Web Beacons
Web pages may contain electronic images (called a "single-pixel GIF" or "web beacon") that allow a web site to count users who have visited that page or to access certain cookies. The Alkaline Cook Book uses web beacons in the following ways:
Within the The Alkaline Cook Book Network
- The Alkaline Cook Book uses web beacons within the The Alkaline Cook Book network of web sites in order to count users and to recognize registered users by accessing cookies.
- Being able to access The Alkaline Cook Book cookies allows us to personalize your experience when you visit our web sites that are not on the main domain like alkalinecookbook.com.au.
Outside the The Alkaline Cook Book Network
- The Alkaline Cook Book uses web beacons to conduct research on behalf of certain partners on their web sites. This research helps to measure and improve the effectiveness of certain advertising. Information recorded through these web beacons is used to report aggregate information about The Alkaline Cook Book users to our partners. This aggregate information may include demographic and usage information. No personally identifiable information about you is shared with partners from this research.
- The Alkaline Cook Book's practice is to require our partners to disclose the presence of these web beacons on their pages in their privacy policies and to include links to our privacy policy. You may choose to opt-out of The Alkaline Cook Book collecting and using this information for this research. Please click here contact us and request to opt-out.
Note: This opt-out applies to a specific browser rather than a specific user. Therefore you will have to opt-out separately from each computer or browser that you use.
HTML Mail
- The Alkaline Cook Book's practice is to include web beacons in HTML-formatted email messages (messages that include graphics) that The Alkaline Cook Book itself sends in order to count how many messages have been opened and acted upon
In general, any electronic image viewed as part of a web page, including an ad banner, can act as a web beacon. Advertising networks that serve ads onto The Alkaline Cook Book may use web beacons in their advertisements.