General Introduction
Flash Oven is your friendly food recipe destination, where we focus on keeping things easy and welcoming. You won't need to create an account and we don't ask for your personal info. That means your details aren't collected, shared, or sold here.
Still, it's important that you know how some info might get gathered automatically by outside services that make your Flash Oven visit smoother (like traffic measurement, personalized ads, or embedded videos). This privacy statement lays out, in plain language, what happens behind the scenes and explains how we work to protect your privacy and data every time you browse Flash Oven.
Third-party services used
Flash Oven relies on a few trusted external services so our site runs smoothly and recipes stay free. These partners help us track how folks use the site, provide funding through ads, and enable embedded video recipes. Here are the main partners we work with:
- YouTube: Some of our recipe how-tos appear as YouTube videos (which is part of Google). Watching these on Flash Oven could mean YouTube/Google sets cookies, collects view counts, and tracks video watching stats. If you're signed into your Google account, those views may be linked to your profile—though we never see that info. For complete details, check Google's privacy policy.
- Cloudflare Analytics: With Cloudflare, Flash Oven can analyze visitor data and site speed without using cookies that personally tag you. Details gathered (like IP addresses or visitor flow) are bundled together, not linked to individuals. These insights let us fix bugs or keep the site speedy and secure.
- Google AdSense: This Google ad tool helps support Flash Oven by displaying ads. AdSense may use cookies to show you ads tailored to your interests based on browsing activity. But we can't access the personal details Google uses for this targeting. For more on this, take a look at Google's own privacy info.
- Google Analytics: This tool from Google lets Flash Oven see broad trends about what recipes are hits and how the site works overall. While Google Analytics uses cookies to see data like popular recipes and visit times, nothing here ties directly to you and we don’t keep anything that can pinpoint who you are.
Cookies and consent
Cookies are tiny files saved on your device whenever you visit a site. Flash Oven and our outside partners use cookies to give you a better browsing experience:
- Advertising cookies: Google AdSense uses these to present ads. These might remember what you like or where you’ve browsed to try showing more relevant ads.
- Analytics cookies: Google Analytics along with Cloudflare Analytics set these. They gather data on traffic and user behavior (collected together, not linked to you) and help us upgrade recipes or site performance.
- Functional cookies: Essential for things to work right. For example, these remember what language you picked, or store your cookie preferences, so the site runs as it should. Some features may not work if you block these.
Coming to Flash Oven means you agree to our cookie use as described. If cookies aren’t your thing, you can tweak settings or delete them in your browser. Most browsers let you block, erase, or get notified before cookies land on your device. Just be aware—turning cookies off might change how Flash Oven (and some other sites) behave for you.
Changes to this policy
This privacy page might change sometimes. We’ll update it if we start using new services, tweak our practices, or need to comply with new laws or requirements. If something important changes, you’ll spot a clear message either on Flash Oven's homepage or through a special notification.
At the top of this policy, you’ll find the most recent revision date. We recommend checking back every now and then so you always know what’s new in Flash Oven's privacy guidelines.
Contact
Questions or concerns about how Flash Oven handles your data? Want to know more about our privacy policy? We'd love to hear from you! Just drop us a message at legal@flashoven.com and we'll be glad to help you out.
Conclusion
Thanks for taking a moment to check out how we handle privacy at Flash Oven. When you use our site, you're okay with these data practices. We hope this puts your mind at ease so you can relax and get cooking! Thanks for trusting us, and happy eating from everyone at Flash Oven!