Trust & Transparency

Privacy & Cookie Policy

Last Updated: September 22, 2026 · Effective Date: September 22, 2026

Welcome to Ma and Pa's Kitchen (accessible at recipes.manr.ai). This website was lovingly created to preserve and share our parents' 40+ years of authentic Punjabi family cooking, handwritten recipe diary pages, and heirloom culinary traditions from Chandigarh.

We respect the privacy of our readers and are committed to complete transparency regarding the minimal data collected, how cookies are utilized, and how advertising partners operate on this website.

            Our Core Promise: We never sell, rent, or trade your personal information. Ma and Pa's Kitchen does not require account creation, passwords, or mandatory personal sign-ups to enjoy any of our recipes.
        

1. Information We Collect Automatically

When you visit Ma and Pa's Kitchen, certain non-personally identifiable technical information is collected automatically by our hosting infrastructure and measurement tools:

Browser & Device Data: Browser type, operating system, device model, language preferences, and screen resolution.
Usage Patterns: Recipe pages viewed, time spent reading, referring website URLs, scroll depth, and interaction with interactive kitchen tools (such as serving size scalers, language toggles, cook mode, and glossary audio).
IP Address: Truncated/anonymized network address used solely to estimate general geographic location (such as city or country) for traffic analytics.

2. Google Analytics (Web Measurement)

We use Google Analytics 4 (GA4), a web analysis service provided by Google LLC, to understand how readers interact with our recipes and to discover which dishes are most popular.

GA4 utilizes first-party cookies (such as _ga and _ga_*) to distinguish unique visitors and measure aggregate traffic.
We do not transmit personally identifiable information (such as your name, email address, or billing info) to Google Analytics.
You can prevent Google Analytics from tracking your visits by installing the official Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

3. Google AdSense & Advertising Disclosures

To help support the hosting and maintenance of this archive, Ma and Pa's Kitchen may display non-intrusive advertisements served by Google AdSense and affiliated third-party advertising networks.

In accordance with Google's publisher policies, please note the following required disclosures:

Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this website or other websites on the internet.
Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to users based on their visit to Ma and Pa's Kitchen and/or other sites on the Internet.
Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. Alternatively, you can opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting AboutAds.info or Your Online Choices (for European users).

4. Local Storage on Your Device

To provide a smooth, practical cooking experience, our website uses your browser's local storage (localStorage) strictly for on-device kitchen preferences:

Language Preference: Remembering whether you prefer reading in English, Punjabi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ), or Hindi (हिंदी).
Recipe Progress: Remembering which preparation steps or ingredients you have crossed off while cooking.

This information remains exclusively on your own phone, tablet, or computer and is never transmitted to our servers or third parties.

5. Your Rights and Privacy Choices

Depending on your geographic location (including under the EU/UK GDPR, California CCPA/CPRA, and India's DPDP Act 2023), you have the right to control how your digital information is processed:

Browser Cookie Controls: You can configure your browser to reject all cookies, notify you when a cookie is placed, or delete existing cookies at any time via your browser settings.
Do Not Track (DNT) / GPC: Our website honors standard Global Privacy Control signals transmitted by compliant browsers.
Direct Opt-Out: Use the links provided in Sections 2 and 3 above to opt out of analytics and personalized advertising networks.

6. Third-Party Links & Sharing

Our recipes include convenient 1-click sharing buttons (such as WhatsApp sharing). When you click a third-party share button, you will be redirected to that external service, which operates under its own privacy policy. We encourage you to review their respective privacy practices.

7. Contact & Questions

If you have any questions, corrections, or privacy inquiries regarding this policy or Ma and Pa's Kitchen, please contact the maintainers at:

Email: manu@manr.ai
Website: https://recipes.manr.ai/