Privacy Policy

Last updated: 31st August 2024

1. Introduction

   This Privacy Policy explains how TheScienceofBaking.com ("we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, and protects your personal information when you use our website. We are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected in compliance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

2. Information We Collect

   We collect information through the use of third-party services:

   • Cloudflare Web Analytics: We use Cloudflare Web Analytics to understand how visitors use our website. This service collects anonymous data about page views, referral sources, and other general website usage statistics.
   • Google AdSense: We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our website. Google AdSense may collect information about your visits to this and other websites, your IP address, your ISP, the browser you use to visit our site, and in some cases, whether you have Flash installed. This is generally used for geotargeting purposes or showing certain ads based on specific sites visited.

3. How We Use Your Information

   The information collected is used for the following purposes:

   • To provide and maintain our website
   • To improve our services
   • To analyze website usage and performance
   • To display relevant advertisements

4. Data Sharing and Third Parties

   We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties. However, the third-party services we use may collect and process data according to their own privacy policies:

   • Cloudflare: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/
   • Google AdSense: https://policies.google.com/privacy

5. Cookies

   Our website uses cookies to enhance your browsing experience and serve personalized ads. Google AdSense uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet.

   You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings.

6. Your Rights

   Under the UK GDPR, you have the right to:

   1. Access your personal data
   2. Rectify inaccurate personal data
   3. Request erasure of your personal data
   4. Object to processing of your personal data
   5. Request restriction of processing your personal data
   6. Request transfer of your personal data
   7. Withdraw consent

7. Changes to This Privacy Policy

   We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

8. Contact Us

   If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at thescienceofbaking1@gmail.com.