Last Updated: October 10, 2026
Vegan Huggs, found at veganhuggs.com (the "Website"), is governed by this Privacy Policy.
We respect your privacy and are committed to being transparent about how information is collected, used, and shared when you visit the Website. This Privacy Policy describes the types of information we may collect, how we may use that information, the third-party services we use, and choices that may be available to you.
Information We Collect
Information You Voluntarily Provide
We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us, such as your name and email address. For example, you may provide information when you:
- subscribe to our newsletter;
- leave a comment;
- submit a contact form;
- save recipes, use favorites, or use other interactive Website features; or
- otherwise communicate with us.
The information collected depends on the feature or service you choose to use.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit or use the Website, we and our service providers may automatically collect certain information about your device and use of the Website. Depending on the service involved, this information may include:
- your IP address;
- browser type and version;
- device and operating system information;
- referring and exit pages;
- pages or content viewed;
- date and time of access;
- interactions with Website features;
- approximate location derived from an IP address;
- unique or pseudonymous identifiers; and
- information collected through cookies, pixels, tags, beacons, local storage, and similar technologies.
The particular information collected and how it is used varies by service.
How We May Use Information
We may use information collected through the Website to:
- operate, maintain, and improve the Website;
- provide Website features and functionality;
- personalize or remember aspects of your Website experience;
- respond to comments, questions, and requests;
- send newsletters and other communications you have requested;
- understand Website traffic, readership, and usage;
- measure the performance of content and marketing;
- provide and measure advertising;
- prevent fraud, spam, abuse, and security threats;
- troubleshoot technical issues;
- comply with legal obligations; and
- protect our rights and the rights of others.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
The Website and its service providers may use cookies and similar technologies, including pixels, tags, beacons, local storage, and unique identifiers.
Some of these technologies may be used to operate Website features or remember information about a browser or visitor. Others may be used for analytics, audience measurement, advertising, email marketing, security, or other purposes.
Cookies may be session cookies, which generally expire when you close your browser, or persistent cookies, which may remain on your device for a longer period unless they expire or you delete them.
Depending on your location and applicable law, privacy or consent controls may be made available on the Website. You may also be able to control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies or technologies may affect the availability or functionality of some Website features.
Third-Party Service Providers
We use third-party service providers to help operate the Website and provide certain features and services. These providers may collect, receive, store, or process information as necessary to provide their services, subject to their own privacy policies and applicable agreements.
Our service providers may change from time to time.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to help us understand how visitors use the Website. Google Analytics may collect information about Website visits and interactions, such as pages viewed, approximate location, browser and device information, referring sources, and identifiers associated with a browser or device.
Google Analytics may use cookies and similar technologies to provide analytics and measurement services.
Where applicable, Google Analytics may operate in conjunction with consent-management or Google Consent Mode technologies. The operation of these technologies may vary based on factors such as a visitor's location, consent choices, and Website configuration.
For additional information about Google's privacy practices and how Google uses information from sites that use its services, please review Google's applicable privacy disclosures.
Slickstream
We use Slickstream to provide Website features that may include search, favorites, saved content, recommendations, engagement features, and related functionality.
Slickstream may use cookies, identifiers, and similar technologies and may collect information relating to a visitor's use of the Website. This may include information about pages viewed, Website interactions, browser or device information, and a reader or browser identifier. These technologies may allow Slickstream to recognize a browser or reader over time and provide Website functionality and analytics.
If you choose to use features that involve signing in or providing an email address, additional information may be processed in connection with those features.
Slickstream collects certain end-user data on our behalf in connection with providing its services.
For more information, please review the Slickstream Privacy Policy.
MailerLite
We use MailerLite to manage our email marketing subscriber list, provide newsletter signup forms, and send emails to subscribers.
If you subscribe to our newsletter, MailerLite may process information you provide, such as your email address and, where applicable, your name or other information submitted through a signup form.
MailerLite may use industry-standard technologies to help us monitor and improve our newsletters. Emails may contain tracking technologies that can provide information about email delivery, opens, clicks, and other interactions, depending on your email application and privacy settings.
You may unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in our emails.
For more information, please review MailerLite's Privacy Policy.
Wordfence
We use Wordfence to help protect the Website from malicious activity, unauthorized access, and other security threats. In connection with providing security services, Wordfence may process technical information relating to Website requests, devices, IP addresses, attempted logins, and other activity relevant to Website security.
