Last updated: 6 September 2026
The Ingredient Library (“we”, “us”, “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to handling your personal information responsibly.
This Privacy Policy explains what personal information may be collected when you visit https://the-ingredient-library.com/, how it is used, who it may be shared with, and what rights you have in relation to your personal data.
The Ingredient Library is intended for a general audience interested in food, ingredients, food science, nutrition and food-related education.
Who we are
Our website address is: https://the-ingredient-library.com/
The Ingredient Library is the data controller for personal information collected directly through this website, except where another service acts as the independent controller for its own processing.
If you have a question about your personal data or wish to exercise any of your privacy rights, please contact us through the Contact page on this website.
What personal information we collect
Depending on how you interact with the website, we may collect limited personal information such as:
- your name;
- your email address;
- information you provide when contacting us;
- information associated with a newsletter subscription;
- information you provide when leaving a comment, if comments are enabled;
- technical information associated with your visit, such as IP address, browser and device information, and website activity, where this is collected by WordPress.com, Jetpack or other services used to operate and secure the website.
We do not intentionally collect sensitive personal information through this website.
How we use your information
We may use personal information to:
- operate, maintain and secure the website;
- respond to enquiries and messages;
- manage newsletter subscriptions and send newsletters or other communications that you have requested;
- publish and manage comments, where comments are enabled;
- understand how visitors use the website and improve its content and functionality;
- detect, prevent and address spam, abuse, security problems or other technical issues;
- comply with applicable legal obligations; and
- protect our legitimate interests and the security and integrity of the website.
We do not sell your personal information. Please do not submit sensitive personal information through comments, contact forms or other public areas of the website.
Newsletter subscriptions
If you subscribe to a newsletter from The Ingredient Library, we collect the information necessary to deliver that newsletter, primarily your email address and any subscription information associated with it.
Newsletter subscriptions are managed using services provided through WordPress.com/Jetpack.
You can unsubscribe from marketing or newsletter emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in the relevant email.
If you unsubscribe, your email address will no longer be used to send you the relevant newsletter, although some information may be retained where necessary for administrative, legal or record-keeping purposes.
Contacting us
If you contact us through the website, we will use the information you provide to respond to your enquiry.
We will retain correspondence only for as long as reasonably necessary to deal with the enquiry and for legitimate administrative, legal or record-keeping purposes.
Please do not send confidential or sensitive personal information through the contact form or by email unless it is necessary for your enquiry.
Comments
If comments are enabled on parts of the website and you choose to leave a comment, the information you provide in the comment form may be collected, together with technical information such as your IP address and browser information where required for spam detection and website security.
Comments may be processed through automated spam-detection services, including Akismet, which is provided as part of WordPress.com.
Comments and associated information may remain on the website for as long as the relevant content remains published, unless there is a legitimate reason to remove them or you request removal and there is no legal or other legitimate reason to retain them.
Cookies and similar technologies
The website uses cookies and similar technologies that are necessary for the operation, security and functionality of the website.
WordPress.com and Jetpack may use cookies and similar technologies to provide website functionality, security, statistics and other services.
Some features of the website may also set cookies when you interact with them.
For example, cookies may be used to:
- maintain essential website functionality;
- remember certain preferences;
- help protect the website against spam and abuse;
- understand website traffic and usage; and
- support embedded or third-party content.
The cookies used may change as the website, its features and its service providers change.
Where required, appropriate cookie-consent mechanisms will be used.
Website statistics and analytics
WordPress.com/Jetpack may collect information about visits to and interactions with this website in order to provide statistics and help us understand how the website is being used.
This information may include technical information about your device, browser, approximate location, pages visited and interactions with the website.
We use this information to understand which content is useful to visitors and to improve The Ingredient Library.
Embedded content and third-party services
Articles and pages on this website may occasionally contain embedded content or links to third-party websites, such as videos, social media content, images or other external resources.
Embedded content from another website may behave in the same way as if you had visited that website directly. The third party may collect information about you, use cookies or other tracking technologies, and monitor your interaction with its content according to its own privacy policy.
The Ingredient Library does not control the privacy practices of third-party websites.
You should review the privacy policies of third-party services before providing them with personal information.
Who we share your data with
We may share or allow access to personal information with service providers where this is necessary to operate the website and provide its services.
Depending on how you use the website, these may include:
- WordPress.com and Automattic, which provide website hosting and related services;
- Jetpack services;
- Akismet, for spam protection;
- newsletter or email-delivery services used by the website;
- other third-party services that provide embedded content or website functionality.
We do not sell personal information to third parties.
Third-party providers may process information in countries outside the European Economic Area. Where applicable, such providers are responsible for applying appropriate safeguards to their processing in accordance with applicable data-protection requirements.
How long we retain your data
How long we keep personal information
We keep personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
For example:
- newsletter information is retained while you remain subscribed, subject to applicable administrative or legal requirements;
- contact correspondence is retained for as long as reasonably necessary to deal with the enquiry and maintain appropriate records;
- comments and associated information may remain while the relevant comment and article are published, unless removal is appropriate;
- technical and security information may be retained by WordPress.com, Jetpack, Akismet or other service providers according to their own retention practices.
We may periodically review information held by us and remove information that is no longer necessary.
Your privacy rights
Under applicable data-protection law, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you may have the right to:
- request access to the personal information we hold about you;
- request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information;
- request deletion of your personal information in certain circumstances;
- request restriction of processing in certain circumstances;
- object to certain processing;
- request portability of personal information where the right applies;
- withdraw consent where processing is based on consent; and
- object to direct marketing at any time.
These rights are subject to applicable legal conditions and exceptions.
If you wish to exercise one of these rights, please contact us through the Contact page on this website.
We will respond to requests within the time period required by applicable data-protection law.
Right to complain
If you have concerns about how we handle your personal information, please contact us first so that we have an opportunity to address your concern.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant data-protection supervisory authority.
Data security
We take reasonable measures to protect personal information against unauthorised access, loss, misuse or alteration.
However, no method of transmitting or storing information online can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Children’s privacy
The Ingredient Library is a general-interest food education website and is not specifically directed at collecting personal information from children.
We do not knowingly request or collect personal information from children for marketing purposes.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time to reflect changes to the website, the services we use, legal requirements or the way personal information is processed.
The latest version will always be published on this page, with the date of the most recent update shown at the beginning of the policy.
The Ingredient Library
https://the-ingredient-library.com/