TERMS AND PRIVACY

By using this website, you give consent to be bound by the following Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy as outlined on this page which I reserve the right to change at any time, without notice.. Please read these carefully before using this website. If you disagree with any of these terms, please refrain from using the website further.

GENERAL

This website is owned and run by Sugar Salt Magic, an Australian business located in the state of Western Australia. This website is maintained by Marie Roffey, owner and founder of Sugar Salt Magic.

Use of this website is at your own risk. This website uses only reputable hosting services and applications to minimise any risk to my readers and take all reasonable efforts to maintain a safe website, however I make no explicit represenations or warranties as to the safety of your use of this website.

Content provided on this website is for informational purposes only. I make no representation to the completeness or accuracy of content on this site or by following any link on this site. I or Sugar Salt Magic will not be liable for any losses, injuries, or damages from the display or use of this information. These terms and conditions of use are subject to change at any time and without notice.

The owner of this website does not consent to the content on this website being used or downloaded by any third parties for the purposes of developing, training or operating artificial intelligence or other machine learning systems (“Artificial Intelligence Purposes”), except as authorized by the owner in writing (including written electronic communication). Absent such consent, users of this website, including any third parties accessing the website through automated systems, are prohibited from using any of the content on the website for Artificial Intelligence Purposes. Users or automated systems that fail to respect these choices will be considered to have breached these terms of service.

PRIVACY POLICY

Commitment to privacy

At Sugar Salt Magic the privacy of my readers is of utmost importance. I am committed to the security of your personal information when you visit this site. Below you will find information on how personal information may be collected and used when visiting this website.

In order for Sugar Salt Magic to operate and provide the services that it does, it is sometimes necessary to collect your personal data. Ways in which your ‘personal data’ is collected are as follows;

  1. Information you provide directly, such as entering an email address to subscribe to the newsletter or using the online contact form.
  2. Information you provide in the comments sections of this website. The comments you make are viewable by all however your email address will remain confidential.
  3. Information that is sent to us automatically by your computer such as your IP address, and the browser and type of device you use.
  4. Information about how you use this website, including which pages you visit and the frequency.

All information gathered by Sugar Salt Magic is used only for the betterment of the website and your experience using the site. I am committed to maintaining the privacy and security of all personal data supplied to Sugar Salt Magic as outlined above. I practice a ‘data minimisation’ principle where I can and only gather the information I need to run Sugar Salt Magic effectively and usefully.

What is Personal Data?

‘Personal Data’ is defined as information that allows identification of you personally. Obvious examples are your name or email address however, this site can only collect what you provide. Other examples are your IP address or your general geographical location. Sugar Salt Magic will never ask for your physical address but some applications used by this website to improve user experience will tell us the country you are in. None of this information allows us to identify you directly.

Who does Sugar Salt Magic share your data with?

Your personal data is only shared on a need to know basis. Sugar Salt Magic will not sell or share your personal information with third parties unless at your request or if required by trusted services required for the site to operate, where these trusted service providers keep the information confidential unless required by law to share this information.

In particular the third parties used by this website that may have access to this personal data include but are not limited to hosting services, email delivery services and analytics tracking services like Google Analytics.

From time to time, Sugar Salt Magic may provide links to other websites. If you choose to use these links and leave the site, you will need to refer to the privacy policy of the respective website. Sugar Salt Magic will not be responsible for the use of any information you provide to these websites.

Email address

We may collect your email address, but only if you voluntarily provide it to us. This may occur, for example, if you sign up to receive an email newsletter, or enter a promotion.  We will use your email address for the purposes for which you provided it to us, and also from time to time to send you emails regarding the Site or other products or services that we believe may be of interest to you.  You may opt out of such email communications at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” button in the email.

Your email address may also be shared with the technology provider (ConvertKit) we use in connection with the purposes for which you provided it, and that technology provider will not contact you directly.

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:

(i)  access your personal data

(ii)  ensure the accuracy of your personal data

(iii) the right to have us delete your personal data

(iv)  the right to restrict further processing of your personal data, and

(v)  the right to complain to a supervisory authority in your country of residence in the event that data is misused

Cookies

A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.  Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.

We use cookies for the following purposes:

  • Advertising – we use cookies to help us to display advertisements that will be relevant to you; and
  • Analysis – we use cookies to help us to analyse the use and performance of our website and services;

We use Google Analytics to analyse 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/

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. You can however obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:

(a) https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en (Chrome);

(b) https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences (Firefox);

(c) http://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/cookies/ (Opera);

(d) https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies (Internet Explorer);

(e) https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac or https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT201265( Safari); and

(f) https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy (Edge).

Please note that blocking cookies may have a negative impact on the functions of many websites, including our Site. Some features of the Site may cease to be available to you.

Advertising

This Site is affiliated with CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a Raptive (“Raptive”) for the purposes of placing advertising on the Site, and Raptive will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes. To learn more about Raptive’s data usage, click here: https://raptive.com/creator-advertising-privacy-statement/.

Sponsored Content

From time to time Sugar Salt Magic may provide sponsored content. Sponsored content is content that is compensated in some way by a sponsor of a particular brand or product. All opinions on this site are mine and mine alone. I choose to use and promote only brands and products that I enjoy using and that I believe in and will only work with sponsors of those products. I will not provide sponsored content for products I do not like or have not used and cannot personally recommend.  All sponsored content will be clearly marked

Affiliate Marketing

I use affiliate marketing on this website as a way to earn compensation to keep the site running. As with sponsored content, I will only recommend or put forward affiliate type advertising for products I use and / or specifically believe in. Affiliate advertising allows me to refer you to products you may find useful, in return for a small commission at no cost to you.

Sugar Salt Magic participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.

Content on this site

All recipes are mine, researched, developed and photographed by me unless otherwise stated. All images belong to Sugar Salt Magic and should not be used with express permission. Please do not copy or reproduce any information or recipe from this website unless a) it is written in your own words and b) it is accompanied by a link back to the page on this website that you got the information from.

Sale of Business or Assets

In the event that the Site or substantially all of its assets is sold or disposed of as a going concern, whether by merger, sale of assets or otherwise, or in the event of an insolvency, bankruptcy or receivership, the information we have collected about you may be one of the assets sold or merged in connection with that transaction.

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.

Contact

If you would like to contact us you can email marie (at) sugarsaltmagic (dot) com.