Legal

Who I am: My website address is: http://dawnthegourmand.com Unless otherwise noted, I am the legal copyright holder and no materials may be used by another person or company without my written consent. All opinions are my own.

Personal disclaimer: The information and photographs I include in my blog are for entertainment purposes only and I take no responsibility of any harm that may occur to any readers or businesses. Any “recipes” included do not offer any food allergy or nutritional information. Any person who chooses to cook and consume any food does so at their own risk and volition. If consuming alcoholic beverages, please do so responsibly. I am not liable for any negative effects that might occur due to the reader’s personal choice of consumption of alcoholic beverages.  I reserve the rights to make any changes to my blog, as I decide, at any time.

Comments and shared information: Any comments are left at your own volition and whatever name you chose to enter will be publicly displayed on the page. Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. After approval of your comment, your profile picture (if you have one) is visible to the public in the context of your comment. Your email and any other personal information will not be shown or shared with any other source, including third parties and spam. If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so I can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

Contact and follow me form: If you choose to contact me, or follow my website, your entered name and email address will be saved in my WordPress database, but I do not use the information submitted for any marketing purposes.

Cookies: If you leave a comment on my site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year. If you have an WordPress account and you log in to this site, I will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

What rights you have over your personal data: If you have left comments on this website, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data I hold about you, including any data you have provided to me. You can also request that I erase any personal data I hold about you. This does not include any data I am obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

For any inquiries, please contact me at dawn[at]dawnthegourmand.com