PRIVACY STATEMENT

Privacy Policy
Your privacy is very important to us. Accordingly, we have developed this Policy in order for you to understand how we collect, use, communicate and disclose and make use of personal information. The following outlines our privacy policy.

What we collect
We may collect the following information:

• - Your profile information such as, but not limited to, name, age, profession status, location, etc.

• - E-mail address

• - Cookies

• - Aggregate information on what pages on our Site users access or visit and which user profile they visits.

• - Your search queries and comments to searches

• - Information about your Contacts

• - Your updates, news and changes

What we do with the information we gather
We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:

• - Internal record keeping.

• - We may use the information to improve our products and services.

• - We may periodically send promotional email about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided. 

• - From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes.

• - We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests

• - We may use the information to Enable you to share your information and communicate with other users

• - In order to invite others to connect with you directly in ArabiaCooking, you will enter their names and email addresses. This information will be used by ArabiaCooking to send your invitation. The names and email addresses of people that you invite will be used only to send your invitation and reminders.

Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

How we use cookies
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
We use outside ad companies to display ads on our site. These ads may contain cookies and/or web beacons to collect data in the ad serving process and are collected by our ad companies, and we do not have access to this information. We work with Google Adsense. Please check their websites for respective privacy policies.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

Invitations
You  need to type the email addresses of your friends in order to invite them to your network. E-mail addresses will be used only to send your invitation and to connect your friends with your profile. If you choose address book to upload your contacts we won't store your password and email data.

Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to enable you to visit other websites of interest easily. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Controlling your personal information
You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:

• - By going to your Settings

• - if you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us at info@arabiacooking.com.

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.

You may request details of personal information which we hold about you. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to:



If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

Last updates:  On September 22, 2010