This Policy is valid from January 1, 2017 - Present, Updated March 2024.

Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy & Disclosures

GfreeDeliciously.com is a Substack publication.

Substack Inc. knows you care about how your personal information is used and shared, and they take your privacy seriously. This Privacy Policy outlines how Substack and we collect, use, and share your personally identifiable information ("Personal Information") through our website, GfreeDeliciously.com (hosted at www.substack.com), and our services. Please read it carefully.

Remember that your use of Substack is always subject to the Substack Terms of Use, which incorporates this Privacy Policy. Any terms we use in this Privacy Policy without defining them have the definitions given to them in the Substack Terms of Use.

This Privacy Policy includes additional notices that may apply to you if you are a California consumer. Please see the section further below titled "Additional Notices for California Residents" for more details.

PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the installed cookies on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages or products you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and how you interact with the Site.

We collect information using the following technologies:

• “Cookies” are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include a unique anonymous identifier. For more information about cookies and how to disable cookies, visit https://www.allaboutcookies.org

• “Log files” track actions occurring on the Site and collect data, including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.

• “Web beacons,” “tags,” and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.

Additionally, when you purchase or attempt to purchase through the Site, we collect certain information from you, including your name, billing address, shipping address, and payment information (including credit card numbers, email addresses, and phone numbers). We refer to this information as “Order Information.”

COMMUNICATION DATA

We also collect communication data that includes any communication you send to us, whether through our website's contact form, email, text, social media messaging, social media posting, or any other communication you send us. We process this data to communicate with you, record-keeping, and establish pursuance or defense of legal claims. Our lawful ground for this processing is our legitimate interests: to reply to communications sent to us, keep records, and establish, pursue, or defend legal claims.

We may use this data to deliver relevant website content and advertisements to you and to measure or understand the effectiveness of the advertising we serve you. Our lawful ground for this processing is legitimate interests in growing our business. We may also use such data to send you other marketing communications. Our lawful ground for this processing is either consent or legitimate interests.

This privacy notice provides details of how we collect and process personal data when you use our sites, www.gfreedeliciously.com and kymberleypekrul.com.

By providing us with your data, you warrant that you are over 13 years of age.

Kymberley A. Pekrul is the data controller responsible for your personal data.

Kymberley A. Pekrul, contact details:

Name of legal entity: Kymberley A. Pekrul | Gfree Deliciously™

Email address: kymberley@gfreedeliciously.com

Mailing address: W1347 Pit Road, Mount Calvary, WI 53057

GFREE DELICIOUSLY NEWSLETTER (eNews) & EMAILS

If you have subscribed to our eNewsletter, are a subscriber/member of our website (you can log in), or have purchased on our website, there is a good chance you will receive emails from us.

We will only send you emails that you have signed up to receive or pertain to our services.

The name and email address you provide us are used to send you emails. Our site also logs the IP address you used when you signed up for the service to prevent system abuse.

This website can send emails using the Substack eNewsletter writing platform. This sending service allows us to track opens and clicks on our emails, which we use to improve the content of our eNewsletters.

No identifiable information otherwise is tracked outside this website except the email address.

THE PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT AND WHY WE COLLECT IT

COMMENT POLICY

Two words: Be nice. People worldwide already spend too much time tearing each other down and competing with one another. GfreeDeliciously is not the place for harsh criticisms or negativity - we are all in this together - everyone is on the same team! And while I welcome ideas from readers of all walks of life, I ask that those ideas be expressed with respect and honor for one another with dignity and a little (or, if the situation warrants, BIG) dollop of grace.

COMMENTS

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form and the visitor's IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

MEDIA

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. You don't want to do this because visitors can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

CONTENT FROM OTHER WEBSITES

Articles on this Site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves similarly as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

ANALYTICS - WHO WE SHARE YOUR DATA WITH & HOW LONG WE RETAIN YOUR DATA

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata remain indefinitely. However, it automatically recognizes and approves any follow-up comments instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

Users who register on our website (if any) also store the personal information they provide in their user profiles. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any point in time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

THE RIGHTS YOU HAVE OVER YOUR DATA

If you have an account on this Site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any information you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. That data does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

WHERE WE SEND YOUR DATA

We may check visitor comments through an automated spam detection service.

SENSITIVE DATA

We do not collect Sensitive Data about you, which refers to details about your race, ethnicity, religion, political affiliations, or sexual orientation.

Where we are required to collect personal data by law or under the terms of the contract between you and us, do not provide us with that data when requested, we may not perform the contract (for example, to deliver goods or services to you). If you don't provide us with the requested data, we may have to cancel a product or service you ordered, but if we do, we will notify you at that time.

We will only use your data for a purpose initially collected or reasonably compatible if necessary. For more information on this, please email us at kymberley@gfreedeliciously.com.

We may process your account data without your knowledge or consent, where required or permitted by law.

MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS

Under Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations, we may send marketing communications to you if:

• You have made a purchase or asked for information from us about our goods or services or

• If you agreed to receive marketing communications, and, in each case, you have not opted out of receiving such communications since.

In addition, under these regulations, if you are a limited company, we may send you marketing emails without your consent. However, you can still opt out of receiving marketing emails from us.

You can ask third parties or us to stop sending you marketing messages at any point in time by following the opt-out links on any marketing message sent to you OR by emailing us at kymberley@gfreedeliciously.com.

If you opt out of receiving marketing communications, this does not apply to personal data provided from other purchases or transactions.

DATA SECURITY

We have put security measures in place to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, altered, disclosed, or accessed without authorization. Access to your personal data is only allowed to those employees and partners who have a business need to know such data.

