Who we are
Veggies Don't Bite is found at https://www.veggiesdontbite.com (“Website”) is governed by the following privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”).
Your privacy is important to me, and maintaining your trust and confidence is one of my highest priorities, we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you about what personally identifiable information we may collect and how it may be used. This statement only applies to this Website.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Information You Voluntarily Submit to the Website: We may collect personal information from you such as your name or email address. For example, you may voluntarily submit information to the Website by leaving a comment, subscribing to a newsletter, or submitting a contact form. In addition, you are able to create a user profile, which allows you to create a username and password. We will store the username, but your password will not be visible in our records. You also may chose to purchase something, and voluntarily enter personal information during the transaction.
Information We Collect from Others: We may receive information about you from other sources. You may link your Facebook, Instagram, and/or Google accounts to your user profile. If you choose to link your Facebook, Instagram, and/or Google accounts to your user profile, we will receive your name, email address and profile picture associated with that account. The Website utilizes the Facebook commenting system, so if you choose to comment on a Website post, your profile picture will appear.
Automatically-Collected Information: We automatically collect certain information about you and the device with which you access the Website. For example, when you use the Website, we will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the Website. We may also collect information about actions you take when using the Website, such as links clicked.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
The Website uses cookies to store visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same banner ads, customize Website content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends. Cookies may also be used by third-party services, such as Google Analytics, as described herein.
Users may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies, by the Website, by using a corresponding setting of your internet browser and may thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies may be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all popular Internet browsers. However, if users deactivate the setting of cookies in your Internet browser, not all functions of our Website may be entirely usable.
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 have an account and you log in to this site, 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.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information. Please get in touch if you need help altering your information: sophia@veggiesdontbite.com
How Your Information May Be Used
We may use the information collected in the following ways:
- To operate and maintain the Website;
- To create your account, identify you as a user of the Website, and customize the Website for your account;
- To send you promotional information, such as newsletters. Each email promotion will provide information on how to opt-out of future mailings;
- To send you administrative communications, such as administrative emails, confirmation emails, technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts;
- To respond to your comments or inquiries;
- To provide you with user support;
- To track and measure advertising on the Website;
- To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.
- To improve my products and services.
- To run a promotion, contest, survey or other Site feature
Third-Party Use of Personal Information
We may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorize us to share your information.
Additionally, the Website may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the Website. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies.
The Website currently uses the following third-party service providers:
Google Analytics – this service tracks Website usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the Website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is captured by Google Analytics.
Convert Kit – this service is used for delivery of email updates and newsletters. We store your email address and IP address for purposes of delivering such communications. Please refer to Convert Kit's privacy policy for further information.
Clouflare- this works somewhat like a CDN (Content Delivery Network), and accelerates and secures a website. It automatically optimizes the delivery of web pages so visitors get the fastest page load times and best performance. It uses cookies and IP addresses to help with this. Please refer to Cloudflare's privacy policy for further information.
PayPal- this is the service used to purchase products on this site. You are taken to the PayPal site where you can potentially enter private information in order to buy products. Please refer to PayPal's privacy policy for further information.
At this time, your personal information is not shared with any other third-party applications. This list may be amended from time to time in the Website’s sole discretion.
Except when required by law, we will not sell, distribute, or reveal your email addresses or other personal information without your consent; however, we may disclose or transfer personal information collected through the Website to third parties who acquire all or a portion of our business, which may be the result of a merger, consolidation, or purchase of all or a portion of our assets, or in connection with any bankruptcy or reorganization proceeding brought by or against us.
Anonymous Data
From time to time, we may use anonymous data, which does not identify you alone, or when combined with data from other parties. This type of anonymous data may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. Examples of this anonymous data may include analytics or information collected from cookies.
Publicly Visible Information
If you leave a comment on the website, certain information may be publicly visible. To leave a comment you must enter a name and a valid email address. Your email address will never be available publicly. At your option, you may also add a link to your website.
You may also choose to link your Facebook, Instagram, and Google Account.
Users may see your username, avatar, profile description and website information.
