Privacy Policy

Effective Date: Jan 1, 2026

Trust Me, Try It (“we,” “our,” “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and the choices you have.

Who We Are

Our website address is: https://trustmetryit.com.
For privacy questions, contact us at: [email protected].

Information We Collect

When you interact with Trust Me, Try It, we may collect:

  • Names and Email Addresses: If you sign up for our newsletter, submit a recipe, or contact us.
  • Recipe Submissions: Content you upload through our submission form, including images, videos, and text.
  • Payment Information: While payouts currently happen offsite, in the future we may collect payment details to process creator earnings or purchases.
  • Automatically Collected Data: Such as IP addresses, browser type, and usage data through cookies and analytics tools.

How We Use Your Information

We use your information to:

  • Publish submitted recipes and content.
  • Send newsletters, updates, and marketing communications (you can unsubscribe anytime).
  • Analyze site traffic and performance with Google Analytics 4.
  • Support advertising through networks like Raptive.
  • Process payments and payouts when applicable.

Media Uploads

If you upload images to the website (for example, as part of a recipe submission), avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the site may be able to download and extract location data from images.

Cookies and Tracking

We use cookies and similar technologies to:

  • Remember your preferences.
  • Understand how visitors use the site.
  • Display personalized ads.

WordPress may also set cookies when comments or logins are enabled. At this time, we do not offer user accounts or comment features.

You can adjust cookie settings through your browser.

Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)

The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing 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.

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 https://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. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.

The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:

  • IP Address
  • Operating System type
  • Operating System version
  • Device Type
  • Language of the website
  • Web browser type
  • Email (in hashed form)

Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.

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://thenai.org/opt-out/. You may also visit http://optout.aboutads.info/#/ and http://optout.networkadvertising.org/# to learn more about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at https://youradchoices.com/appchoices to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.

For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit https://www.mediavine.com/ad-partners/

Embedded Content

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, or social media posts). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if you visited the other website directly. These sites may collect data about you, use cookies, and track your interaction with that content.

Sharing Your Information

We do not sell your personal information. We may share it with trusted third parties only as needed to operate our business, including:

  • Email service providers (for newsletters).
  • Advertising networks.
  • Payment processors (for future transactions).
  • Spam detection services (for form submissions).

Ownership and Contact

Trust Me, Try It is operated by CookingInTheYard LLC.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or your data, contact us at:
[email protected]

Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have rights under laws such as GDPR (EU/UK) or CCPA (California), including the right to:

  • Access the data we hold about you.
  • Request correction or deletion of your data.
  • Opt out of marketing communications.

To exercise your rights, contact us at [email protected].

Children’s Privacy

This site is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

Data Security

We take reasonable measures to protect your data but cannot guarantee 100% security.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted here with an updated effective date.