Privacy Policy

Effective Date: February 28, 2019 | Last Updated: September 29, 2026

Butter and Bliss®, LLC (“Butter and Bliss,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how information may be collected, used, and disclosed when you visit or interact with Butter and Bliss, located at https://butterandbliss.net/ (the “Website”).

Butter and Bliss is a food and recipe website written and maintained by Erin Cernich. If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or your personal information, you may contact us at erin@butterandbliss.net.

Information We Collect

We may collect information that you voluntarily provide to us as well as certain information that is collected automatically when you use the Website.

Information You Provide

You may voluntarily provide personal information when you:

  • subscribe to the Butter and Bliss email newsletter;
  • leave a comment on the Website;
  • submit a contact form;
  • communicate with us by email; or
  • otherwise interact with features of the Website.

Depending on how you interact with the Website, this information may include your name, email address, the contents of a message or comment, and other information you choose to provide.

Please do not submit sensitive personal information through the Website, such as Social Security numbers, financial account information, health information, or other sensitive information that is not necessary for your interaction with Butter and Bliss.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the Website, we collect the information provided in the comment form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user-agent information to assist with spam detection and Website security.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine whether you use Gravatar. After your comment is approved, your Gravatar profile image, if applicable, may be publicly visible alongside your comment.

Butter and Bliss also uses Akismet to help detect and prevent spam comments. Information submitted through comments may therefore be processed by these services for these purposes.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the Website, certain information about your device and use of the Website may be collected automatically. This may include information such as:

  • IP address;
  • browser and device type;
  • operating system;
  • referring website;
  • pages viewed and interactions with the Website;
  • date and time of visits;
  • approximate geographic location;
  • session and usage information; and
  • other diagnostic or technical information.

This information may be collected through cookies, tags, pixels, scripts, server logs, and similar technologies.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

Butter and Bliss and its service providers use cookies and similar technologies to operate and secure the Website, remember preferences, understand how visitors use the Website, provide Website features, measure traffic and performance, and support advertising.

Cookies are small files stored on your device by a website or service provider. Similar technologies may include pixels, tags, scripts, local storage, and other technologies that collect or store information about your browser or device.

The Website may use several categories of cookies and similar technologies, including:

  • Necessary and security technologies used to operate and protect the Website;
  • Preference and functionality technologies used to remember settings or provide Website features;
  • Analytics technologies used to understand Website traffic and visitor interactions; and
  • Advertising technologies used by advertising providers to deliver, measure, and personalize advertising where permitted.

You can control certain cookies through your browser settings and through privacy controls made available on the Website. Blocking some cookies or technologies may affect the functionality of certain Website features.

How We Use Information

We may use information collected through the Website to:

  • operate, maintain, and secure the Website;
  • provide Website features and respond to visitor requests;
  • send newsletters and other communications that you have requested;
  • administer and moderate comments;
  • understand how visitors use the Website;
  • analyze traffic and improve Website content, functionality, and performance;
  • detect and prevent spam, fraud, abuse, and security threats;
  • support and measure advertising and affiliate activities;
  • comply with applicable legal obligations; and
  • establish, exercise, or defend legal rights.

Third-Party Services

Butter and Bliss uses third-party service providers to operate and maintain the Website, provide certain Website features, analyze Website usage, communicate with subscribers, protect the Website from spam and security threats, and support advertising and affiliate activities.

These service providers may collect or receive information when you interact with the Website. Their collection and use of information may also be governed by their own privacy policies.

Google Analytics

Butter and Bliss uses Google Analytics 4, a web analytics service provided by Google, to better understand how visitors find and use the Website.

Google Analytics may collect information about your use of the Website, such as pages viewed, interactions with the Website, approximate geographic location, browser and device information, and other usage and technical information. Google Analytics uses cookies and similar technologies to distinguish users and sessions and provide Website analytics.

For more information about Google’s privacy practices, please visit: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Where required, the operation of analytics technologies may depend on privacy and consent choices available to you.

Email Newsletter

Butter and Bliss uses Kit (formerly ConvertKit) to manage email subscriptions and send newsletters.

When you subscribe to the Butter and Bliss email list, information you provide through the signup form, such as your email address and, if requested, your name, is provided to Kit for the purpose of managing your subscription and sending requested communications. Kit may also process information related to your subscription and interaction with its forms and emails.

