Privacy Policy
Last updated: 16 October 2026
Welcome to Lindie’s Hidden Delight (https://hiddendelight.com/). Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you visit our website, how that information may be used, and the choices available to you.
By using this website, you acknowledge that you have read this Privacy Policy. Where consent is required by applicable law, we will seek it as appropriate.
1. About Lindie’s Hidden Delight
Lindie’s Hidden Delight is a recipe website that shares recipes, cooking instructions, food inspiration, and related content.
For questions about this Privacy Policy or the handling of your personal information, please get in touch with us using the details at the end of this page.
2. Information We May Collect
Depending on how you use our website, we may collect the following types of information.
Information You Provide
If you contact us through our contact form or by email, we may receive information such as your name, email address and the contents of your message.
Please do not include sensitive personal information in messages unless it is necessary for your enquiry.
Technical and Usage Information
When you visit the website, certain technical information may be collected automatically by our website hosting provider or the services we use. This may include your IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited, the date and time of your visit, and information about how you interact with the website.
This information may be used to maintain website security, troubleshoot technical problems and understand website performance.
3. How We Use Information
Information collected through the website may be used to:
- Respond to questions and enquiries.
- Operate, maintain and improve the website.
- Understand which recipes and pages are useful to visitors.
- Protect the website against spam, misuse and security threats.
- Measure website performance, where analytics tools are used.
- Display and measure advertising, where advertising services are enabled.
- Meet applicable legal obligations.
We do not intend to collect more personal information than is reasonably necessary for these purposes.
4. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Lindie’s Hidden Delight and some of the services used on the website may use cookies or similar technologies.
Cookies are small files stored on your device. They may help websites remember preferences, support essential functionality, measure traffic or deliver advertising.
Depending on the services enabled, cookies may be used for:
- Essential website functionality and security.
- Website analytics and performance measurement.
- Advertising and measurement of advertising performance.
- Remembering preferences or consent choices.
You can manage cookies through your browser settings. Blocking certain cookies may affect how some website features work.
Where required by applicable law, we will request consent before using non-essential cookies or similar technologies.
5. Google AdSense and Advertising
Lindie’s Hidden Delight may use Google AdSense or other advertising services to display advertisements.
If Google advertising services are used on this website, Google and its advertising partners may use cookies, device identifiers, IP addresses or similar technologies to collect or receive information about visits to this website and other websites. This information may be used to provide, measure and improve advertising, including personalised advertising where permitted and where the necessary consent or other legal basis applies.
Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s previous visits to this website or other websites.
You can learn more about how Google uses information from websites that use its services here:
You can manage your Google advertising preferences here:
You can also learn about additional options for opting out of certain interest-based advertising here:
Your available choices may depend on your location, browser settings, and the advertising services in use.
6. Analytics and Third-Party Services
We may use analytics, security, website hosting, spam prevention or other third-party services to operate and improve the website.
These services may process technical or usage information in accordance with their own privacy policies and the settings enabled on our website.
Where Google Analytics or another analytics service is used, its collection and use of information will be subject to the relevant service’s terms and privacy documentation.
We will update this policy if our use of relevant services changes materially.
7. Third-Party Links and Embedded Content
Our website may contain links to external websites, social media platforms, videos or other third-party content.
When you follow an external link or interact with embedded content, the third party may collect information according to its own privacy policy. We do not control the privacy practices of external websites and encourage you to review their policies.
8. How Long Information Is Retained
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including responding to enquiries, maintaining website security and meeting applicable legal obligations.
Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information, the purpose of processing and any legal requirements.
9. Sharing and International Transfers
We do not intend to sell your personal information.
Information may be processed by service providers that help us host, secure, maintain, analyse or support the website, or provide advertising services. These providers may process information in countries outside South Africa.
Where personal information is transferred or shared, we will take steps required by applicable law to protect it and to ensure that the relevant processing arrangements are appropriate.
Information may also be disclosed where required by law or where reasonably necessary to protect the rights, security or integrity of the website and its users.
10. Data Security
We take reasonable steps to protect information handled through our website against unauthorised access, loss, misuse or disclosure.
However, no method of transmitting or storing information online can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
11. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on the laws that apply to you, you may have rights to request access to, correction of or deletion of your personal information, to object to certain processing, or to withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
South African visitors may have rights under the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA). Other privacy laws may apply to visitors in different countries.
To make a privacy-related request, contact us using the email address below. We may need to verify your identity before responding.
You may also have the right to raise a concern with the relevant privacy regulator where applicable.
12. Children’s Privacy
Lindie’s Hidden Delight is a general-audience recipe website. We do not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children beyond what is appropriate for the website’s operation.
If you believe a child has provided personal information that should not have been collected, please contact us so we can review the matter and take appropriate steps where required by law.
13. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy when our website, services or legal obligations change.
The revised version will be published on this page with an updated “Last updated” date. We encourage visitors to review this page periodically.
14. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or would like to make a privacy-related request, please contact:
Website: Lindie’s Hidden Delight
Email: lindieshiddendelight@gmail.com
Website URL: https://hiddendelight.com/