At present I am not requesting email addresses. Should I choose to do so at some point of time in the future, it would be solely for the purpose of periodically sending out recipes and/or newsletters to subscribers who asked for them. I abhor unsolicited intrusions upon my email inbox and email addresses entrusted to me would stay with me and most certainly not, for any reason, be disclosed to a third party.
I do want your feedback to contribute to the site and, should you do so, your first name (or nickname - any name), country and state will suffice.
I am not sending out cookies, nor will I have anything to do with collecting visitors information via "web beacon" technology or any other sneaky web technology which might be dreamed up in the future.
I have, of course, no control over the privacy policies of any of the sites I might link with or provide space for advertising. I can only suggest that, should you have concerns, you refer to their privacy policies as stated on their sites.