Privacy Policy for Taste Dessert

Last updated: October 23, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains what information Taste Dessert (tastedessert.com) collects when you visit the site, why we collect it, who else may receive it, and what choices you have. It covers the contact form, recipe ratings and comments, server logs, analytics, advertising and the cookies connected to them. By using the site you agree to the practices described here. If you do not agree, please do not use the site.

Information We Collect

We keep data collection limited to what the site needs in order to run, answer visitors and pay for itself through advertising. The site does not require you to create an account.

Information You Provide Directly

• Contact form: If you write to us through the contact page, we receive your name, email address and the message you type. We use this only to reply to you.
• Recipe ratings and comments: When you rate a recipe or leave a comment, we receive the name you enter and the text you submit. Comments may be displayed publicly on the recipe page, so please do not include personal details such as your address, phone number or health information.

Information Collected Automatically

• Server logs: Like most websites, our web server records standard log data: your IP address, browser type, and the pages you request. We use these logs for security and troubleshooting.
• First-party visit statistics: We count visits on our own server, recording the page viewed and the referrer (the page that sent you to us). Raw visit records are kept for 7 days, after which only daily totals remain.
• Cookies from third-party services: Advertising, analytics and security services described below may set cookies or read identifiers on your device.

How We Use Your Information

• Replying to you: Contact form details are used to answer your question or request, and for nothing else.
• Running the comment and rating features: Names and comment text are shown alongside recipes and help other readers judge a recipe.
• Understanding how the site is used: Aggregated statistics show which recipes and categories readers find useful, so we can improve them.
• Security and troubleshooting: Server logs help us detect abuse, spam and technical faults.
• Funding the site: Advertising lets us keep the recipes free to read.
• Legal compliance: We may use or disclose information where the law requires it.

Advertising

Taste Dessert shows advertising from the following providers:

• Google AdSense: Google uses cookies to serve ads based on your visits to this and other websites. Personalized ads are shown only with your consent. Visitors in the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom and Switzerland see a Google consent message the first time they visit, and can change their choice there at any time.
• HB Agency programmatic advertising partners: These partners may also use cookies to deliver and measure ads.

You can manage how Google personalizes ads at https://adssettings.google.com. You can read how Google uses data from sites that use its services at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites. You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings, although some parts of the site, including ads and security checks, may then behave differently.

Analytics and Security Services

• Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to collect aggregated statistics about how visitors use the site, such as which pages are popular. It uses cookies to do this. Google explains its handling of this data at the partner-sites link above.
• Cloudflare: Our pages are delivered and protected through Cloudflare, a content delivery and security service. Cloudflare may set technical cookies that help it identify legitimate traffic and block malicious requests.

Social Media Links

The site links to our Pinterest profile. Following those links takes you to Pinterest, which has its own privacy policy and cookies. We are not responsible for how Pinterest or any other external website handles your data, so please read their policies before sharing information there.

How We Share Information

We do not sell your personal information. We share information only in these situations:

• Service providers: Google (AdSense and Analytics), HB Agency advertising partners and Cloudflare process data as described above, under their own terms and privacy policies.
• Legal requirements: We may disclose information if required by law, court order or a valid legal request, or to protect the rights, property or safety of the site, its visitors or others.
• Public comments: The name and text you submit with a comment may be visible to anyone who views the recipe.

Data Retention

• First-party visit records: raw records are kept for 7 days, then only daily totals remain.
• Contact messages: kept for as long as needed to answer you and handle any follow-up, then deleted.
• Comments and ratings: kept for as long as the recipe page is published, unless you ask us to remove your comment.
• Server logs: kept only as long as needed for security and troubleshooting.
• Third-party data: data held by Google, HB Agency partners and Cloudflare is retained according to their own policies.

Your Rights if You Are in the EEA, UK or Switzerland

Under the GDPR and similar laws, you have the right to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you.
• Correct data that is inaccurate or incomplete.
• Delete your data, subject to legal exceptions.
• Restrict or object to certain processing.
• Receive your data in a portable format.
• Withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent, for example through the Google consent message for personalized ads. Withdrawing does not affect processing that took place before.
• Complain to your local data protection authority.

Where we process data, our legal bases are your consent (personalized advertising and non-essential cookies), our legitimate interest in keeping the site secure and understanding its use, and your request when you contact us. To use any of these rights, contact us.

Your Rights if You Are a California Resident

Under the CCPA/CPRA, California residents have the right to know what personal information is collected and how it is used and disclosed, to request deletion of their personal information, to request correction of inaccurate information, and to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising. We do not sell personal information in exchange for money. Because advertising cookies from Google and our advertising partners may count as "sharing" under California law, you can opt out through the ad settings link above, through your browser's cookie controls, or by contacting us. We will not discriminate against you for exercising these rights. To submit a request, use the contact page; we may need to verify your identity before acting on it.

Children's Privacy

Taste Dessert is a general-audience recipe site and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has sent us personal information through the contact form or a comment, please contact us and we will delete it.

Data Security

Pages are served through Cloudflare, which provides security filtering, and we limit the personal data we collect to the few items listed above. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security. Please avoid putting sensitive personal details in comments or contact messages.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this policy when the site or the services we use change, or when the law requires it. The date at the top of the page shows when it was last revised. If you keep using the site after a change, you accept the updated policy. See also our Terms of use and the About Us page.

Contact Us

For questions about this policy or to exercise any of your rights, please use our contact page. You can also write to us at . Please include enough detail for us to find and act on your request.