Last updated: May 9, 2026
Welcome to LowCarbSpark.
LowCarbSpark respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us or that may be collected when you visit or use our website.
This Privacy Policy explains how LowCarbSpark (“LowCarbSpark,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, discloses, stores, and protects information when you access or use https://www.lowcarbspark.com, including our recipes, articles, newsletters, comments, forms, advertisements, affiliate links, digital products, shop pages, downloads, and related services.
By using this website, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, please do not use the website.
1. Who We Are
LowCarbSpark is a food and lifestyle website focused on low-carb, keto, healthy recipes, meal ideas, cooking tips, nutrition-related content, product recommendations, and related resources.
Our website address is: https://www.lowcarbspark.com/
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or about how your personal information is handled, please contact us through our contact page:
Contact page: https://www.lowcarbspark.com/contact/
You may also contact us by email at:
Email: [email protected]
2. Personal Information We Collect
We may collect personal information directly from you, automatically through your use of the website, and from third-party services used to operate, protect, improve, and monetize the website.
The types of information we collect depend on how you interact with LowCarbSpark.
3. Information You Provide to Us
We may collect information that you voluntarily provide when you:
- subscribe to our newsletter;
- leave a comment, review, or recipe rating;
- contact us through a form;
- participate in a giveaway, survey, promotion, or reader feedback request;
- purchase or access a digital product, download, membership, subscription, or other product;
- create an account, if account features are available;
- interact with us on social media or through third-party platforms;
- submit any other information through the website.
This information may include:
- name;
- email address;
- billing details;
- shipping details, if applicable;
- account details, if applicable;
- comments, reviews, ratings, feedback, messages, or other content you submit;
- purchase history;
- communication preferences;
- any other information you choose to provide.
Please do not submit sensitive personal information through the website unless it is necessary for the specific request or feature you are using.
4. Information Collected Automatically
When you visit LowCarbSpark, certain information may be collected automatically by us or by third-party services we use.
This information may include:
- IP address;
- browser type and version;
- device type;
- operating system;
- referring pages;
- exit pages;
- pages viewed;
- links clicked;
- search terms used to find the website;
- date and time of visit;
- approximate location derived from IP address;
- language preferences;
- website usage data;
- cookie identifiers;
- advertising identifiers;
- analytics data;
- interactions with advertisements, affiliate links, forms, emails, and website features.
This information helps us operate the website, improve our content, understand how visitors use the website, prevent fraud and abuse, measure advertising and affiliate performance, personalize content and ads where permitted, and maintain website security.
5. Cookies and Similar Technologies
LowCarbSpark may use cookies, pixels, tags, scripts, web beacons, local storage, and similar technologies.
These technologies may be used to:
- operate the website;
- remember preferences;
- improve website performance;
- understand visitor behavior;
- provide analytics;
- measure traffic and engagement;
- serve advertisements;
- personalize advertisements, where permitted;
- measure ad performance;
- track affiliate referrals;
- support embedded content;
- prevent fraud, spam, and security issues;
- comply with legal and regulatory requirements.
Cookies may be session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, or persistent cookies, which remain on your device until they expire or are deleted.
You can control cookies through your browser settings. Depending on your location, you may also have access to a cookie banner, consent management platform, privacy settings, or similar tool on the website.
If you disable or reject cookies, some parts of the website may not function properly.
For more information, please review our Cookie Policy.
6. Information Collected Through Analytics
LowCarbSpark may use analytics tools, such as Google Analytics or similar services, to understand how visitors use the website.
Analytics tools may collect information such as:
- pages visited;
- time spent on pages;
- device and browser information;
- approximate location;
- referring pages;
- interactions with website features;
- traffic sources;
- technical performance data.
We use analytics information to:
- understand website traffic;
- improve recipes, articles, and user experience;
- measure content performance;
- troubleshoot technical issues;
- improve website speed and usability;
- better understand what content is useful to readers.
Analytics providers may use cookies or similar technologies. Depending on your location and consent settings, analytics cookies may be subject to your consent.
7. Information Collected by Advertisers
LowCarbSpark displays advertising on the Site. Advertising helps support the Site and allows us to continue providing free recipes, resources, and helpful content to our readers.
CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a Raptive (“Raptive”) is a service provider of this Site for the purposes of placing advertising on the Site, and Raptive will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes. To learn more about Raptive’s data usage, click here: https://raptive.com/creator-advertising-privacy-statement
Raptive and other advertising partners may use cookies, pixels, tracking technologies, and similar tools to collect information about your visits to this Site and other websites. This information may be used to provide personalized or non-personalized advertisements, measure ad performance, prevent fraud, and improve advertising services.
