Effective Date: April 26, 2025
Welcome to Food Fanatic (“we”, “us”, or “our”). Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, share, and protect your personal information when you visit https://www.foodfanatic.com (the “Website” or “Service”).
By using our Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
1. What Information We Collect
We collect personal and non-personal information in the following ways:
Personal Data
Information that can be used to identify you, such as:
- Email address
- IP address
- Any other information you voluntarily provide via forms or emails
Usage Data
Automatically collected data about how you interact with our Service:
- Browser type and version
- Pages visited
- Time and date of visit
- Device identifiers
- Time spent on pages
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies, tags, beacons, and scripts to enhance your experience. Cookies help us:
- Analyze website traffic
- Remember user preferences
- Show relevant ads
You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings. Please note, some features of the site may not work if cookies are disabled.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the data we collect for the following purposes:
- To operate and maintain the Service
- To improve user experience and content
- To send newsletters and promotional content (with your consent)
- To analyze traffic and usage patterns
- To detect, prevent, and address technical issues or misuse
3. Legal Bases for Processing (if you are in the EU)
If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), our legal basis for collecting and using personal data depends on the information and context:
- You gave us consent
- It’s necessary to perform a contract
- It’s in our legitimate interests (e.g., improving the Service)
- We are legally obligated to do so
4. Data Retention
We retain personal data only as long as necessary to:
- Fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy
- Comply with legal obligations
- Resolve disputes and enforce our agreements
Usage data is typically retained for a shorter period unless needed for security or functionality.
5. How We Share Your Data
We do not sell your personal data. However, we may share your data with:
Service Providers
Third-party vendors who help us run the site (e.g., hosting, analytics, marketing). These providers are bound by confidentiality and data protection agreements.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics to understand website usage. You can opt out via the Google Analytics Opt-out Add-on.
Advertising
We may work with partners like Google or Facebook to deliver targeted ads based on your activity. This may include cookies or tracking pixels.
- Retargeting Ads: You may see ads for our site on other platforms after visiting us.
6. International Data Transfers
Your data may be stored or processed outside your country, including in the United States. We take reasonable steps to ensure your data is treated securely and in accordance with applicable privacy laws.
7. Your Rights and Choices
You have the right to:
- Access, update, or delete your personal data
- Withdraw consent at any time (e.g., unsubscribe from emails)
- Request data portability
- Object to or restrict certain types of processing
To make a request, contact us at: editor@foodfanatic.com
We may ask for identity verification to process certain requests.
8. Security of Your Data
We use reasonable technical and organizational safeguards to protect your data. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure. Use the Service at your own risk.
9. Children’s Privacy
Our Service is not intended for children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe a child has provided personal data, please contact us and we will delete it.
10. Links to Other Sites
Our site may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for their content or privacy practices. We encourage you to review their privacy policies.
11. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy occasionally. When we do, we’ll post the updated policy and change the effective date. For significant changes, we may notify you via email or a site banner.
12. Advertising Management – Programmatic Advertising
Food Fanatic partners with Mediavine to display interest-based advertisements on our website. This means when you visit https://www.foodfanatic.com, Mediavine may show you ads based on your online behavior. To do this, Mediavine may use cookies, which are small text files stored on your device that help websites remember your activity.
About Cookies and Tracking Technologies
- First-party cookies are set by the website you’re visiting (in this case, Food Fanatic).
- Third-party cookies come from outside services (like advertisers or analytics providers) and are often used to track behavior across different websites.
- These technologies—like cookies, pixels, tags, and beacons (collectively called “Tags”)—help advertisers understand how users interact with ads, personalize content, and improve ad performance.
You can control how cookies are used through your browser settings. Most browsers let you:
- Block all cookies
- Block only third-party cookies
- Receive alerts when cookies are being set
- Delete cookies from your history
For detailed instructions on managing cookies, visit All About Cookies.
Keep in mind that blocking cookies may affect how well the website functions. You’ll still see ads, but they may be less relevant to your interests.
What Data Is Collected for Personalized Ads
When showing personalized ads, the following information may be collected through cookies:
- IP address
- Device type
- Operating system and version
- Web browser type
- Preferred language
- Hashed email address (if provided)
- Website language and user interaction data
How Mediavine and Its Partners Use This Data
Mediavine works with various advertising partners (“Mediavine Partners”) who may use this information to:
- Combine it with other data they have (e.g., from your activity on other websites or apps)
- Track your activity across devices, browsers, and platforms
- Group users into audience segments to deliver more relevant ads
This process helps ensure you see ads that are more tailored to your interests, but it does not involve selling your personal information directly.
Your Choices
You have the right to opt out of interest-based advertising:
- Visit the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page
- Use AboutAds’ consumer choice tool
- Download the AppChoices mobile app to manage ad preferences on your mobile devices
- Use the privacy settings on your smartphone or tablet
To learn more about how Mediavine’s partners collect and use data—and to see a list of those partners—click here.
13. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:
Email: editor@foodfanatic.com
Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)
The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.
First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The “help” feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at All About Cookies.
Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.
The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:
- IP Address
- Operating System type
- Operating System version
- Device Type
- Language of the website
- Web browser type
- Email (in hashed form)
Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.
If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.
For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit Mediavine Partners.