Cookie Policy
Last updated: October 6, 2025
This Cookie Policy explains how HMM Recipes (“we”, “us”, or “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies on hmmrecipes.com (the “Site”). It should be read together with our Privacy Policy, which describes how we collect, use, and disclose personal information.
1) What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device by your web browser. They allow websites to recognize your device, remember preferences, and improve your experience. We also use related technologies such as pixels/web beacons, local storage, and SDKs (collectively, “cookies”).
2) How We Use Cookies
- Essential operation: to load pages, keep you signed in (if applicable), and protect the Site.
- Performance & analytics: to understand how visitors use our content and improve the Site.
- Preferences: to remember choices (e.g., language, cookie settings).
- Advertising & affiliates (if enabled): to measure campaigns and track referrals.
- Social & embedded content: to enable features from third-party platforms (e.g., video or social widgets).
3) Types of Cookies We Use
- Strictly necessary cookies – Required for the Site to function. These cannot be switched off in our systems.
- Performance/analytics cookies – Help us measure traffic and usage so we can improve content and navigation.
- Functionality cookies – Remember settings and choices to personalize your experience.
- Advertising/affiliate cookies – Used to deliver or measure ads and to track affiliate referrals. You can opt out where applicable.
- Social media/embedded content cookies – Set by third parties when you view or interact with embedded features.
Duration: Cookies may be session (deleted when you close your browser) or persistent (stay until they expire or you delete them).
4) Examples of Cookies by Category
Not every cookie listed below will be set for every visitor. Specific cookies and lifetimes can vary as we update the Site.
5) Your Choices & Controls
You can manage cookies in several ways. Some cookies are essential and cannot be disabled without affecting how the Site works.
- Cookie banner / settings: Use the “Cookie Settings” link in the Site footer (if available) to review or change your preferences.
- Browser controls: Most browsers let you block or delete cookies. See your browser’s help section for instructions. If you block cookies, some features may not work properly.
- Email pixels: You can disable images in your email client or unsubscribe from our emails at any time.
6) Interest-Based Advertising
If advertising cookies are enabled, third-party partners may set cookies to deliver or measure personalized ads. You can opt out of many interest-based advertising cookies via:
Residents of certain U.S. states may also use the “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” option in the cookie banner or footer (if available).
7) Global Privacy Control (GPC)
Where legally required and technically feasible, we endeavor to honor Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals as a way to express your privacy preference regarding selling/sharing personal information for targeted advertising.
8) Updates to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes to cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. The “Last updated” date above indicates when this policy was last revised.
9) Contact Us
If you have questions about our use of cookies or this policy, contact us at [email protected] or via our Contact page.