Privacy Policy

Effective Date: May 28, 2026
Last Updated: May 28, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how This Silly Girl’s Kitchen (“we”, “us”, “our”, or “TSGK”) collects, uses, and protects information when you visit thissillygirlskitchen.com (the “Site”) and use any of our connected services, including content distributed through third-party platforms.

1. Information We Collect

Information you provide directly:

  • Comments, ratings, and reviews you post on recipe pages
  • Email address when you subscribe to our newsletter
  • Name, email, and message when you contact us through the contact form
  • Account information if you create a registered account

Information collected automatically:

  • IP address, browser type, device information, operating system
  • Pages visited, time spent, and referring URLs (via Google Analytics 4)
  • Cookies and similar tracking technologies for site functionality and analytics
  • Aggregate search performance data via Google Search Console

Information from third parties:

  • Advertising data from Raptive (our advertising partner)
  • Social platform engagement data when you interact with our content on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, or Pinterest

2. How We Use Information

We use collected information to:

  • Operate, maintain, and improve the Site and our content
  • Respond to your comments, questions, and contact form submissions
  • Send the newsletter you opted into (you can unsubscribe at any time)
  • Analyze traffic patterns and content performance
  • Detect, prevent, and address technical issues, fraud, or abuse
  • Comply with legal obligations
  • Publish or syndicate content to our connected social platforms when our automation tools share content from this Site

3. Social Media and Third-Party Integrations

The Site integrates with social platforms including TikTok, Facebook (Meta), Instagram (Meta), YouTube (Google), and Pinterest. When the TSGK Content Engine (our internal automation) publishes recipe content from the Site to those platforms:

  • Only content already public on the Site is shared
  • No visitor personal information is included in the published posts
  • We use OAuth tokens granted by the account owner; access is limited to publishing-content scopes (on TikTok: user.info.basic, video.upload, video.publish; equivalent scopes on Facebook and Instagram)
  • We do not access your personal social accounts unless you have explicitly authorized us via OAuth

Each third-party platform has its own privacy practices. Please review their policies separately.

Raptive (CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a Raptive) places advertising on the Site. See Raptive’s privacy statement for details on advertising-related data collection.

4. Cookies

We use cookies for:

  • Essential site functionality (login state, comments, preferences)
  • Analytics (Google Analytics 4)
  • Advertising (Raptive)

You can manage cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect certain Site features.

5. Data Retention

We retain information only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Policy, unless a longer retention period is required by law. Newsletter subscribers can unsubscribe at any time, which removes their email from our mailing list. Comments and ratings remain on the Site as part of the community record unless removed by request.

6. Your Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the right to:

  • Access the personal information we hold about you
  • Request correction of inaccurate information
  • Request deletion of your personal information
  • Object to or restrict certain processing
  • Data portability
  • Withdraw consent (for processing based on consent)

To exercise these rights, email dana@thissillygirlskitchen.com.

For California residents, additional rights apply under the CCPA. For EU/UK residents, additional rights apply under the GDPR.

7. Children

The Site is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided us with information, contact us and we will delete it.

8. Security

We implement reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your information. No method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure, however, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Material changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date. Continued use of the Site after changes constitutes acceptance of the revised Policy.

10. Contact

Questions about this Privacy Policy? Email dana@thissillygirlskitchen.com or visit our contact page.