Privacy Policy
Last updated: March 2026
Welcome to The Home Cook's Kitchen, a food blog owned and operated by Georgina Clegg. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit this website.
We are committed to protecting your personal information and complying with the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact:
Georgina Clegg
Email: georgie@thehomecookskitchen.com
Personal Information We Collect
We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide, including:
- Your name
- Your email address
You may provide this information when you:
- Subscribe to our newsletter
- Leave comments on blog posts
- Contact us through forms or email
Providing personal information is optional. However, if you choose not to provide certain information, you may not be able to access some features of the website, such as subscribing to our newsletter.
Automatically Collected Information
When you visit The Home Cook's Kitchen, certain information may be collected automatically, including:
- IP address
- Browser type
- Device information
- Pages visited
- Time spent on pages
- Referring website
This information helps us understand how visitors use the site and improve the content and user experience.
Cookies
This website uses cookies and similar technologies to:
- Understand and save visitor preferences
- Analyse website traffic
- Improve the website experience
- Deliver relevant advertising
Third-party vendors, including analytics providers and advertisers, may also use cookies, web beacons, and similar tracking technologies.
You can choose to disable cookies through your browser settings.
Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics (https://policies.google.com/privacy) to analyse website traffic and user behaviour. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information about how visitors use the site.
This information helps us compile reports on website activity and improve the website experience.
Google may store and process this information on servers located outside Australia.
Advertising
This Site is affiliated with CMI Marketing, Inc., doing business as Raptive, for the purposes of placing advertising on the Site.
Raptive collects and uses certain data for advertising purposes.
To learn more about Raptive's data usage, please visit:
https://raptive.com/creator-advertising-privacy-statement/
Advertising partners may use cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies to provide relevant advertisements.
Email Newsletter
If you subscribe to our newsletter, your name and email address will be stored and processed through our email service provider, Kit, in order to send newsletters, recipes, updates, and occasional promotional content related to The Home Cook's Kitchen.
You may unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link included in every email.
Third-Party Services
We may use trusted third-party services to help operate our website and business, including:
- Google Analytics (website analytics)
- Raptive (advertising services)
- Kit (email marketing and newsletter management)
These third-party providers may collect information in accordance with their own privacy policies.
Overseas Disclosure of Personal Information
Some third-party services used by this website may store or process personal information outside Australia.
By using this website and providing your information, you consent to the transfer of your data to countries outside Australia that may have different data protection laws.
How We Use Your Information
We may use the information we collect to:
- Operate and maintain the website
- Improve the user experience
- Respond to enquiries or comments
- Send newsletters and updates (if you subscribe)
- Analyse website traffic and performance
- Deliver advertising content
Data Security
We take reasonable steps to protect personal information from misuse, loss, unauthorised access, modification, or disclosure.
However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is completely secure.
Retention of Personal Information
We retain personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
Accuracy of Personal Information
We take reasonable steps to ensure that the personal information we hold is accurate, complete, and up to date.
If you believe the information we hold about you is inaccurate or incomplete, please contact us so we can update it.
Access to Your Personal Information
You may request access to the personal information we hold about you.
You may also request that we correct or delete your personal information.
To make a request, please contact:
georgie@thehomecookskitchen.com
Privacy Complaints
If you believe we have breached the Australian Privacy Principles or mishandled your personal information, please contact us at:
georgie@thehomecookskitchen.com
We will respond to your complaint as soon as reasonably possible.
If you are not satisfied with our response, you may contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC).
Children's Information
The Home Cook's Kitchen does not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 16.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date.
Contact Information
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact:
Georgina Clegg
The Home Cook's Kitchen
Email: georgie@thehomecookskitchen.com
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 All About 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 National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices app 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 Mediavine Partners.