Privacy Policy

Effective Date: October 13, 2025

Welcome to OkonomiKitchen.com (“we,” “us,” “our,” or “Site”). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, subscribe to our newsletter, comment, or otherwise interact with us.

1. Information We Collect

We collect different types of information from and about users of the Site, including:

a) Personal Information You Voluntarily Provide

  • Email address — when you subscribe to our newsletter, enter a giveaway, or communicate via our contact form
  • Name and any other details you provide (e.g. if you leave a comment, fill out a form, or enter a giveaway)
  • User-generated content — e.g. comments on blog posts

b) Automatically Collected / Technical Information

When you visit the Site, we (and third-party services) may automatically collect:

  • Device & browser data (browser type and version, device type, operating system)
  • IP address
  • Time zone / locale settings
  • Referring / exit pages
  • URLs visited, pages you view, how you navigate through the site
  • Cookies, web beacons, tags, pixels, and similar tracking technologies

This technical data is often collected via cookies or similar technologies.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

  1. To provide, operate, and maintain the Site
  2. To communicate with you — e.g. send newsletters, respond to inquiries, announcements
  3. To respond to your requests or comments
  4. To personalize content and advertisements
  5. To analyze usage, monitor performance, and improve the Site
    • We use Google Analytics for this purpose
  6. To run giveaways / contests
  7. To enforce our Terms & Policies, protect our rights, or comply with legal obligations

3. Advertising, Cookies & Tracking

Raptive / Advertising

Our Site uses Raptive to deliver advertisements. Raptive uses cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies to collect information about your browsing activity across this site and other sites in order to provide interest-based advertising.
By using the Site, you consent to the use of cookies and the sharing of data captured via these technologies with Raptive, Google, and our other third-party partners. (This is consistent with their guidance on integrating an “Advertising Privacy Policy Snippet.”) help.raptive.com

You may opt out of interest-based advertising via these tools:

Advertising. 

CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a Raptive (“Raptive”) is a service provider of this Site for the purposes of placing advertising on the Site, and Raptive will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes. To learn more about Raptive’s data usage, click here: https://raptive.com/creator-advertising-privacy-statement

Cookies / Tracking Technologies

We and our third-party partners may use cookies, local storage, web beacons, pixels, and similar technologies to:

  • Recognize your device
  • Remember your preferences (e.g. language, settings)
  • Track your activity on the Site
  • Provide personalized content and targeted ads
  • Analyze Site traffic

Most browsers let you refuse or disable cookies. However, blocking or disabling cookies may affect the functionality of some parts of the Site.

4. Third-Party Tools & Services

We work with third parties to provide and enhance the Site and advertising. Below are the key ones:

  • Google Analytics — for analytics and reporting
  • Affiliate Programs — we participate in affiliate programs (for example, Amazon Associates). When you click affiliate links, we may receive a commission if you make a purchase. These programs may use cookies or tracking to attribute sales.
  • Raptive — handles ad delivery, targeting, and reporting

We do not share personally identifiable information (like your email) with these services except as needed to operate (e.g. sending sales data to payment processor).

Each third-party service has its own privacy policy, and we encourage you to review them to understand their practices.

5. Disclosure & Sharing of Information

We may share your information in the following circumstances:

  • With service providers who perform functions on our behalf (e.g. email service provider, hosting, analytics, advertising)
  • In connection with legal obligations, law enforcement, or to protect our rights or those of others
  • In the event of a sale, merger, or change of business structure — if the Site or substantially all of its assets are transferred
  • With advertising partners (Raptive, Google, etc.) for interest-based ad delivery (as described above)

We do not knowingly share your email or other personal contact info with third parties for their independent marketing without your consent.

6. Rights Under U.S. & Canadian Laws, and Applicable Privacy Regulations

Because your audience is primarily U.S. and Canada, the following rights may apply to your users:

For U.S. Users / California (CCPA / CPRA)

  • California residents have the right to opt out of sale or sharing of personal information. Under the law, “sharing” data for advertising can be considered a “sale.”
  • They have the right to request access to the information we collect and deletion of it (subject to exceptions).
  • If you are a California resident, please contact us (see “Contact” below) to make such requests.

For Canadian / Quebec Users

Canadian privacy laws (like PIPEDA or provincial laws) may give users rights to access, correct, or withdraw consent for their personal data.
If you are in a province with stronger laws (e.g. Quebec), additional requirements may apply.

