Hello, thanks for stopping by our disclaimer page. The legal stuff. Imagine a world where these weren't necessary… It is like an entire page of “NOT IT!”
Copyright
The original content on this blog is written by myself (Holley), or my blog partner (Raj)***. Our photos and graphics, unless otherwise stated, are also our original content. We do our own photography, and editing is done by Raj (if you are interested in hiring either of us for our skills, please feel free to email us – our emails are at the bottom of the page).
All of the photos on the site are the property of www.theprimaldesire.com and require our expressed permission for third-party use. Any use of our original content (recipes, photos, etc) requires adequate credit, linking, or expressed permission. Even with permission granted we will retain ownership of our content and photos. Please feel free to email us to inquire.
Privacy
Your privacy is important to us. Just as we do not want to see your BM or that rash you have, we aren't interested in selling or distributing your personal information (so we won't). It’s personal, just like that rash (I would see a healthcare professional about that BM it looks and smells like you could have leaky gut. But again, see a professional… and someone else about the poo pictures on your cell phone).
We do not see your specific email address or contact information when you visit the site. The only way we will obtain your personal information through the website is if you subscribe to our email updates or comment on our blog. Because comments are posted publicly please use caution if posting any personal information. We claim no responsibility for the comments of any third parties on our site.
If you are a minor, we don’t want your personal information – not at all. However, if you are a miner, comment away!
Any time you wish to unsubscribe from email updates you can do so by clicking on the “unsubscribe now” link at the bottom of the email update you receive from us. But we will be very, very sad to see you go. We'll assume that you just have too many messages in general in your inbox. But you're always able to come back when you realize your mistake and you miss us!
Cookies, Log files, Analytics
The technical side of this: cookies, tracking and the use of data collected is beyond my expertise, and makes me want to make a stylish tinfoil hat to wear (to protect against the unknown of government/organizations/aliens/bigfoot/zombies/cell phones/electronic cookies – “e-cookies” if you will).
Cookies:
I know I can bake cookies, delicious Paleo cookies even, but as for disabling them on your browser, I can’t help. I’m sure it’s something you can Google? I let the cookies log my browsing, it's not that exciting. The method will depend on your individual browser.
The statistics plugins and advertising on our blog (have to try to pay the bills) do utilize cookies, and not the kind that you eat. They observe where you have surfed before and your tendencies for web browsing. We do not access this information about you specifically, nor do we see any of your personal information. But some computer somewhere does see where you have been before and caters the advertising to your specific history. This explains why I get so many shoe ads and dating sites. Our cookies are not malicious (just delicious hahah…).
Legal-ese from Facebook about it's tracking pixel:
Third parties, including Facebook, may use cookies, web beacons, and other storage technologies to collect or receive information from https://theprimaldesire.com and elsewhere on the internet and use that information to provide measurement services and target ads. The Primal Desire users can opt-out of the collection and use of information for ad targeting using services such as http://www.aboutads.info/choices or http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/“
Log files and Analytics:
We do utilize log files and analytics, mostly to see whose posts are doing better. Kidding: it’s a team effort. We utilize the data to bring you better recipes: what you want and when you want it. It also tells us what pages get the most traffic (The old About Raj was more visited than the old About Holley. Hmnn… – But now we're both on the same About page), our general demographic (we seem to get more female visitors; maybe why the About Raj gets more hits; he is awfully cute. I get it), the geographic location of readership (some days we have more Canadian viewers and some days more American – we love all of our readers regardless of where you're accessing us from), and a better understanding of how people find, use, and navigate the site. This is all done using elements of Google Analytics (features that we're using include demographics, interest reports, and in-page analytics). But again we do not use your specific IP addresses or personal information (unless you comment or sign-up for email updates). For more information, see: Google AdWords Policy for Advertising Based on Interests and Location. If you would like to opt-out of Google Analytics information being collected here are currently available opt-out options.
Mediavine Programmatic Advertising
The Website uses Mediavine to manage all third-party advertising on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website. The cookie may collect information relating to your use of the Website, information about your device such as the device’s IP address and browser type, demographic data and, if you arrived at the Website via a link from a third-party site, the URL of the linking page.
First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The “help” feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/.
Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site.
The Website may collect IP addresses and location information to serve personalized ads and pass it to Mediavine. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit https://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp. You may also visit https://optout.aboutads.info/#/ and https://optout.networkadvertising.org/# to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at https://www.aboutads.info/appchoices to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.
