PRIVACY POLICY
Last Updated on October 15, 2026
This “Privacy Policy”describes the privacy practices of The Harvest Kitchen LLC (“The Harvest Kitchen,” “we,” “us,” or “our“) with regards to The Harvest Kitchen website at https://www.theharvestkitchen.com (the “Site“). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, retain and process personal information when you (the “User,” “you,” “your”) visit the Site, subscribe to our newsletter or other communications, or interact us, or by any means, use the Site.
This Privacy Policy also describes the rights and choices that may be available to individuals with respect to their information.
This Privacy Policy should be read together with our Terms of Service.
1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT
The personal information we collect depends on how you interact with the Site and any information you provide voluntarily.
Personal contact information, such as your name and email address when you subscribe to our newsletter or other communications;
Content you choose to upload to the site, such as when submitting a comment on the site, contacting us, responding to email communications, or otherwise interacting with the Site or communicating with us;
Feedback or correspondence, such as information you provide when you contact us with questions or comments, or otherwise correspond with us online;
Other information, such as information you submit through forms or interactive features on the Site, and any other information that we may collect that is not specifically listed here as it pertains to information you choose to provide us.
2. INFORMATION COLLECTED AUTOMATICALLY
When you access, interact with, or otherwise use the Site, we and our service providers may automatically collect certain information about your device(s) and use of the Site, such as browsing actions. This includes:
IP address;
Approximate geographic locations;
Information from third parties, such as when you leave comments through WordPress and/or Gravatar, your profile photograph may be visible in the comments portion of the Site;
Usage information, such as information about how you use the Site and interact with us, including information such as such browser type and version, device type, operating system, referring and exit pages, pages, recipes and content you view, dates and times of visits, interactions with the site, advertising interactions, and cookie(s) device(s) and any other identifiers.
We may use technologies like cookies, pixels, tags, web beacons, and third-party data collection technologies in connection with the information we collect automatically. For more information about these third-party technologies, see Section 4 “Cookies and Similar Technologies”.
3. HOW WE USE PERSONAL INFORMATION
We may use personal information to:
Operate, maintain and improve the Site and user experience;
- Provide recipes, content and Site features;
- Send newsletters, marketing communications or administrative emails;
- Respond to questions, comments, or requests;
- Provide support to the site;
- Understand how visitors and users interact with the site;
- Measure traffic to the Site and Site performance;
- Monitor and analyze usage and trends;
- Understand your interests, and personalize content and user experience with the Site;
- Provide, personalize and measure advertising on the Site which are delivered by our advertising partner and may be targeted based on your use or activity elsewhere online; and
- Respond to questions and feedback.
- Detect, prevent and investigate abuse, fraud, security incidents, and technical issues;
- Comply with legal obligations and enforce our Terms of Use; and
- Comply with applicable laws, protect the rights, property, safety and security of the Site and our users.
- To send you newsletters with the latest published recipes that you subscribed to on the Site as permitted by law. You have the ability to unsubscribe to these emails by selecting the “unsubscribe” button at the bottom of these emails.
4. COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES
We and our service providers use cookies and other similar technologies to operate the Site, which may automatically collect information about you and your computer or mobile device and your activity which occurs on the Site, including, but not limited to, the type of computer or mobile device and operating system you use to interact with the Site, browser type, IP address, your general location information which may include city, state or geographic area, information about your use of and actions on the Site, such as pages or screens you viewed, how long you spent on a particular page or screen, navigation paths between pages or screens, information about your activity on a page or screen, access times and length of use.
A “cookie” is a text file that websites and apps send to a visitor’s computer, mobile device or other internet-connected device to uniquely identify the visitor’s browser or to store information or settings in the browser. Cookies may be “session” cookies, which may expire when you close your browser, or “persistent” cookies, which may remain on your particular device used until they expire or you delete them.
Web browsers may offer users of our Site the ability to configure the browser to disable receiving certain types of cookies, however, if cookies are disabled or blocked, it may affect the availability and function of some features of our Site.
In addition to other uses included in this section, we may use Cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Functionality: To enhance the performance and functionality of the Site and to honor your privacy and other preferences;
Advertising: To permit our advertising partner to collect information about how you use the Site over time, in order to provide you with ads and other online service that they believe will be of specific interest to you based on your use, and to measure how the ads perform.
Analytics. To help us and our advertising partner understand user activity on the Site, including which pages are the most and the least visited.
5. ANALYTICS
We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use the Site. Our analytic provider may collect information such as your IP address, browser information, approximate geographical location, paged viewed, referring pages, if any, and interactions with the Site using cookies and similar technologies. We use such information to analyze traffic to the Site, trends, monitor Site performance, improve our content, and to understand how visitors use the Site.
