Privacy Policy

Last Updated: October 20, 2026

A Little Fish in the Kitchen (“we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the information you share with us when you visit and use our website.

This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected through A Little Fish in the Kitchen, how that information may be used, the third-party services we use, and the choices available to you.

By using this website, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page, and the “Last Updated” date will be revised accordingly.

Information We Collect

The information we collect depends on how you interact with our website.

Information You Provide Directly

You may voluntarily provide personal information when you:

  • Subscribe to our email newsletter;
  • Contact us through a contact form or by email;
  • Leave a comment or otherwise interact with the website;
  • Participate in a promotion, giveaway, survey, or other feature that requests information; or
  • Otherwise voluntarily provide information to us.

Depending on the interaction, this information may include your name, email address, the contents of your message or comment, and other information you choose to provide.

Please do not submit sensitive personal information through our website unless specifically requested.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit our website, certain information may be collected automatically by our website, hosting provider, analytics services, security services, advertising partners, and other third-party technologies.

This information may include things such as:

  • IP address or approximate location information;
  • Browser type and operating system;
  • Device type;
  • Pages visited and content viewed;
  • Date and time of visits;
  • Referring website or source;
  • General information about how you interact with the website; and
  • Information collected through cookies and similar technologies.

This information is generally used to operate, secure, analyze, maintain, and improve the website and to provide relevant advertising where applicable.

How We Use Information

We may use information collected through the website to:

  • Provide and maintain our website;
  • Respond to questions, comments, and requests;
  • Deliver newsletters or other communications you have requested;
  • Improve our recipes, content, website, and services;
  • Understand how visitors use the website;
  • Monitor and protect the security of the website;
  • Prevent spam, fraud, and other abusive activity;
  • Display and measure advertising;
  • Comply with applicable laws and legal obligations; and
  • Carry out other purposes described at the time information is collected.

We do not sell your email address or intentionally sell your personal information to third parties.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our website uses cookies and similar technologies. Cookies are small files stored on your device that allow a website to remember information about your visit and, in some cases, recognize your browser during future visits.

We may use cookies and similar technologies for purposes including:

  • Essential website functionality;
  • Remembering preferences;
  • Analytics and website performance;
  • Security and spam prevention;
  • Advertising and advertising measurement; and
  • Managing and recording cookie-consent preferences.

Some cookies may be placed by third-party services that operate on our behalf or provide services used by the website.

You can manage cookies through our cookie-consent banner and through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of portions of the website.

CookieYes

We use CookieYes, a third-party cookie consent management service, to display our cookie-consent banner and allow visitors to manage their preferences regarding cookies and similar technologies.

CookieYes may process limited information, including a masked or pseudonymized IP address and information regarding your consent choices, in order to maintain a record of consent. CookieYes states that its consent records may include information such as consent status, consent categories, country, date/time, and a pseudonymized IP address.

For additional information, please review the CookieYes Privacy Policy.

Advertising

This website is supported in part by advertising.

We currently use Journey by Mediavine for advertising services. Advertising partners and technology providers may use cookies, pixels, web beacons, or similar technologies to deliver, personalize, measure, and report on advertising, subject to applicable privacy choices and laws.

Advertising technology may collect information such as browser and device information, approximate location, pages viewed, advertising interactions, and other information associated with your visit.

Mediavine provides additional information about its advertising practices, privacy notices, partners, and available privacy controls through its Legal & Privacy Center.

Your available choices regarding personalized advertising may vary depending on your location and applicable privacy laws. Where required, our website’s privacy and cookie controls will provide applicable choices.

Grow by Mediavine

We use Grow by Mediavine, a service provided by Mediavine, to provide certain website features and functionality, including tools that may allow visitors to interact with and engage with our content.

Depending on the features being used, Grow may collect information such as IP address, browser and device information, website activity, and information associated with user interactions with Grow features. Grow may also use cookies and similar technologies to provide and maintain its services.

Information collected through Grow is handled in accordance with Mediavine’s applicable privacy practices. For more information about how Mediavine collects and uses information, please review the Mediavine Legal & Privacy Center.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to help us understand how visitors use our website and to measure website traffic and performance.

Google Analytics may collect information such as device and browser information, pages visited, interactions with the website, approximate geographic information, and information associated with cookies or similar identifiers.

