Last updated: June 11, 2026

HomeViable is a recipe and home cooking publication owned and operated by 201 Creative, LLC. This page explains what information we collect when you visit homeviable.com, why we collect it, and the choices you have about it. The short version: we collect very little ourselves, our advertising and analytics partners collect more, and you can opt out of most of it.

What We Collect Directly

You can read every recipe and article on this site without an account and without telling us anything about yourself. Accounts exist only for customers: purchasing the Techniques course creates a member account that controls your access to the course modules.

We receive personal information from you in only a few situations:

If you contact us through our contact form, we receive your name, email address, and whatever you write in your message. We use it to reply to you and for nothing else.

If you leave a comment on a recipe, we receive the name and email address you enter with it, plus your IP address, which our spam filtering uses to keep automated junk out of the comment section.

If you purchase one of our products, checkout happens here on homeviable.com through our membership and order system. We receive your name, email address, order details, membership status, and a shipping address where one is needed. Payment itself goes directly to our payment processor, and full card numbers never touch our servers. We use this information to deliver what you bought, manage your course access, handle support and refunds, and meet tax and accounting obligations.

We do not ask for, and have no reason to hold, sensitive information such as government ID numbers or health data. If you ever see a form on this site requesting that kind of information, it is not ours; please let us know.

What Gets Collected Automatically

Like nearly every website, our server and the services that keep this site running record technical details about each visit: IP address, browser type and version, operating system, the page you came from, and which pages you viewed. We use this information in aggregate to understand which recipes people enjoy, to catch broken pages, and to keep the site secure. We do not use it to identify individual readers.

Cookies

Cookies are small text files a website stores in your browser. HomeViable uses them in two ways. Functional cookies remember small preferences, such as whether you have dismissed a notice, and keep course members logged in to their accounts. Advertising cookies, set by our ad management partner and its demand partners, are described in the advertising section below.

Every major browser lets you block or delete cookies through its settings. Blocking them will not break the recipes, though some site features may behave differently.

Advertising

The ads on HomeViable are managed by Mediavine. Mediavine and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to serve and measure advertising, including interest-based advertising. The complete required disclosure follows.

Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)

The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website. First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The “help” feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at All About Cookies. Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website. The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:

• IP Address
• Operating System type
• Operating System version
• Device Type
• Language of the website
• Web browser type
• Email (in hashed form)

Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out. For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit Mediavine Partners.

Mediavine partners with the following data processors:

1. Pubmatic. You may find Pubmatic’s privacy policy through this link. The data collected on the Website may be transferred to Pubmatic and its demand partners for interest-based advertising. Statistical information and other non-cookie technologies (such as eTags and web or browser cache) may be used by third parties on this Website. Browser settings that block cookies may have no effect on these technologies, but you may clear your cache to delete such trackers. Data collected from a particular browser or device may be used with another computer or device that is linked to the browser or device on which such data was collected.
2. Criteo. You may find Criteo’s privacy policy through this link. The data collected on the Website may be transferred to Criteo and its demand partners for interest-based advertising. Criteo may collect, access, and use non-identifying data to improve the Criteo Technology and other Criteo products, programs, and/or services. This non-identifying data may include on-site user behavior and user/page content data, URLs, statistics, or internal search queries. The non-identifying data are collected through the ad call and stored with a Criteo cookie for a maximum period of 13 months.
3. Pulsepoint. You may find Pulsepoint’s privacy policy through this link.
4. LiveRamp. You may find LiveRamp’s privacy policy through this link. When you use the Website, we share information that we may collect from you, such as your email (in hashed, de-identified form), IP address or information about your browser or operating system, with LiveRamp Inc, and its group companies (‘LiveRamp’). LiveRamp may use a cookie on your browser and match your shared information to their on- and offline marketing databases and those of its advertising partners to create a link between your browser and information in those other databases. This link may be shared by our partners globally for the purpose of enabling interest-based content or advertising throughout your online experience (e.g. cross device, web, email, in-app, etc.) by third parties unaffiliated with our website. These third parties may in turn link further demographic or interest-based information to your browser. To opt out of LiveRamp’s targeted advertising, please go here: https://liveramp.com/opt_out/
5. RhythmOne. You may view RhythmOne’s privacy policy through this link. RhythmOne uses cookies and similar tracking technologies (such as mobile device identifiers and digital fingerprinting) to provide its services. RhythmOne may use aggregated information (not including your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your visits to this and other Websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, please visit the following webpage: http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp.
6. District M. You may find District M’s privacy policy through this link.
7. YieldMo. You may find YieldMo’s privacy policy through this link. If you want to opt out of receiving interest based ads from Yieldmo or exercise your right under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) to opt-out of the sale of your personal information, you may do so through this link.
8. The Rubicon Project. You may find Rubicon’s privacy policy through this link. If you want to opt out of receiving interest based ads from Rubicon or exercise your right under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) to opt-out of the sale of your personal information, you may do so through this link. You may also utilize the Network Advertising Initiative’s opt-out page, the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page, or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page.
9. Amazon Publisher Services. You may find Amazon Publisher Services’ privacy policy through this link.
10. AppNexus. You may find the AppNexus privacy policy through this link.
11. OpenX. You may find OpenX’s privacy policy through this link.
12. Verizon Media formerly known as Oath. You may find Verizon Media’s privacy policy through this link. You may also utilize the Network Advertising Initiative’s opt-out page, the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page, or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page to opt-out of the use of cookies for interest-based advertising.
13. TripleLift. You may find TripleLift’s privacy policy through this link. To opt out of receiving interest-based advertising (including retargeting) from TripleLift’s services through the use of cookies in your current browser and for more information on what it means to opt-out, please go to www.triplelift.com/consumer-opt-out.
14. Index Exchange. You may find Index Exchange’s privacy policy through this link. You may also utilize the Network Advertising Initiative’s opt-out page, the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page, or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page to opt-out of the use of cookies for interest-based advertising.
15. Sovrn. You may find Sovrn’s privacy policy through this link.
16. GumGum. You may find GumGum’s privacy policy through this link. GumGum may (i) use place and use cookies on end users’ browsers or use web beacons to collect information about end users who visit such Publisher Websites and (ii) link such collected end user information to other end user information provided by third parties in order to deliver targeted Advertisements to such end users.
17. Digital Remedy. You may find Digital Remedy’s privacy policy through this link.
18. MediaGrid. You may find MediaGrid’s privacy policy through this link. MediaGrid may collect and store information about end-user interactions with this website through cookies, advertising IDS, pixels and server-to-server connections. MediaGrid was receive the following information: the page an End-User has requested and the referring/exit pages; Timestamp information (i.e., the date and time the End-User has visited the page); IP address; mobile device identifier; device model; device operating system; browser type; carrier; gender; age; geolocation (including GPS coordinates); clickstream data; cookie information; first-party identifiers’; and hashed email addresses; demographic and inferred interest information; and post-conversion data (from both online and offline behaviour). Some of this data is gathered from this website and others is gathered from advertisers. MediaGrid uses this data to provide its services. You may also utilize the Network Advertising Initiative’s opt-out page, the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page, or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page to opt-out of the use of cookies for interest-based advertising or review their privacy policy for more information.
19. RevContent – You may find RevContent’s privacy policy through this link. RevContent may collect information about your browser or device, including browser type, IP Address, device type, user agent string, and operating system. RevContent also collects information about the websites you visit through their services, such as date and time of access and specific pages accessed and the content and ads you click on. You may opt-out of any personalization track by opting-out of RevContent’s data collection.
20. Centro, Inc. – You may find Centro’s privacy policy through this link. You may find opt-out information for Centro’s services through the privacy policy link.
21. 33Across, Inc. – You may find 33Across’s privacy policy through this link. To opt-out of personalized advertising, please visit https://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1.
22. Conversant. LLC – You may find Conversant’s privacy policy through this link. Conversant uses information that does not directly identify you, such as information about your browser type, time and date of visit, your browsing or transaction activity, the subject of advertisements clicked or scrolled over, and a unique identifier (such as a cookie string, or a unique advertising identifier provided by your mobile device) during your visits to this and other websites and apps in order to provide advertisements about goods and services likely to be of greater interest to you. Conversant may use technologies such as cookies and other tracking technologies to collect this information. To learn more about interest-based advertising, or to opt-out, you can visit www.youronlinechoices.eu or https://www.networkadvertising.org/.

