Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how Persnickety Plates (the “Website,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, and protects your personal information. This policy applies to all visitors and users of persnicketyplates.com. We are committed to respecting your privacy and protecting your personal data.

Information we collect

We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you interact with the Website. The types of data we may collect include:

Contact Information: Your name and email address when you sign up for our newsletter, leave a comment, or participate in a giveaway.
Usage Data: We automatically collect certain information about your device and how you interact with our Website. This may include your IP address, browser type, device type, and pages you visit. This data is collected through cookies and other tracking technologies.

How your information may be used

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

To Provide and Improve Our Services: We use your information to operate and maintain the Website, respond to your inquiries, and improve the content and functionality of our site.
To Send Communications: We use your email address to send you our newsletter and other updates if you have opted in.
For Analytics: We use non-identifiable, aggregated data to analyze website traffic, understand user behavior, and improve our marketing efforts. Your individual information is never shared with third parties for analytics purposes.

Affiliate Links

Persnickety Plates participates in affiliate marketing programs. This means we may post customized links, provided by retailers, to track referrals to their websites, and we may earn an advertising fee from any purchases made through these links at no extra cose to you. This program uses cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commission on these sales.

Amazon Affiliate

I am an Amazon Affiliate. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Advertising

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: https://raptive.com/creator-advertising-privacy-statement

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

Your personal, individual information is never shared with anyone. Types of information shared includes general percentages by city, interest, age range, and information of that nature.

If you prefer for this information to not be collected using the above stated cookies, you may OPT-OUT AT THIS LINK for any Google Analytics listed and/or turn off the use of cookies at anytime by changing your specific browser settings.

We engage others to serve newsletter advertisements and perform related services across the web and in mobile applications. You can learn more about interest-based ads, or opt out of having your web browsing information used for behavioral advertising purposes by companies that participate in the Digital Advertising Alliance, by visiting www.aboutads.info/choices.

Opting Out of Targeted Advertising, Sharing, and Sales. We process personal information to understand and improve your experience with our Services and to serve you targeted advertisements. Some of these activities may be considered “sales” or “sharing” of your personal information or “targeted advertising” under certain privacy laws. To opt out of preference-based advertising, use the form linked below. Note, this will not stop you from seeing sponsorships or advertisements in our newsletters, but those ads will be selected randomly rather than based on your known preferences. OPT OUT HERE

Sensitive Personal Information

If you leave a comment, certain information may be publicly visible. Your email address will never be available publicly. At your option, you may also add a profile description, and a link to your website.

Users may see your username, profile description and website 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.

Persnickety Plates often links to other websites of interest. However, once you leave Persnickety Plates, you should note that I have no control over external websites and cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information you provide while visiting such sites.

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 [email protected] and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

We are not responsible for republished content from this blog on other blogs or websites without our permission.

Policy Updates

This Privacy Policy is subject to change. We will post any updates on this page with a revised “last updated” date. Your continued use of the Website after any changes indicates your acceptance of the new terms. This policy was last updated on September 16, 2025.