You can learn about how to prevent the use of Google Analytics as it pertains to your use of the Site at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
6. ADVERTISING
This Site is affiliated with CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a Raptive (“Raptive“) for the purposes of placing advertising on the Site and Raptive will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes. Raptive uses standard and widely-available tools for the placement and serving of ads, including those provided by Google, Inc. and its affiliates. We publish interest-based advertisements on the Site; that is, ads that are tailored to reflect your interests. To help understand your interests, Raptive, Google and our other advertising partners, if any, will track your behavior on our Site and on other websites across the Internet using cookies.
A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed. Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
7. THIRD PARTY WEBSITES
Users may find advertising or other content on this Site that link to the sites and services of our partners, suppliers, advertisers, sponsors, and other third parties. This Site does not control the content or links that appear on these third-party sites and therefore, is not responsible for the practices employed by third-party websites linked to or from this Site. These third-party sites and services may have their own privacy policies and customer service policies. Once you have used these links in order to leave this Site, you should note that this Site has no control over any third-party website, and once you leave this Site, this Site is not responsible for Users protection and privacy of any information which User provides while visiting any such third-party websites.
Notice Regarding Online Behavioral Advertising
We allow third party companies to serve ads and/or collect certain anonymous information when you visit this Site. These companies may use non-personally identifiable information, such as Users browser type, the date and time that the time advertisements were clicked, scrolled over or viewed during Users visits to this Site in order to provide advertisements about goods and services likely to be of greater interest to the User. Again these third-party companies may use cookies or third party web beacon to collect this information. To learn more about this behavioral advertising practice visit the NAI at http://www.networkadvertising.org. To opt-out of this type of advertising, you can visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices.
Google Adsense
Some of the ads displayed on this Site may be served by Google. Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to Users based on their visit to this Site and other sites on the Internet. DART uses “non personally identifiable information” and does NOT track personal information about you, such as your name, email address, physical address, etc. You may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy at http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html
Google, may be a third party vendor, and use cookies to serve ads on this site. Google’s use of the DART cookie, if any, enables it to serve ads to users based on their visit to this Site and other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the advertising opt-out page.
Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting is used on this Site. Collected data, such as age, gender and interests, is used to guide content in order to better serve Users. This basic information may be disclosed in media kits and referenced in discussion with potential brand partnerships.
8. EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS
We use Mailchimp to manage our newsletter subscriptions and communications. The name and email address that you voluntarily provide to subscribe to our emails for the latest recipes or to communicate with us may be stored by Mailchimp in accordance with their applicable privacy policy.When you voluntarily subscribe to our email list to receive recipes and other communications from us, we may collect information that you voluntarily provide, such as the name and email address that you provide.
We may use the information from Mailchimp regarding email engagement, such as whether emails are opened and links to the site contained in emails are clicked.
You can unsubscribe from our emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails.
9. COMMENTS AND OTHER USER CONTENT
Should you voluntarily submit a comment to the Site, we may collect the information you provide with the submission such as your IP address and browser information, for the purpose of managing comments, preventing spam and maintaining the security of the Site.
The information that you voluntarily provide in a public comment on the Site may be visible to other users and visitors of the Site.
Please read our Terms of Use for additional provisions which govern any comments and content submitted by users.
10. SOCIAL MEDIA AND THIRD-PARTY SERVICES
The Site may contain features, links, content or integrations provided by social media platforms and other third parties.
When you visit these third-party websites, these third party-websites may collect information about you and your use according to their own privacy policies. The Harvest Kitchen has no control over the privacy policies and/or practices of any third-party websites or their services.
11. HOW WE SHARE your PERSONAL INFORMATION
We may share your Personal Information with the following parties and as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy.
Service providers: We may share your personal information that you voluntarily provided to us with our third-party services providers that perform services on our behalf, including analytics, advertising, website hosting, email delivery, security, spam prevention and technical support.
Advertising partners: We may share your personal information that you voluntarily provided to Third-party advertising companies to display advertisements on the Site.
Affiliate networks and merchants: We may share your personal information that you voluntarily provided to affiliate networks and merchants if necessary to track referrals and commissions.
For compliance and fraud prevention: We may share your personal information that you voluntarily provided when reasonably necessary to comply with applicable law, legal process or governmental requests, and fraud prevention.
When user requests disclosure: We may share your personal information that you voluntarily provided with your written direction, authorization and consent.
Protect rights and property of The Harvest Kitchen: We may share your personal information that you voluntarily provided when reasonably necessary to protect the rights, property, security or safety of The Harvest Kitchen, our users and others.