Affiliate Links

Recipes and roundups on this site may contain affiliate links, primarily to Amazon through the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. Clicking an affiliate link does not transmit personal information from us to the retailer; the retailer’s own privacy policy governs what happens on their site. We explain our affiliate relationships in plain terms on our Disclaimer page.

Embedded Video

Video lessons in the Techniques course are hosted on Vimeo and embedded in our course pages. When you play one, Vimeo may set cookies and collect viewing data, such as how much of a video you watched, under Vimeo’s privacy policy. We see aggregate playback statistics, not a profile of you.

Analytics

We use analytics tools to count visits and understand reading patterns in aggregate. Analytics data reaches us as totals and trends, not as profiles of individual people.

Your Privacy Rights

Everyone. You can request a copy of any personal information we hold about you, ask us to correct it, or ask us to delete it. Because we collect so little directly, these requests are usually quick. Use our contact page and tell us what you need.

European Economic Area and United Kingdom residents. Under the GDPR and UK GDPR you have the rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability, and objection. Where our processing relies on consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority. For advertising cookies, the consent management link at the bottom of the site (shown to EU and UK visitors) lets you review and change which partners may process your data.

California residents. The California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the CPRA, gives you the right to know what personal information is collected about you, to request its deletion, to correct inaccuracies, and to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information. Interest-based advertising as described in the Mediavine section may constitute “sharing” under California law. You can opt out through the ad preferences link at the bottom of the site or by contacting us. We do not knowingly disadvantage anyone for exercising privacy rights.

Residents of other US states with privacy laws. Where state law (including laws in Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Texas, Oregon, and others) grants you rights to access, correct, delete, or opt out of targeted advertising, we honor those requests through the same channels described above.

Children

HomeViable is written for home cooks, not children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 13, and no part of the site is designed to attract young children. If you believe a child has submitted personal information through a comment or contact form, contact us and we will delete it.

How Long We Keep Information

Contact form messages are kept as long as needed to handle the conversation. Comments and the information submitted with them remain as long as the comment is published. Member accounts persist while your course access does, and you can ask us to close yours at any time. Order records are retained as long as tax, accounting, and consumer protection rules require. Server logs rotate on a short cycle. We do not maintain marketing databases of reader information.

Security

We use HTTPS across the entire site, limit administrative access to the small team that runs it, and keep our software updated. No website can promise perfect security, but we hold little personal data, which is itself the best protection we can offer.

Changes to This Policy

When we change this policy we update the date at the top of this page. Material changes, such as a new category of data collection, will be noted here with a description of what changed.

Contact

Questions about this policy or requests to exercise your privacy rights can be sent through our contact page or by email to [email protected].