Privacy Policy

Last Updated: September 1, 2026

Smoke, Griddle & Grill (“SG&G,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and retain personal information when you visit https://sgandg.com (the “Site”), subscribe to our emails, contact us, comment, use our interactive tools, or click advertising or affiliate links.

This Policy applies only to SG&G. Third-party websites and services have their own privacy practices.

1. Personal Information We Collect

We may collect the following categories of personal information:

• Contact and account information: name, email address, and any other information you provide when subscribing, contacting us, entering a promotion, or otherwise communicating with us.
• Content you submit: messages, comments, feedback, giveaway entries, and other content you choose to provide. Public comments may display your chosen name, website, and comment text.
• Device and network information: IP address, browser and device type, operating system, device identifiers, cookie identifiers, and general location inferred from an IP address.
• Internet and Site activity: pages viewed, links clicked, referring and exit pages, date and time of visits, time spent, interactions with recipes, tools, ads, and content, and diagnostic or security events.
• Advertising, affiliate, and commercial activity: advertisements viewed or clicked; affiliate links clicked; referring content; and conversion or commission information that advertising or affiliate partners make available to us. We generally do not receive your payment-card number or complete purchase details from a retailer.
• Preferences and inferences: consent choices, saved tool or gear preferences stored in your browser, and interests inferred from your interactions for content measurement or advertising.

We do not intend to collect sensitive personal information such as government identifiers, financial-account credentials, precise geolocation, health information, or biometric information. Please do not include sensitive information in comments or messages.

2. Sources of Personal Information

We collect personal information:

• directly from you when you subscribe, contact us, comment, or submit information;
• automatically from your browser or device through server logs, cookies, pixels, tags, local browser storage, and similar technologies;
• from service providers that support hosting, forms, email, analytics, advertising, security, and spam prevention; and
• from advertising and affiliate partners when they report clicks, referrals, or attributed transactions.

3. How We Use Personal Information

We use personal information to:

• operate, secure, maintain, troubleshoot, and improve the Site;
• provide recipes, tools, downloads, and other requested content;
• send newsletters and promotional emails you requested and manage subscriptions;
• respond to messages, comments, requests, and feedback;
• measure readership, understand how the Site is used, and improve content and performance;
• select, deliver, limit, and measure advertising;
• operate and measure affiliate programs and attribute commissions;
• detect fraud, spam, abuse, security incidents, and technical problems;
• comply with law, enforce our terms, and protect our rights and the rights of others; and
• complete a business transaction such as a sale, merger, financing, or transfer of Site assets, subject to appropriate safeguards.

4. Cookies, Advertising, and Analytics

We and our partners use cookies, pixels, tags, local browser storage, and similar technologies. These technologies may be:

• Essential: necessary for security, network management, forms, core Site functions, and remembering privacy choices.
• Functional: used to remember optional Site or tool preferences.
• Analytics: used to measure traffic, content performance, and Site use.
• Advertising: used to deliver, limit, personalize, and measure ads and to understand activity across websites or services.

Our current providers may include Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics/Site Kit, Google AdSense, Ahrefs Web Analytics, MailPoet, Elementor, our WordPress hosting and security providers, and spam-prevention services. Our affiliate partners include Amazon Associates and Awin. These companies may collect identifiers, device and network information, Internet activity, approximate location, and advertising or affiliate interactions under their own privacy policies.

You can use our cookie banner to accept or reject nonessential categories where it is available. You can also adjust your browser settings, but blocking all cookies may affect Site features. Your advertising choices may also be available through Google My Ad Center, the Digital Advertising Alliance, or the Network Advertising Initiative.

Browser Privacy Signals

Because there is no universally accepted standard for legacy “Do Not Track” signals, the Site does not respond to those signals. Our current consent tool also does not automatically interpret Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals. You can use the Site’s cookie or Privacy Choices control to reject nonessential technologies, or email us to make a privacy request. If SG&G becomes subject to a law that requires automatic recognition of GPC or another opt-out preference signal, we will update our controls accordingly.

