PRIVACY POLICY
Last Updated: September 14, 2026
Amelia is NOT a Chef (“we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how information may be collected, used, disclosed, and protected when you visit ameliaisnotachef.com (the “Website”).
By using the Website, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We may collect information that you voluntarily provide to us, as well as information that is collected automatically when you use the Website.
Information You Provide
You may voluntarily provide personal information when you:
Subscribe to an email list or newsletter;
Contact us by email or through a contact form;
Enter a giveaway, promotion, or survey, if offered;
Leave a comment or otherwise interact with the Website; or
Communicate with us in another way.
Depending on how you interact with the Website, this information may include your name, email address, and any information you choose to include in your communication.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit the Website, certain information may be collected automatically by us and by third-party services we use. This may include:
Internet Protocol (IP) address;
Browser and device type;
Operating system;
Referring website or source;
Pages viewed and time spent on the Website;
Approximate geographic location;
Website interactions;
Advertising identifiers; and
Cookie and similar technology data.
This information may be used for website operation, analytics, security, advertising, and improving the Website and its content.
2. COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES
The Website and third-party services used by the Website may use cookies, pixels, tags, web beacons, local storage, and similar technologies.
These technologies may be used to:
Operate and improve the Website;
Remember preferences;
Measure Website traffic and performance;
Understand how visitors interact with content;
Measure the effectiveness of marketing;
Prevent fraud and maintain security; and
Deliver and measure advertising, including interest-based advertising where permitted.
Your browser may allow you to block or delete cookies. Doing so may affect certain Website features.
Where required by applicable law, visitors may also be provided with consent or privacy controls that allow them to manage certain uses of their information.
3. ANALYTICS
We may use third-party analytics services, including Google Analytics, to understand how visitors find and use the Website.
These services may collect information such as your IP address, device and browser information, pages visited, referral source, approximate location, and interactions with the Website.
We use analytics information to understand Website traffic, evaluate content performance, identify trends, and improve the Website and user experience.
Google's use of information collected through its services is governed by Google's own privacy policies and terms.
4. ADVERTISING
The Website uses third-party advertising services. The following disclosure describes the programmatic advertising services provided by Mediavine.
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 https://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-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 https://thenai.org/opt-out/. You may also visit http://optout.aboutads.info/#/ and http://optout.networkadvertising.org/# to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at https://youradchoices.com/appchoices 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 https://www.mediavine.com/ad-partners/.
5. EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS
If you subscribe to our email list or otherwise request communications from us, we may use your email address and other information you provide to send recipes, Website updates, promotional communications, or other content.
Our email service provider may process information necessary to deliver and measure these communications.
You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in those emails.
We may retain certain information when necessary to honor unsubscribe requests, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, or protect our rights.
6. HOW WE USE INFORMATION
We may use information collected through the Website to:
Operate and maintain the Website;
Provide recipes, articles, and other content;
Respond to questions and communications;
Send requested emails and newsletters;
Analyze Website traffic and usage;
Improve Website content and performance;
Display and measure advertising;
Detect and prevent fraud, abuse, or security issues;
Comply with legal obligations; and
Protect our legal rights and the rights of others.
7. HOW INFORMATION MAY BE SHARED
We may disclose information to third parties that perform services on our behalf or help us operate and monetize the Website.
These may include providers involved in:
Website hosting and operation;
Analytics;
Email delivery and marketing;
Advertising and advertising measurement;
Consent and privacy management;
Security and fraud prevention; and
Other technology and business services.
Third parties may process information according to their own privacy policies and the agreements governing their relationship with us.
We may also disclose information when reasonably necessary to comply with applicable law, respond to lawful legal requests, enforce our rights, investigate fraud or security issues, or protect the safety and rights of the Website, its visitors, or others.
Information may also be transferred as part of a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, sale of assets, or similar business transaction.
8. INTEREST-BASED ADVERTISING AND PRIVACY CHOICES
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to opt out of certain processing of personal information for targeted advertising or activities legally defined as the “sale” or “sharing” of personal information.
Where required, the Website may display a “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” link or another privacy-control mechanism that allows eligible visitors to exercise applicable choices.