You may unsubscribe from Butter and Bliss emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in each email.

For more information about Kit’s privacy practices, please visit: https://kit.com/privacy

Slickstream

Butter and Bliss uses Slickstream, a service provided by CMI Marketing, Inc. d/b/a Raptive, to provide Website features such as search and content discovery.

Slickstream may collect certain information about visitors’ use of the Website in order to provide these services.

For more information about Slickstream’s privacy practices, please visit: https://www.slickstream.com/privacy

Comments, Spam Prevention, and Security

Butter and Bliss uses services including Akismet to detect and prevent comment spam and Gravatar to display profile images associated with approved comments. These services may process information associated with comments, including IP addresses, browser information, email hashes, and other information necessary to provide their services.

Akismet and Gravatar are services provided by Automattic. For more information about Automattic’s privacy practices, please visit: https://automattic.com/privacy/

Butter and Bliss also uses website hosting, caching, backup, and security services, including tools designed to detect malicious traffic, prevent unauthorized access, and maintain Website security. These services may process technical information such as IP addresses, browser information, request information, and security logs when necessary to provide those functions.

Advertising

CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a Raptive (“Raptive”) is a service provider of this Site for the purposes of placing advertising on the Site, and Raptive will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes. To learn more about Raptive’s data usage, click here: https://raptive.com/creator-advertising-privacy-statement/

Butter and Bliss participates in affiliate marketing programs, including the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program.

When you click an affiliate link on the Website, the third-party retailer or affiliate network may use cookies, pixels, or similar technologies to recognize that you were referred by Butter and Bliss and to attribute qualifying purchases or other activity to that referral. These third parties may collect information directly from your browser or device according to their own privacy practices.

Butter and Bliss may receive a commission from qualifying purchases made through affiliate links, at no additional cost to you.

Additional information about Butter and Bliss’s affiliate relationships is provided in our Terms of Content Use & Disclosures: https://butterandbliss.net/disclosure-policy/

Your Privacy Choices and Rights

Depending on where you live, applicable privacy laws may provide you with certain rights regarding your personal information. These rights may include the right to:

  • Request access to or a copy of personal information we maintain about you;
  • Request correction of inaccurate personal information;
  • Request deletion of personal information;
  • Request information about the categories of personal information collected, used, disclosed, sold, or shared;
  • Obtain a portable copy of certain personal information;
  • Opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information, targeted advertising, or certain types of profiling, where applicable;
  • Restrict or object to certain processing of personal information; and
  • Exercise your privacy rights without unlawful discrimination.

The particular rights available to you depend on your location and applicable law.

Managing Your Privacy Choices

You may exercise available privacy choices in several ways:

  • Advertising Privacy Choices: You may opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information and certain uses of your information for targeted or cross-context behavioral advertising by selecting the “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” link in the footer of this Website.
  • Browser Cookies: Most browsers allow you to block, limit, or delete cookies through your browser settings. Blocking cookies may affect the functionality of some parts of the Website.
  • Google Analytics: You may opt out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on:
    https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
  • Email: You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in those emails.
  • Privacy Requests: You may contact us at erin@butterandbliss.net to submit a request regarding your personal information or privacy rights.

Where required by applicable law, we will honor recognized browser-based opt-out preference signals, such as the Global Privacy Control (“GPC”).

We may need to verify your identity before completing certain privacy requests. Where permitted by applicable law, you may also designate an authorized agent to submit a request on your behalf.

California Privacy Rights

California residents may have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”), subject to applicable limitations and exceptions.

Depending on the circumstances, these rights may include the right to:

  • Know the categories and specific pieces of personal information collected about you;
  • Know the categories of sources from which personal information is collected;
  • Know the purposes for collecting, using, selling, or sharing personal information;
  • Know the categories of third parties to whom personal information is disclosed;
  • Request correction or deletion of certain personal information;
  • Obtain a copy of certain personal information;
  • Opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information; and
  • Exercise applicable privacy rights without unlawful discrimination.

Some data collection and disclosure associated with advertising technologies may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of personal information under California law even when no money is exchanged.

California residents may exercise applicable rights concerning the sale or sharing of personal information or cross-context behavioral advertising by selecting the “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” link in the footer of this Website. You may also contact us at erin@butterandbliss.net regarding an applicable California privacy request.

