Privacy Policy

Last updated: November 6, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Aly's Menu and Recipes (“we”, “us”, “our”), available at alymenuandrecipes.com, collects, uses and shares information when you visit the website. By using the site you agree to this policy.

Information we collect

Information you give us. When you use our contact form we receive your name, email address and message. We use this only to reply to you.

Information collected automatically. Like most websites, our hosting provider and partners automatically receive standard technical data such as your IP address, browser type, device type, referring page, pages visited and the date and time of your visit. This helps us keep the site secure and working.

Cookies and similar technologies. We and our partners use cookies, as described in our Cookie Policy. Non-essential cookies are only set after you accept them in our cookie banner.

How we use information

• To run, maintain and improve the website and its recipes
• To answer messages sent through the contact form
• To show advertising that helps keep the recipes free
• To understand which recipes are popular, in aggregate
• To protect the site against spam, fraud and abuse

We do not sell your personal information for money.

Advertising and Google AdSense

We use Google AdSense to show ads. Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on this site. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this site and other sites on the internet.

You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can also opt out of some third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalized advertising at aboutads.info. To learn how Google uses information from sites that use its services, see How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.

Other third-party vendors and ad networks may also use cookies or web beacons to serve ads. Their use of information is governed by their own privacy policies.

Affiliate links

Some links on this site are affiliate links, including links to Amazon. If you click one, the retailer may set a cookie to record that you came from our site. See our Affiliate Disclosure.

Third-party services we use

• Vercel to host the website
• Google AdSense for advertising
• FormSubmit to deliver contact form messages to our inbox
• Pinterest when you choose to save a recipe with the Pinterest button
• Amazon Associates for product affiliate links

Your choices and rights

You can change your cookie choice at any time using the “Cookie settings” link in the footer, and you can block or delete cookies in your browser settings.

California residents (CCPA/CPRA) may request to know, correct or delete the personal information we hold and may opt out of the “sharing” of personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising by choosing “Necessary only” in our cookie settings. We will not discriminate against you for using these rights.

Visitors in the EEA, UK and Switzerland (GDPR) have the right to access, correct, delete, restrict or object to the processing of their personal data, and to withdraw consent at any time. Our legal bases are consent (for advertising and analytics cookies), legitimate interests (for site security and operation) and your request (for replying to messages). You may also complain to your local data protection authority.

To make any request, use our contact form and choose “Privacy request”.

Data retention and security

We keep contact messages only as long as needed to answer them and for our records, then delete them. We use reasonable safeguards, including HTTPS encryption, but no method of transmission over the internet is completely secure.

Children’s privacy

This site is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has sent us information, contact us and we will delete it.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The “Last updated” date at the top shows when it was last changed.

Contact

Questions about this policy can be sent through our contact form or by mail: