General Introduction
Mellow Spice is all about keeping recipes simple and building a friendly cooking community. We don't ask you to sign up for an account or hand over personal details. That means we never sell or share your personal data—period.
Still, we want you to know how some data might get picked up automatically by certain outside services we use. These help us make your visit smoother—like tracking site traffic, tailoring ads, or adding embedded videos. This privacy policy walks you through what gets collected, how it works, and how Mellow Spice looks after your info while you browse mellowspice.com.
Third-party services used
To keep Mellow Spice up and running—and to provide you with free recipes—we rely on a few key third-party services. These tools let us offer features like video content, understand what you love most on the site, and show ads that let us keep our content free for everyone. Take a look at some of the main external services that help mellowspice.com:
- YouTube: You might come across recipe videos right on Mellow Spice. These are hosted on YouTube, which is owned by Google. When you play a YouTube video here, YouTube or Google may store cookies to track how videos are being watched and gather watching statistics (like view counts). If you're logged into Google, YouTube could link your watching habits to your profile, but Mellow Spice never sees that info. Want to learn more? Check out Google's privacy details.
- Cloudflare Analytics: Cloudflare helps us keep mellowspice.com speedy and reliable, while it collects some technical info about site performance and visits. No cookies that identify you are used, and the data is always aggregated—meaning we can't trace it back to any person. This helps us spot tech problems and make sure our site is secure.
- Google AdSense: We show ads through Google AdSense—they keep the site free for all. AdSense uses cookies to serve up relevant ads based on your interests and visit history, but Mellow Spice never accesses your personal ad data. For more, feel free to read Google's privacy policy.
- Google Analytics: This is Google's tool for measuring how people interact with mellowspice.com. It collects anonymous data (like the pages you look at or how much time you spend). That way, we get a sense for which recipes are crowd-pleasers and where we can make the site even better. Cookies may be used, but nothing that can identify you individually comes to us.
Cookies and consent
Cookies are tiny text files your browser stores when you visit a website. Mellow Spice and our partners sometimes use them to make your time on mellowspice.com better:
- Advertising cookies: Google AdSense uses these to remember what you like and the ads you see, making advertising more on point for you.
- Analytics cookies: Cloudflare Analytics and Google Analytics use cookies to see how folks interact with the site. This info (which isn't tied to you) helps us figure out what works and gives us clues on updating content.
- Functional cookies: These are there to keep mellowspice.com working smoothly—like remembering what language you picked, or if you're okay with cookies. Some features don't work without them.
When you visit Mellow Spice, you accept the cookies used for these reasons. Want to tweak your cookie settings? Just adjust your browser preferences—most let you clear, block, or get notified about cookies before they're set. Just know, blocking cookies might change how mellowspice.com and other sites work for you.
Changes to this policy
This privacy policy might change from time to time. If we change how things work at Mellow Spice—add new features, bring on new services, or need to meet legal requirements—we’ll update this page. When there’s a big update, we’ll let you know clearly on mellowspice.com (like with a banner or post).
Want to see when we last updated this policy? Just check the date at the top. We’d suggest stopping by every so often so you’re always in the loop about how Mellow Spice cares for your privacy.
Contact
Have any questions, worries, or requests about this policy? Feel free to reach out—we love hearing from you! Drop us an email at legal@mellowspice.com. Mellow Spice is always happy to help answer your questions or chat about privacy.
Conclusion
Thanks for reading through our privacy info. By using Mellow Spice, you’re letting us know you’re good with how we protect your data. We hope these details give you peace of mind and let you dive into our recipes with confidence. Thanks for your trust and happy cooking!