U.S. State Privacy Rights

Residents of certain U.S. states may have additional privacy rights under applicable state privacy laws. Depending on your state of residence and the law that applies, these may include rights to access, correct, delete, or obtain a copy of personal information and rights to opt out of certain uses of personal information for targeted advertising, sale, sharing, or profiling.

Not all rights apply in all circumstances, and certain exceptions may apply.

Where required by applicable law, we will not discriminate against you for exercising your privacy rights.

To exercise an applicable privacy right, contact us at erin@butterandbliss.net or use the privacy choices or opt-out mechanism provided on the Website when applicable.

European and UK Privacy Rights (GDPR and UK GDPR)

If you are located in the European Economic Area (“EEA”) or United Kingdom, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information under the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), UK GDPR, and other applicable data protection laws.

Butter and Bliss, LLC is the controller of personal information collected directly through the Website, except where another party acts as an independent controller for its own processing activities.

Depending on the circumstances, your rights may include the right to:

  • Access personal information we hold about you;
  • Correct inaccurate or incomplete personal information;
  • Request deletion of your personal information;
  • Restrict processing of your personal information in certain circumstances;
  • Object to processing based on certain legal grounds, including certain processing for direct marketing;
  • Data portability, where applicable;
  • Withdraw consent where processing is based on your consent, without affecting processing that occurred before withdrawal; and
  • Lodge a complaint with an appropriate data protection authority.

These rights are subject to applicable limitations and exceptions.

To exercise an applicable right, contact us at erin@butterandbliss.net.

Legal Basis for Processing

If the GDPR or UK GDPR applies to our processing of your personal information, we process personal information only when we have an appropriate legal basis to do so. Depending on the circumstances, these legal bases may include:

  • Consent, such as when you choose to subscribe to email communications or provide consent for certain cookies or similar technologies;
  • Legitimate interests, such as operating, maintaining, securing, analyzing, and improving the Website, provided those interests are not overridden by your rights and interests;
  • Contractual necessity, when processing is necessary to provide something you have requested or to fulfill an agreement with you; and
  • Legal obligations, when processing is necessary to comply with applicable law.

Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw your consent at any time, subject to applicable law.

Data Retention

Butter and Bliss retains personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including to provide Website services, maintain business and security records, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce agreements.

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information, the purpose for which it was collected, and applicable legal or operational requirements.

Third-party service providers may maintain information according to their own retention practices and privacy policies.

International Data Transfers

Butter and Bliss is operated in the United States. If you access the Website from outside the United States, information associated with your use of the Website may be transferred to, stored in, or processed in the United States or other countries where Butter and Bliss or its service providers operate.

Privacy and data protection laws in those countries may differ from the laws in your jurisdiction. Where required by applicable law, appropriate safeguards may be used for international transfers of personal information.

Security

Butter and Bliss takes reasonable measures designed to protect information associated with the Website from unauthorized access, use, alteration, or disclosure.

However, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of personal information.

Butter and Bliss may disclose information when reasonably necessary to:

  • comply with applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request;
  • protect or defend the rights, property, or security of Butter and Bliss;
  • investigate or prevent suspected fraud, abuse, security incidents, or other wrongdoing;
  • protect the safety of Website visitors or others; or
  • establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.

The Website contains links to websites and services operated by third parties. Butter and Bliss does not control the privacy practices, content, or policies of third-party websites.

When you follow a link to another website, including an affiliate link, your interaction with that website is governed by that third party’s own terms and privacy practices. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of websites you visit.

Children’s Privacy

The Website is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 as defined by the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”).

Butter and Bliss does not intend to collect personal information from anyone under 18. If you are under 18, please do not provide personal information through the Website or its features, including through public comments, contact forms, or email subscriptions.

If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, or otherwise collected personal information from a person under 18 contrary to this policy, we will take reasonable steps to delete that information. If you believe we may have information from or about a person under 18, please contact us at erin@butterandbliss.net.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the Website, our practices, service providers, or applicable requirements.

When this Privacy Policy is updated, the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page will be revised. Changes become effective when the updated Privacy Policy is posted on the Website unless otherwise stated.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or would like to make a request regarding personal information maintained by Butter and Bliss, please contact:

Butter and Bliss, LLC

6212 E Pine Ln, Unit #2045

Parker, CO 80138 USA

Email: erin@butterandbliss.net