Mediavine partners with the following data processors:
- Pubmatic. You may find Pubmatic’s privacy policy through this link. The data collected on the Website may be transferred to Pubmatic and its demand partners for interest-based advertising. Statistical information and other non-cookie technologies (such as eTags and web or browser cache) may be used by third parties on this Website. Browser settings that block cookies may have no effect on these technologies, but you may clear your cache to delete such trackers. Data collected from a particular browser or device may be used with another computer or device that is linked to the browser or device on which such data was collected.
- Criteo. You may find Criteo’s privacy policy through this link. The data collected on the Website may be transferred to Criteo and its demand partners for interest-based advertising. Criteo may collect, access, and use non-identifying data to improve the Criteo Technology and other Criteo products, programs, and/or services. This non-identifying data may include on-site user behavior and user/page content data, URLs, statistics, or internal search queries. The non-identifying data are collected through the ad call and stored with a Criteo cookie for a maximum period of 13 months.
- Pulsepoint. You may find Pulsepoint’s privacy policy through this link.
- LiveRamp. You may find LiveRamp’s privacy policy through this link. When you use the Website, we share information that we may collect from you, such as your email (in hashed, de-identified form), IP address or information about your browser or operating system, with LiveRamp Inc, and its group companies (‘LiveRamp’). LiveRamp may use a cookie on your browser and match your shared information to their on- and offline marketing databases and those of its advertising partners to create a link between your browser and information in those other databases. This link may be shared by our partners globally for the purpose of enabling interest-based content or advertising throughout your online experience (e.g. cross device, web, email, in-app, etc.) by third parties unaffiliated with our website. These third parties may in turn link further demographic or interest-based information to your browser. To opt out of LiveRamp’s targeted advertising, please go here: https://liveramp.com/opt_out/
- RhythmOne. You may view RhythmOne’s privacy policy through this link. RhythmOne uses cookies and similar tracking technologies (such as mobile device identifiers and digital fingerprinting) to provide its services. RhythmOne may use aggregated information (not including your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your visits to this and other Websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, please visit the following webpage: https://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp.
- District M. You may find District M’s privacy policy through this link.
- YieldMo. You may find YieldMo’s privacy policy through this link. If you want to opt out of receiving interest based ads from Yieldmo or exercise your right under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) to opt-out of the sale of your personal information, you may do so through this link.
- The Rubicon Project. You may find Rubicon’s privacy policy through this link. If you want to opt out of receiving interest based ads from Rubicon or exercise your right under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) to opt-out of the sale of your personal information, you may do so through this link. You may also utilize the Network Advertising Initiative’s opt-out page, the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page, or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page.
- Amazon Publisher Services. You may find Amazon Publisher Services’ privacy policy through this link.
- AppNexus. You may find the AppNexus privacy policy through this link.
- OpenX. You may find OpenX’s privacy policy through this link.
- Verizon Media formerly known as Oath. You may find Verizon Media’s privacy policy through this link. You may also utilize the Network Advertising Initiative’s opt-out page, the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page, or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page to opt-out of the use of cookies for interest-based advertising.
- TripleLift. You may find TripleLift’s privacy policy through this link. To opt out of receiving interest-based advertising (including retargeting) from TripleLift’s services through the use of cookies in your current browser and for more information on what it means to opt-out, please go to www.triplelift.com/consumer-opt-out.
- Index Exchange. You may find Index Exchange’s privacy policy through this link. You may also utilize the Network Advertising Initiative’s opt-out page, the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page, or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page to opt-out of the use of cookies for interest-based advertising.
- Sovrn. You may find Sovrn’s privacy policy through this link.
- GumGum. You may find GumGum’s privacy policy through this link. GumGum may (i) use place and use cookies on end users’ browsers or use web beacons to collect information about end users who visit such Publisher Websites and (ii) link such collected end user information to other end user information provided by third parties in order to deliver targeted Advertisements to such end users.
- Digital Remedy. You may find Digital Remedy’s privacy policy through this link.