Visitors in certain jurisdictions may also receive a consent-management interface allowing them to accept, reject, or customize certain advertising and data-processing preferences.
These controls may vary based on geographic location and applicable law.
9. THIRD-PARTY LINKS
The Website may contain links to websites, products, services, social media platforms, retailers, or other resources operated by third parties.
We do not control these third parties and are not responsible for their privacy practices, security, content, or policies.
We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any third-party website or service you visit.
10. AFFILIATE LINKS AND SPONSORED CONTENT
The Website may contain affiliate links or sponsored content.
If you click an affiliate link, the applicable third party or affiliate network may use cookies or similar technologies to determine whether a purchase or other qualifying action should be attributed to the Website.
When required, affiliate relationships and sponsored content will be disclosed in accordance with applicable requirements.
11. DATA RETENTION
We retain personal information for only as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including to operate the Website, provide requested services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, and protect our rights.
Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and the reason it was collected.
Third-party service providers may maintain information according to their own retention policies.
12. DATA SECURITY
We use reasonable administrative and technical measures designed to protect information associated with the Website.
However, no method of transmission or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
13. CHILDREN'S PRIVACY
The Website is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without appropriate authorization, we will take reasonable steps to delete it.
If you believe a child has provided personal information through the Website, please contact us at hello@ameliaisnotachef.com.
14. PRIVACY RIGHTS
Depending on where you live, applicable privacy law may provide you with certain rights regarding your personal information.
These rights may include the right to:
Request access to personal information;
Request correction of inaccurate information;
Request deletion of certain personal information;
Obtain a copy of certain personal information;
Restrict or object to certain processing;
Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent;
Opt out of targeted advertising;
Opt out of certain sales or sharing of personal information;
Opt out of certain profiling activities; and
Appeal certain decisions regarding a privacy request.
These rights are subject to applicable law and may not apply in every circumstance.
To submit a privacy request concerning information controlled by Amelia is NOT a Chef, contact us at hello@ameliaisnotachef.com.
We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling certain requests.
You will not be discriminated against for exercising privacy rights provided by applicable law.
15. CALIFORNIA AND OTHER U.S. STATE PRIVACY RIGHTS
Residents of California and other U.S. states with comprehensive consumer privacy laws may have additional rights concerning the collection, use, sale, sharing, or processing of personal information.
Depending on applicable law, these may include rights to access, correct, delete, or obtain copies of personal information and to opt out of targeted advertising, certain profiling, or the sale or sharing of personal information.
Where required, eligible visitors can exercise advertising-related opt-out rights through the privacy controls displayed on the Website.
You may also contact hello@ameliaisnotachef.com regarding privacy requests relating to information controlled by Amelia is NOT a Chef.
We will process verified requests as required by applicable law.
16. INTERNATIONAL VISITORS
If you access the Website from outside the United States, information associated with your use of the Website may be processed in the United States or other countries where our service providers operate.
Those countries may have data-protection laws that differ from those in your jurisdiction.
Where applicable, we and our service providers will use appropriate mechanisms required by law for international transfers of personal information.
17. EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA, UNITED KINGDOM, AND SWITZERLAND
Visitors located in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, or Switzerland may have additional rights under applicable data-protection laws.
Depending on the circumstances, processing of personal information may be based on consent, legitimate interests, contractual necessity, or compliance with legal obligations.
Where required, a consent-management platform may be presented when you visit the Website. This allows you to manage certain choices concerning cookies, advertising, and related technologies.
Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw that consent subject to applicable law.
18. DO NOT TRACK AND GLOBAL PRIVACY CONTROL
Some browsers and devices provide privacy signals such as Do Not Track (“DNT”) or Global Privacy Control (“GPC”).
Because there is not a single universally applicable standard governing all such signals, the Website's response may depend on the particular signal and applicable law.
Where applicable law requires recognition of an opt-out preference signal such as GPC, the Website and/or relevant service providers may process that signal in accordance with applicable requirements.
19. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the Website, our business practices, third-party services, advertising practices, or applicable laws.
When we make changes, we will update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page.
We encourage visitors to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
20. CONTACT US
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or would like to submit a privacy-related request, please contact:
Amelia is NOT a Chef
Email: hello@ameliaisnotachef.com
Website: ameliaisnotachef.com