Advertising
The Website displays advertising managed by Mediavine.
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may be presented with privacy notices, consent choices, or opt-out mechanisms relating to advertising.
Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)
The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a "device") by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.
First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, "Tags") may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser's cache. The "help" feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser's cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at All About Cookies.
Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.
The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:
- IP Address
- Operating System type
- Operating System version
- Device Type
- Language of the website
- Web browser type
- Email (in hashed form)
Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor's referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.
If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at Digital Advertising Alliance's AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.
For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit Mediavine Partners.
Affiliate Program Participation
The Website participates in affiliate marketing programs. This means we may earn a commission when you make a purchase after clicking certain links on the Website, at no additional cost to you.
Affiliate links may contain identifiers or use cookies or similar technologies so that a referral or qualifying purchase can be attributed to the Website.
Amazon Associates
Vegan Huggs is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by linking to Amazon and affiliated sites.
As an Amazon Associate, Vegan Huggs earns from qualifying purchases.
Amazon may use cookies and other technologies in connection with affiliate links to attribute referrals and qualifying purchases. Amazon's handling of information is governed by its own privacy policies and terms.
Email Newsletters
You may voluntarily subscribe to receive newsletters and other email communications from Vegan Huggs.
We use MailerLite to manage subscribers and deliver these communications. Newsletters may contain tracking technologies that allow us and MailerLite to measure campaign performance, including information about email delivery, opens, and link clicks, where supported by your email application and privacy settings.
You may unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link included in each marketing email.
Publicly Visible Information
If you leave a comment on the Website, certain information you choose to provide may be publicly visible, such as your name or display name, comment, avatar, and website link.
Do not include information in a public comment that you do not want others to see.
Your email address submitted in connection with a comment is not intended to be displayed publicly.
Advertising and Measurement Technologies
Advertising, analytics, and other service providers may use cookies, pixels, tags, beacons, unique identifiers, and similar technologies to measure Website usage, advertising performance, and audience activity.
Depending on the service and applicable privacy requirements, information may be processed for purposes including measurement, analytics, fraud prevention, personalization, and interest-based advertising.
The availability and operation of consent and opt-out mechanisms may vary depending on your location and applicable law.
Your Privacy Choices and Rights
Depending on where you live and subject to applicable law, you may have rights regarding personal information relating to you. These may include rights to request access to, correction of, or deletion of certain personal information, as well as rights to opt out of certain processing activities.
The specific rights available to you depend on applicable law and the circumstances in which information is processed.
You may opt out of marketing emails at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link included in our emails.
Cookies and Advertising Choices
You may be able to manage certain privacy, consent, or advertising choices through controls provided on the Website. You may also manage or delete cookies through your browser settings.
Blocking or deleting cookies may affect certain Website features.
Privacy Requests
To submit a privacy-related request regarding information controlled by Vegan Huggs, please contact:
We may need to verify your request before taking action. Certain information may be retained where permitted or required by law, including for security, fraud prevention, legal compliance, or recordkeeping purposes.
Requests relating to information independently controlled by a third-party service provider may need to be directed to that provider.
Data Security
We take reasonable measures intended to protect information associated with the Website. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Data Retention
We may retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, to provide requested 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 and the service involved.
Sensitive Personal Information
Please do not submit sensitive personal information through the Website unless it is specifically requested and appropriate for the purpose for which it is being collected.
For example, please do not submit Social Security numbers, financial account credentials, health information, information concerning racial or ethnic origin, religious or philosophical beliefs, political opinions, or other highly sensitive information through comments or general contact forms.
Children's Privacy
The Website is not directed to children under 16, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16 through the Website.
If you are a parent or guardian and believe that a child has provided personal information to the Website, please contact us at mel@veganhuggs.com so that we can review the request and take appropriate action.
Third-Party Websites
The Website may contain links to third-party websites. Once you leave Vegan Huggs, the privacy practices of those websites are governed by their own privacy policies and terms. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party websites.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the Website, our service providers, our practices, or applicable requirements.
When we make changes, we will update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.
Contact Information
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or privacy practices relating to Vegan Huggs, please contact:
Vegan Huggs
Email: mel@veganhuggs.com