Privacy Policy for Makan Musings
At Makan Musings, accessible from our online platform, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by Makan Musings and how we use it.
If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.
Information We Collect
We collect personal data that you voluntarily provide to us when you express an interest in obtaining information about us or our services, when you participate in activities on our online platform, or otherwise when you contact us.
The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the online platform, the choices you make, and the services you use. The personal information we collect may include the following:
- Personal Identifiers: Name, email address, phone number when you subscribe to our newsletters, leave comments, or participate in giveaways.
- Demographic Information: Age, gender, location, if provided voluntarily for research or personalized content delivery.
- Usage Data: Information about how you interact with our online platform, such as pages visited, time spent, and links clicked. This is collected automatically.
- Technical Data: IP address, browser type, operating system, and device information. This is collected automatically.
- Correspondence: Records of communications when you contact us via email or other means.
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect in various ways, including to:
- Provide, operate, and maintain our online platform.
- Improve, personalize, and expand our online platform and services (e.g., recipe development, restaurant reviews, culinary event coverage).
- Understand and analyze how you use our online platform.
- Develop new products, services, features, and functionality.
- Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the online platform, and for marketing and promotional purposes (e.g., newsletters, food product endorsements).
- Send you emails regarding content strategy consulting and social media management offers if you have expressed interest.
- Find and prevent fraud.
- Display personalized advertisements based on your interests and usage of our online platform (e.g., digital marketing for F&B brands).
Log Files
Makan Musings follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and a part of hosting services’ analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the online platform, tracking users’ movement on the online platform, and gathering demographic information.
Cookies and Web Beacons
Like any other online platform, Makan Musings uses ‘cookies’. These cookies are used to store information including visitors’ preferences, and the pages on the online platform that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users’ experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and/or other information.
You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.
Third-Party Privacy Policies
Makan Musings’ Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.
Note that Makan Musings has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.
GDPR Data Protection Rights
We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:
- The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
- The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.
- The right to erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to object to processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.
Children's Information
Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.
Makan Musings does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our online platform, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Thus, we advise you to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. These changes are effective immediately, after they are posted on this page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us at the following physical address:
Makan Musings
11 Jalan Besar, #04-08 Tekka Place,
Singapore, Singapore, 208802
Singapore