Last updated: 15 September 2025

1. About this policy

This Privacy Policy explains how Plantiful Palate collects, uses, shares, and protects personal data when you use our website. It also explains your rights under UK GDPR and how to exercise them.

Controller: Plantiful Palate
Contact: PlantifulPalateFoods@gmail.com
Supervisory authority: Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). You can lodge a complaint at ico.org.uk.

2. The data we collect

• Identifiers and contact details: name, email address, social handle, and other details you provide when you subscribe or contact us.

• Usage and device data: IP address, browser type, device identifiers, pages viewed, referring URLs, approximate location, and interactions with our content, collected via cookies, pixels, SDKs, and similar technologies.

• Marketing preferences: your newsletter and cookie consent choices.

3. Sources of data

• Directly from you when you submit forms or subscribe.

• Automatically through cookies and similar technologies.

• From service providers that support our site operations and analytics.

4. Purposes and lawful bases

We process personal data for the following purposes and legal bases under UK GDPR:

• Site operation and security, including performance monitoring and fraud prevention, based on legitimate interests.

• Analytics and audience measurement, based on consent where required.

• Advertising, including personalised and non-personalised ads, frequency capping, and measurement, based on consent in the UK and EEA.

• Email newsletters and community updates, based on consent and your right to withdraw at any time.

• Compliance, record keeping, and enforcement, based on legal obligations and legitimate interests.

5. Advertising, AdSense, and your choices

We work with Google and other partners to serve ads and measure their performance. To meet AdSense requirements, our Privacy Policy includes the following disclosures:

• Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to this and other websites.

• Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to users based on their visit to this and other sites on the Internet.

• Users can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings and can opt out of third-party vendors’ cookies for personalised advertising at www.aboutads.info. UK and EEA users can also manage choices at www.youronlinechoices.com. Google Help

Learn how Google uses information from partner sites here: How Google uses data when you use our partners’ sites or apps. Google Policies

6. EU, UK and Switzerland consent and Google Certified CMP

For users in the UK, EEA, and Switzerland, we obtain consent for ads and analytics through a Google-certified Consent Management Platform integrated with the IAB TCF, and we pass consent signals using Google Consent Mode v2 including ad_user_data and ad_personalization. You can change or withdraw consent at any time using the Privacy settings link in our footer. Google Help+2Google Help+2

7. Cookies and similar technologies

We use cookies, pixel tags, local storage, and similar technologies for site functionality, preferences, analytics, and advertising. For full details, see our Cookie Policy. You can manage your cookie choices at any time via the Privacy settings link in our footer and through your browser settings.

8. Sharing of personal data

We share personal data with:

• Service providers that process data on our behalf for hosting, analytics, email delivery, measurement, and security.

• Advertising partners, including Google, to deliver and measure ads where you have provided consent in applicable regions.

• Authorities or third parties when required by law or to protect our rights.

We do not sell personal data.

9. International transfers

We may transfer personal data outside the UK or EEA. When we do, we rely on appropriate safeguards such as adequacy regulations, standard contractual clauses, or other lawful mechanisms to protect your data.

10. Data retention

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes described in this policy. Retention periods depend on the data category and legal requirements. For example, analytics data is generally retained for between 14 months and 26 months unless you withdraw consent earlier. Email subscription data is retained until you unsubscribe or request deletion.

11. Your rights

You have the right to request access, correction, deletion, restriction, and portability of your personal data, and the right to object to processing where applicable. Where processing relies on consent, you can withdraw consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing before withdrawal. To exercise these rights, contact PlantifulPalateFoods@gmail.com. You also have the right to complain to the ICO.

12. Children’s privacy

Our site is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal data, contact us to request deletion.

13. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes we will post the updated policy and revise the “Last updated” date. Continued use of the site after posting means you accept the updated policy.

14. Contact

Questions or requests about this policy and your data rights: PlantifulPalateFoods@gmail.com