Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 01/12/2025

Welcome to CravetheSweet.com (“we”, “us”, or “our”). At CravetheSweet.com, we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your data when you visit or interact with our website—including when you visit us from Pinterest and when we monetize through advertisements.

By using CravetheSweet.com, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use our website.

Ezoic Services

This website uses the services of Ezoic Inc. (“Ezoic”), including tools that help manage third-party interest-based advertising. Ezoic may use different technologies such as cookies, tags, pixels, and beacons to serve content, display ads, and enable advertising on CravetheSweet.com.

A cookie is a small text file stored on your device to remember information about your activity.

First-party cookies are created by our website.
Third-party cookies are created by external domains (e.g., advertising partners).

Ezoic and its partners may use these technologies to:

Monitor interactions with ads
Improve ad targeting
Deliver personalized or non-personalized advertisements

Disabling cookies may affect certain website features. Rejecting cookies does not remove ads but may change the type of ads you see.

Information that may be collected for personalized ads includes:

IP address
Operating system type/version
Device type
Language preferences
Browser type
Email (hashed or encrypted)

Ezoic’s partners may also collect data such as advertising IDs, geolocation, usage data, referral information, device identifiers, and interactions with ads or website pages.

For more details, you can review Ezoic’s privacy policy and their advertising partners list on their official website.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect the following types of information:

a. Personal Information (PII):

Name (if you provide it)
Email address (e.g., newsletter signup, contact form)
Any information you voluntarily submit

b. Technical / Non-Personal Information:

IP address
Browser type/version
Device type and operating system
Geographic location (city/country)
Referring/exit pages
Date/time of visits
Pages viewed and time spent
Click-stream data

c. Cookies & Tracking Technologies:

We use first-party and third-party cookies, web beacons, analytics tools, and pixels for analytics and personalized content.

2. How We Use Your Information

We may use your information for purposes such as:

Operating, maintaining, and improving CravetheSweet.com
Personalizing user experience and optimizing website performance
Responding to messages or inquiries
Sending newsletters or updates (if you subscribe)
Tracking site analytics and Pinterest referral data
Displaying advertisements (personalized or non-personalized)
Preventing spam, improving security, and enforcing site policies

3. Advertising, Affiliate Links & Third-Party Services

a. Advertising Networks

We may use ad networks such as Google AdSense and other providers. These networks may use cookies or similar technologies to show ads based on your browsing activity.

You may choose to manage or disable cookies via your browser or ad preference tools.

b. Affiliate Links

CravetheSweet.com may include affiliate links. When you click these links and make a purchase, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.
These third parties have their own privacy policies, which we do not control.

c. Embedded Content & Social Media Plugins

Posts may include embedded videos, images, or social media content. These behave as if you visited the external site, which may collect data and use cookies.

Social sharing tools (e.g., Pinterest share buttons) may also collect certain data.

4. Cookies & Tracking Technologies

We use:

Essential cookies (for core functionality)
Analytics cookies (traffic and behavior insights)
Advertising cookies (ad targeting)

You can disable cookies through your browser settings, though certain features may no longer function as expected.

5. Data Retention

Personal data (e.g. email) is retained as long as you remain subscribed or engaged with our site.
You can request deletion anytime.
Some data may be retained for legal or security purposes.
Analytics data may be stored longer but is anonymized.

6. Children’s Privacy

CravetheSweet.com is not intended for children under 13.
We do not knowingly collect data from children under 13.
If you believe such data was provided, contact us at CravetheSweet@gmail.com

7. Your Rights (GDPR, CCPA, etc.)

Depending on your region, you may have rights such as:

Access to your data
Correction of inaccurate data
Deletion of personal information
Restricting or objecting to data processing
Data portability
Withdraw consent at any time

To exercise any of these rights, contact: CravetheSweet@gmail.com

8. Sharing & Disclosure of Information

We do not sell personal information.
We may share data only:

With service providers (hosting, analytics, email services)
To comply with legal requests
To protect the rights, safety, or property of CravetheSweet.com or users

9. Security

We use reasonable security measures such as SSL/TLS encryption, restricted access, and secure servers.
However, no online transmission is 100% secure.

10. International Data Transfers

Your data may be processed or stored in countries outside your own.
By using CravetheSweet.com, you consent to such transfers.

11. Pinterest Traffic Policy

When you visit CravetheSweet.com from Pinterest:

We may track referral data (e.g., pin link, traffic source).
We do not collect personal Pinterest information unless you voluntarily provide it (e.g., subscribing or commenting).

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy occasionally.
The “Effective Date” at the top will reflect the latest version.

13. Contact Information

If you have any questions or requests regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact:

Email: CravetheSweet@gmail.com
Website: https://cravethesweet.com/