Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how The Doneness Guide ("we", "us", "the site") handles information when you visit donenessguide.com. We have tried to keep it plain and honest.

Who we are

The Doneness Guide is a free reference website providing meat cooking-temperature information. The site is operated from the United Kingdom. For any privacy questions, contact us via our Contact page.

The short version

We don't ask you to create an account, and we don't collect your name or email unless you choose to contact us. The site itself is a simple reference tool. The main data-collecting activity is third-party advertising (Google), and only if you consent to it.

Cookies

Cookies are small files stored on your device. We use two kinds:

• Essential / functional: a single record of your cookie choice (so we don't keep asking) and your °F/°C preference. These are necessary for the site to work and do not track you.
• Advertising (optional): if you accept, Google and its partners may set cookies to show and measure ads. These are only set after you click "Accept all" on our cookie banner.

Advertising & Google

We intend to fund this free site through advertising supplied by Google AdSense and its partners. When enabled and with your consent:

• Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites.
• Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this and/or other sites on the Internet.
• You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings, or opt out of third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalised advertising at aboutads.info.
• For more on how Google uses data, see How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.

Your consent choices

When you first visit, we ask whether you accept advertising cookies. If you choose "Reject non-essential," advertising cookies are not set and you will see only non-personalised or no ads. You can change your mind at any time by clearing this site's cookies in your browser, which will make the banner appear again.

Analytics

If we add website analytics in future (for example, to understand which pages are popular), we will update this policy first and, where required, request your consent.

Your rights

If you are in the UK or EU, you have rights under the UK GDPR and GDPR, including the right to access, correct, or erase personal data we hold about you, and to object to processing. Because we collect almost no personal data directly, most requests will relate to the third-party advertising cookies described above, which you control through the consent banner and the opt-out links provided. You also have the right to complain to the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ico.org.uk).

Children

This site is intended for a general adult audience and is not directed at children.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy as the site develops (for example, when advertising goes live). The "last updated" date above will always reflect the current version.

Contact

Questions about privacy? Please use our Contact page.