Cookie Policy

Effective Date: September 2025

Scope

This Cookie Policy explains how cookies and similar technologies (including pixels, tags, local storage, SDKs, and device identifiers) are used on El Recipe to operate the site, measure traffic, and deliver advertising, including personalized and non‑personalized ads.
It applies to all visitors and is integrated with a consent banner that blocks non‑essential technologies until a choice is made and records consent according to regional requirements.

What cookies are

Cookies are small text files placed on a device by websites to remember information between visits.
They may be session cookies (deleted when the browser closes) or persistent cookies (retained for a defined period), and either first‑party (set by this site) or third‑party (set by service providers on this site).

Technologies used

  • Cookies: enable core functionality, preferences, analytics, and advertising.
  • Pixels/Tags/SDKs: measure performance, detect fraud, and deliver or limit ads.
  • Local storage and similar: store choices (for example, consent) and reduce reliance on third‑party cookies as browsers deprecate them.

Categories we use

  • Essential: Required for core functionality, security, load balancing, fraud prevention, and consent logging; these cannot be disabled via the banner.
  • Preferences: Remember choices (for example, language or layout) to personalize the experience; optional.
  • Analytics/Measurement: Help understand traffic, content performance, and improve the site; optional.
  • Advertising: Deliver, limit, and measure ads; enable personalization where permitted; optional.

Advertising and Google services

Third‑party vendors, including Google, may use cookies/identifiers to serve and measure ads; where permitted, these enable personalized ads, and where consent is withheld, only non‑personalized ads are shown.
Consent choices are communicated to Google via Consent Mode v2 (for example, ad_storage, analytics_storage, ad_user_data, ad_personalization), which adjusts tag behavior for denied consent, including limited or cookieless measurement.

Consent management

A consent banner appears on first visit (and periodically thereafter) with Accept All, Reject Non‑Essential, and Manage Preferences options of equal prominence.
Non‑essential cookies and similar technologies are blocked until consent is given, and a “Manage Consent” link in the footer reopens the banner to change or withdraw consent at any time.

EEA/UK/Switzerland

Prior consent is required for analytics and advertising; without consent, only essential technologies are used and non‑personalized ads may be shown.
Where supported, vendor‑level choices are captured and shared with participating partners using a recognized transparency and consent framework.

United States choices

If personalized advertising constitutes “selling” or “sharing” personal information under applicable state laws, a “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” control is provided.
Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals are treated as a valid opt‑out of sale/share for the browser sending the signal.

Canada and other regions

Regional consent and opt‑out flows are applied as required by local law, and the banner provides appropriate choices and disclosures for the detected region.
Where prior consent is not required, non‑essential categories can still be declined via the banner when reopened with the “Manage Consent” link.

Visitor controls

  • Consent controls: Use the “Manage Consent” link in the footer to accept or reject categories and review or update vendor choices at any time.
  • Browser/OS settings: Browsers and devices provide options to block or delete cookies/IDs; doing so may impact site functionality.
  • Ad choices: Non‑personalized ads are served where advertising consent is denied or a valid sale/share opt‑out applies.

Typical durations

  • Essential: session to 12 months (for example, consent state, security, load balancing).
  • Preferences: up to 12 months (for example, language or layout).
  • Analytics: about 13 to 24 months (traffic and performance metrics).
  • Advertising: a few days to up to 24 months (frequency capping, measurement, personalization where allowed).

Partners and vendors

  • Analytics: Used to understand traffic and performance, configured to respect consent and regional rules.
  • Advertising and measurement: Google AdSense and other ad/measurement partners may participate; active partners and purposes are displayed within the banner’s preferences view when reopened with the “Manage Consent” link.
    Partners are bound by agreements to safeguard information and use it only for specified purposes, and the vendor list may update as services change.

Dynamic cookie and vendor list

The current list of cookies, technologies, purposes, providers, and durations is generated dynamically by the consent platform and shown in the banner’s preferences interface when using the “Manage Consent” link.
This list updates automatically when services change or new cookies are detected by periodic scans.

Data retention and consent records

Cookie data persists for the durations listed above or as updated in the banner interface; consent logs (timestamp, region, categories, vendor string where applicable) are retained as needed to demonstrate compliance and then deleted or anonymized.
Changing or withdrawing consent applies going forward and does not affect the lawfulness of prior processing.

Children

This site is not directed to children under 13, and where age‑related restrictions apply, personalized ads are not shown to users identified as under the applicable age threshold.
If a child’s information is believed to have been collected in error, a request can be submitted via the Contact page for prompt deletion.

International transfers

Some partners may process information in other countries subject to appropriate safeguards and contractual commitments, consistent with applicable law and the regional consent provided.
Where required, standard contractual safeguards and vendor due diligence are used to help protect transferred information.

Changes

This policy may be updated periodically; a new effective date will be posted, and material changes to categories, partners, or consent practices will be reflected in the banner and this page.
Continued browsing after an update signifies awareness of the current practices reflected in this policy.

Contact

Questions about this Cookie Policy, consent choices, or regional privacy rights can be submitted through the Contact page.
For overall privacy practices, including data rights and advertising disclosures, please refer to the Privacy Policy.