Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 31, 2026

This privacy policy explains how DKG Creations Kitchen collects, uses, and handles personal information when you browse the website, contact us, subscribe to our newsletter, or leave comments and recipe reviews.

Who we are

DKG Creations Kitchen is a recipe and kitchen information website operated by Deborah Griffin under the DKG Creations brand. Our website address is https://dkgcreations.com.

If you have questions about this privacy policy or how your information is handled, email kitchen@dkgcreations.com.

Contact form

When you use our contact form, we receive the name, email address, and message you provide. We use this information to respond to your inquiry. Messages are delivered through our email services and received in our Gmail inbox.

Contacting us does not subscribe you to a newsletter. Please do not include sensitive personal information in your message.

Email newsletter

When you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your email address and any other information you choose to provide through the signup form. We use this information to send recipes, kitchen tips, and updates from DKG Creations Kitchen.

We use Hostinger Reach to manage subscriptions and deliver newsletter emails. Our signup process uses email confirmation: you must confirm your subscription through the confirmation email before receiving newsletter messages.

Hostinger Reach processes subscriber information and subscription status. It also provides email performance information, such as delivery status, email opens, and link clicks, which helps us understand how readers interact with our emails.

You can unsubscribe using the unsubscribe link in our newsletter emails or by contacting kitchen@dkgcreations.com. We may retain a limited record of your unsubscribe request to help prevent further newsletter messages from being sent to you.

For information about Hostinger’s handling of personal information, visit https://www.hostinger.com/legal/privacy-policy.

Comments and recipe reviews

When you leave a comment or submit a recipe review through the comment form, we collect the information you enter, including your name, email address, comment, and any rating you provide. WordPress also records your IP address and browser information to help identify spam.

Comments are reviewed before publication. Once approved, your display name, comment, and any accompanying recipe rating are publicly visible. Your email address is not displayed publicly.

If you leave a comment, a coded version of your email address, called a hash, may be sent to Gravatar to check whether you have a profile image. If an image is available, it may appear publicly beside your approved comment.

Gravatar is provided by Automattic. Its privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/.

Website analytics

We use Google Analytics through the Site Kit by Google plugin to understand how visitors find and use this website. This helps us see which recipes and kitchen tips receive visits and improve the website.

Google Analytics uses cookies and similar technologies to collect information about website activity. This may include pages viewed, referring websites, browser and device information, approximate location, and interactions such as scrolling or clicking certain links.

Google Analytics 4 does not log or store individual IP addresses. We do not intentionally send names, email addresses, contact messages, or comment text to Google Analytics.

Our Analytics settings exclude visits from users who are logged in to this WordPress website.

Learn how Google handles information from websites that use its services at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

Google’s privacy policy is available at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

Cookies and your choices

Cookies are small files stored on your device. This website uses cookies for functions such as remembering comment details, supporting authorized logins, and measuring website activity through Google Analytics.

If you leave a comment, you may choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies by checking the box on the comment form. These cookies make commenting more convenient by remembering your details for a future visit. They last for one year.

WordPress also uses cookies when authorized users visit the login page, sign in, or edit content. These support login sessions and administrative preferences. Visitors do not need an account to browse recipes or submit comments.

You can use your browser settings to block or delete cookies. Blocking some cookies may affect website features.

Google also offers a Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on for supported browsers at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Embedded content from other websites

If a page includes embedded content from another website, such as a video, that service may collect information about your visit, use cookies, and track your interaction with the content.

If you are signed in to that service, it may associate that activity with your account. The provider’s own privacy policy applies to its handling of that information.

Who we share your data with

We use service providers to operate the website and communicate with readers. These include:

  • Hostinger for website hosting and email services.
  • Hostinger Reach for newsletter subscriptions and email delivery.
  • Gmail for receiving and responding to messages.
  • Google Analytics for measuring website activity.
  • Gravatar for comment profile images, as described above.

These providers process information in connection with the services they provide.

How long we retain your data

Approved comments and their associated information are generally retained unless we remove them or receive a deletion request that we can fulfill.

Contact messages may be kept for correspondence and reference, then deleted when no longer needed.

Newsletter subscriber information is retained while you remain subscribed or as needed to manage your subscription. Limited records may be retained after you unsubscribe to document your preferences and prevent unwanted messages.

Analytics information is retained according to the retention settings configured in our Google Analytics account.

Your privacy requests

You can contact kitchen@dkgcreations.com to request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information you have provided through comments, the contact form, or newsletter signup.

We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling a request. Some information may need to be retained for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

You can stop newsletter emails at any time using the unsubscribe link in those emails.

Where your data is processed

Information collected through this website is processed by the hosting, email, analytics, and other service providers described in this policy.

Depending on the provider, information may be processed or stored outside your state or country.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy when our website features or information practices change. The date at the top of this page shows when it was last updated.