Last updated: September 16, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how Quicks (“Quicks,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, shares, and protects information when you visit quicksrecipes.com (the “Site”). By using the Site, you agree to the practices described in this policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the Site.
1. Information We Collect
Information you give us
- Contact messages: If you contact us through our Contact page or by email, we collect your name, email address, and the content of your message.
- Comments: If you leave a comment, we collect the name, email address, and website (optional) you enter, the comment itself, your IP address, and your browser user agent to help detect spam.
- Project submissions: If you submit photos or descriptions of finished projects for our Community Showcase, we collect the content you send and any name you ask us to credit.
Information collected automatically
When you visit the Site, we and our partners automatically collect certain information, such as your IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, referring URL, pages viewed, time spent on pages, and approximate location (city or region) derived from your IP address. This information is collected through cookies, web beacons, pixels, and similar technologies.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to:
- Operate, maintain, and improve the Site and its content;
- Respond to your questions, comments, and requests;
- Display and moderate comments and community submissions;
- Show advertising, including personalized advertising where permitted by law;
- Understand how visitors use the Site;
- Detect, prevent, and address spam, fraud, abuse, and security issues;
- Comply with legal obligations and enforce our Terms of Service.
We do not sell your name, email address, or message content.
3. Advertising and Cookies
The Site is supported by display advertising. We work with third-party advertising partners, including HB Agency and the ad exchanges and networks it works with, such as Google. These partners may use cookies, web beacons, device identifiers, and similar technologies to collect information about your visits to this Site and other websites. They use this information to serve ads, measure ad performance, limit how often you see an ad, and show ads that may interest you.
Google advertising cookies. Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on the Site. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visits to this Site and other sites on the internet. You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. Learn more at How Google uses information from sites that use its services.
Your choices about cookies.
- Most browsers let you block or delete cookies in their settings. If you block cookies, some parts of the Site may not work properly.
- You can opt out of interest-based advertising from many participating companies at the Digital Advertising Alliance and the Network Advertising Initiative.
- Where we display a cookie consent banner, you can change your choices at any time through that banner or its settings link.
4. Social Media
The Site may include links or buttons for social platforms such as Pinterest and Facebook. If you click them or interact with embedded content, those platforms may collect information about you under their own privacy policies. We are not responsible for how those platforms handle your information.
5. How We Share Information
We may share information:
- With service providers that help us run the Site, such as hosting, security, spam filtering, and email providers, who may use it only to provide services to us;
- With advertising partners, as described in Section 3;
- For legal reasons, when we believe in good faith that disclosure is required by law, subpoena, or court order, or is needed to protect the rights, property, or safety of Quicks, our users, or others;
- In a business transfer, such as a merger, acquisition, or sale of the Site, in which case information may be transferred to the new owner;
- With your consent, or at your direction.
6. Your U.S. State Privacy Rights
Depending on where you live, including California, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Texas, Oregon, and other states with consumer privacy laws, you may have the right to:
- Know what personal information we collect, use, and disclose;
- Access and receive a copy of your personal information;
- Correct inaccurate personal information;
- Delete your personal information;
- Opt out of the “sale” or “sharing” of personal information, including for targeted (cross-context behavioral) advertising;
- Not be discriminated against for exercising these rights.
California residents. Under the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the CPRA (“CCPA”), the use of advertising cookies may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of personal information. In the past 12 months, we may have disclosed identifiers (such as IP address and cookie IDs) and internet activity information to advertising partners for targeted advertising. We do not knowingly sell or share the personal information of consumers under 16. We do not use or disclose sensitive personal information for purposes other than those allowed under the CCPA.
How to opt out. To opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information, email us at contact@quicksrecipes.com with the subject line “Do Not Sell or Share,” use any opt-out link displayed on the Site, or enable a Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal in your browser, which we treat as a valid opt-out request for that browser where required by law.
How to make a request. Email contact@quicksrecipes.com. We may need to verify your identity before responding, and we will respond within the time required by law (generally 45 days). You may use an authorized agent to submit a request on your behalf. If we deny your request, you may appeal by replying to our decision with the subject line “Appeal.”
7. Visitors from Outside the United States
The Site is operated in the United States. If you visit from another country, your information will be transferred to and processed in the United States, where data protection laws may differ from those in your country. If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, we rely on your consent (for advertising cookies), our legitimate interests (to operate and secure the Site), and legal obligations as our legal bases. You may have the right to access, correct, delete, restrict, or object to the processing of your data, to withdraw consent at any time, and to complain to your local data protection authority.
8. Data Retention
We keep personal information only as long as needed for the purposes in this policy. Contact messages are generally kept for up to 24 months. Published comments remain until they are removed by us or at your request. Information collected by advertising partners is kept according to their own policies.
9. Data Security
We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your information. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
10. Children’s Privacy
The Site is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13, consistent with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). If you believe a child under 13 has given us personal information, please contact us and we will delete it.
11. Links to Other Websites
The Site may link to other websites, including yarn shops and pattern designers. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of those sites, and we encourage you to read their privacy policies.
12. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will change the “Last updated” date at the top of this page. Significant changes may also be announced on the Site. Your continued use of the Site after an update means you accept the revised policy.
13. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or want to exercise your privacy rights, contact us at:
Quicks
Website: quicksrecipes.com
Email: contact@quicksrecipes.com