Effective Date: 28 June 2025
1. Introduction
Welcome to Vidya’s Kitchen (https://vidyas.kitchen). We are committed to protecting the privacy of our visitors and users. This Privacy Policy outlines the types of personal information we collect, how it is used, and the steps we take to ensure your data is handled responsibly and securely.
This policy applies to all information collected through our website and any related services, sales, marketing, or events. By using our website, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
Our website is based in Bengaluru, India, but is accessible to a global audience. Our contact email for any privacy-related concerns is srividyaskitchen101@gmail.com.
2. Information We Collect
We collect information in two ways: information you voluntarily provide to us and information that is automatically collected through your use of our website.
a) Information You Provide to Us:
- Comments: When you leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also your IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
- An anonymised 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.
- Contact Forms & Email: If you contact us directly via our contact form or email, we will collect your name, email address, and any other information you choose to provide in your message.
- Newsletter Subscription: If you subscribe to our newsletter, we will collect your name and email address to send you updates, recipes, and other information.
b) Information We Collect Automatically:
- Log and Usage Data: Like most websites, we collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our site. This may include your computer’s Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, the pages you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other statistics.
- If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
- Cookies and Similar Technologies: We use cookies to track the activity on our website and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our website.
- 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 visit our login page, 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.
c) 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 tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:
- To operate and maintain our website.
- To improve your experience and personalize content.
- To respond to your comments, questions and provide customer service.
- To send you newsletters, marketing, or promotional materials (only with your consent).
- To monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve our website.
- To detect, prevent, and address technical issues and spam. Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
4. Affiliate Links & Third-Party Websites
Vidya’s Kitchen may participate in affiliate marketing programs. This means we may post customized links, provided by retailers, to track referrals to their websites. If you click on an affiliate link and make a purchase, we may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you.
This Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of third parties that we do not own or control. Our website contains links to other sites. We are not responsible for any third-party websites’ privacy policies or practices. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of any website you visit.
5. Data Sharing and Disclosure
We respect your privacy and will not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to any third parties. We may share your information only in the following limited circumstances:
- With Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party vendors and service providers who perform services for us (e.g., website hosting, email delivery, analytics). These providers will only have access to your information to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
- For Legal Reasons: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).
6. Data Security
We take reasonable precautions to protect your information. We have implemented technical and administrative security measures to help protect your personal information from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access. However, please remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.
7. International Data Transfers
Your information, including personal data, may be transferred to and maintained on computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction. As our website is accessible globally, by using it you consent to this transfer.
8. Your Data Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
- The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
- The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at srividyaskitchen101@gmail.com.
9. How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise 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.
10. Children’s Privacy
Our website is not intended for use by children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If you become aware that a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us.
11. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Effective Date” at the top. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
12. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:
By email: srividyaskitchen101@gmail.com
Website: https://vidyas.kitchen