Last Updated: September 17, 2026
The Savory Mama (“we,” “us,” “our,” or the “Website”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you may provide while visiting or interacting with our Website.
This Privacy Policy explains what information we may collect when you visit The Savory Mama, how that information may be used, when it may be shared, and the choices and rights you may have regarding your personal information.
By using The Savory Mama, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect information in several ways.
Information You Voluntarily Provide
You may voluntarily provide personal information when you:
- Submit a message through our contact form;
- Subscribe to an email newsletter;
- Leave a comment;
- Participate in a survey, giveaway, contest, or promotion;
- Communicate with us by email or through social media; or
- Otherwise voluntarily provide information through the Website.
Depending on how you interact with the Website, this information may include your:
- Name;
- Email address;
- Website address;
- Social media information; and
- Any information you choose to include in a message, comment, or other submission.
Please do not submit sensitive personal information through the Website.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit The Savory Mama, certain information may be collected automatically by our Website, hosting provider, analytics providers, advertising partners, or other service providers.
This information may include:
- Your IP address;
- Browser type;
- Device type;
- Operating system;
- Referring website;
- Pages you visit;
- Links you click;
- Date and time of your visit;
- Approximate geographic location;
- Website interaction and usage information; and
- Other technical information about how you access and use the Website.
This information helps us understand how readers use The Savory Mama and allows us to improve the Website and its content.
2. How We Use Your Information
We may use information collected through the Website to:
- Operate and maintain The Savory Mama;
- Provide recipes, articles, and other Website content;
- Improve Website functionality and user experience;
- Understand how visitors use the Website;
- Respond to questions, comments, and requests;
- Send newsletters or other communications you have requested;
- Measure Website traffic and performance;
- Display and measure advertising;
- Personalize content or advertisements where permitted;
- Detect and prevent fraud, abuse, spam, or security issues;
- Protect the Website and our legal rights;
- Comply with applicable laws and legal obligations; and
- Carry out other legitimate business purposes related to operating The Savory Mama.
Where required by law, we rely on appropriate legal bases such as your consent, our legitimate interests, performance of a contract, or compliance with a legal obligation.
3. Cookies and Similar Technologies
The Savory Mama may use cookies, pixels, tags, local storage, and similar technologies.
Cookies are small files stored on your browser or device. They may help the Website remember information about your visit and understand how you interact with our content.
Cookies may be used for purposes including:
- Website functionality;
- Security;
- Remembering visitor preferences;
- Analytics and Website performance;
- Advertising;
- Measuring advertising effectiveness; and
- Understanding how visitors navigate the Website.
Some cookies may be placed by third-party services that operate on or through the Website.
You can usually configure your browser to block or delete cookies. Please note that disabling cookies may cause some Website features to function differently or become unavailable.
Where required by applicable law, we may request your consent before placing certain non-essential cookies on your device.
4. Analytics
We may use third-party analytics services to understand Website traffic, visitor activity, and how readers interact with The Savory Mama.
Analytics providers may collect information such as:
- IP address;
- Device and browser information;
- Pages viewed;
- Referring pages;
- Time spent on the Website; and
- Website interactions.
We use this information to evaluate Website performance, understand which recipes and content readers find useful, and improve the Website.
Analytics providers process information according to their own privacy policies.
5. Advertising
The Savory Mama may display advertisements provided by third-party advertising companies.
Advertising partners may use cookies, pixels, device identifiers, or similar technologies to collect information about your visits to this Website and other websites.
This information may be used to:
- Display advertisements;
- Measure advertising performance;
- Limit how often advertisements are shown;
- Detect fraudulent advertising activity; and
- Where permitted by law, provide personalized or interest-based advertising.
Third-party advertisers may combine information collected through this Website with information collected from other websites, applications, or services.
The Savory Mama does not control how third-party advertising companies independently collect or process information. Their activities are governed by their own privacy policies.
Depending on where you live, certain advertising-related data disclosures may legally be considered a “sale,” “sharing,” or use of personal information for targeted advertising even when no money is exchanged for your personal information.
Where applicable, you may have the right to opt out of these practices.
6. Affiliate Links
The Savory Mama may occasionally include affiliate links to products, ingredients, kitchen equipment, retailers, or other services.
When you click an affiliate link, the third-party retailer or affiliate network may use cookies or other tracking technology to determine that you arrived through The Savory Mama.
If you make a purchase through an affiliate link, The Savory Mama may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.
Affiliate networks and retailers process information according to their own privacy policies.
Any sponsored or affiliate relationship will be disclosed where required by applicable law.
7. Email Newsletters
You may have the option to subscribe to email communications from The Savory Mama.
If you subscribe, we may collect information such as your name and email address.
Our email service provider may process this information on our behalf for purposes such as:
- Delivering newsletters;
- Managing subscriber lists;
- Measuring email delivery;
- Understanding whether emails are opened;
- Measuring which links are clicked; and
- Improving future communications.
You may unsubscribe at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in our marketing emails.
Unsubscribing from promotional communications does not prevent us from sending non-promotional communications when necessary, such as responses to requests you have submitted.
We do not sell our email subscriber list for money.
8. Contact Forms and Communications
When you contact us through the Website, we may collect your name, email address, subject line, message, and any other information you voluntarily provide.
We use this information to respond to your inquiry and maintain appropriate records of our communications.
Please avoid including passwords, payment information, identification numbers, medical information, or other highly sensitive personal information in messages sent through the Website.
