Privacy Policy

Feliciabakes respects your privacy and is committed to protecting personal data processed through feliciabakes.com. This Privacy Policy explains how information is collected, used, stored, disclosed, and otherwise processed when you visit and use this food blog website. It also explains your rights in relation to your personal data and provides important notices about the nature of the content published on this website, including recipes, cooking guidance, nutritional estimates, food allergy risks, and kitchen safety considerations.

This Privacy Policy is intended to comply with applicable data protection and privacy principles, including the General Data Protection Regulation. By accessing or using feliciabakes.com, you acknowledge that your information may be processed as described in this Privacy Policy.

Feliciabakes is a food blog that publishes recipes, baking ideas, cooking tips, ingredient information, and related editorial content. For the purposes of applicable data protection law, Feliciabakes acts as the controller of personal data collected through feliciabakes.com to the extent such data is processed for site operation, analytics, security, and communications received by email.

If you have any privacy-related questions, requests, or concerns, you may contact: contact@feliciabakes.com.

This Privacy Policy applies to personal data collected through your use of feliciabakes.com, including information collected automatically through cookies and standard website analytics tools, as well as information contained in emails you send to contact@feliciabakes.com. This Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party websites, services, or platforms that may be linked from this website. If you follow a link to another website, that third party will be responsible for its own privacy practices and policies.

Feliciabakes collects only limited categories of information necessary for website functionality, performance measurement, security, and responding to direct communications. Depending on how you interact with the website, the following categories of personal data may be processed:

• Technical data, such as IP address, browser type, browser version, device type, operating system, language settings, screen resolution, referral source, and similar browser or device identifiers.
• Usage data, such as pages viewed, time spent on pages, navigation paths, approximate visit frequency, interactions with content, and general page visit data gathered through standard analytics technologies.
• Cookie data, including information collected through cookies and similar technologies used to recognize browsers, understand website traffic, maintain site performance, and improve content delivery.
• Communication data, including your email address and any personal data or other information you voluntarily include when contacting Feliciabakes by email.

Feliciabakes does not intentionally collect special category data through the website. You should avoid including sensitive personal data in email communications unless necessary and appropriate.

Personal data may be collected in the following ways:

• Automatically when you visit feliciabakes.com, through cookies, server logs, and analytics tools that record technical and usage information.
• Directly from you when you send an email to contact@feliciabakes.com.
• From your device or browser as part of standard website delivery, security monitoring, and performance optimization processes.

Feliciabakes processes personal data only where there is a valid purpose and lawful basis for doing so. Personal data may be used for the following purposes:

• To operate, maintain, and secure the website.
• To understand how visitors use the website and improve recipes, articles, layout, readability, and site performance.
• To analyze traffic patterns, diagnose technical issues, and prevent misuse or unauthorized activity.
• To respond to emails, questions, requests, or other communications sent to contact@feliciabakes.com.
• To comply with applicable legal obligations, enforce legal rights, and protect the website, its content, and its users.

Where the GDPR applies, Feliciabakes relies on one or more of the following legal bases for processing personal data:

• Legitimate interests: to operate the website, measure audience engagement, improve content, protect against abuse, maintain security, and respond to communications in a reasonable and proportionate manner.
• Consent: where required by law for the use of certain cookies or similar technologies. Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time, subject to the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal.
• Legal obligation: where processing is necessary to comply with applicable laws, regulations, lawful requests, or legal processes.
• Establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims: where processing is necessary to protect rights, resolve disputes, investigate incidents, or enforce applicable terms and policies.

Where legitimate interests are relied upon, Feliciabakes seeks to ensure that such interests are not overridden by your fundamental rights and freedoms.

Feliciabakes uses cookies and similar technologies to support website functionality, understand visitor behavior, measure page performance, and improve the overall user experience. Cookies may collect or be associated with technical information such as IP address, browser information, and page interaction data.

Analytics tools may be used to generate aggregated statistics about website traffic and content performance. These tools help identify which recipes and articles are most useful, how visitors navigate the website, and whether technical improvements are needed.

You may be able to control cookies through your browser settings, including blocking or deleting cookies. Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality, performance, or the accuracy of analytics used to improve the site.

If you contact Feliciabakes by email, any information you provide, including your email address and the contents of your message, will be processed for the purpose of reviewing and responding to your communication, maintaining correspondence records where reasonably necessary, and protecting legal rights if required.

Email communications may not always be secure in transit or storage. You should use discretion when sending information by email and avoid including confidential, sensitive, or unnecessary personal data.

Feliciabakes does not sell personal data. Personal data may be shared only where reasonably necessary and legally permitted, including with:

• Analytics and technical service providers that support website hosting, traffic measurement, security monitoring, and performance optimization.
• Professional advisers, where necessary for legal, compliance, or risk management purposes.
• Authorities, regulators, or law enforcement, where disclosure is required by law, legal process, or to protect rights, safety, or property.
• Relevant parties in connection with legal claims, where disclosure is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal rights.

