Emoji Kitchen – Cook The Emoji! is dedicated to safeguarding the privacy of all individuals who access our website and applications, which includes users aged 13 and older (“General Users”) as well as those under the age of 13 (“Children Users”), collectively referred to as the “Users.” This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy” or “Policy”) aims to clarify Emoji Kitchen – Cook The Emoji’s privacy practices and principles regarding the information collected from General Users via our web platform, mobile applications, publishing services, and other general-audience sites and applications (collectively known as the “Emoji Kitchen – Cook The Emoji! General Site”). Additionally, it addresses the information we may gather from Children Users through our dedicated Kids. Emoji Kitchen – Cook The Emoji! .com site (“Emoji Kitchen – Cook The Emoji! Kids Site”). Both the Emoji Kitchen – Cook The Emoji! General Site and the Emoji Kitchen – Cook The Emoji! Kids Site (together referred to as the “Emoji Kitchen – Cook The Emoji! Site”) is owned and operated by Emoji Kitchen – Cook The Emoji! B.V. (hereinafter referred to as “Emoji Kitchen – Cook The Emoji!”, “we”, “our”, or “us”). Emoji Kitchen – Cook The Emoji! B.V. is a legal entity established under the laws of the Netherlands. By utilizing the Emoji Kitchen – Cook The Emoji! General Site, you agree to adhere to and be governed by this Privacy Policy, thereby consenting to the processing, collection, use, and disclosure of your information and data by the terms outlined herein. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, please refrain from using the Emoji Kitchen – Cook The Emoji! Site. If you are a parent or legal guardian, permit your child(ren) to access the Emoji Kitchen – Cook The Emoji! Kids Site, you are consenting to the terms of this Privacy Policy on behalf of your child. For details regarding our privacy practices specific to the Emoji Kitchen – Cook The Emoji! Kids Site and Children Users, please click here.

For any inquiries regarding this Privacy Policy, please reach out to us at [email protected].

General Information

All functionalities on the Emoji Kitchen – Cook The Emoji! website are accessible to users without requiring registration. Users are not asked to provide personal information, such as email addresses or phone numbers. However, Emoji Kitchen – Cook The Emoji! may collect certain electronic data, including the user’s IP address, cookies, or device ID. If a user decides to leave the Emoji Kitchen – Cook The Emoji! Kids Site, the site may attempt to notify them that they are exiting and that the Privacy Policy will no longer be applicable. Any personal data shared on third-party websites or applications will be subject to the respective privacy policies of those sites or applications. In such cases, Emoji Kitchen – Cook The Emoji! will not function as the Data Controller or Processor of that personal data.

Data Collection and Its Purposes

Our servers automatically detect the domain names and IP addresses of visitors. The Emoji Kitchen – Cook The Emoji! website may collect anonymous “traffic data” that does not personally identify users, which can be useful for marketing and enhancing our services. When a user’s computer or mobile device interacts with our web servers (for instance, when visiting the Emoji Kitchen – Cook The Emoji! site), we automatically gather usage information. This includes details on how visitors navigate the site, such as the number and frequency of visits to each page, duration of visits, browser type, and referrer data indicating the web pages visited before and after our site. Traffic information may also be shared with business partners and advertisers in an aggregated and anonymous format. Further details regarding information sharing will be provided in the section. Advertisers on the Emoji Kitchen – Cook The Emoji! General Site may also obtain data collected through cookies for targeted advertising. Additional details about cookie usage are provided below.

Data Retention

Emoji Kitchen – Cook The Emoji! may keep users’ data for several reasons: to create new features and enhance the Emoji Kitchen – Cook The Emoji! Site; to assist with future customer service requests; to bolster the safety and security of the Emoji Kitchen – Cook The Emoji! Site; or to fulfill our legal responsibilities. We will hold your information for as long as it is reasonably required for the purposes for which it was gathered.

Third party games

This Privacy Policy does not apply to the handling of personal data by entities other than Emoji Kitchen – Cook The Emoji!, including providers of third-party games featured on the Emoji Kitchen – Cook The Emoji! website. The respective provider of any such third-party game is accountable for ensuring that their processing of personal data adheres to relevant data protection regulations. In general, Emoji Kitchen – Cook The Emoji! does not allow third-party content providers to gather personal data from users. However, if a third-party content provider does collect personal data, Emoji Kitchen – Cook The Emoji! will require, through contractual obligations, that their data processing practices about the game comply with applicable data protection laws.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.