Who Are We?
Shineinthesauce.com is a website focused on various aspects of the food industry. Our goal is to provide consumers with information on restaurants, recipes, and other food-related topics in both an entertaining and informational medium. Our website is https://shineinthesauce.com
What Types of Visitor Information Are Collected and Stored on the Website?
The information the website collects fall into three (3) major categories:
Static Webpages and Content – For all public-facing sections of our website, Google Analytics is implemented to track interaction, engagement and usage. We use this information to optimize the user experience across the website and to deploy new content and interactive applications, as well as improve our existing content. The website follows the terms and conditions outlined by Google in exchange for their services.
The Terms and Conditions for Google Analytics can be viewed at the following link: https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms/us/
Interactive Applications – For our interactive applications, ‘Recipe Roulette’ and ‘Carryout Craps’, the website collects non-identifying information based on form field inputs. This information includes text-based user input fields, toggle controls, radio-button answers to multiple choice questions and other user inputs. This information is used to refine the user experience and optimize the use of third party services that provide data & information to our visitors. The information entered by a user through this channel is used to provide information to a visitor, defined within the scope of a given application.
Direct Contact Channels – For newsletter signups and contact forms available on our website, information such as e-mail addresses, names, and text-based input are stored and used to interact directly with visitors that engage with us in this manner. This information is not shared with any third parties.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
In addition to links, embedded images and other text-based & visual displays, our data services providers may embed other information to inform visitors in addition to optimizing the overall user experience. This content is subject to the policies of our providers. Where appropriate, our website will adhere to the following terms in exchange for services used and displayed on the website. For additional context, the following links for our data providers are as follows:
Spoonacular: https://spoonacular.com/terms
Edamam: https://www.edamam.com/terms/
Google Maps: https://cloud.google.com/maps-platform/terms
Is any Data or Information Shared with Other Parties?
Personally Identifiable Information (PII) is not shared with other parties.
Non-Identifying information may be shared with service providers, as outlined in the policies above, and subject to our data providers policies.
How Long Does the Website Retain User Data?
Interactive Applications, non-identifying data – Data collected via user inputs are stored indefinitely. Such data may be purged at the website’s discretion, based on factors such as application performance, relevancy of data, and other factors as appropriate.
Contact & Signup Forms – Data collected on any contact form may be stored indefinitely and subject to local, state, and federal law.
What Rights Do Users Have Over Their Data?
For any Personally Identifiable Information, a user can request a summary of their own interaction between themselves and the website, subject to applicable law. Additionally, the website will honor any requests to delete data subject to applicable law.
Changes to the Website’s Policies
The website may modify, update, or delete terms or provisions as appropriate to the overall status of the website. While the website will aim to provide a revision history of policy changes, the website is currently under no obligation to do so.
(Updated 02/20/2023)