This privacy policy lays out how Karis Stucker (owner of Karis’ Corner LLC) and this Website (karisbakes.com) uses and protects any information that you share while using karisbakes.com. Here at Karis’ Corner (Karis Bakes being an entity of Karis’ Corner), our aim is to provide intentional and thoughtful content for our readers. You’ll find all the details about the information we collect, how we make a profit from the Website, and other Terms of Use that apply to you.
I am committed to protecting your privacy. The purpose of this privacy policy is to let you know what personal information is collected and how it may be used within our Website.
By accessing and browsing this Website, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. In the event of any violation of these Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, or any applicable laws, we will fully cooperate with any law enforcement officials or agencies in the investigation of such violations. This policy may change without notice. You should periodically check this page to stay up to date with the latest policy. While these practices may be changed, any changes will be posted and changes will only apply to activities and information on a going forward, rather than a retroactive basis. You are encouraged to review the privacy policy whenever you visit the site to make sure that you understand how any personal information you provide will be used.
terms of use
no warranty
Karis’ Corner (Karis Bakes) DOES NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND.
The Website is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. Karis’ Corner (Karis Bakes) disclaims all warranties, express and implied, including but not limited to fitness for a particular purpose, merchantability, non-infringement, availability, or security.
We make a reasonable effort to provide accurate information, but cannot warrant that any information provided is accurate, complete, reliable, or current. We provide no warranty or assume liability for any information on the Website.
what information do we collect?
The information we collect from you may be used in one or more of the following manners:
- To personalize your experience: this helps us to better respond to your individual needs.
- To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature.
- To improve our website: we continually strive to improve our website offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you.
- To send periodic emails to our Karis Bakes “insiders”.
- The email address you provide may be used to send you information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions.
We collect information from you when you subscribe to a newsletter, fill out a form, enter information on our site, or are merely browsing the site.
We may collect personal information from you that you’ve voluntarily submitted to us, such as your name or email address such as if you voluntarily submit information to this website when signing up for newsletters or submit a comment or submit an inquiry via our contact form.
We may also collect anonymous information such as your IP address. Anonymous information consists of non-personally-identifiable data. For example, when you use our website, we can log your IP address, the device you are using, operating system, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, time spent on our site, when you came to our site. We may also collect information on actions you take while visiting our website, such as what links or buttons you clicked on. All of this information helps us improve the Website and the user experience.
do we use cookies?
Karis’ Corner LLC (Karis Bakes) uses cookies. Cookies are files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser that allow the sites or service providers’ systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. You have the right/option to opt out of cookie use.
We use cookies to keep track of advertisements and compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction, such as tracking the number of visitors to the site and audience demographics, so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.
Cookies also help us to understand your preferences based on previous or current site activity, which enables us to provide you with improved user-experience.
You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies through your browser settings. Look at your browser’s Help Menu to modify your cookies.
You have the option of subscribing to our newsletter. All newsletters sent may contain tracking pixels. The pixel embedded in emails allows an analysis of the success of our email marketing campaign. These tracking pixels allow us to see when you opened the email, if you opened the email, and what links you clicked in the email. This also allows the website to adapt future newsletter content to the interest of the user. This behavior is strictly confidential and will not be passed onto third parties.
We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting is in use on this website. Collected aggregate data (such as age, gender and interests) is used to guide content in order to better serve visitors. It may also be cited in media kits and referenced in discussion with potential partnerships.
Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version.
Please note that blocking cookies may have a negative impact on the functions of many websites, including our website. Some features of this website may cease to be available to you.
interest-based advertising
Advertising Privacy Statement
This website is affiliated with Google Adsense for the purpose of placing ads on this Website.
- Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to the website or other websites.
- Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to website users based on visits to our site and/or other sites on the Internet.
- Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Ads Settings. (You may opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.)
If you have not opted out of third-party ad serving, the cookies of other third-party vendors or ad networks may also be used to serve ads.
rights to your information
Email Addresses
Opt-out: you may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe link in all our emails. You may also email us at karisscorner@gmail.com to be removed from our mailing list at any time.
We may collect your email address if you so choose to provide it to us. For example, if you sign up to receive an email newsletter, leave a comment, or enter a promotion. We will use your email address for the purposes for which you provided it to us. You may opt out of such email communications at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” button at the bottom of the email.
Your email address may also be shared with the technology provider we use in connection with the purposes for which you provided it. For example, we use Mailchimp to deliver our email newsletters. Information provided is transferred to Mailchimp for processing in accordance to their Privacy Policy.
If you are a resident of a country in the European Economic Area (EEA), please refer to the section below entitled “Additional Rights of EEA Residents”.
comment, registration or account data
As you use the Site, we collect other data that voluntarily provide. For example, if you leave a comment, the Site will record your name as provided. You are welcome to use a nick-name instead, if you would rather not have your name published in conjunction with the comment.
We may also collect information about you through other voluntary methods, including research surveys.
We may use your personally-identifying information for a variety of our internal business purposes, such as creating a better user experience for the Site, diagnosing and troubleshooting malfunctions on the Site, better understanding how the Site is used, and making personalized recommendations for you.
If you are a resident of a country in the European Economic Area (EEA), please refer to the section below entitled “Additional Rights of EEA Residents.”
additional rights of eea (european economic area) residents
If you are a resident of a country in the EEA, you have the rights, among others, to:
- access your personal data
- ensure the accuracy of your personal data
- the right to have us delete your personal data
- the right to restrict further processing of your personal data, and
- the right to complain to a supervisory authority in your country of residence in the event that data is misused
If you believe that our processing of your personal information infringes data protection laws, you have a legal right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority responsible for data protection. You may do so in the EU member state of your residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement.
