Privacy Policy

Kamado Boom is a cooking blog run by one person. I’m Frank, I write it from the UK, and this page tells you plainly what the site learns about you when you visit, why, and what you can do about it.

In the words of UK data protection law, I am the “data controller” for this site. You can reach me at [email protected] or through the contact page.

The short version

  • You can read every recipe without telling me who you are.
  • I only get your name and email address if you leave a comment, send me a message or sign up for my emails.
  • The site counts visits, and some links to shops earn me a commission. Both are explained below.
  • I do not sell your details to anyone.
  • You can ask what I hold about you, or ask me to delete it, at any time.

What the site collects, and why

When you just read the site

Like almost every website, this one sees some technical details when your browser asks for a page: your IP address (the number that identifies your internet connection), the type of device and browser you use, the pages you look at and the site you came from. Nobody’s name is attached to any of it.

  • Counting visits. Google Analytics and Jetpack Stats (from Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com) show me which recipes get read, roughly where in the world readers are and how they found the site. Google Analytics uses cookies to tell one visitor from another. Neither is switched on unless you say yes to the cookie notice.
  • Keeping the site running and safe. The site is hosted by Hostinger and sits behind Cloudflare, which speeds it up and blocks attacks. Both keep the usual server logs.
  • Parts loaded from other companies. Pictures in the photo galleries are delivered by Jetpack’s image service (Automattic), and Google reCAPTCHA guards the comment and contact forms against spam. The Pinterest “Save” button comes from Pinterest, and only loads if you say yes to the cookie notice. Each of them sees your IP address and browser details when it delivers its part of the page.
  • Your own settings. If you switch between light and dark, or change the units or the temperature scale on a recipe, that choice is kept in your own browser so the site remembers it next time. It is never sent to me.

When you leave a comment or a star rating

A comment needs your name and email address; a website address and a picture are optional. Your name and comment are shown on the page for everyone. Your email address is never shown. WordPress also keeps your IP address and browser type with the comment, which helps me deal with spam.

If your email address has a Gravatar picture, it appears beside your comment. To find it, WordPress sends a scrambled form of your email address to Gravatar, which is run by Automattic.

If you ask to be told about replies, your email address is used to send you those notices, and every notice has a link to stop them.

A star rating on a recipe is stored together with your IP address.

When you send me a message

The contact form asks for your name, your email address and your message. It is sent to my email inbox (Gmail) so I can answer you. The website itself does not keep a copy. Google reCAPTCHA checks in the background that the form is being filled in by a person.

When you sign up for my emails

There is no newsletter sign-up on the site at the moment. I am moving the mailing list to a new service, and this page will name it when sign-up is back.

If you signed up between 2020 and 2024: the company that kept the list for me then, Mailchimp, closed that account in April 2026, and its rule is to delete everything in a closed account 90 days later. I still have your email address in my own records. I will only use it for the Kamado Boom newsletter, every email will have an unsubscribe link, and you can ask me to remove it at any time.

When you click a link to a shop

Some links on Kamado Boom are affiliate links. If you buy through one, the site earns a small commission and you pay nothing extra. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

These links pass through a short address on this site (one that contains /recommends/) before they reach the shop. When you click one, the site records which link it was, when, the page you were on and your IP address. That shows me which links are useful. The shop then uses its own cookies to know you came from here, and its own privacy policy applies from that point.

Adverts

There are no adverts on the site at the moment, and no advertising networks, such as Google AdSense, that follow you from one website to another. If that ever changes, this page will be updated first.

Videos

Where a page includes a YouTube video, YouTube (part of Google) can see that your browser asked for it and may set its own cookies.

Cookies and other things kept on your device

Cookies are small files a website keeps in your browser. The first time you visit, a notice asks whether the site may count your visit and load the Pinterest button. Until you say yes, the cookies marked “after a yes” below are not set and those services are not contacted. Your answer is remembered in your browser for six months, and you can change it at any time with the “Cookie choices” link at the bottom of every page.

The site uses these:

  • _ga and a second one starting _ga_: Google Analytics, to count visits (after a yes). They last about 13 months.
  • Comment cookies: if you leave a comment, the site may remember your name and email address so you do not have to type them again.
  • Security cookies from Cloudflare (for example cf_clearance): set only if Cloudflare needs to check that your browser is not a robot.
  • Cookies set by Pinterest when its button loads (after a yes), and by Google when reCAPTCHA protects a form or a YouTube video loads. Those belong to them and follow their own policies.

Your answer to the cookie notice, your light or dark choice and your recipe settings are kept in your browser’s local storage, under names starting ember-.

You can block or delete cookies in your browser’s settings and the recipes will still work. Google also offers a browser add-on that switches Google Analytics off for you on every site.

Who else handles your information

I use these companies to run the site. Each one handles the information described above for me or as part of its own service, and each has its own privacy policy:

  • Hostinger: hosting.
  • Cloudflare: speed and security.
  • Google: Analytics, reCAPTCHA, YouTube and my Gmail inbox.
  • Automattic: Jetpack Stats, Gravatar and the pictures in photo galleries.
  • Pinterest: the Save button.
  • Dropbox: backup copies of the site, which include comments.
  • Amazon and the other shops I link to: only once you click through to them.

I do not sell or rent your details, and I do not pass them to anyone else unless the law requires it.

Where your information goes

Several of these companies are based in the United States or keep information there, so some of what is described here is handled outside the UK. Each company explains in its own policy, linked above, how it protects information that leaves the UK.

How long I keep things

  • Comments and ratings: for as long as they stay on the site. Ask and I will remove yours.
  • Messages from the contact form: they stay in my email until I delete them. Ask and I will delete yours.
  • The mailing list: until you unsubscribe or ask to be removed.
  • The record of clicks on shop links: until I clear it out.
  • Google Analytics: Google keeps the detail of visits for up to 14 months.
  • Server and security logs: for the limited time Hostinger and Cloudflare keep them.

Why I am allowed to use it

UK law asks me to say what gives me the right to use your information:

  • Your consent for counting your visit, for the Pinterest button and for the mailing list. You can take it back at any time: use “Cookie choices” at the bottom of the page, or unsubscribe.
  • My legitimate interest in running a cooking blog: showing comments, answering messages, keeping out spam and attacks, and knowing which shop links people use.

Your rights

You have the right to:

  • ask for a copy of what I hold about you;
  • have anything wrong put right;
  • have your information deleted;
  • object to how I use it, or ask me to use it less;
  • take back a consent you gave, such as for the mailing list.

Email me at [email protected] and I will answer within one month. If you are unhappy with how I have handled it, you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint or on 0303 123 1113.

Children

Kamado Boom is written for adults who cook. I do not knowingly collect information from children under 13. If you believe a child has sent me their details, tell me and I will delete them.

Changes to this page

When the site changes what it does with your information, I will update this page and the date below.

Last updated: 12 October 2026.