Google explains that Google Analytics 4 uses IP addresses at the time of collection for purposes including location information and data-center routing, but raw IP addresses are not logged or stored in Analytics reporting in the same manner as the older Universal Analytics system.

We use analytics information to better understand our audience, improve our recipes and website, and evaluate website performance.

For additional information about Google’s privacy practices and available controls, please visit Google’s Analytics privacy information.

Jetpack

We use the free version of Jetpack, a service provided by Automattic, to provide limited website analytics and statistics. Jetpack helps us understand general website traffic and how visitors interact with our content.

Jetpack may collect information such as IP address, browser and device information, referring website, pages visited, and other information related to website activity. Jetpack may also use cookies or similar technologies in connection with its services.

The information provided through Jetpack is used to understand website traffic, monitor website performance, and help us improve the content and experience we provide to our readers.

Jetpack’s services are provided by Automattic. For more information about how Automattic collects and uses information, please review the Automattic Privacy Policy.

Email Newsletter and RSS Emails

If you voluntarily subscribe to our email list, we use Mailchimp to manage our subscribers and deliver email communications, including newsletters, recipes, website updates, and RSS emails containing new content from A Little Fish in the Kitchen.

When you subscribe, we may collect and store information such as your name and email address for the purpose of delivering these communications.

Mailchimp may also collect information about email engagement, such as whether an email was opened or whether links within an email were clicked. This information may be used to help us understand how our emails are performing and improve future communications.

You may unsubscribe from our emails at any time by clicking the “Unsubscribe” link included in our emails. You may also contact us directly if you need assistance with your subscription.

Mailchimp processes subscriber information on our behalf. For more information about how Mailchimp collects and uses personal information, please review Mailchimp’s Privacy Policy.

Website Security and Spam Prevention

We use MalCare to help protect our website against spam, malicious activity, and other security threats.

When you submit certain information through website forms, comments, or email-subscription forms, MalCare’s security services may process information such as an IP address, email address, submitted text, and information contained in the relevant form fields for security and spam-prevention purposes.

MalCare states that information processed through its security services may be retained in log files for a limited period and may be used to help identify and prevent spam activity.

For more information, please review MalCare’s Privacy Policy.

WP Captcha / Advanced Google reCAPTCHA

We use WPCaptcha (Advanced Google reCAPTCHA) to help protect our website from spam and automated activity, including spam submitted through our comment form

For comments we use the plug-in’s built in Math Captcha which asks visitor to solve a simple math problem/question before submitting a comment. This feature helps us distinguish between genuine human visitors and automated spam submissions.

The math captcha may use a cookie or a similar mechanism to verify the CAPTCHA response. The plug-in may also temporarily process information, such IP addresses, for security and spam-prevention purposes.

We use this information solely for website security and spam prevention and do not use the CAPTCHA information for advertising purposes.

For additional information, please review the WP Captcha Privacy Policy

Cloudflare — Website Performance and Security

We use Cloudflare to help improve website performance, deliver cached website content, and protect A Little Fish in the Kitchen from malicious traffic, automated bots, and other security threats.

Cloudflare may process technical information associated with visits to our website, including IP addresses, browser and device information, requested URLs, and website traffic data. Cloudflare may also use cookies and similar technologies to support its security and visitor verification features.

When suspicious or automated activity is detected, Cloudflare may temporarily verify a visitor’s browser or request before allowing access to the website. This helps us protect our website while allowing legitimate visitors to access our content.

We use these services for website performance, security, and bot prevention. For more information about how Cloudflare processes information, please review the Cloudflare Privacy Policy and Cloudflare Cookie Policy.

Comments and User-Submitted Content

If you leave a comment or submit content through a form on our website, the information you provide may be collected and stored for purposes of displaying, moderating, responding to, or protecting the website from spam and abuse.

Please remember that information you voluntarily post in a public comment may be visible to other website visitors. Do not include personal information in a public comment that you do not wish to make publicly available.

Third-Party Links

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, including websites operated by advertisers, affiliate partners, retailers, recipe resources, social-media platforms, and other organizations.

If you follow a link to another website, that website’s own privacy policy and terms will apply. We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or security of third-party websites.

We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any third-party website you visit.