- MediaGrid. You may find MediaGrid’s privacy policy through this link. MediaGrid may collect and store information about end-user interactions with this website through cookies, advertising IDS, pixels and server-to-server connections. MediaGrid was receive the following information: the page an End-User has requested and the referring/exit pages; Timestamp information (i.e., the date and time the End-User has visited the page); IP address; mobile device identifier; device model; device operating system; browser type; carrier; gender; age; geolocation (including GPS coordinates); clickstream data; cookie information; first-party identifiers'; and hashed email addresses; demographic and inferred interest information; and post-conversion data (from both online and offline behaviour). Some of this data is gathered from this website and others is gathered from advertisers. MediaGrid uses this data to provide its services. You may also utilize the Network Advertising Initiative’s opt-out page, the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page, or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page to opt-out of the use of cookies for interest-based advertising or review their privacy policy for more information.
- RevContent – You may find RevContent’s privacy policy through this link. RevContent may collect information about your browser or device, including browser type, IP Address, device type, user agent string, and operating system. RevContent also collects information about the websites you visit through their services, such as date and time of access and specific pages accessed and the content and ads you click on. You may opt-out of any personalization track by opting-out of RevContent’s data collection.
- Centro, Inc. – You may find Centro’s privacy policy through this link. You may find opt-out information for Centro’s services through the privacy policy link.
- 33Across, Inc. – You may find 33Across’s privacy policy through this link. To opt-out of personalized advertising, please visit https://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1.
- Conversant. LLC – You may find Conversant’s privacy policy through this link. Conversant uses information that does not directly identify you, such as information about your browser type, time and date of visit, your browsing or transaction activity, the subject of advertisements clicked or scrolled over, and a unique identifier (such as a cookie string, or a unique advertising identifier provided by your mobile device) during your visits to this and other websites and apps in order to provide advertisements about goods and services likely to be of greater interest to you. Conversant may use technologies such as cookies and other tracking technologies to collect this information. To learn more about interest-based advertising, or to opt-out, you can visit www.youronlinechoices.eu or https://www.networkadvertising.org/.
Disclosures
The views and opinions expressed in this blog are our own, based on our own experiences and observations. We know things about things, but are not, or in any way aspire to be “know-it-alls”.
Raj is trained as a pharmacist, but he is not your healthcare provider. I'm sure you would enjoy having him as your pharmacist, but this is not a pharmacy, and you will not be treated as a pharmacy patient here.
I, Holley, am a registered bartender, but not your neighborhood barkeep. (I wanted to throw that in, as it magnifies that I am speaking entirely from my own personal experiences with: medicine, thyroid dysfunction, hormone imbalance, depression, nutrition and natural medicine. I have watched doctor shows on T.V. but they don’t award a diploma for that).
We are not your healthcare professionals and our personal observations do not replace or supersede your medical professional’s expert opinions or advice. Suggestions and ideas that we share may or may not have a place in your general health strategy, but should be discussed with your own healthcare professionals who are familiar with your individual health status and history.
All we really know about you is your great taste in web browsing, as you ended up on our fantastic website. Good for you. Glad to have you.
If you are looking for the “Why Paleo” check out these sites:
Robb Wolf, Mark Sisson, Whole9 or Nom Nom Paleo as they have all done the marathon of research and are considered gurus within the community.
Although we do research and fact check, not everything you read on the internet is true, (shocking) so please feel free to challenge, do your own research and form your own opinions. Knowledge is empowerment. We are not liable for any information correct or incorrect you may gather or imply.
Any time we quote or link to a third party website we do not claim responsibility for the content or the views expressed therein.
We are not responsible or liable for any clicking you may do. Always use adequate protection when web browsing in areas you don’t know, or unfamiliar sites. Your computer health is important. Malicious spyware can be lurking anywhere, and getting a computer virus sucks, not unlike getting a person virus. Protect yourself.
We do have affiliate links through iTunes, Amazon and a few others. While we receive a small percentage of sales through our link
(which does not affect the cost to you, so make sure you find the sales when you can), we do not know what you are purchasing, your personal information, or credit card information. So feel free to purchase that 55 gallon barrel of personal lubricant
(You have to read those reviews; they are too funny!). We won’t know. But even if we did, we wouldn't judge – might be curious, but we wouldn't judge. We also have no desire to direct you to purchase anything we have not or would not purchase or use ourselves.
We hope to receive sponsorships and/or endorsements and/or donations from time to time. I mean who doesn’t like perks, swag and VIP treatment? But our love cannot be bought, or even rented. Cookbook reviews and any criticism or raving about: products, tools, books, shows, other sites etc. is because we truly love or hate them. Not like how your boyfriend says he loves your best friend and then is always oddly busy when you want to hang. If you would like to have us review your cookbook, try your product, check out your site, advertising, sponsorship, donations or programming opportunities contact us at: