Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 2, 2026

Savor the Best respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains what information we may collect when you use this website, how we use that information, and the third-party services that may process information on our behalf.

Savor the Best may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page.

Information We Collect

We may collect information that you voluntarily provide to us, including:

Your name and email address when you subscribe to a newsletter.
Information you provide when leaving a comment or contacting us.
Information you provide through forms, surveys, or other features of the website.

We may also automatically collect certain information when you visit the website, including:

IP address
Browser and device information
Operating system
Referring website
Pages viewed
Dates and times of visits
Links clicked
Other information about how visitors interact with the website

This information may be collected through cookies, analytics services, advertising technologies, and similar technologies.

Reader Accounts, Saved Recipes, and Meal Plans

If you create an account, we collect the information you provide during registration, such as your username and email address, to create and manage your account.

When you use our saved-recipe, recipe-collection, or meal-planning features, we may store the recipes, collections, meal plans, and preferences you save so they are available when you return.

To request deletion of your account and associated saved information, contact us at savorthebestcooks (at) gmail (dot) com.

How We Use Your Information

We may use information collected through this website to:

Operate and maintain the website.
Improve our content and understand how visitors use the website.
Respond to comments, questions, and inquiries.
Send newsletters and other email communications to subscribers.
Measure the performance of our email communications.
Track and measure advertising.
Analyze website traffic and usage.
Detect and prevent unauthorized, fraudulent, or illegal activity.
Comply with applicable legal requirements.
Provide and manage reader accounts, saved recipes, recipe collections, and meal-planning features.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

Cookies are small files stored on your device that allow websites and third-party services to recognize your browser and remember certain information.

Savor the Best and its service providers may use cookies and similar technologies for purposes including website functionality, analytics, advertising, and measuring website and advertising performance.

Some cookies expire when you close your browser, while others may remain on your device until they expire or are deleted.

Third-party services used by this website may also place or use cookies and similar technologies according to their own privacy policies.

Most browsers allow you to control or disable cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect the functionality of some portions of the website.

You can access advertising privacy choices through the “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” link in the website footer. Depending on your location, you may also see a consent notice that allows you to manage certain cookie and data-use preferences.

These controls apply to Raptive’s advertising services and participating tools configured to respond to its privacy signals. You can also manage cookies through your browser settings.

Analytics

Savor the Best uses Google Analytics to help understand how visitors use the website. Google Analytics may collect information such as your IP address, device information, pages visited, referral information, and interactions with the website.

Information about Google’s privacy practices is available through the Google Privacy Policy.

Pinterest Tag

Savor the Best uses the Pinterest tag to measure website activity and support advertising measurement and audience creation. The tag may use cookies and similar technologies to process information about visits and actions on this website.

The Pinterest tag is managed through Google Tag Manager and configured to respond to privacy choices communicated by Raptive’s consent system.

For more information, please see Pinterest’s Privacy Policy.

Advertising

Savor the Best uses third-party advertising services to display advertisements on the website. These services may use cookies and other technologies to collect information for advertising, measurement, personalization, and related purposes.

CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a Raptive (“Raptive”) is a service provider of this Site for the purposes of placing advertising on the Site, and Raptive will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes. To learn more about Raptive’s data usage, click here: Raptive Creator Advertising Privacy Statement.

Email Newsletters

Visitors may voluntarily subscribe to receive email communications from Savor the Best.

We use Kit to manage newsletter subscriptions and send email communications. Information you provide, such as your name and email address, may be stored and processed by Kit on our behalf.

Kit may also process information about your interactions with our emails, such as whether an email was opened or a link was clicked, to help us deliver and measure our email communications.

You may unsubscribe at any time using the unsubscribe link included in our emails.

For more information, please see Kit’s Privacy Policy.

Affiliate Links

Savor the Best participates in affiliate marketing programs. Some links on this website are affiliate links. If you click an affiliate link, a cookie or other tracking technology may be used to identify purchases or other qualifying activity so that Savor the Best may receive a commission.

Amazon Associates

Savor the Best is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for websites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com and affiliated websites.

As part of the Amazon Associates program, customized links may be used to track referrals to Amazon.

As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.

For additional information about our affiliate relationships, please see our Disclosure Policy.

Third-Party Service Providers

Savor the Best uses third-party companies and services to operate various aspects of the website. These providers may process information as necessary to provide their services and are governed by their respective privacy policies.

Third-party services used by Savor the Best may include:

Google Analytics — website analytics and traffic measurement.
Raptive — website advertising and advertising-related services.
Kit — newsletter subscriber management and email marketing.
Amazon Associates and other affiliate networks — affiliate tracking and attribution.
Pinterest — website activity measurement, advertising measurement, and audience creation.

We do not control the privacy practices of third-party websites or services. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of those services for additional information.

Publicly Visible Information

If you leave a comment on Savor the Best, certain information associated with that comment may be publicly visible, including your name, comment, avatar, and any website link you choose to provide.

Your email address will not be displayed publicly as part of your comment.

Savor the Best may share information with third-party service providers that perform services on our behalf, including website analytics, advertising, email delivery, affiliate tracking, and other services described in this Privacy Policy.

Certain privacy laws may define some advertising-related disclosures of information as a “sale” or “sharing” of personal information or as targeted advertising. Where applicable, visitors may exercise available privacy choices through the privacy controls provided on this website.

We may also disclose information when required by law or when reasonably necessary to protect our rights, investigate fraud or unlawful activity, or protect the safety of Savor the Best and its users.

If all or part of Savor the Best is sold, merged, reorganized, or otherwise transferred, information collected through the website may be transferred as part of that transaction.

Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including the right to request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information we maintain about you.

To make a privacy-related request, contact us at savorthebestcooks (at) gmail (dot) com.

You may unsubscribe from email communications at any time using the unsubscribe link included in our emails.

We may retain certain information when necessary for record-keeping, completing transactions, complying with legal obligations, resolving disputes, or enforcing agreements.

Sensitive Personal Information

Please do not submit sensitive personal information through this website, such as Social Security numbers, information concerning racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information, criminal history, or trade union membership.

Savor the Best does not intentionally request this type of information.

Children’s Privacy

Savor the Best does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 16.

If you are a parent or guardian and believe that Savor the Best has collected personal information from a child under 16, please contact us at savorthebestcooks (at) gmail (dot) com, and we will make reasonable efforts to remove the information from our records.