Who we are
Our website address is: https://chefstove.co.uk.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help 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. 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. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Using Cookies
Chef Stove uses “cookies” – data that is transferred from Chef Stove to your hard drive for record-keeping purposes. We use cookies to deliver content that matches your interests and to save your password so that you don’t have to re-enter it each time you visit Chef Stove. These cookies are valid for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This file contains no personal information and is deleted when you close your browser.
When you log in, we also set several cookies to store your login information and screen display choices. Log in cookies are stored for two days and screen selection cookies are stored for up to a year. If you select the “Remember me” option, your login will be saved for two weeks. If you sign out of your account, your login cookies will be deleted.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be stored in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Juvenile Policy
Children should always ask their parents before submitting any personal information online. No information should be sent or posted on Chef Stove by minors (persons under the age of 18) without parental or guardian consent. Unless otherwise disclosed at the time of collection, we do not knowingly provide any Personally Identifiable Information about minors, regardless of its source, nor is this information knowingly used by Chef Stove for any marketing or promotional purposes. Minors are not permitted to participate in contests.
Chef Stove complies with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. If we learn that we have collected information from any child under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, we will remove that information from our database as soon as possible. If you believe that any Site has collected any information about anyone under the age of 13, please contact the administrator of Chef Stove by mail or email at one of the addresses listed below.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may contain embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other sites behaves exactly as if the visitor had visited another site.
These sites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third party tracking tools and track your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that site.
Each of these linked sites maintains its own independent privacy and data collection policies and procedures. If you visit a website linked from one of our sites, we encourage you to review that website’s privacy policy before submitting any personal information.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment its metadata are saved indefinitely. It so that we can automatically recognize and approve any subsequent comments, rather than keep them in the moderation queue.
For users who register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit or delete their personal information at any time (except that they cannot change their username). Site administrators can also see and edit this information.
What 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 information we keep about you, including any data you have provided to us. You may also request the deletion of any personal information we keep about you. This does not include data that we are required to keep for administrative, legal or security purposes.
Security
The security of Chef Stove online mission can be 100% guaranteed. Please note that your email, like most, if not all, unencrypted messages on the Internet, can potentially be accessed and viewed by other Internet users without your knowledge or permission at the time of transmission to us. For this reason, to protect your privacy, please do not use email to send us information that you consider confidential. Although we strive to protect your personal information, Chef Stove cannot guarantee or ensure the security of any information you transmit to us. Once we receive your transmitted information, we will make reasonable efforts to protect it in our internal systems. Depending on the nature of the request, your message may be rejected or archived.
Where we send your data
Visitors’ comments can be checked through the automated spam detection service.