Business Transfers: We may share your personal information that you voluntarily provided when reasonably necessary in connection with the sale, merger, transfer, financing, reorganization, bankruptcy, sale of assets or other similar business transactions pertaining to the Site.
12. SECURITY PRACTICES
The security of your personal information is of importance to us. We employ certain technical and physical safeguards designed to protect the personal information we may collect. However, security risk is inherent in all internet and information technologies and we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information. We cannot guarantee that your personal information will never be “shared” or “sold” because some disclosures for advertising purpose may constitute a “sharing” or a “sale” under certain U.S. state privacy laws even when there has been no money exchanged in the sharing or sale for the information.
Please read the U.S. Privacy Rights section below for more information.
For California Residents
California law gives residents the right to opt out of the “sale” of their personal information to third parties, including for advertising purposes. Under California law, the sharing of your information with a service provider for advertising purposes could be considered a “sale.” To opt out of the sharing of your information for advertising information, click the opt out link provided at the bottom of this Site. You also have the right to request from us the categories of personal information that we have shared and the categories of third parties to whom the information was provided. To make such a request, please contact Raptive at raptive.com/contact/. To be clear we do not share your name, contact information, or any other sensitive information with third parties, and the categories of third parties that we share information with are for advertising purposes, subscribing to the site, email exchange and similar activities.
For European Economic Area Residents
If you reside in a country in the European Economic Area (EEA), then under the GDPR and applicable data protection laws you have the rights, among other things, to access your personal data, have us erase it, and/or restrict its further processing. If you wish to access or delete your personal data (if any) maintained by us or Raptive related to advertising on the Site, you can contact us at deborah@theharvestkitchen.com and contact Raptive at raptive.com/contact/. If you wish to see a list of the advertising partners we work with or change which of those partners track your behavior using cookies, click the ad preferences link at the bottom of the site. (Available in the EU.)
13. YOUR PRIVACY CHOICES
Opt out of marketing communications
You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time using the unsubscribe link included at the bottom of each email you receive by us.
Cookies and browser storage
We may permit third parties to use cookies and similar technologies to track your browsing activity over time and across the Site. Most browsers allow you to remove or reject cookies and manage advertising choices. Please read and follow the instructions in your personal browser settings to learn how to remove or reject such cookies and to manage advertising choices. Many browsers accept cookies y default until your change your settings. Please be aware, in the event that you disable cookies in your browser, the Site may not work properly for your use.
Blocking images
Most browsers and devices allow you to configure your device to prevent images from loading. Please read and follow the instructions in your personal browser or device settings if you wish to do this
Global privacy control
When required by law, we recognize applicable opt-out preference signals, such as Global Privacy Control (“GPC”), as a request by User to opt out of the sharing or sale of personal information for the browser or device from which the signal is sent.
14. U.S. STATE PRIVACY RIGHTS
Residents of certain states within the United States may have rights regarding their personal information under applicable state privacy laws.
Depending on the state of your residency and subject to applicable exceptions, these rights may include the right to:
- know or confirm whether we process personal information about you;
- request access to personal information we may maintain about you;
- request correction of inaccurate personal information about you;
- request the deletion of certain personal information about you;
- opt-out of the sharing or sale of personal information;
- opt-out of the processing of targeted advertising based on personal information;
- limit certain uses or disclosures of personal information, where applicable, and
- be free from discriminatory treatment for exercising any applicable privacy act.
15. CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS NOTICE
This section applies only to California residents and their rights with respect to the personal information that we use and share pertaining to their interaction with our Site.
In this section, “Personal Information” and “Sensitive Personal Information” shall have the meaning given in the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA“), as amended, however it does not include information that was exempted from the scope of said CCPA.
If the CCPA applies to our processing of your Personal Information, California residents may have rights, which includes the right to know, access, correct, or delete certain Personal Information and the right to opt-out of the sharing or the sale of users Personal Information.
For purposes of the CCPA, some disclosures which involve advertising cookies and similar technologies may constitute “sharing” or “selling” of personal information, even when no money has been exchanged.
You may exercise your right to opt-out by clicking the Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information link at the bottom of the Site.
You as a California resident may also exercise other applicable privacy rights by contacting us by using the Contact Us section on this Site.
Nondiscrimination
You are entitled to exercise the rights described above free from discrimination.
Verification of identity
It will be necessary for us to confirm your identity and California residency to process any requests made by you to exercise your information, access or deletion rights. We cannot process any request made by you if you do not provide us with sufficient detail to permit us to verify your identity and residency in the State of California. Where permitted by law, a California resident may also use an authorized agent to submit any requests on your behalf. The authorized agent will be required to have a written authorization which confirms such authority given to them.
