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Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 31, 2025

Introduction

Welcome to Carla’s Cooking. This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use, and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service. It also tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You. Our website, carlacooking.com, is owned and operated by Dream Big Future LLC.

We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service, including personalizing your experience with recipes, ads, and content. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

  • Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service (e.g., for leaving comments).
  • Company (referred to as either “the Company”, “We”, “Us” or “Our” in this Agreement) refers to Dream Big Future LLC, 30 N Gould St Ste N, Sheridan, WY 82801.
  • Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device, or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
  • Country refers to: Wyoming, United States.
  • Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone, or a digital tablet.
  • Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
  • Service refers to the Website.
  • Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used.
  • Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
  • Website refers to Carla’s Cooking, accessible from https://carlacooking.com/
  • You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. This may include, but is not limited to:

  • Contact Information: First name and last name, email address.
  • Comment Data: When you leave a comment, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also Your IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
  • Newsletter Subscription Data: Your email address and first name when you subscribe to our email newsletter.
  • Usage Data (see below).

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service. It may include information such as Your Device’s Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to track activity on Our Service and store certain information. We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for purposes including:

  • Necessary / Essential Cookies: To operate our site and provide you with services.
  • Functionality Cookies: To remember your preferences and provide a more personal experience.
  • Analytics and Performance Cookies: To track traffic patterns and understand how our site is being used.
  • Advertising Cookies: To deliver advertisements that are relevant to your interests.

Third-Party Data Collection and Use

Our website uses various third-party services to operate and enhance your experience. These services may collect and use your data according to their own privacy policies.

  • Analytics: We use analytics services like Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity to understand our website traffic and user behavior. These services collect Usage Data to compile reports on website activity, and may use this data to contextualize and personalize ads on their own advertising networks. Microsoft Clarity may capture session replays and heatmaps. You can learn about Google’s practices here: Google Privacy & Terms.
  • Advertising: We display ads on our website through services like Google AdSense and other ad networks. These partners use cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to our website or other websites. This enables personalized advertising. You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting your ad settings for the respective platforms (e.g., Google Ad Settings).
  • Email Marketing: If you subscribe to our newsletter, your email address and name will be shared with our email marketing service provider (e.g., Mailchimp, ConvertKit, etc.). We use tracking pixels in our emails to measure the performance of our campaigns (e.g., open rates and link clicks).
  • Remarketing Services: We may use remarketing services to advertise on third-party websites to you after you have visited our Service. We and our third-party vendors (like Google, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Bing) use cookies to inform, optimize, and serve ads based on your past visits.
  • Payment Processing: If we offer products for sale (e.g., an ebook), we use third-party services for payment processing (e.g., PayPal, Stripe). We do not store or collect your payment card details. That information is provided directly to our third-party payment processors, whose use of your personal information is governed by their Privacy Policy.

Your Privacy Rights Under Global Regulations

Your Rights Under GDPR (For Residents of the EEA/UK)

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA) or the United Kingdom, you have certain data protection rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We aim to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data.

Your rights include:

  • The right to access, update, or delete the information we have on you.
  • The right of rectification.
  • The right to object to our processing of your Personal Data.
  • The right of restriction.
  • The right to data portability.
  • The right to withdraw consent at any time where we relied on your consent to process your information.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us. You also have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your Personal Data.

Your Rights Under CalOPPA (California Online Privacy Protection Act)

CalOPPA requires commercial websites collecting Personally Identifiable Information from California consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy. We comply by:

  • Posting this policy clearly on our website.
  • Including the word “Privacy” in the link to this page.
  • Allowing users to visit our site anonymously.
  • Notifying users of any policy changes on this page.
  • Allowing users to change their personal information by contacting us.
  • “Do Not Track” Signals: Our Service does not currently respond to Do Not Track (DNT) signals because there is no industry-wide standard for DNT.

Your Rights Under CCPA and CPRA (California Privacy Rights)

This section supplements the information contained in our Privacy Policy and applies solely to visitors, users, and others who reside in the State of California.

You have the right to:

  • Know and Access: Request that we disclose what personal information we collect, use, disclose, sell, or share.
  • Delete: Request the deletion of your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.
  • Correct: Request the correction of inaccurate personal information.
  • Opt-Out of Sale or Sharing: We may “sell” or “share” (as defined by the CCPA/CPRA) your personal information with our advertising partners to provide you with personalized ads. You have the right to opt-out of this sale/sharing.
  • Limit the Use of Sensitive Personal Information (SPI): You have the right to limit the use and disclosure of your SPI.
  • Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA/CPRA rights.

How to Exercise Your Rights: To exercise your rights, please visit our “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” page [NOTE: You must create this page or a link in your footer] or contact us via the methods listed below.

General Provisions

Children’s Privacy: Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us.

Security of Your Personal Data: The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Links to Other Websites: Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.

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 and updating the “Last updated” date at the top.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your rights, you can contact us: