General Introduction
hometastelab is dedicated to making recipe discovery easy and enjoyable for everyone. You don’t need to create an account to browse our site. We don’t gather your personal info directly, so there’s nothing to sell or share.
Still, some features on hometastelab.com use outside services. These tools may collect certain details automatically—like for showing you relevant ads, tracking site traffic, or playing embedded videos. We want you to know exactly how these third-party services work, what kind of data may be involved and how your privacy stays protected while using hometastelab.
Third-party services used
To keep hometastelab running smoothly and to make our recipes freely available, we rely on trusted external services. They help us measure what’s popular, keep the site funded with ads, and provide features like videos. Here’s a rundown of the main third-party providers we use:
- Google Analytics: This audience measurement tool from Google tracks visits and page activity anonymously (like which pages get visited and how long people stay). We use these stats to improve hometastelab, but Google Analytics handles all tracking with cookies—hometastelab never receives any info that reveals who you are.
- Google AdSense: This advertising network places ads on hometastelab.com, supporting our free content. Their cookies tailor ads based on how you browse, but we can’t see or access your personal advertising data. For details, check Google’s privacy info.
- Cloudflare Analytics: Cloudflare’s analytics let us check site performance and monitor visitors, all while keeping your identity hidden and not using cookies for individual tracking. This helps us spot tech issues and keep the site fast and reliable. Cloudflare’s info (like your IP or browsing behavior) is reviewed in bulk, not by user.
- YouTube: Occasionally, we embed recipe videos hosted on YouTube (owned by Google). When you watch these on hometastelab, cookies from YouTube/Google may save data like playback and view stats. If you happen to be logged into Google, your activity might link to your account, but hometastelab doesn’t see any of this. To learn more, take a look at YouTube/Google's privacy details.
Cookies and consent
Cookies are tiny text files that your device saves when you pop by a website. hometastelab and its partner tools use cookies to enhance the way you experience our pages:
- Functional cookies: Absolutely necessary for the site to work—like remembering your language or preferences. Without these, some features just won’t operate right.
- Analytics cookies: Google Analytics and Cloudflare Analytics use these to log traffic stats and trends. We only see combined information, which tells us how people use hometastelab and helps us improve your experience.
- Advertising cookies: Google AdSense applies these to display targeted ads that match your interests or browsing activity.
By visiting hometastelab.com, you’re agreeing to this cookies setup. You can always change or clear cookies in your browser’s settings—most browsers let you block, erase, or get alerts before cookies drop in. Just a heads up: blocking cookies could impact how hometastelab and other sites work for you.
Changes to this policy
This privacy policy might get updated from time to time. We’ll revise it when we adjust our practices, add new tools, or need to meet new legal standards. If anything important changes, we’ll make it clear—like putting an alert on the homepage or sending out a prominent message.
You can always check when this policy was last changed by looking at the date at the top. For peace of mind, come back and review this page periodically to stay up to date on how hometastelab handles privacy.
Contact
If you’ve got any questions or want to reach out about this privacy notice, feel free to get in touch. Just send us a message at legal@hometastelab.com. hometastelab is always ready to listen and help with any concerns you might have.
Conclusion
Thanks for taking a moment to check out our privacy info. By choosing hometastelab, you agree to our approach for handling and safeguarding your data. We hope this clarity gives you peace of mind and lets you explore our recipes with confidence. Your trust means a lot to us—happy cooking!