Cooking Masterchef (“Cooking Masterchef”) is dedicated to providing informative and useful mobile applications, websites (including, without limitation, on and through the domain name www.cookingmaster.com and/or other domain names designated by Cooking Masterchef from time to time), software and related systems, software and platform (collectively, the “System”). As a part of the operation of the System, Cooking Masterchef gathers certain information about end users, vendors, and other users.
This Data Privacy and Use Policy applies to the System and governs data collection and usage at, on and through the System. Please read this Data Privacy and Use Policy carefully. By accessing or otherwise using any part of the System, you signify your assent to this Data Privacy and Use Policy. If you do not agree to this Data Privacy and Use Policy, you are not permitted to access or otherwise use the mobile application, website, or any other part of the System.
Data Collected
Two types of data may be collected: (a) personal data, such as names, company names, e-mail addresses, product and/or service preferences, photographs, and comments that can be used to uniquely identify or contact a single person (“Personal Data”); and (b) non-personal aggregate or analytics traffic data which web pages or portions of the mobile applications you are visiting, the order in which the areas are visited, zip code, area code, unique device identifier, location, time zone, which hyperlinks or functions are being “clicked,” how many users are visiting or accessing the System, domain server, location-based or real-time geographic location information, type of computer or device, and type of web browser that does not permit direct association with any specific individual (“Traffic Data” and together with Personal Data, the “Collected Data”).
Collection and Usage
Personal Data is gathered when users provide Personal Data to or through the System, for example, when registering with the System, downloading a software update, participating in an online survey, inputting content into the System, verifying user credentials, purchasing an add-on feature, or utilizing any Cooking Masterchef product or service through the System. Personal Data is also gathered about others when users share content with family, friends, or other contacts, such as when buying products for others, or sharing information, including, without limitation, the name, email address, phone number, and mailing address.
Traffic Data is tracked and gathered when you and other users visit or access the System. While gathering Traffic Data may not collect Personal Data, it may provide information on the geographical location from which users access the System. This Traffic Data generally does not identify individual users. Instead, the Traffic Data identifies System users as a whole, including demographic information, preferences in content and advertising, quality of service, and web and application traffic patterns.
Cooking Masterchef will NOT release and disclose the Collected Data to affiliated or contracted persons, associations, or other entities of whatsoever nature.
Where appropriate, inCooking Masterchef’s sole and absolute discretion, Cooking Masterchef may provide notice to you. For instance, Cooking Masterchef may use your Personal Data to:
(1) send you information about Cooking Masterchef and our products, updates, services, important notices, special offers, and/or upcoming events;
(2) send you information about the Affiliates’ products and services;
(3) conduct surveys about your opinion of Cooking Masterchef , its staff, performance, products and services or the System;
(4) verify your qualifications for certain promotions, special offers, products and services;
(5) bill you for any products and services purchased through the System via a credit card or electronic payment; and
(6) customize, improve, and/or tailor your experience on the System by displaying content that Cooking Masterchef thinks you might be interested in according to your preferences.
Please note that chat rooms, forums, message boards, links to third party websites (including social media websites), and/or news groups may be available through the System. Any information disclosed in these areas is or may be deemed public information and you must exercise caution and discretion when deciding to disclose personal and non-personal information.
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose Personal Data or personally sensitive data through your home page, linked sites, or other public forums, this information may be collected and used by others. Cooking Masterchef encourages all users to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to from the System so that you understand how those websites collect, use and share information about you and/or your electronic devices. Cooking Masterchef is not responsible for the data collection, data usage, privacy statements or content on other websites.
Cookies
The System may place small files, called ‘cookies’ onto your computer or electronic device. Cookies are data files that websites or other portions of a system may write onto computer or electronic device hard drives for record keeping purposes when you visit them. The cookie file then identifies you as a unique user. As a convenience feature, cookies simplify the process of recording personal information, so that, for example, users do not have to enter names, addresses or passwords repetitively. Cookies also allow users or Cooking Masterchef to customize some System features.
You can program your browser not to accept cookies, but if you do, you may be unable to access some parts of the System, and the System will not be able to customize features according to certain preferences.
While on the System, you may receive cookies from third party advertisers or promotional entities. These cookies are outside the control of Cooking Masterchef, are not subject to the Data Privacy and Use Policy, and Cooking Masterchef is not responsible for such third party cookies.
Measures to Safeguard Children
Cooking Masterchef encourages parents and guardians to spend time with their children online and to be fully familiar with the websites and other software visited by their children. At various places on the System, Cooking Masterchef may ask users whether they are 18 years of age or older. Cooking Masterchef relies on users to be truthful in responding to these questions. Cooking Masterchef does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 years of age. If Cooking Masterchef learns that personal information of a child under 13 years of age has been collected, Cooking Masterchef will take steps to delete the information as soon as possible.
