Privacy Policy

Last Updated: June 20, 2025

The following terms (“Terms of Use”) constitute an agreement between Chef Heidi Fink and you that governs your use of this website and all of its associated services, content, and functionality. This policy applies to the website https://www.chefheidifink.com/

Your use of the Website constitutes your acceptance of, and agreement to, the following Terms of Use. Chef Heidi Fink reserves the right to modify, alter, amend or update its Website, policies and these Terms of Use. These Terms of Use are subject to change without notice. If you do not agree with or do not accept any part of these Terms of Use, you must not use the Website.

WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT AND HOW IS IT USED?

  • Information You Voluntarily Submit to the Website:  The website may collect information based on voluntary submission, for example: leaving a comment, subscribing to a newsletter, or submitting a contact form.
  • Automatically-Collected Information: The Website automatically collects certain information about you and the device with which you access the Website. For example, your IP address, referring website, and pages you viewed. The Website may also collect information about actions you take when using the Website, such as links clicked. 
  • Cookies: The Website may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by the Website. The Website may use both in-session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalized experience on the Website.

HOW YOUR INFORMATION MAY BE USED

The Website may use the information collected in the following ways:

  • To operate and maintain the Website;
  • To respond to your comments or inquiries;
  • To provide you with user support;
  • To track and measure advertising on the Website; or,
  • To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.

THIRD-PARTY USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

The Website may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorize us to share your information. Additionally, the Website may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the Website. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies. The Website currently uses the following third-party service providers:

  • Google Analytics – this service tracks Website usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the Website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is captured by Google Analytics.
  • MailChimp – this service is used for delivery of email updates and newsletters. MailChimp stores your name and email address for purposes of delivering such communications.

Your personal information is not shared with any other third-party applications.

Except when required by law, Chef Heidi Fink will not sell, distribute, or reveal your email addresses or other personal information without your consent.

ANONYMOUS DATA

From time to time, Chef Heidi Fink may use anonymous data, which does not identify you alone, or when combined with data from other parties. This type of anonymous data may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. Examples of this anonymous data may include analytics or information collected from cookies.

COOKIES

The Website uses cookies to store visitors’ preferences.

Users may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies. However, if users deactivate the setting of cookies in your Internet browser, not all functions of our Website may be entirely usable.

ADVERTISING

Affiliate Program Participation

The Website may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the Website. If you click on a link for an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions.

Chef Heidi Fink is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and links to Amazon.com. As part of this Amazon Associates program, the Website will post customized links, provided by Amazon, to track the referrals to their website. This program utilizes cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commission on these sales.

Newsletters

On the Website, you may subscribe to the newsletter, which allows Chef Heidi Fink to see if and when you open an email and which links within the email you click. This is used for information only, to improve newlstter services, and will never be passed on to third parties.

Opt-out

You may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in our emails.

SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION

At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to the Website. This includes your social security number, information regarding race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information, criminal background, or trade union memberships. If you elect to submit such information to us, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.

AFFILIATE MARKETING

From time to time, the Website may engage in affiliate marketing. This means that if you use an affiliate link to make a purchase, the Website will receive a commission on that purchase. All efforts are made to ensure that affiliate links are disclosed in accordance with the Competition Bureau of Canada.

ADEVRTIZING DISCLOSURE

From time to time, the Website may post sponsored content from an advertiser. This means that an advertiser, which may be a brand, agency, or influencer network, will contract with Chef Heidi Fink to create content featuring certain messages or product placement. All such advertisements on the Website are clearly and conspicuously disclosed.

USE OF THE WEBSITE

Unless otherwise stated, Chef Heidi Fink owns the intellectual property and rights to all content and material on the Website. Subject to the license below, all intellectual property rights are reserved.

You may view, download (for caching purposes only), and print pages for your personal use, subject to the restrictions set out below and elsewhere in these Terms of Use.

The following uses are not permitted:

  • Republication of content from the Website, unless content is specifically and expressly made available for republication;
  • Sale, rental or sub-license of any content from the Website;
  • Reproduction or duplication of any content on the Website for commercial purposes;
  • Modification of any content on this website, unless content is specifically and expressly made available for modification;
  • Redistribution of content of the Website, unless content is specifically and expressly made available for redistribution. Users are permitted to share content on social media channels, as long as a link to the Website is included.

Use of plugins or widgets to allow sharing of content via social media channels, email or other methodss does not constitute any waiver of Chef Heidi Fink’s intellectual property rights. Such use is a limited license to republish the content on the approved social media channels, with full credit to Chef Heidi Fink.

COMMUNICATION

If you send Chef Heidi Fink an email or provide your email in any other way, you consent to receive communications from Chef Heidi Fink electronically.