General / Other Users

  • If you are in the European Economic Area (EEA), GDPR rights such as access, rectification, erasure, restriction, data portability, and object may apply.
  • You can also object to or restrict certain processing, especially marketing or profiling.

If you wish to exercise any rights (access, deletion, opt-out), contact us as detailed below. We will respond in accordance with applicable law.

7. Data Retention

We retain personal data only as long as needed for the purposes described above (or as required by law).

Examples:

  • Email and newsletter data: as long as you remain subscribed, unless you ask us to remove it
  • Analytics / aggregated (non-identifiable) data: may be retained longer
  • Transactional data: retained as necessary for bookkeeping, refunds, or legal compliance

If you ask us to delete your personal data, we will delete it unless there is a valid legal reason to keep it (e.g. regulatory obligations, dispute resolution).

8. Do Not Track (DNT) Signals

Currently, our Site does not automatically change our data collection or usage practices in response to browser Do Not Track signals or similar mechanisms. We treat DNT signals as a browser preference, but we do not guarantee special behavior based on them.

9. Children’s Privacy

Our Site is not intended for minors under age 16. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 16. If you believe we have collected such data, please contact us to request deletion.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time (for example, to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements). We will post the updated version here, along with a revised “Effective Date.” If we make material changes, we may notify users (e.g. via email or site notice).

Continued use following such changes means you accept the revised policy.

11. Raptive Required Legal Disclosures

Binding Arbitration (“Arbitration Agreement”)

a. Applicability of Arbitration Agreement. You agree that any dispute or claim against us, or our vendors or service providers(collectively, “We” or “Us”), related in any way to your access or use of this website, to these Terms, or to any aspect of your relationship with Us, will be resolved by binding arbitration, rather than in court, except that (1) you may assert claims in small claims court if your claims qualify, so long as the matter remains in such court and advances only on an individual (non-class, non-representative) basis; and (2) you or We may seek equitable relief in court for infringement or other misuse of intellectual property rights (such as trademarks, trade dress, domain names, trade secrets, copyrights, and patents). You agree that you must commence any arbitration or other claim within one (1) year after the dispute arises; otherwise, the claim is permanently barred, which means that you will no longer have the right to assert a claim regarding the dispute. This Arbitration Agreement will apply, without limitation, to all claims that arose or were asserted before the effective date of these Terms or any prior version of this Arbitration Agreement.

You agree in advance that you will not participate in or seek to recover monetary or other relief in any lawsuit filed against Us, alleging class, collective, and/or representative claims on your behalf. Instead, by agreeing to arbitration, you may bring your claims against any of Us in an individual arbitration proceeding (except for any Batch Arbitration, as described below). If successful on such claims, you could be awarded money or other relief by an arbitrator. You acknowledge that you have been advised that you may consult with an attorney in deciding whether to accept these Terms, including this Arbitration Agreement.

The Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this Arbitration Agreement.

Consent to Data Collection.  These Terms of Service incorporate our Privacy Policy, which discloses how we, our vendors, and our service providers collect and use data when you use the Site and/or mobile applications.  You hereby consent to the collection and use of data by us, our vendors, and our service providers as described in the Privacy Policy (including any links to other policies therein).  You can revoke this consent at any time by following the opt-out instructions in the Privacy Policy or clicking the provided links on the Site.  

Limitations on Liability. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE, OR OUR VENDORS OR SERVICE PROVIDERS (COLLECTIVELY, “WE” OR “US”), SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS OR REVENUES, WHETHER INCURRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, OR ANY LOSS OF DATA, USE, GOODWILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, RESULTING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF OR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE THE WEBSITE.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF ANY OF US EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE TOTAL AMOUNT PAID OR PAYABLE TO RAPTIVE BY YOU FOR THE WEBSITE DURING THE SIX-MONTH PERIOD PRIOR TO THE ACT, OMISSION, OR OCCURRENCE GIVING RISE TO SUCH LIABILITY; OR (B) ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS ($100). THE LIMITATIONS OF THIS SUBSECTION SHALL APPLY TO ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, STATUTE, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, AND WHETHER OR NOT THE PARTIES HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY SUCH DAMAGE, AND EVEN IF A REMEDY SET FORTH HEREIN IS FOUND TO HAVE FAILED ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE. 

12. Contact Us

If you have questions or would like to exercise your rights, you may contact [email protected].