5. How We Disclose Personal Information

We may disclose personal information to:

• Service providers and contractors that provide hosting, content delivery, forms, email delivery, analytics, advertising operations, affiliate tracking, security, spam prevention, professional advice, and other business services.
• Advertising and analytics partners that collect or receive device identifiers, Internet activity, approximate location, and inferences to measure or deliver advertising and analyze Site use.
• Affiliate partners and retailers when you click an affiliate link, so a referral or qualifying purchase can be attributed.
• Authorities and other parties when reasonably necessary to comply with law or legal process, investigate unlawful activity, enforce our terms, or protect rights, safety, and security.
• Transaction parties and advisers in connection with an actual or proposed merger, financing, sale, reorganization, bankruptcy, or transfer of all or part of the Site or business.
• Other parties at your direction or with your consent.

We do not sell your email list or personal information for money. However, some privacy laws define “sale” or “sharing” broadly. Our use of advertising, analytics, and related technologies may be considered a sale, sharing, or targeted advertising under those laws.

6. California and Other U.S. State Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live and whether the applicable law covers SG&G, you may have the right to:

• confirm whether we process your personal information and access or obtain a copy of it;
• correct inaccurate personal information;
• delete personal information, subject to legal exceptions;
• obtain certain information in a portable format;
• opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information, targeted advertising, or certain profiling;
• limit certain uses or disclosures of sensitive personal information, if applicable;
• appeal a refusal to act on a request, where applicable; and
• receive equal service and not be discriminated against for exercising privacy rights.

To make a request, email contact@sgandg.com with the subject line “Privacy Request” and describe the right you want to exercise. To opt out of advertising-related sale, sharing, or targeted advertising for your browser, use the Site’s cookie or Privacy Choices control. To unsubscribe from marketing email, use the link in any marketing message.

We may need to verify your request by matching information you provide with information we maintain. An authorized agent may submit a request for you where permitted by law; we may request proof of authorization and may still need to verify your identity directly. If we deny an appealable request, you may appeal by replying to our decision with “Privacy Appeal” in the subject line.

California Notice

For California residents, the categories listed below describe our practices during the preceding 12 months. This section uses the categories in California law. We do not knowingly use or disclose sensitive personal information for purposes that trigger a right to limit.

In the preceding 12 months, we disclosed each category above to service providers or contractors for the business purposes described. We did not sell personal information for money. We shared, as that term is defined by California law, identifiers, Internet activity, approximate geolocation, and inferences with advertising partners for cross-context behavioral advertising and measurement. Certain disclosures to analytics or advertising providers may also be treated as a sale under some state laws’ broader definitions. We do not have actual knowledge that we sell or share personal information of consumers under 16 years of age.

7. Email Communications

If you subscribe, we use your email address to send the content and promotional messages described at sign-up. You can unsubscribe at any time through the link in an email or by contacting us. We may retain a limited suppression record so we can respect your opt-out and comply with law.

8. Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary and proportionate for the purposes described in this Policy. Retention depends on the type of information and why it was collected. For example:

• subscriber information is generally kept while a subscription is active, with limited suppression records retained afterward;
• messages and request records are kept while needed to respond, maintain business records, resolve disputes, and comply with law;
• public comments may remain while the related content is published, unless removal is appropriate;
• security and technical logs are kept for the period reasonably needed to secure and troubleshoot the Site; and
• analytics, advertising, and affiliate data is retained according to our settings and the applicable provider’s retention practices.

When information is no longer needed, we delete, deidentify, or securely dispose of it, subject to backups and legal obligations.

9. Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information. No Internet transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

10. Children’s Privacy

The Site is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 or knowingly sell or share personal information of anyone under 16. If you believe a child provided personal information, contact us so we can review and delete it as appropriate.

11. International Visitors

If privacy law in your location applies to our processing, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict, or object to processing, obtain portability, or withdraw consent. Where required, our legal bases include your consent; performance of a request you make; our legitimate interests in operating, securing, and improving the Site and communicating with visitors; and compliance with legal obligations.

SG&G and many of our providers are located in the United States. Personal information may therefore be processed in the United States or other countries that may have different data-protection laws. Where required, we or our providers use legally recognized transfer safeguards. You may also have the right to complain to your local data-protection authority.

12. Third-Party Links and Embedded Content

The Site links to retailers, affiliate partners, social networks, video platforms, and other third parties. If you click a link or interact with embedded third-party content, that party may collect information directly from you. Its privacy policy—not this Policy—governs that activity.

13. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Policy to reflect changes to our practices, services, or legal obligations. We will post the updated version here and change the “Last Updated” date. If required by law, we will provide additional notice or obtain consent.

14. Contact Us

For questions or privacy requests, contact:

Smoke, Griddle & Grill
Email: contact@sgandg.com
Website: https://sgandg.com