General Introduction
Ember Thyme welcomes you to a kitchen where good food and a stress-free site go hand-in-hand. You won’t find any user accounts here. We don’t request or collect your personal details directly, so you never have to worry about us selling or handing out your info.
Still, we think it’s important to let you know how some outside tools might gather technical data for things like stats, ads, or videos. This privacy policy is here to give you a clear picture of these practices and show you what Ember Thyme does to keep your privacy and data safe while you’re browsing.
Third-party services used
To keep Ember Thyme up and running with fresh recipes at no cost to you, we work with a few trusted third-party providers. These partners help us with everything—advertising, analytics, and even sharing recipes through video. Here’s a rundown of the main external services we rely on:
- Cloudflare Analytics: Cloudflare’s service gives us website analytics, helping us spot issues and keep Ember Thyme speedy and reliable. No tracking cookies for personal identification are involved. The info Cloudflare gathers (like IP and browsing stats) is combined with other data, so you’re never singled out.
- YouTube: Occasionally, you’ll find recipe videos on emberthyme.com that are hosted by YouTube, which is owned by Google. Watching one of these on Ember Thyme means YouTube or Google may set cookies to log your views and video stats. If you’re signed in to Google, your activity may be connected to your profile—but we don’t see or access those details ourselves. For details, check out YouTube or Google’s privacy guidelines.
- Google AdSense: With Google’s AdSense, we’re able to support our work through ads shown on Ember Thyme. AdSense cookies serve up ads tailored to your browsing, but Ember Thyme never accesses or sees the personal data Google uses for targeting. For more, take a look at Google’s privacy policy.
- Google Analytics: Google’s audience analysis tool tracks traffic patterns—like which recipes get the most love, or how long folks stay. Cookies might be set to gather these anonymous details, but Ember Thyme won’t ever know who you are.
Cookies and consent
Cookies are just tiny bits of text saved on your device any time you visit a website. At Ember Thyme and through our chosen partners, cookies aim to boost your time here:
- Essential cookies: These keep Ember Thyme working smoothly. They might help remember your language or let you set your consent choices. If you turn them off, some features on the site just won’t work quite right.
- Analytics cookies: Used for collecting data on site use and traffic—Google Analytics and Cloudflare Analytics both use these. Everything’s grouped together, so it’s only for improving navigation and making Ember Thyme better overall.
- Advertising cookies: With Google AdSense, cookies help serve up ads based on your browsing habits and interests—so you see more useful ads, not random ones.
By sticking around on Ember Thyme, you’re letting us use cookies the way we’ve described. You can always adjust or erase cookies using your browser’s settings. Most browsers let you block, remove, or get notified before cookies show up. Just a heads-up: turning off cookies might change how Ember Thyme and other websites work for you.
Changes to this policy
Our privacy policy might get tweaks every now and then. We update it to stay in sync with our workflow, any new tools, or to follow updated legal requirements. If we make any major changes, Ember Thyme will make it clear—maybe through a homepage message or special alert.
The date shown at the top tells you when we last made edits. We suggest you check this page every so often to stay updated on how Ember Thyme handles privacy.
Contact
Have questions, feedback, or anything else you’d like to discuss about this privacy policy? Reach out to us by sending a message to legal@emberthyme.com. Ember Thyme always looks forward to hearing from you and helping out in any way we can.
Conclusion
Thanks for taking a moment to review Ember Thyme’s privacy policy. By using emberthyme.com, you agree to the steps we take to protect your info. We hope this overview puts you at ease, so you can enjoy recipes with peace of mind. We appreciate your trust—have fun cooking!