Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Effective Date: November 25, 2024
Last Updated: December 11, 2025

ForkAndFry (“we,” “our,” or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, https://www.forkandfry.com (the “Site”). Please read this policy carefully. If you do not agree with its terms, do not use the Site.

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Your data rights may vary depending on where you live. To better understand how we protect your personal information under laws like GDPR (EU), CCPA (California), and other global regulations, please review our full data rights and compliance statement.

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1. Information We Collect

We may collect information about you in various ways:

A. Information You Provide to Us

  • Name, email address, and other personal details when you subscribe to our newsletter, leave comments, or contact us via forms on the Site. Fork And Fry

B. Automatically Collected Information

  • Cookies and Tracking Technologies: Information about your device, browsing behavior, IP address, operating system, and referring URLs through cookies, log files, and analytics tools. Fork And Fry
  • Usage Data: Pages viewed, time spent on the Site, links clicked, and similar behavioral data. Fork And Fry

C. Media and Comments

  • Comments: If you leave comments on the Site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, your IP address, and browser user agent string to help with spam detection. Fork And Fry
  • Media: If you upload images to the Site, avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) as visitors to the Site may download and extract this information. Fork And Fry

D. Third-Party Sources

  • We may receive information about you from social media platforms or third-party tools when you interact with our Site or share our content. Fork And Fry

2. How We Use Your Information

We use your information to:

  • Operate and maintain the Site. Fork And Fry
  • Respond to your inquiries and provide customer support. Fork And Fry
  • Send you newsletters or promotional content if you opt-in. Fork And Fry
  • Monitor and analyze usage trends to improve the Site. Fork And Fry
  • Display and moderate comments on blog posts. Fork And Fry
  • Detect and address spam or misuse in comments or media uploads. Fork And Fry
  • Comply with legal obligations. Fork And Fry

3. Sharing Your Information

We will never sell your information. However, we may share your information in the following circumstances:

  • Service Providers: Third parties that assist with hosting, analytics, email delivery, or marketing. Fork And Fry
  • Legal Requirements: To comply with applicable laws or protect against legal liability. Fork And Fry
  • Business Transfers: In the case of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets. Fork And Fry

4. Comments

When you leave a comment on the Site:

  • The comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. Fork And Fry
  • Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. Fork And Fry
  • Personal information included in comments is publicly visible, and we are not responsible for how third parties use this information. Fork And Fry

5. Media

If you upload images to the Site:

  • Do not include embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Other visitors may download and extract location or other metadata from uploaded media. Fork And Fry

6. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies to:

You can control or disable cookies through your browser settings. Note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of the Site. Fork And Fry

7. Data Retention

We retain your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy unless otherwise required by law. Fork And Fry

8. Security of Your Information

We take reasonable measures to safeguard your information. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee the absolute security of your data. Fork And Fry

9. AI Assistant (“Ask The Chef”) – Data Collection & Privacy

StarsCake.com (and similarly ForkAndFry.com) may provide an optional, interactive AI-powered feature called Ask The Chef, which allows visitors to pose cooking-related questions directly within recipe pages.

a) What Data Is Collected

When you use the Ask The Chef assistant, we may process:

  • Technical Information: IP address (possibly anonymized), browser/device data, page URL, timestamp.
  • Conversation Data: The question you submit and the AI assistant’s response.
  • Security & Abuse Prevention Data: Basic technical information and suspicious patterns to protect against misuse.

No personal account details, login credentials, payment information, or personally identifiable information beyond what you voluntarily provide is collected through this feature.

b) Purpose of Processing

We process this information to:

  • Provide the AI assistant functionality.
  • Improve feature performance and accuracy.
  • Monitor security and detect misuse.
  • Collect anonymous usage analytics to understand feature adoption.

c) Lawful Basis

  • GDPR (EU): Legitimate interest for feature operation, analytics, and security.
  • CCPA / CPRA (California, USA): Feature use is considered essential and not a sale or commercial use of personal information.

d) Third-Party AI Processing

Some interactions may be processed by trusted AI service providers to generate responses. Only minimum necessary information is transmitted securely, and no personal identifiers are shared for unrelated training or profiling.

e) Data Retention

AI interaction logs may be stored for operational and security purposes, typically up to 12 months unless otherwise required by law or internal policy.

f) Your Rights

You may request access, correction, or deletion of data associated with this feature, to the extent permitted by applicable law.

10. Children’s Privacy

Our Site is not intended for children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If we become aware that we have collected data from a child, we will promptly delete it. Fork And Fry

11. Global GDPR & CCPA Rights

This Site also provides detailed information about user rights and international privacy laws in our Global Privacy & GDPR Compliance page, documenting GDPR, CCPA, and related privacy protections that apply worldwide. Fork And Fry

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy at any time. Changes will be reflected on this page with an updated “Last Updated” date. Continued use of the Site constitutes acceptance of the revised policy. Fork And Fry

13. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Contact page.

15. Ezoic Services

Ezoic Services
This website uses the services of Ezoic Inc. (“Ezoic”), including to manage third-party interest-based advertising. Ezoic may employ a variety of technologies on this website, including tools to serve content, display advertisements and enable advertising to visitors of this website, which may utilize first and third-party cookies.
A cookie is a small text file sent to your device by a web server that enables the website to remember information about your browsing activity. First-party cookies are created by the site you are visiting, while third-party cookies are set by domains other than the one you’re visiting. Ezoic and our partners may place third-party cookies, tags, beacons, pixels, and similar technologies to monitor interactions with advertisements and optimize ad targeting. Please note that disabling cookies may limit access to certain content and features on the website, and rejecting cookies does not eliminate advertisements but will result in non-personalized advertising. You can find more information about cookies and how to manage them here.
The following information may be collected, used, and stored in a cookie when serving personalized ads:

  • IP address
  • Operating system type and version
  • Device type
  • Language preferences
  • Web browser type
  • Email (in a hashed or encrypted form)

Ezoic and its partners may use this data in combination with information that has been independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements across various platforms and websites. Ezoic’s partners may also gather additional data, such as unique IDs, advertising IDs, geolocation data, usage data, device information, traffic data, referral sources, and interactions between users and websites or advertisements, to create audience segments for targeted advertising across different devices, browsers, and apps. You can find more information about interest-based advertising and how to manage them here.
You can view Ezoic’s privacy policy here, or for additional information about Ezoic’s advertising and other partners, you can view Ezoic’s advertising partners here.

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