Disclosure & Privacy Policy

ThisĀ blogĀ is a personal blog written and edited by me. This blog accepts forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of compensation.

The compensation received will never influence the content, topics or posts made in this blog. Ā Advertisements will be identified as paid advertisements.

The owner of this blog is not compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. Ā The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely the blog ownerā€™s. If I claim or appear to be experts on a certain topic or product or service area, I will only endorse products or services that I believe, based on my expertise, are worthy of such endorsement. Ā Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer or provider.

This blog does contain content which might present a conflict of interest. Ā This content will always be identified.

Note: Eat Yourself Skinny does not accept any responsibility for injury sustained as a result of following the recipes, advice or tips offered throughout this blog.Ā  Please consult a medical professional for any specific nutrition, diet allergy advice.

All photos or images that are not taken by Kelly GellnerĀ have either been purchased, used with permission, credited and linked back to their outside sources, or believed to be in the public domain and readily available on the Internet (published according to the U.S. Copyright Fair Use Act, title 17, U.S. Code). Any photos taken by Kelly Gellner/Eat Yourself SkinnyĀ are rights protected.Ā  Failure to link back and credit our site as their source constitutes a copyright violation.

Nutritional Information:

Eat Yourself Skinny does provide nutritional information, but these figures should be considered estimates. Ā Factors such as product types or brands uses, natural fluctuations in fresh produce and the way ingredients are processed change the nutritional information in any recipe. Ā Under no circumstances will Eat Yourself Skinny be responsible for any loss or damage resulting for your reliance on nutritional information.

I am not a medical professional or certified nutritionist and make no claims to the contrary. Ā Each individualā€™s dietary needs and restrictions are unique to the individual. Ā Information is provided to the best of my ability. Ā YOU are ultimately responsible for all decisions pertaining to your health.

To obtain the most accurate representation of the nutritional information in a given recipe, you should calculate the nutritional information with the actual ingredients used in your recipe. Ā You are solely responsible for ensuring that any nutritional information provided is accurate, complete and useful.

Personal identification information

This blog will never share your email address or other private information with anyone without your permission. Ā When you leave comments on the site, they are displayed for all to see.Ā  Please donā€™t include any private information in your comments.Ā  Your email address is required to leave a comment, but will never be shared or displayed. Ā We may collect personal identification information from Users in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when users subscribe to the newsletter, and in connection with other activities, services, features or resources we make available on our Site (such as comments and giveaways). Users may be asked for, as appropriate, name, email address, mailing address, phone number. Ā Users may, however, visit our Site anonymously. Ā We will collect personal identification information from Users only if they voluntarily submit such information to us. Ā Users can always refuse to supply personally identification information, except that it may prevent them from engaging in certain Site related activities.

Non-personal identification information

We may collect non-personal identification information about Users whenever they interact with our Site. Non-personal identification information may include the browser name, the type of computer and technical information about Users means of connection to our Site, such as the operating system and the Internet service providers utilized and other similar information.

Web browser cookies

Our Site may use ā€œcookiesā€ to enhance User experience. Ā Userā€™s web browser places cookies on their hard drive for record-keeping purposes and sometimes to track information about them. Ā User may choose to set their web browser to refuse cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. Ā If they do so, note that some parts of the Site may not function properly.

How we use collected information

Eat Yourself Skinny collects and uses Users personal information for the following purposes:

To personalize user experience
We may use information in the aggregate to understand how our Users as a group use the services and resources provided on our Site.

To improve our Site
We continually strive to improve our website offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you.

To administer a content, promotion, survey or other Site feature
To send Users information they agreed to receive about topics we think will be of interest to them.

To send periodic emails
The email address Users provide will only be used to respond to their inquiries, and/or other requests or questions. If User decides to opt-in to our mailing list, they will receive emails that may include company news, updates, related product or service information, etc. If at any time the User would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, we include detailed unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email or User may contact us via our Site.

How we protect your information

We adopt appropriate data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of your personal information, username, password, transaction information and data stored on our Site.

CHILDREN UNDER 13:

We care about protecting the privacy of children. Ā We wonā€™t knowingly allow anyone under 13 to provide us any personally identifying information. Children should always get permission from their parents before sending any information about themselves (such as their names, email addresses, and phone numbers) over the Internet, to us or to anyone else. Ā If you are under 13, please do not provide us with any personally identifying information (such as your name, your email address or your phone number).

Sharing your personal information

We do not sell, trade, or rent Users personal identification information to others. We may share generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any personal identification information regarding visitors and users with our business partners, trusted affiliates and advertisers for the purposes outlined above.

Third party websites

Users may find advertising or other content on our Site that link to the sites and services of our partners, suppliers, advertisers, sponsors, licensors and other third parties. Ā We do not control the content or links that appear on these sites and are not responsible for the practices employed by websites linked to or from our Site. Ā In addition, these sites or services, including their content and links, may be constantly changing. These sites and services may have their own privacy policies and customer service policies. Browsing and interaction on any other website, including websites which have a link to our Site, is subject to that websiteā€™s own terms and policies.

Advertising

Ads appearing on our site may be delivered to Users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. Ā These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile non personal identification information about you or others who use your computer. Ā This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This privacy policy does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.Ā Ā To learnĀ more about this behavioral advertising practice visit the NAI at http://www.networkadvertising.org.Ā Ā ToĀ opt-out of this type of advertising,Ā you can visitĀ http://www.aboutads.info/choices.

This Site is affiliated with CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a CafeMedia (ā€œCafeMediaā€) for the purposes of placing advertising on the Site, and CafeMedia will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes. To learn more about CafeMediaā€™s data usage, click here: www.cafemedia.com/publisher-advertising-privacy-policy

Changes to this privacy policy

Eat Yourself Skinny has the discretion to update this privacy policy at any time. Ā When we do, we will revise the updated date at the bottom of this page. Ā We encourage Users to frequently check this page for any changes to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. Ā You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this privacy policy periodically and become aware of modifications.

Your acceptance of these terms

By using this Site, you signify your acceptance of this policy. Ā Your continued use of the Eat-Yourself-Skinny.com following the posting of changes to this policy will be deemed your acceptance of those changes.

Contacting us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this site, please contact me at:
Eat Yourself Skinny
cook.skinny(at)gmail(dot)com

This document was last updated on February 25, 2016