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Policies

Unless otherwise credited, all photos, opinions, and recipes are my own. If you’d like to use a recipe, please retype it in your own words and give credit with a link back.

If you’d like to use one of my photographs, please email me.

Sponsored Content

I am occasionally compensated for working with brands. However, I only provide honest reviews of products and would never accept payment in exchange for a positive review. If I rave about something, it’s because I genuinely enjoy the product/service. All opinions are 100% my own.

Amazon Affiliate

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

Some links on my blog are affiliate links meaning if you buy from them, I will be thrown a few pennies (literally, pennies), at no cost to you. Thank you for your support.

Advertising

This Site is affiliated with CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a Raptive (“Raptive”) 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/

Privacy Policy

Any information submitted to Persnickety Plates (the “Website”) through comment forms, giveaway entries, or any other form submission will never be released or sold and is solely for Persnickety Plates use.  If you ever receive an email from Persnickety Plates and wish to opt out, click the unsubscribe option at the bottom of the email or reply via email to me and I will remove you from the list.

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.

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.

Newsletter Sponsorships

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.

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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 melissa@persnicketyplates.com 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.

This privacy policy is subject to change without notice and was last updated on November 29, 2023. If you have any questions feel free to contact me directly here.

Melissa Williams/Persnickety Plates 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 linking to Amazon.com. For more details, please see my Privacy Policy & Disclosures page.