Your California privacy rights
As a California resident, you have certain rights listed below. These rights are not absolute and, under certain circumstances, we may decline your request as permitted by law.
Information: You may request from us the following information pertaining to our collection and use of your Personal Information during the past 12 months.
- the categories of Personal Information that we have collected.
- the categories of sources from which we collected your Personal Information.
- the purpose for collecting and/or selling Personal Information as it pertains to the running of the Site.
- the types of third parties with whom we share Personal Information with as it pertains to the running of the Site.
Opt-out of certain sales of personal information: You as a user have the ability to opt-out of certain processing of Personal Information for targeted advertising purposes.
Opt-out of other sales of personal information: You as a user have the ability to opt-out of other sales of your Personal Information. Furthermore, if you direct us not to sell your Personal Information, we will consider this a request pursuant to California’s “Shine the Light” law to stop sharing your personal infomration covered by that law with third parties for their direct marketing purposes.
16. EEA, UK, AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL PRIVACY RIGHTS
If User is located in the European Economic Area (“EEA“), United Kingdom or another jurisdiction that provides similar data protection rights, you as a user may have rights regarding your Personal Information, subject to applicable law.
These may include rights to:
- access Personal Information;
- correct inaccurate Personal Information;
- request the deletion of Personal Information;
- restrictor limit certain processing of Personal Information;
- object to certain processing of Personal Information;
- withdraw consent where processing has been based on prior consent; and
- comment a complaint with an applicable data protection authority.
User understands and agrees that we rely on consent to process Personal Information, and that User may withdraw that consent at any time. User further understands and agrees that withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of the processing User’s Personal Information performed prior to the withdrawal.
Where required by applicable law, non-essential cookies and similar technologies shall be used based on the choices you make through our consent or privacy controls.
If you choose to exercise applicable rights concerning your Personal Information maintained directly by The Harvest Kitchen, please contact us using the contact information provided below.
For Personal Information which may be collected and processed by Raptive for advertising purposes, please read the Raptive Advertising Privacy Statement here: https://raptive.com/privacy-policy/
17. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
The Harvest Kitchen is committed to protecting the privacy of children. This Site is intended for a general audience is directed to persons 18 years of age and older.
As a general rule, children under 18 years old are not permitted to use this Site, and we do not knowingly collect Personal Information directly from children. We define “children” as anyone under the age of 13 years old. We do not knowingly sell or share the personal information of Users on the Site under 18 years old where prohibited by applicable law without the authorization required by law.
18. DATA RETENTION
We retain your information for as long as it is necessary in accordance with the purposes for which it was collected, such as our business needs and our legal and regulatory obligations. Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and the purposes for which it was processed.
Third-Party Links
This Site contains links to websites and services which are operated by third parties.
This Privacy Policy does not apply to the privacy practices of such third parties. Please read the privacy policies of any third party website you visit.
19. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
The Harvest Kitchen has the absolute and sole discretion to update this privacy policy at any time. If we decide to make revisions to our privacy policy, we will update the privacy policy modification date as “Last Updated” above. You are encouraged to check this page regularly for any changes to this privacy policy. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this privacy policy periodically and become familiar with any revisions made to said privacy policy.
20. USERS ACCEPTANCE OF PRIVACY POLICY TERMS
User understands and agrees that by using this Site, User signifies its acceptance of this Privacy Policy. In all cases, your continued use of the Site after posting any updated Privacy Policy indicates your acceptance of the terms of the modified Privacy Policy.
User understands and agrees that by using this Site, you consent to the use of such cookies and the sharing or selling of data captured by such cookies with Raptive, Google, and any of our third party partners. You can view, delete or add interest categories associated with your browser by visiting: https://adssettings.google.com.
IF AT ANY TIME YOU DO NOT ACCEPT AND AGREE WITH THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS PROVIDED HEREIN, YOU MUST IMMEDIATELY DISCONTINUE USE OF THIS SITE. YOU MUST ALSO UNSUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTERS IMMEDIATELY. TO UNSUBSCRIBE TO EMAILS FROM US, CLICK THE UNSUBSCRIBE LINK AT THE BOTTOM OF ANY ONE OF THE EMAILS YOU MAY HAVE RECEIVED FROM US. IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO DO SO, PLEASE CONTACT US IMMEDIATELY AT THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BELOW AND WE WILL ATTEMPT TO UNSUBSCRIBE YOU FROM RECEIVING EMAILS FROM US FOR YOU.
21. GOVERNING LAW
This Privacy Policy at all times shall be governed by, and will be construed under, the laws of the State of California ,U.S.A., without regard to choice of law principles.
22. CONTACT US
Please direct any questions or comments you may have about this Privacy Policy to deborah@theharvestkitchen.com