9. Comments and Public Information
If commenting functionality is available and you leave a comment on The Savory Mama, certain information associated with your comment may become publicly visible.
This may include your:
- Name or username;
- Profile image;
- Website address; and
- Comment.
Your email address will not intentionally be displayed publicly unless you include it yourself within publicly visible content.
Please remember that information you publish publicly may be viewed, collected, or used by other visitors.
10. Third-Party Service Providers
We may use third-party companies and service providers to help operate The Savory Mama.
These may include providers of:
- Website hosting;
- Website security;
- Analytics;
- Advertising;
- Email marketing;
- Content delivery;
- Spam protection;
- Website backups;
- Social media functionality;
- Affiliate tracking; and
- Other technical or administrative services.
These service providers may receive or process personal information when necessary to provide their services.
Their processing of personal information is also governed by their respective privacy policies and contractual obligations where applicable.
11. When We May Share Information
We may disclose personal information:
- To service providers assisting us in operating the Website;
- When you direct or authorize us to do so;
- When required by law, regulation, court order, subpoena, or other legal process;
- When reasonably necessary to protect our rights, property, users, or the public;
- To investigate suspected fraud, abuse, or security incidents;
- In connection with a merger, acquisition, sale, restructuring, or transfer of all or part of the Website or its assets; or
- As otherwise permitted by applicable law.
We do not intend to sell personal information directly to third parties for money.
However, as described above, certain advertising technologies may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of information under some privacy laws.
12. Third-Party Links
The Savory Mama contains links to websites and services operated by third parties.
Once you leave our Website, this Privacy Policy no longer applies.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, security, or policies of third-party websites.
We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any third-party website you visit.
13. Social Media
The Savory Mama may maintain profiles or share content through third-party social media platforms.
If you interact with us through a social media platform, that platform may collect information about your activity according to its own privacy policy.
Your interactions with social media platforms are controlled by the privacy policies and settings of those platforms.
14. Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including:
- Providing requested services;
- Responding to communications;
- Maintaining business and Website records;
- Complying with legal obligations;
- Resolving disputes;
- Preventing fraud or abuse; and
- Enforcing agreements.
Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and the reason it was collected.
We may retain anonymized or aggregated information that no longer identifies you.
15. Data Security
We take reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, loss, or misuse.
However, no method of transmitting or storing information online is completely secure.
For this reason, we cannot guarantee absolute security of information transmitted through or stored by the Website.
16. International Visitors and Data Transfers
The Savory Mama may be accessed by visitors from different countries.
Our Website providers and service providers may operate or store information in countries other than the country where you live.
As a result, personal information may be transferred internationally and may be subject to different privacy and data protection laws.
Where required, reasonable safeguards will be used for international transfers of personal information.
17. Privacy Rights
Depending on where you live, privacy laws may provide you with certain rights regarding your personal information.
These rights may include the right to:
- Request access to personal information we hold about you;
- Request correction of inaccurate information;
- Request deletion of personal information;
- Request a copy of certain personal information;
- Restrict or object to certain processing;
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent;
- Opt out of certain advertising or targeted advertising activities;
- Opt out of certain sales or sharing of personal information;
- Request data portability; and
- Appeal certain decisions regarding a privacy request where applicable.
We may need to verify your identity before processing certain requests.
We will not discriminate against you for exercising privacy rights provided by applicable law.
Some information may be exempt from deletion or other requests where we are required or permitted to retain it by law.
18. European Economic Area and United Kingdom Visitors
If you are located in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, or another jurisdiction with similar data protection laws, you may have additional rights concerning your personal information.
Depending on the circumstances, these may include rights of:
- Access;
- Correction;
- Erasure;
- Restriction of processing;
- Objection to processing;
- Data portability; and
- Withdrawal of consent.
You may also have the right to submit a complaint to the data protection authority responsible for your country or region.
Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing performed before consent was withdrawn.
19. United States State Privacy Rights
Residents of certain U.S. states may have additional privacy rights under state privacy laws.
Depending on the law that applies, these rights may include:
- Knowing what categories of personal information are collected;
- Accessing personal information;
- Correcting inaccurate information;
- Requesting deletion;
- Receiving a portable copy of information;
- Opting out of targeted advertising;
- Opting out of the sale or sharing of personal information;
- Limiting certain uses of sensitive personal information; and
- Appealing a decision concerning a privacy request.
These rights apply only where the relevant law applies to The Savory Mama and your information.
20. Children’s Privacy
The Savory Mama is intended for a general audience and is not directed toward children under the age of 13.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
If you are a parent or guardian and believe a child under 13 has provided personal information through the Website, please contact us so that we can review and, where appropriate, delete the information.
21. Sensitive Personal Information
Please do not provide sensitive personal information through The Savory Mama unless specifically requested and reasonably necessary.
Sensitive information may include information such as:
- Government identification numbers;
- Financial account information;
- Passwords;
- Health information;
- Precise location information;
- Biometric information; or
- Information revealing certain protected personal characteristics.
The Savory Mama does not intentionally request this type of information through ordinary Website interactions.
22. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes to:
- Our Website;
- Our business practices;
- Technology;
- Service providers; or
- Applicable laws and regulations.
When this Privacy Policy is updated, the “Last Updated” date at the top of the page will be revised.
We encourage visitors to periodically review this page for updates.
23. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, how information is handled by The Savory Mama, or you would like to submit a privacy request, please contact us through the Contact page on The Savory Mama.
Website: The Savory Mama
Owner/Publisher: Mery
Privacy Contact: Please use the Contact page on The Savory Mama.