Who we are

Our website address is: https://ikarolina.com.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Copyright

Ikarolina holds full copyright to this website, all content and its images. 

Unless cited, all photographs are the property of Ikarolina. We do not give permission to use any images on this site for professional purposes or material. Images may not be reproduced or used elsewhere without our personal permission. In the event you wish to share images or full articles please contact us.

Permission is given for information to be shared, however, only in small excerpts and we require full credit and a link to the information from the correct source from https://ikarolina.com/

In the event that we have made any errors on credit for external images used on this site please contact us so we can rectify any mistakes immediately.  

Any food recipes (ingredients and method) shown have been developed and written by Ikarolina and any similarity to any other copyrighted recipes is a coincidence. In the event of any accidental suspected breach of copyright please contact us immediately so we can take appropriate action.

Contact forms

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

We currently use Google Analytics to capture analytics. To find out more click here about Cookie usage Click here. Click here to see  “How Google uses data when you use our partners’ sites or apps.” We analyse various information about visitors to our site so that we know who is visiting, from which region and in which posts they are interested, so that we can better fill our developing content

Who we share your data with

Please be assured that the personal information you share with Ikarolina when subscribing to our newsletter or communicating with us will only be used in our communication with you. We will never share this information with any third parties. For further questions or concerns please contact us.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Your contact information

Personal Information We May Collect: This will only be collected from you if you sign up to our Newsletter or contact us via our contact form or email.

• Your name,
• Your email address
• Message details you send with inquiries.

Affiliate Marketing

Some of the links on iKarolina are affiliate links for which we earn a commission if you purchase through those links at no extra cost to you. All the products listed are products I use myself or are from companies I highly recommend. 

iKarolina is a participant in the iHerb Affiliate Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn commission incomes by advertising and linking to iherb.com and affiliated sites.

Thank you for supporting iKarolina!

Additional information

Printables License

Please note our terms and conditions in relation to printable downloads from Ikarolina.

All of our downloads are strictly for ­Personal use only.

It is prohibited for Printables to be:

Used for any commercial purpose or sold.

Modified or Changed

Reproduced or copied

It is also against this licence for you to share files once you have downloaded them.

We hold the right to change this disclaimer and any items included at any time.

Liability

Ikarolina works hard to keep all information correct and up to date on our site, and we are not liable for any omissions or errors that may have occurred. We are also not liable for any damages, losses, or injuries, that may result from the use or display of any information on our site.

Especially persons who suffer from allergic reactions should clearly check all the ingredients they use to ensure compliance with their disorder before producing and consuming any of the recipes on the site.

Cooking can be an extremely dangerous activity if not done with proper due care and attention, and we are not liable in any way for any damage or injuries caused when cooking any of the recipes on the site.

Special care should be taken with any hot or sharp items, and manufacturer’s instruction manuals should always be followed when using any cooking appliances or tools.

We also make no representations as to accuracy and information found on any link on this site as these are provided solely for the readers’ benefit. Any reliance you place on the information collected from Ikarolina is strictly at your own risk.

Ikarolina may have posts contributed by outside authors. This content is clearly labelled with an introduction and/or bio of the author.

All information and opinion in the post are that of the guest author. Their work and images remain copyright of the author and are kindly shared with permission by Ikarolina.

Ikarolina holds the right to change any content on this site at any time we choose.