DATA RETENTION

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including to satisfy any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

Additional Notices for California Residents

Substack has prepared additional disclosures and notices consistent with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Our CCPA Policy, the terms of which are incorporated by reference into this Privacy Policy, can be found here.

YOUR RIGHTS

Under data protection laws, you have rights in relation to your personal data that include the right to request access, correction, erasure, restriction, transfer, object to processing, portability of data, and (where the lawful ground of processing is consent) to withdraw consent. If you wish to exercise these rights, please email us at kymberley@gfreedeliciously.com.

If you are a European resident, you have the right to access the personal information we hold about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted. If you want to exercise this right, please email us at kymberley@gfreedeliciously.com.

Additionally, suppose you are a European resident. In that case, we note that we are processing your information to fulfill contracts we might have with you (for example, if you make an order through the Site) or otherwise to pursue our legitimate business interests listed above. Please note that your information will be transferred outside Europe, including Canada and the United States.

CHANGES

We may update this privacy policy from time to time to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons.

CONTACT US

For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please get in touch with us by email at kymberley@gfreedeliciously.com or by mail using the details provided below:

W1347 Pit Road, Mount Calvary, WI 53057-9508, United States

AFFILIATE DISCLAIMER

Some of the sections of this Site will allow you to purchase different products and services online provided by other merchants and not us. Some of the links that we post on our Site are "affiliate links." This means we will receive an affiliate commission if you click on the link and purchase the item. *

We are not responsible for the quality, accuracy, timeliness, reliability, or any other aspects of these products and services. In addition, a merchant will likely have privacy and data collection practices that are different from ours. If you make a purchase from a merchant on their Site or on a site that we have posted a link to, the information obtained during your visit to that merchant's online store or Site and the information that you give as part of the transaction, such as your name, email address, street address, telephone number, and credit card number, may be collected by the merchant and us. For more information regarding a merchant, its online store, its privacy policies, or any additional terms and conditions that may apply, visit that merchant's website and click on its information links or contact the merchant directly.

Additionally...

We participate in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to pay us fees for linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.

COOKIE POLICY

This site uses cookies – small text files placed on your machine to help the site provide a better user experience. In general, cookies retain user preferences, store information for shopping carts, and provide anonymized tracking data to third-party applications like Google Analytics. As a rule, cookies will make your browsing experience better. However, you may prefer to disable cookies on this site and others. The most effective way is to disable cookies in your browser. We suggest consulting the Help section of your browser or looking at the About Cookies website, which offers guidance for all modern browsers.

CONTACT FORMS

If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. Cookies will last for one year.

When you create a user account and log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and disappears when you close your browser.

We will also set up several cookies to save your login information and screen display choices when you log in. Login cookies last two days, and screen options cookies last a year. For example, if you select "Remember Me," your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

An additional cookie will be saved in your browser if you edit or publish an article. This cookie includes no personal data and indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after one day.

Nutrition Disclaimer

I, Kymberley Pekrul,  am not a certified dietician or nutritionist and make no claims to the contrary. Everyone's dietary needs and restrictions are unique to the individual. Therefore, you are ultimately responsible for all decisions about your health.

Please read the information and nutrition disclaimer details below.

What GfreeDeliciously is:

GfreeDeliciously is a collection of recipes that my family and I eat and enjoy; it is written and produced for informational purposes only.

Information Disclaimer:

The GfreeDeliciously website does not provide medical or legal advice. Information found on GfreeDeliciously is not intended as, nor should it be considered a substitute for, professional medical advice, suggestions, diagnosis, counseling, or treatment of any kind.

GfreeDeliciously provides all information without any guarantee. Always seek your doctor's advice or that of another qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay seeking it because of something you have read on the GfreeDeliciously website. Before beginning or modifying any diet, exercise, or lifestyle program, you should obtain full medical clearance from a licensed physician. In addition, you should also inform your doctor of all nutritional changes. Using the information provided on GfreeDeliciously is based on your judgment at your own risk. Therefore, you assume full responsibility and liability for your actions.

Allergens:

This website does not guarantee that the ingredients listed in any recipe are allergy-free. If you have a food allergy, it is up to you to determine whether you are allergic to the ingredients in each recipe. Do not rely on any statement that a particular recipe is gluten-free, dairy-free, nut-free, soy-free, or free of any other possible allergen. Always follow safe food handling guidelines when preparing food.

Nutrition Information:

Online calculators such as Nutrifox.com and WP Recipe Maker calculate nutritional information for this website. We offer this information as a courtesy. However, this information should not be understood or interpreted as a guarantee. Furthermore, GfreeDeliciously attempts to provide accurate nutritional information, so these figures should only be considered estimates. Various factors such as product types or brands purchased, natural fluctuations in fresh produce, and processed ingredients may change the nutritional information in any recipe. That being so, different online calculators provide different results depending on their nutrition fact sources and algorithms. Under no circumstances will GfreeDeliciously be responsible for any loss or damage resulting from your reliance on the nutritional information.

Online Calculators:

It is equally important to note that various online calculators provide different results depending on their nutrition fact sources and algorithms. Under no circumstances will GfreeDeliciously be responsible for any loss or damage resulting from your reliance on the nutritional information.

To obtain the most accurate representation of the nutritional information in a given recipe, you should calculate the nutritional information using the actual ingredients used in your recipe using your preferred nutrition calculator. You are solely responsible for ensuring that any nutritional information provided is accurate, complete, and valuable to you.

*Disclosed per the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”