Ana
Ana is a Southern stay-at-home mom of three who bakes the way most people breathe — constantly, naturally, without making a fuss about it. She shows up at new neighbors’ doors with a tin of cookies before the boxes are even unpacked, and she has never once come home from a potluck with anything left in her dish. She Brings Food is where she puts the recipes her family counts on and her neighbors keep asking for.
Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy describes what cookies are, which ones SheBringsFood.com uses, and how you can control your preferences. It is required under the EU ePrivacy Directive, Polish Telecommunications Act (Art. 173), and GDPR.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They allow sites to function properly, remember your preferences, and give site owners insight into how visitors use their content.
Cookies may be first-party (set directly by this site) or third-party (set by external services embedded on our pages). They may also be session cookies (erased when you close your browser) or persistent cookies (stored for a set period of time).
2. How We Obtain Consent
A Cookie Consent Banner appears when you first visit SheBringsFood.com. Non-essential cookies — including analytics and advertising cookies — are only placed after you give explicit consent. You can update your preferences at any time using the “Cookie Settings” link in the footer.
This approach complies with:
- GDPR Art. 6(1)(a) and Recital 32 — consent must be freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous
- Polish Telecommunications Act (Ustawa Prawo telekomunikacyjne), Art. 173
- EU ePrivacy Directive (2002/58/EC as amended)
- Google’s EU User Consent Policy (required for AdSense)
- IAB Europe TCF v2.2 (if using a certified CMP)
3. Categories of Cookies We Use
3.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are required for the site to function. They cannot be turned off and do not require consent.
| Cookie | Provider | Duration | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| cookieconsent_status | own | 1 year | Stores your cookie consent decision |
| PHPSESSID / wordpress_* | own | Session | WordPress session management |
| wp-settings-* | own | 1 year | WordPress user settings (admin only) |
3.2 Analytics Cookies (Consent Required)
These cookies help understand how visitors interact with the site. All data collected is aggregated and anonymized.
| Cookie | Provider | Duration | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Google Analytics | 2 years | Distinguishes unique users |
| _ga_XXXXXXXXXX | Google Analytics 4 | 2 years | GA4 session persistence |
| _gid | Google Analytics | 24 hours | Distinguishes users within sessions |
| _gat_gtag_* | Google Analytics | 1 minute | Throttles request rate (performance) |
IP anonymization is active in Google Analytics — the final octet of your IP address is masked before any data is stored.
3.3 Advertising Cookies (Consent Required)
Google AdSense is used to display advertisements. These cookies help ensure ads are relevant to you.
| Cookie | Provider | Duration | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| IDE | Google DoubleClick | 2 years | Ad personalization and frequency capping |
| NID | 6 months | Ad preferences and personalization | |
| DSID | 2 weeks | Identify signed-in Google users for ads | |
| test_cookie | 15 minutes | Check if browser supports cookies | |
| __gads / __gpi | Google AdSense | 2 years | Ad measurement and fraud prevention |
If you decline advertising cookies, non-personalized ads will be displayed instead.
3.4 Functional / Preference Cookies (Consent Required)
| Cookie | Provider | Duration | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| comment_author_* | WordPress | 1 year | Remembers your name/email for future comments |
| comment_author_email_* | WordPress | 1 year | Remembers your email for future comments |
4. Third-Party Cookies from Embedded Content
Some pages include embedded content from platforms such as YouTube, Pinterest, or social media. When you interact with that content, those third parties may set their own cookies — ones this site has no control over. Please refer to their respective policies:
- YouTube / Google: policies.google.com/privacy
- Pinterest: policy.pinterest.com
- Facebook: facebook.com/policy.php
5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You have several options for managing cookies on this site:
- Cookie Consent Banner — set or update preferences on your first visit or at any time via the “Cookie Settings” button
- Browser settings — most browsers let you block or delete cookies; note that doing so may affect how the site works
- Google Analytics opt-out — install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on
- Google Ad settings — manage ad personalization at adssettings.google.com
- Your Online Choices — opt out of many advertising networks at youronlinechoices.eu
6. Withdrawing Consent
You may withdraw consent for non-essential cookies at any time by clicking “Cookie Settings” in the footer and updating your choices. Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of any processing that occurred before withdrawal.
7. Updates to This Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy may be updated when new services are added or when legal requirements change. The “Last updated” date at the top of the page reflects the current version.
8. Contact
Questions about this site’s use of cookies can be submitted via the contact page.
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Ana
Ana is a Southern stay-at-home mom of three who bakes the way most people breathe — constantly, naturally, without making a fuss about it. She shows up at new neighbors’ doors with a tin of cookies before the boxes are even unpacked, and she has never once come home from a potluck with anything left in her dish. She Brings Food is where she puts the recipes her family counts on and her neighbors keep asking for.