Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 7, 2026

Forking Good Food respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you visit ForkingGoodFood.com, how that information may be used, and the choices you have regarding your information.

Information We Collect

We may collect information that you voluntarily provide when you:

Leave a comment on a recipe or article
Submit a message through our contact form
Subscribe to our email newsletter
Otherwise communicate with us

This information may include your name, email address, and any information you choose to include in a comment or message.

Our website may also automatically collect certain technical information, such as your IP address, browser type, device type, referring pages, pages visited, and general usage information.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on Forking Good Food, we collect the information entered in the comment form along with information such as the visitor’s IP address and browser information to help detect spam and protect the website.

An anonymized string created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine whether you use that service. If your comment is approved, your Gravatar profile image may be publicly visible alongside your comment.

Contact Forms

When you contact us through a form on this website, we collect the information you provide, such as your name, email address, subject, and message. We use this information to respond to your inquiry and communicate with you.

Submitting a contact form does not automatically subscribe you to our email newsletter.

Email Newsletter

If you choose to subscribe to the Forking Good Food email list, we collect your email address and any other information you voluntarily provide during signup.

We use this information to send recipes, site updates, and other Forking Good Food content. Our email service provider may process subscriber information on our behalf in order to deliver and manage these emails.

You may unsubscribe at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in our emails.

Cookies

Forking Good Food and services used by the website may use cookies and similar technologies to operate the site, remember preferences, understand how visitors use the website, measure performance, and support advertising or affiliate tracking.

If you leave a comment, you may have the option to save your name, email address, and website in cookies so you do not have to enter the information again when leaving another comment.

You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect how some parts of the website function.

Analytics

We may use analytics services to understand how visitors find and use Forking Good Food. These services may collect information such as pages viewed, approximate location, device and browser information, referral sources, and interactions with the website.

We use this information to understand our audience, improve the website, and determine which recipes and content are most useful to readers.

Affiliate Links

Forking Good Food participates in affiliate programs. Some links on this website are affiliate links, which means we may earn a commission if you make a purchase after clicking one of these links, at no additional cost to you.

Affiliate networks and retailers may use cookies or similar tracking technologies to determine whether a purchase or other qualifying action originated from Forking Good Food.

For additional information, please see our Affiliate Disclosure.

Advertising

Forking Good Food may display advertising provided by third-party advertising partners. These companies may use cookies and similar technologies to deliver, measure, and personalize advertising and to understand how visitors interact with ads.

Third-party advertising providers may collect information in accordance with their own privacy policies.

Embedded Content and Third-Party Services

Recipes and articles may include content from other websites, such as videos, social media posts, images, or other embedded content.

Embedded content generally behaves as though you visited the website providing that content directly. Those websites may collect information about you, use cookies, and track your interaction with their content according to their own privacy policies.

Forking Good Food may also link to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of websites we do not control.

How We Use Information

Information collected through Forking Good Food may be used to:

Operate and maintain the website
Respond to questions and messages
Manage and moderate comments
Send newsletters requested by subscribers
Understand website traffic and usage
Improve our recipes, content, and website
Detect spam, fraud, or security problems
Comply with applicable legal requirements

How Long We Keep Information

Comments and associated information may be retained indefinitely so we can maintain conversations on recipes and recognize previously approved commenters.

Contact messages may be retained as long as reasonably necessary to respond to inquiries and maintain appropriate business records.

Email subscriber information is retained while you remain subscribed or as otherwise necessary to maintain records of subscription and unsubscribe requests.

Sharing of Information

We do not sell your personal information.

Information may be processed by service providers that help us operate Forking Good Food, including website hosting, email delivery, spam protection, analytics, advertising, and other website services.

We may also disclose information when required by law or when reasonably necessary to protect the website, our rights, or the safety and rights of others.

Your Privacy Choices

Depending on where you live, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including the right to request access to, correction of, or deletion of certain information we maintain about you.

You may also unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time using the unsubscribe link provided in those emails.

To make a privacy-related request, please use our Contact page.

Children’s Privacy

Forking Good Food is intended for a general audience and is not directed specifically to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time as our website, services, or legal requirements change. The “Last updated” date at the top of this page will reflect the most recent revision.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how information is handled on Forking Good Food, please contact us here.