliability.

2. How We Use Information

We use information collected through the website to:

Operate and maintain Favourite Family Recipes.
Respond to messages and questions.
Manage comments and prevent spam.
Protect the website from security threats.
Identify and resolve technical problems.
Understand website performance where analytics are enabled.
Improve website content and navigation.
Comply with applicable legal obligations.

We collect and use personal information only for legitimate website purposes and as otherwise permitted by applicable law.

3. Cookies and Cookie Consent

Favourite Family Recipes uses the Cookie Compliance for WordPress plugin by Hu-manity.co to help manage cookie notices and visitor preferences.

Depending on the website configuration, cookies and similar technologies may be used for:

Essential website functionality.
Website security and spam prevention.
Remembering visitor preferences.
Website analytics, where enabled.

The Cookie Compliance service may process information associated with consent choices, including timestamps and IP addresses.

Visitors can manage cookies through their browser settings and through any cookie preference controls made available on the website.

Where required by applicable law, we seek consent before using non-essential cookies or tracking technologies.

For more information about the consent service, visit:

https://cookie-compliance.co/privacy-policy##

4. Google Services and Website Analytics

Favourite Family Recipes uses Site Kit by Google to connect Google services to our WordPress website.

These services include Google Analytics and Google Search Console.

Google Analytics

Google Analytics helps us understand how visitors use our website.

Google Analytics may collect information including:

Pages visited and time spent on the website.
Approximate geographic location.
Browser and device information.
Referring websites and traffic sources.
Interactions with website content.

We use this information to understand website traffic, improve navigation, and make our recipes easier to find.

Google Analytics uses cookies and similar technologies to collect information about website activity.

Visitors can manage their cookie preferences through our cookie consent controls, where available, and their browser settings.

Google Search Console

Google Search Console helps us understand how our website appears and performs in Google Search results.

This includes information about search queries, impressions, clicks, and indexing.

Google Privacy Information

Google processes information according to its applicable privacy policies.

For more information, visit:

https://policies.google.com/privacy

5. Comments and Spam Protection

Favourite Family Recipes uses Akismet Anti-spam, a service provided by Automattic, to help protect the website from unwanted or malicious comments.

When visitors submit comments, Akismet may process information including:

IP address
Browser user agent
Referring website
Comment content
Name and email address supplied with the comment

This information is used to identify and prevent spam.

Automattic processes this information according to its applicable privacy notices.

For more information, visit: https://akismet.com/privacy/

If comments are publicly displayed, the comment and associated display name may be visible to other website visitors.

Please do not include sensitive personal information in public comments.

6. Website Hosting and Security

Favourite Family Recipes is hosted by BigScoots.

Our hosting and security systems may process technical information necessary to operate and protect the website.

The website also uses security and performance tools, including Patchstack Security, BigScoots caching services, and Redis Object Cache.

These services help us:

Protect against malicious activity.
Detect potential security vulnerabilities.
Maintain website performance.
Prevent unauthorized access.
Investigate technical problems.

Technical information may be processed by these services as necessary to provide their functions.

7. Email Communications

Favourite Family Recipes uses FluentSMTP to support email delivery from WordPress.

If you contact us through an available website feature, your name, email address, and message may be processed by our configured email delivery provider.

We use this information to respond to inquiries and manage website communications.

We do not use contact information for marketing emails unless you have separately agreed to receive them.

8. Social Sharing and External Websites

Favourite Family Recipes uses Hubbub Lite to provide social sharing features.

Visitors may choose to share links to website content through supported social platforms.

When you interact with a third-party social platform, that platform may process information under its own privacy policy.

Our website may also include links to genealogy websites, historical resources, and other external websites.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of external websites.

We encourage visitors to review the privacy policies of websites they choose to visit.

9. Family History and Photographs

Favourite Family Recipes preserves family recipes, historical photographs, family memories, and genealogical information.

Some published material may identify individuals, family relationships, or historical events.

We make reasonable efforts to share family information accurately and respectfully.

If you are a family member or someone identified in a photograph or historical record and would like to request a correction, provide additional information, or raise a privacy concern, please contact us.

We will review reasonable requests while considering applicable privacy laws, copyright ownership, and other legal obligations.

Information submitted for family history purposes will be used for the purposes explained when it is collected, unless another use is permitted or required by law.

10. Sharing Personal Information

We do not sell personal information collected directly through Favourite Family Recipes.

Information may be processed by third-party service providers that help us operate and maintain the website.

These may include providers of:

Website hosting.
Website security.
Spam prevention.
Cookie consent management.
Email delivery.
Website analytics, where enabled.

We may also disclose information when required by law, to protect our legal rights, or with your consent.

Some service providers may process information outside Canada, where it may be subject to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is processed.

11. Data Retention

We retain personal information only as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, subject to applicable legal requirements.

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information, website functionality, and third-party services involved.

Where appropriate, information that is no longer required will be deleted or anonymized.

12. Information Security

We take reasonable steps to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, and disclosure.

These measures include website security tools, access controls, updates, and other technical safeguards.

However, no website or electronic storage system can guarantee complete security.

13. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have the right to:

Request access to personal information we hold about you.
Request corrections to inaccurate personal information.
Request deletion of personal information where applicable.
Withdraw consent for certain uses of personal information.
Ask questions or raise concerns about our privacy practices.

You may contact us through the website to make a request.

We may need to verify your identity before responding to certain requests.

14. Children’s Privacy

Favourite Family Recipes is a general-interest website featuring family recipes and historical information.

It is not specifically directed toward children under the age of 13.

We do not knowingly solicit personal information from children under 13 without appropriate parental or guardian consent.

If you believe a child has submitted personal information that should not have been collected, please contact us.

15. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes to our website, technology, service providers, or legal requirements.

Updates will be published on this page with a revised effective date.

Where required by law, we will provide additional notice or obtain consent before making material changes to how personal information is used.

16. Contact Information

For questions about this Privacy Policy, requests concerning personal information, or concerns about photographs and family history published on the website, please contact us through Favourite Family Recipes.

Website: https://favouritefamilyrecipes.com/

Owner and Privacy Contact: Oombawka Design, Ltd.

Location: Ontario, Canada