Affiliate Links

From time to time, our website may contain affiliate links. If you click an affiliate link and make a purchase, we may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.

Affiliate relationships are described further in our Disclosure Policy.

Social Media

We may provide links to or features from social-media platforms such as Facebook, Pinterest, YouTube, or other social-media services.

Those platforms may collect information about your interaction with their content or features according to their own privacy policies. We do not control the information collected by these third parties.

YouTube

Our website may link to or embed videos from our YouTube channel or other YouTube content.

If you interact with an embedded YouTube video or visit YouTube, Google may collect information according to its own privacy policies and terms. We do not control the information collected by YouTube.

Children’s Privacy

This website is intended for a general audience and is not directed toward children under the age of 13.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe that a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us so that we can take appropriate steps to delete the information.

How We Protect Your Information

We take reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to help protect information collected through our website.

However, no website, online service, or method of electronic transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of information transmitted to or through the website.

How Long We Keep Information

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including to provide requested services, maintain business and website records, resolve disputes, prevent abuse, and comply with legal obligations.

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and the purpose for which it was collected.

Third-party service providers may retain information according to their own policies and contractual obligations.

Sharing of Information

We may share information with service providers that help us operate our website and business, including providers of:

  • Website analytics;
  • Email and newsletter delivery;
  • Advertising;
  • Cookie-consent management;
  • Website security and spam prevention;
  • Website hosting and technical services; and
  • Other services necessary to operate the website.

These service providers may process information on our behalf or as otherwise described in their own privacy policies.

We may also disclose information when we believe disclosure is necessary to comply with the law, respond to legal process, protect our rights or property, prevent fraud or abuse, protect the safety of our users or others, or in connection with a business transfer such as a merger, acquisition, sale of assets, or bankruptcy.

Your Privacy Choices

Depending on where you live, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information.

These rights may include the ability to:

  • Request access to personal information we maintain about you;
  • Request correction of inaccurate information;
  • Request deletion of certain personal information;
  • Opt out of certain marketing communications;
  • Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent;
  • Manage certain cookie and advertising preferences; and
  • Exercise additional rights provided by applicable state or federal law.

You may unsubscribe from our marketing emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in the email.

You may also manage available cookie preferences through our cookie-consent tools.

California Privacy Notice

California residents may have additional privacy rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by applicable California privacy laws and regulations.

Depending on the circumstances and applicable law, California residents may have rights concerning access to, correction of, deletion of, or certain uses and disclosures of personal information, as well as the right to limit or opt out of certain uses of personal information.

The categories of information that may be collected through this website can include identifiers and contact information, internet or other electronic network activity information, approximate geolocation information, and other information that you voluntarily provide or that is collected through the technologies described in this Privacy Policy.

Information may be collected directly from you, automatically through your use of the website, or from third-party service providers that support website functionality, analytics, security, advertising, and email services.

We may disclose information to service providers and business partners for purposes such as website operation, analytics, advertising, security, email delivery, and other legitimate business purposes.

California residents may contact us to exercise applicable privacy rights. We will verify requests as required by applicable law.

California law also provides certain rights regarding the sale or sharing of personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising. Where applicable, you may use the privacy choices made available on this website, including any “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” mechanism provided through our privacy tools.

California privacy requirements and the rights available to consumers may change over time. We will update this notice as necessary to reflect applicable legal requirements.

Other U.S. State Privacy Rights

Residents of certain other U.S. states may have privacy rights under applicable state privacy laws.

Where applicable, these rights may include rights to access, correct, delete, or obtain a copy of personal information, as well as rights concerning targeted advertising, certain data sharing, or the processing of personal information.

The availability and scope of these rights depend on the law applicable to your state and your circumstances.

Where required, we will provide mechanisms for exercising applicable privacy rights.

International Visitors

If you access our website from outside the United States, your information may be processed in the United States or other countries where we or our service providers operate.

Privacy and data-protection laws in those countries may differ from the laws of your country of residence.

If you are located in a jurisdiction that provides additional privacy rights, such as the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, you may have additional rights under applicable law.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes to our website, services, technology, or applicable laws.

When we make changes, we will update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or would like to contact us regarding your personal information or applicable privacy rights, please use the contact information provided on A Little Fish in the Kitchen.