Advertising
This Site is affiliated with CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a CafeMedia (“CafeMedia”) for the purposes of placing advertising on the Site, and CafeMedia will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes. To learn more about CafeMedia’s data usage, click here: www.cafemedia.com/publisher-advertising-privacy-policy
Retargeting Ads
From time to time, the Website may engage in remarketing efforts with third-party companies, such as Google, Facebook, or Instagram, in order to market the Website. These companies use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to the Website.
Affiliate Program Participation
The Website may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the Website. If you click on a link for an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions.
Veggies Don't Bite is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and links to Amazon.com. As part of this Amazon Associates program, the Website will post customized links, provided by Amazon, to track the referrals to their website. This program utilizes cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commission on these sales.
Newsletters
On the Website, you may subscribe to our newsletter, which may be used for advertising purposes. All newsletters sent may contain tracking pixels. The pixel is embedded in emails and allows an analysis of the success of online marketing campaigns. Because of these tracking pixels, we may see if and when you open an email and which links within the email you click. Also, this allows the Website to adapt the content of future newsletters to the interests of the user. This behavior will not be passed on to third parties.
Rights Related to Your Personal Information
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Opt-out – You may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in our emails. You may also notify us at sophia@veggiesdontbite.com to be removed from our mailing list.
Access – You may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request to info@insidetherustickitchen.com
Amend – You may contact us at sophia@veggiesdontbite.com to amend or update your personal information.
Forget – In certain situations, you may request that we erase or forget your personal data. To do so, please submit a request to sophia@veggiesdontbite.com
Please note that we may need to retain certain information for recordkeeping purposes or to complete transactions, or when required by law.
Sensitive Personal Information
At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to the Website. This includes your social security number, information regarding race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information, criminal background, or trade union memberships. If you elect to submit such information to us, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.
Children's Information: The Website does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 16. If a parent or guardian believes that the Website has personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 16 in its database, please contact us immediately at sophia@veggiesdontbite.com and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
Disclaimer
I strive to make this site a drama free space. All I ask is that if you are on my site, you are respectful, you are open minded, and you stay positive. I want to bring a welcoming environment for all those searching for a little more health in their lives. You don't have to be vegan or even vegetarian; if you like food and want to take a small step towards getting healthier, this is the place for you.
I am not a doctor, nutritionist, or registered dietician. I am self taught with most of what I know. I graduated undergrad from UC Davis with a bachelors of science degree in Psychology-Biology. I also have a dual teaching credential and a Masters Degree in Education. I have 14 years of teaching experience encompassing both teaching first grade and Special Education at the elementary level. But most of all, I have real life experience. I live and breathe what I post about here. This is my life and I take each day as an opportunity for learning something new. You are fully responsible for consulting a doctor before trying anything new, and before starting a new diet. The owners/writers here at Veggies Don't Bite are not responsible for any health issues that arise due to a recipe, idea or suggestion on this site.
I display nutritional information via a nutrition calculator built into my recipe card plugin. This information should be considered an estimate, different nutrition calculators can give you different results. If you want the most accurate numbers, you should run the calculations yourself with your preferred nutrition calculator using the exact amounts of ingredients you used. If a recipe is altered at all this will change the nutrition information. I don't calculate nutritional information in my personal every day life, I mostly eat a well balanced whole food plant based diet.
I also use a metric conversion system built into my recipe card plugin. The numbers shown should be considered estimates as conversions may vary based on which calculation tool you use. For the most accurate results please use the conversion tool of your choice.
Copyright
I welcome everyone here to share my stuff (recipes, pictures, thoughts, ideas...) for personal use only and not for distribution or sale. The photography, written text are owned by me and copyright protected. You may link back to any of my recipes but to copy what I have written and post it elsewhere is not allowed and violates my copyright. If you would like to use my photos, please email and ask. Most of the time I am okay with use of my photography provided a link back and credit is used. I ask that you give me credit where credit is due. I have worked hard with many trials and errors to reach my final products and as I credit those that inspired me, I ask you do the same. Taking someone else's hard work and making it your own is not right and is not legal. Join me in spreading good karma and help make the world a better place to live in.
© Sophia DeSantis and Veggies Don't Bite, 2016. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this blog’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Sophia DeSantis and Veggies Don't Bite with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.
Please contact Sophia at sophia@veggiesdontbite.com with any questions.
Last updated: April 5, 2023