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Cookie Notice

Last updated: September 29, 2026

This notice explains what cookies are, which ones Recetas Mexas uses for readers in Australia, and what you can do about them. Australia has no separate cookie statute: where the data a cookie holds can identify you, it is personal information and the Privacy Act 1988 and the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) apply to it. The regulator is the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC).

This page is provided for information only and is not legal advice.

What cookies are

Cookies are small text files a site stores in your browser to remember something about your visit — that you are signed in, the city you chose, the answer you gave this banner. We also use comparable technology such as local storage and measurement pixels; everything below applies to those as well.

Do we need your consent?

Australia does not run the opt-in consent wall that the EU and the UK require. What the Privacy Act 1988 and the APPs require of us is different and just as binding: we collect only what is reasonably necessary to run an editorial site and a directory, we tell you what we collect and why in this notice, we keep it secure, and we let you see it and correct it. Non-essential cookies stay a genuine choice: you can decline them in our cookie banner or block them in your browser, and the recipes, guides and listings all still work.

The cookies we use

1. Essential cookies (always on)

Without these the site cannot do its job, so they cannot be turned off:

  • Login session: keeps you signed in from page to page.
  • Your cookie choice: remembers the answer you gave this banner, so we stop asking.
  • Chosen location: remembers the city you picked for local results.
  • Security: protects our forms against request forgery.

2. Analytics cookies

These tell us, in aggregate, which pages earn their place:

  • Google Analytics 4: pages read, time on page and where visitors arrived from, reported as totals rather than as individuals.

3. Affiliate cookies

We take part in the Amazon Associates Program, so some pages carry affiliate links. When you follow one, the partner may set a cookie of its own to attribute a qualifying purchase. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. We are an editorial platform and a directory, not a shop: the purchase, and the cookie that tracks it, happen on the partner site under its own privacy notice.

  • Amazon Associates: attribution cookies set by Amazon.

Your choices

  • Decline the analytics and affiliate categories in our cookie banner.
  • Change your mind later: clear this site from your browser and the banner asks again, or write to us.
  • Ask us what we hold, or ask us to correct or delete it, at [email protected]. If you are not satisfied with our answer you can complain to the OAIC.
  • Block or delete cookies in your browser, using the links below.

Managing cookies in your browser

One warning: blocking the essential cookies will stop you signing in, saving a favourite recipe or keeping a shopping list. Blocking the other two categories costs you nothing.

More information

What we do with personal information about readers in Australia — and how to ask for access, correction or deletion — is in our Privacy Policy. Our Legal Notice and Terms of Service cover the rest.

Contact: [email protected].