Where third-party service providers process personal data on behalf of Feliciabakes, appropriate measures are expected to be used to protect that data and limit processing to authorized purposes.

Personal data is retained only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including to operate the website, maintain security, respond to communications, meet legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce rights. Retention periods may vary depending on the type of data, the purpose of processing, technical necessity, and applicable legal or regulatory requirements.

Analytics and server log data may be retained for a limited period reasonably necessary for traffic analysis, security, troubleshooting, and performance evaluation. Email correspondence may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to address inquiries, maintain records, and protect legal interests.

Feliciabakes takes reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to protect personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure, or unauthorized access. However, no website, server, email system, or internet transmission method can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Accordingly, while reasonable safeguards are used, Feliciabakes cannot warrant or guarantee absolute security.

Subject to applicable law, you may have the right to:

• Request access to personal data concerning you.
• Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
• Request erasure of personal data in certain circumstances.
• Request restriction of processing in certain circumstances.
• Object to processing carried out on the basis of legitimate interests.
• Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
• Request portability of personal data where applicable.
• Lodge a complaint with a competent supervisory authority if you believe your rights have been infringed.

To exercise any applicable rights, please contact contact@feliciabakes.com. Reasonable steps may be taken to verify identity before responding to a request. Certain rights may be limited where exceptions or legal obligations apply.

Website infrastructure, analytics tools, email systems, or technical service providers may process data in multiple locations. Where personal data is transferred to a location that does not provide the same level of data protection under applicable law, reasonable steps may be taken to ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place, where required.

Feliciabakes is a general audience food blog and is not directed specifically to children. Personal data is not knowingly collected from children through dedicated account systems or interactive features, as such features are not offered on this website. If it is believed that personal data has been provided inappropriately by or about a child through email or other limited means of contact, please contact contact@feliciabakes.com so that appropriate steps can be considered.

Feliciabakes publishes recipes, baking instructions, ingredient suggestions, cooking techniques, and food-related editorial content for general informational purposes only. While care may be taken in preparing content, individual results may vary due to ingredient brands, substitutions, kitchen equipment, environmental conditions, skill level, and food handling practices.

Food Allergies and Ingredient Sensitivities

Recipes may include common allergens or ingredients that may not be suitable for all individuals. These can include, by way of example, dairy, eggs, wheat, gluten, soy, nuts, peanuts, seeds, and other potential allergens. Readers are solely responsible for reviewing ingredient labels, checking for allergen cross-contact, verifying manufacturing disclosures, and determining whether any recipe or ingredient is safe for their personal dietary needs or the needs of others.

Feliciabakes does not guarantee that any recipe is free from allergens, cross-contamination risk, or ingredient sensitivities, even where substitutions or dietary notes are mentioned.

Nutritional Information

Any nutritional information provided on the website is an estimate only and should not be relied upon as medical, dietary, or professional nutritional advice. Nutrition values may vary significantly depending on ingredient brands, measurements, substitutions, serving sizes, preparation methods, and calculation tools. You are responsible for independently verifying nutritional information if accuracy is important to you.

Cooking and Kitchen Safety

Cooking, baking, food preparation, and use of kitchen tools involve inherent risks, including burns, cuts, fire hazards, equipment malfunction, undercooking, overcooking, and foodborne illness. Readers are responsible for using proper judgment, following safe food handling procedures, monitoring cooking times and temperatures, and using appliances, knives, ovens, mixers, and other equipment safely and according to manufacturer instructions.

Feliciabakes is not liable for injuries, losses, adverse reactions, damage, or other consequences arising from the preparation or consumption of recipes, reliance on cooking instructions, ingredient substitutions, or use of any information presented on the website, except where liability cannot lawfully be excluded.

The content on feliciabakes.com is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis for general informational purposes. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Feliciabakes disclaims all representations and warranties, express or implied, including any warranties of accuracy, completeness, reliability, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, uninterrupted availability, or error-free operation.

Nothing on this website constitutes medical, nutritional, dietary, legal, or other professional advice. You remain solely responsible for evaluating the suitability, safety, and accuracy of any recipe, ingredient, technique, or informational content before relying on it.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Feliciabakes shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for any loss of data, profits, goodwill, business opportunity, health-related harm, property damage, or other losses arising out of or in connection with the use of, or inability to use, the website or its content. This limitation applies regardless of the legal theory asserted and even if the possibility of such damages has been advised, except where liability cannot lawfully be limited or excluded.

Feliciabakes may contain links to third-party websites for informational or reference purposes. Feliciabakes is not responsible for the privacy practices, content, availability, or security of third-party websites. Accessing third-party websites is at your own risk, and you should review their applicable terms and privacy policies separately.

Feliciabakes may update or revise this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in legal requirements, technical operations, analytics practices, site functionality, or editorial activities. Any updated version will be posted on this page and will become effective upon publication unless otherwise stated. Continued use of the website after changes are posted constitutes acknowledgment of the revised Privacy Policy.

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, the processing of personal data, or any request relating to your privacy rights, please contact:

contact@feliciabakes.com