General Introduction
Pantry Hinge is a simple, friendly recipe platform focused on making cooking accessible for everyone. We don’t have account signups, and we never ask for your personal information directly. That means your details aren’t shared or sold—period.
Still, a few third-party tools do collect certain data in the background to boost your browsing experience. This can include things like analyzing site visits, showing relevant ads, or playing embedded videos. This privacy policy breaks down exactly what’s happening, what gets collected, and how Pantry Hinge prioritizes your privacy when you use our site.
Third-party services used
In order to offer you a seamless, free recipe browsing experience on Pantry Hinge, we rely on a handful of third-party services. These partners help keep the site running, support us through advertising, and even add extras like video recipes. Here’s a rundown of the main external services we use:
- Cloudflare Analytics: Cloudflare helps us track performance and visitors across Pantry Hinge, but without relying on cookies that single you out. Data like IP addresses and pages viewed are gathered in aggregate, so you’re never personally identified. It lets us troubleshoot and keep the site speedy and secure.
- YouTube: Every now and then you’ll spot a video from YouTube (part of Google) embedded with a recipe. When you watch one, YouTube/Google might set cookies to log views or playback info. If you’re signed in to Google, YouTube could link the viewing data with your profile. None of that info is shared with us. For more on this, check Google and YouTube’s own privacy guidelines.
- Google AdSense: AdSense lets us show you ads while you enjoy Pantry Hinge without a paywall. Cookies might track your interests to make those ads more useful to you. Pantry Hinge itself never sees the data Google uses to tailor ads. For further details, see Google’s privacy info.
- Google Analytics: Google’s analytics lets us see which pantryhinge.com recipes are getting love, how long folks spend on pages, and general traffic trends. All the data’s anonymous—no identifying information is collected or visible to us. Cookies may be set for tracking, but nothing traces back to you personally.
Cookies and consent
Cookies are tiny files your browser saves when you visit Pantry Hinge. Both we and some partners use them to fine-tune your browsing:
- Functional cookies: Pantry Hinge can remember your preferences (like language or cookie consent) thanks to these. If you disable them, some site features might not work right.
- Advertising cookies: Ads from Google AdSense may set cookies that store your interests or site activity so you’ll see ads that fit you better.
- Analytics cookies: Google Analytics and Cloudflare Analytics use cookies to learn about visitor activity. This info is blended together (not tied to your name) and helps us tweak recipe content and site function.
By sticking around on Pantry Hinge, you’re agreeing to the cookie practices above. You can clear or block cookies in your browser settings at any time—most let you delete or prevent new cookies, or at least give you a heads-up before they’re set. Heads up: turning cookies off might make Pantry Hinge and other sites less friendly or break some features.
Changes to this policy
We may adjust this privacy policy from time to time. Changes might result from adding new tools, evolving how we run Pantry Hinge, or to follow fresh legal requirements. If there’s a big change, we’ll call it out clearly on our site—maybe on the homepage or via a special alert.
Check the date at the top to see the last time this page was updated. We suggest coming back every so often to look over the latest version and stay up-to-date on how Pantry Hinge handles privacy.
Contact
Got questions about our privacy approach? Want to reach out with a comment or request? Send us a message at legal@pantryhinge.com. Pantry Hinge is always happy to connect and help clear things up!
Conclusion
We're grateful you took time to read how Pantry Hinge protects your data. By using our site, you’re saying “yes” to these practices for safeguarding your privacy. We hope our transparency helps you browse recipes with total peace of mind. Thanks for trusting Pantry Hinge—happy cooking!