You may exercise any of your rights in relation to your personal data by writing to us addressed to: karisscorner@gmail.com
copyright
This website, including all images, text, software, and other content is the property of Karis’ Corner LLC and is protected by United States and international copyright laws. All rights reserved.
You have our permission to use a link to our Website from your website. You may use one photo or excerpt (up to 100 words) from any post, with a mandatory link back to the post on our Website where it originated. We do not allow re-posting an entire recipe or more than one paragraph of a post, using photos without linking back, or presenting any of our content as your own. Any distribution of content from Karis’ Corner LLC (Karis Bakes) beyond what is described herein constitutes copyright infringement.
You may view and print any content displayed on the Website for personal, non-commercial use, provided that all copyright and attribution notices remain intact. You agree not to reproduce, publish, transmit, distribute, sell, license, modify, or create derivative content from this Website or any part of it, without prior written consent from Karis’ Corner LLC (Karis Bakes).
advertisements and third party links
We use third party service providers on karisbakes.com to support our site. These advertisements pay for the costs of running a large website and support the content that we provide to you for free.
Display Ads: we may use a third-party vendor to serve content and advertisements on our website, which may use cookies, as noted above. The use of cookies enables it to serve ads to our users based on previous visits to our site and other sites on the Internet.
Retargeting Ads: from time to time, we may engage in remarketing efforts with third-party companies like Google, Facebook, or Instagram, in order to market the website. These companies use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to the website. You can find out more about their usage of cookies by locating their privacy policy.
changes to the privacy policy
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. The most recent version of the Privacy Policy will always be posted on the Site, with the “Effective Date” posted at the top of the Policy. We may revise and update this Privacy Policy if our practices change, as technology changes, or as we add new services or change existing ones. If we make any material changes to our Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal information, or we are going to use any personal information in a manner that is materially different from that stated in our Privacy Policy at the time we collected such information, we will give you a reasonable opportunity to consent to the change. If you do not consent, your personal information will be used as agreed to under the terms of the privacy policy in effect at the time we obtained that information. By using our Site or services after the Effective Date, you are deemed to consent to our then-current privacy policy. We will use information previously obtained in accordance with the Privacy Policy in effect when the information was obtained from you.
nutrition information
The authors of karisbakes.com are not licenced dietitians or nutritionists. Any recommendations made are from our research or personal experience, and are not to be taken as medical or nutritional advice. You are fully responsible for any actions you take and any consequences that occur as a result of anything you read on this Website.
The Website or content herein is not intended to cure, prevent, diagnose or treat any disease. Please consult your health care provider regarding any health related decisions.
Karis’ Corner LLC (Karis Bakes) or Karis Stucker shall not be liable for adverse reactions or any other outcome resulting from the use of recipes or recommendations on the Website or actions you take as a result.
Karis Stucker is not responsible for the outcome of any recipe you try from this blog. You may not always have the same results I do due to differing ingredients, humidity, altitude, cooking temperatures, outdoor temperatures, typos, errors, omissions, or individual cooking abilities.
It is the readers responsibility to determine the value and quality of any recipe or instructions provided for food preparation and to determine the nutritional value, if any, and safety of the perpetration instructions. The recipes presented are intended for entertainment and/or use by persons having appropriate technical skill, at their own discretion and risk. I am not liable, not responsible, and do not assume obligation for: Adverse reactions to food consumed such as food poisoning and any kind of food-borne disease. Please always use your best judgment when cooking with raw ingredients such as eggs. Karis’ Corner is not responsible for misinterpreted recipes, domestic accidents, including but not limited to fires in your kitchen, a cut finger, or a very messy sink. Please bake carefully and responsibly.
Karis’ Corner LLC or Karis Stucker shall not be liable for adverse reactions or any other outcome resulting from the use of recipes or recommendations on the Website or actions you take as a result.
affiliate programs
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has guidelines regarding endorsements and testimonials to protect you from misleading advertising that’s been paid for by a company. Because Karis’ Corner LLC is an income source and does occasionally include endorsements and promotions, it’s important to disclose the following:
- This blog is a source of income and may be used to promote products, services, or other businesses.
- I will only ever share or encourage products, businesses or services that I have actually used and believe could be of benefit to you.
- Affiliate links are used in some posts where I make a small percentage of each sale. This is one way I make money from blogging. It does not cost you anything extra.
- Mentions of related products, services or businesses within the content of my blog may or may not be noted as an affiliate in every reference.
- Though products provided to me for review are given free of charge, this does not guarantee that I will give a positive review. I vow to review products honestly and do not endorse products I would not use myself.
- My goal is to inspire a love of baking in others as one possible means of therapy while generating a small profit to make a living for myself.
We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn a small profit by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. As part of this program, Karis’ Corner LLC can post customized links, provided by Amazon, to track the referrals to their websites. This program utilizes cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commission on these sales.
sponsored content
We occasionally get opportunities to work with companies by creating a recipe using a specific product, hosting a giveaway, etc. A disclosure will always be included at the top of every sponsored post. Even when we are part of a paid promotion, we will be 100% honest upon our review of said good or service. We will only share products that we would use ourselves and would recommend that any Karis’ Corner reader use as well. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question.
contacting us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, or the practices of this Site, please contact us at karisscorner@gmail.com