Except where required in accordance with law, law enforcement agency, court, or other governmental authority, Cooking Masterchef does not intentionally solicit Personal Data from children under 18 years of age. A parent or guardian whose child provided Personal Data to Cooking Masterchef without the parent’s or guardian’s consent should immediately notifyCooking Masterchef of such disclosure in writing to the contact provided below. Cooking Masterchef, upon receipt of such written notice, shall take reasonable measures to remove such disclosed information from Cooking Masterchef’s database and/or notify the appropriate authority.
Security
Cooking Masterchef has implemented security measures to help protect the Personal Data. For example, Cooking Masterchef stores Personal Data on secured servers and transmits Personal Data through secure and encrypted channels. Although Cooking Masterchef has implemented such security measures to help protect the Personal Data, the Personal Data may still be accessed, altered, disclosed and/or otherwise used in an unauthorized manner and as such, Cooking Masterchef is not responsible if such unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure and/or other uses occur.
Cooking Masterchef does not store or archive customer credit card information.
Changes to this Data Privacy and Use Policy
Cooking Masterchef will occasionally update this Data Privacy and Use Policy to reflect company and user feedback, or changes in applicable law. You are encouraged to periodically review this Data Privacy and Use Policy to be informed of how Cooking Masterchef utilizes or discloses user information. Your continued use of the System constitutes your consent to any and all such changes.
Governing Law/Claims
This Data Privacy and Use Policy, the System, and any claim associated with, related to, or arising from the Data Privacy and Use Policy and/or System are governed by the law of the State of Massachusetts within the United States. Any claim associated with, relating to or arising from this Data Privacy and Use Policy or the System shall be brought in a federal or state court in the County of Essex, Commonwealth of Massachusetts within one year after the claim arises.
You hereby affirm your consent to the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in the County of Essex, Commonwealth of Massachusetts as the most convenient and appropriate forum for the resolution of disputes concerning this Data Privacy and Use Policy. The System is controlled, operated and administered entirely within the United States. Use of the System from locations outside the United States where these practices are illegal or violate any law is prohibited.
Contact Information
Questions about this Data Privacy and Use Policy should be directed to contact @ CookingMasterchef.com
Cooking Masterchef
Cookie Policy for Cooking Masterchef
This is the Cookie Policy for Cooking Masterchef, accessible from https://www.cookingmasterchef.com
What Are Cookies
As is common practice with almost all professional websites this site uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. This page describes what information they gather, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored however this may downgrade or ‘break’ certain elements of the sites functionality.
For more general information on cookies see the Wikipedia article on HTTP Cookies.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately in most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.
Disabling Cookies
You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of the this site. Therefore it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.
The Cookies We Set
- Account related cookiesIf you create an account with us then we will use cookies for the management of the signup process and general administration. These cookies will usually be deleted when you log out however in some cases they may remain afterwards to remember your site preferences when logged out.
- Email newsletters related cookiesThis site offers newsletter or email subscription services and cookies may be used to remember if you are already registered and whether to show certain notifications which might only be valid to subscribed/unsubscribed users.
- Orders processing related cookiesThis site offers e-commerce or payment facilities and some cookies are essential to ensure that your order is remembered between pages so that we can process it properly.
- Surveys related cookiesFrom time to time we offer user surveys and questionnaires to provide you with interesting insights, helpful tools, or to understand our user base more accurately. These surveys may use cookies to remember who has already taken part in a survey or to provide you with accurate results after you change pages.
- Forms related cookiesWhen you submit data to through a form such as those found on contact pages or comment forms cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.
- Site preferences cookiesIn order to provide you with a great experience on this site we provide the functionality to set your preferences for how this site runs when you use it. In order to remember your preferences we need to set cookies so that this information can be called whenever you interact with a page is affected by your preferences.
Third Party Cookies
In some special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.
- This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solution on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content.For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.
- The Google AdSense service we use to serve advertising uses a DoubleClick cookie to serve more relevant ads across the web and limit the number of times that a given ad is shown to you.For more information on Google AdSense see the official Google AdSense privacy FAQ.
- We use adverts to offset the costs of running this site and provide funding for further development. The behavioural advertising cookies used by this site are designed to ensure that we provide you with the most relevant adverts where possible by anonymously tracking your interests and presenting similar things that may be of interest.
- Several partners advertise on our behalf and affiliate tracking cookies simply allow us to see if our customers have come to the site through one of our partner sites so that we can credit them appropriately and where applicable allow our affiliate partners to provide any bonus that they may provide you for making a purchase.
- We also use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. For these to work the following social media sites including; {List the social networks whose features you have integrated with your site?:12}, will set cookies through our site which may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.
More Information
Hopefully that has clarified things for you and as was previously mentioned if there is something that you aren’t sure whether you need or not it’s usually safer to leave cookies enabled in case it does interact with one of the features you use on our site.
However if you are still looking for more information then you can contact us through one of our preferred contact methods:
- Email: [email protected]