Big Apple Curry Privacy Policy

Big Apple Curry LLC (“Big Apple Curry”) operates the https://www.bigapplecurry.com website.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Big Apple Curry is committed to protecting your online privacy. In general, you can visit this website without revealing any of your personal information. However, should you choose to send an email or comment on a recipe you may be providing personal information in the process. Please see below for more information about how Big Apple Curry may collect personal information.

Please be aware most information transmitted over the Internet is not secure; thus, confidentiality cannot be guaranteed. In addition, because email does not provide a completely secure and confidential means of communication, please do not use email if you wish to keep your communication private. Use email for discussing general issues or concerns, not personal or private communication.

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.

Contact forms

If you choose to provide Big Apple Curry with personal information by sending an email or filling out the contact form, that information will only be used to respond to your message and to help provide you with information or material that you request. Information provided in emails or the contact form will not be shared with any outside parties nor published in any manner unless you provide express consent to do so.

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 have an account and you log in to this site, 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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

Big Apple Curry uses Google Analytics to help us understand how you use this website. Google Analytics collects, monitors and analyzes the pages of this website that users visit, the time and date of visits, the time spent on those pages and other statistics. You can read more about how Google uses your personal information here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

Display Ads

Display ads appearing on Big Apple Curry are delivered to users by Google AdSense. Google and other third party vendors use cookies to serve ads based on prior visits to this website. Google’s use of DoubleClick cookies (cookies that are activated when users visit a partner’s website and view or click on an ad) enable Google and its partners to serve ads based on your visits to this website and/or other sites on the internet. You may opt out of the use of the DoubleClick cookie for interest-based advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You may opt out of some third-party vendor’s use of cookies for interest-based advertising by visiting aboutads.info.

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

Big Apple Curry uses BlueHost to provide internet data hosting. BlueHost uses cookies to collect information from Big Apple Curry to manage our account (such as for billing and account management purposes).

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

Questions

If you have any questions or concerns about Big Apple Curry’s privacy policy, use, or disclosure of your personal information, please email bigapplecurryblog@gmail.com.

FAQ — Big Apple Curry ‘Terms of Use’ Policy

Thank you for your interest in Big Apple Curry. The content (recipes, photos, essays) cannot be published or used without our permission. All rights reserved.

For any questions please contact us at: bigapplecurryblog@gmail.com

Recipes

Can I use one of your recipes on my blog/web site? 

Yes, of course. You can certainly share one of my recipes on your blog or web site as long as you link back to www.bigapplecurry.com and identify Big Apple Curry as the source of the recipe. Even if I’ve adapted someone else’s recipe and have indicated so, you should still reference me as the source and note that I have adapted the recipe accordingly.

What is an ‘adapted’ recipe exactly?

It is perfectly fine to feature or showcase someone’s wonderful chicken pot pie recipe that’s already perfect as is. You  can post the recipe on your blog or web site by clearly indicating it was ‘adapted’ from [enter web site/cookbook/source here]. Attribution is key. Accurate attribution is paramount. Here’s the clearest definition I’ve found from Food Blogging for Dummies by Kelly Senyei (Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2012):

• Adapted from: An adapted recipe originates from another recipe and you’ve made minor modifications to the ingredient list or method of preparation

• Inspired by: You create a recipe based upon another recipe, dish, or technique that inspired you. Rather than make a few minor substitutions, you use different ingredients and a different method of preparation from the originating work.

So are Big Apple Curry’s recipes copyrighted? 

Yes, they are. According to United States copyright law, an ingredients list is not copyrighted, however, ingredients + explanation + background + directions are all copyrighted. You cannot simply copy my recipe in its entirety and pass it off as your own without violating U.S. copyright law.

Photos

Who takes photos for Big Apple Curry?

I take all the photos (with the exception of one post for which we purchased stock images). I’m not a professional photographer, and barely an amateur one. I’ve never taken a photography course, but today my husband Sean suggested I might want to look into it. For all the photos you see, I’ve used my BlackBerry or my iPhone 4S. I shoot all photos in natural light. In my experience, the light is best in Harlem around 4pm ET.

Can I use one of your photos on my blog/web site? 

Yes, you certainly can, but just like the rule for recipes above, if you would like to share one of my photos on your blog or web site, please link back to www.bigapplecurry.com and clearly indicate the source is Big Apple Curry.

So are Big Apple Curry’s photos copyrighted too?

Yes, they are. If you would like to use the photos for commercial purposes, you need to contact me and purchase a photo.

Comments

What kinds of comments can I post on Big Apple Curry?

I strongly encourage you to share your honest thoughts and opinions about the recipes and articles I post on Big Apple Curry. However, I cannot approve any content that contains, but is not limited to:

• Any reviews, photos, or comments containing inappropriate material will not be approved
• Derogatory or discriminatory language, profanity, and/or sexually explicit, abusive, or offensive material
• Infringement upon copyrights or trademarks