Cookie and Privacy Statement for www.foodappinsider.com
Last Updated: February 4th 2025
1. Introduction
Welcome to www.foodappinsider.com. This Cookie and Privacy Statement explains how we use cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website. It also explains your choices regarding these technologies and describes how we further process personal information about you when you access and use our website.
We may update this Cookie and Privacy Statement to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Any such changes will be effective immediately upon posting.
2. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work or improve their efficiency, as well as to provide information to website owners.
3. Types of Cookies We Use and Their Purpose
Essential Cookies: These cookies allow core website functionality such as security and accessibility. The website cannot be used properly without strictly necessary cookies. are necessary for the proper functioning of our website.
Performance Cookies: We use performance/analytics cookies. These are used to analyze how visitors use the website, track website performance, and gather statistical information. This helps us improve the overall user experience. We make use of Google Analytics, the web analysis tool of Google Inc. More information on how Google Analytics uses data collected through your use of the website can be found at: www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/.
We use settings that ensure that only anonymized IP addresses are processed (of which the last bytes have been masked). Under a data processing agreement between us and Google, Google uses the transferred data on our behalf for the purpose of evaluating your use of the Site, for reporting on website activity and for providing other services for us regarding the use of our website and serves to continuously improve our Site and Service and optimize your user experience. To opt out of Google Analytics cookies, visit: http://www.google.com/settings/ads and https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/.
We also use Google Tag Manager. With this service, website tags can be managed through an interface. The Google Tag Manager only implements tags. This means that no cookies are used by the Google Tag Manager and no personal data is collected. The Google Tag Manager triggers other tags, which in turn may collect data, but the Google Tag Manager does not access this data.
Marketing Cookies: We use these cookies to measure ad performance and to enable ad billing. Marketing cookies are also used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user. In this regard we may use third parties to provide advertisements on other online services. Certain third parties may participate in the Digital Advertising Alliance ("DAA") AdChoices Program and may display an Advertising Option Icon for interest-based ads that links to an opt-out tool which allows you to exercise certain choices regarding targeting.
More information about the DAA AdChoices Program can be found at http://www.youradchoices.com/.
In addition, certain advertising networks and exchanges may participate in the Network Advertising Initiative ("NAI"). Consumers can opt out of certain interest-based ads delivered by NAI members' ad networks. For more information, see http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/ and https://www.networkadvertising.org/mobile-choice/.
It should be noted that, even if you are able to opt out of certain kinds of interest-based ads, you may continue to receive non-targeted ads. We are not responsible for the effectiveness of, or compliance with, other parties' opt-out options or programs or the accuracy of their statements regarding their programs.
4. Consent to Use Cookies
By using our website, you consent to the use of cookies in accordance with this Cookie and Privacy Statement. You can withdraw your consent at any time by changing your browser settings (eg. settings that allow you to transmit a "Do Not Track" signal when you visit various websites or use online services. To learn more about "Do Not Track" signals, visit www.allaboutdnt.com). You can also make use of the opt-out mechanisms provided in the statement.
Please note that blocking cookies may affect the availability and functionality of this Website and other websites. Also, disabling cookies may invalidate opt outs that use cookies to recognize devices that have opted out.
Where applicable, residents from California residents (under the California’s "Shine the Light" law) as well as residents from Canada (under the applicable Canadian data protection regulation) may also be permitted to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to external third parties for their own direct marketing purposes. We do not share personal information with external third parties for their direct marketing purposes.
5. Sharing of personal information
Your personal information may be shared by us with affiliates, business partners, vendors and other parties.
We may use vendors to help us operate our business and the website or administer activities on our behalf such as serving advertisements, website maintenance and customer service. For advertising purposes, we may share your information with certain vendors; this may include information we collect automatically. In addition, we may disclose your personal information if we are required to do so by law or we believe that such action is necessary to comply with legal process such as a search warrant, subpoena or court order; to protect our rights and property; to investigate reports of fraud or other policy violations, such as users sending harassing, threatening, or abusive messages or to protect against misuse or unauthorized use of the website.
6. Other information collected by us
We may also collect personal information (eg. your name, email address and other information) that you provide to us directly when you contact our support team via email.
We will not store your personal information for longer than is necessary for the performance of our obligations or to achieve the purposes for which the information was collected, or as may be permitted under applicable law. Unless otherwise required by applicable law, at the end of the retention period we will remove personal information from our systems and records or take appropriate steps to properly anonymize it.
7. Links to other websites
We provide links on our website to other websites owned and controlled by third parties. These websites operate independently of us and have established their own privacy and security policies. We do not have any control over, and are not responsible for, these websites’ privacy practices. We recommend that you carefully review the privacy policies on any website you visit.
8. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about our use of cookies or other personal information collected by us, please contact us at [email protected].