Depending on your location, you may be able to manage advertising preferences through the cookie banner, consent management platform, privacy settings, ad preferences link, or similar tool available on the Site.
We do not control every advertisement shown on the Site and are not responsible for the content, claims, products, services, privacy policies, or practices of advertisers or third-party websites.
For more information about cookies and similar technologies, please review our Cookie Policy.
8. Google Advertising and Consent
LowCarbSpark may use Google advertising products or work with advertising partners that use Google advertising technologies.
Google and other advertising partners may use cookies, pixels, or similar technologies to serve ads, measure ad performance, prevent fraud, and personalize advertising where permitted.
For users in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, and other regions where consent is required, personalized advertising, non-essential cookies, or certain tracking technologies may require consent through a consent management platform.
Where required, we aim to use appropriate consent tools to help users manage advertising and cookie preferences.
9. Affiliate Links
LowCarbSpark may use affiliate links. If you click an affiliate link and make a purchase, we may earn a commission, referral fee, or other compensation at no additional cost to you.
Affiliate partners may use cookies or similar technologies to track referrals, purchases, commissions, and performance.
Affiliate links may appear in recipe posts, product recommendations, ingredient suggestions, kitchen tool guides, shopping guides, emails, digital resources, and other content.
For more information, please review our Affiliate & Advertising Disclosure.
10. Amazon Associates Program
LowCarbSpark participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a way for websites to earn advertising fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated websites.
As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.
Amazon and other affiliate partners may collect information when you click affiliate links or make purchases on their websites. Their collection and use of information is governed by their own privacy policies and terms.
11. Newsletter and Email Marketing
If you subscribe to our newsletter, we may collect your name, email address, subscription preferences, IP address, signup source, consent records, and engagement data such as opens, clicks, and unsubscribes.
We may use this information to:
- send recipes and updates;
- send newsletters;
- send promotional content;
- send product announcements;
- personalize email content;
- measure email performance;
- maintain subscription records;
- comply with legal obligations.
You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link included in our emails.
Even if you unsubscribe from marketing emails, we may still send non-marketing messages when necessary, such as purchase confirmations, customer support replies, legal notices, or security-related communications.
We may use third-party email service providers to manage our newsletter and email communications. These providers process your information on our behalf according to their own terms and privacy practices.
12. Comments, Reviews, Ratings, and User Content
When you leave a comment, review, recipe rating, or other content on LowCarbSpark, we may collect the information shown in the form, your IP address, browser user agent, and other information used to detect spam, prevent abuse, and moderate content.
Comments and other submitted content may be visible publicly, including your name, display name, comment text, rating, and any other information you choose to submit.
Please do not include private, sensitive, or confidential information in public comments.
We may use spam detection tools and moderation systems to protect the website and our users.
13. Contact Forms
When you contact us through our contact page or a form on the website, we may collect your name, email address, message content, IP address, and any other information you choose to provide.
We use this information to:
- respond to your message;
- provide support;
- handle requests;
- investigate issues;
- maintain records of communications;
- protect our rights and the security of the website.
14. Purchases, Payments, and Digital Products
If LowCarbSpark offers digital products, downloads, ebooks, meal plans, subscriptions, memberships, or other products, we may collect information necessary to process and manage your purchase.
This information may include:
- name;
- email address;
- billing address;
- payment information;
- purchase history;
- order details;
- account information;
- download access information;
- customer support communications.
Payments may be processed by third-party payment providers, including Stripe and PayPal.
We do not store your full payment card details. Payment information is processed by the payment provider according to its own privacy policy, security practices, and terms.
We may use purchase information to:
- process orders;
- deliver digital products;
- provide receipts;
- handle refunds or billing issues;
- prevent fraud;
- comply with tax, accounting, and legal obligations;
- provide customer support;
- maintain business records.
15. Calculators, Tools, Quizzes, and Interactive Features
LowCarbSpark may offer calculators, quizzes, forms, or interactive tools, including nutrition or macro-related tools.
If you use these tools, you may provide information such as dietary preferences, goals, height, weight, activity level, age, gender, or other inputs necessary to generate results.
These tools are provided for general informational purposes only and should not be treated as medical, nutritional, or professional advice.
Where possible, we try to limit the information collected by these tools. However, some information may be processed to provide the tool, improve functionality, prevent abuse, or understand usage.
Please do not use these tools to submit sensitive health information unless you are comfortable doing so.
16. Social Media and Embedded Content
LowCarbSpark may include links to social media platforms or embedded content from third-party websites, such as videos, social posts, recipe cards, forms, maps, images, or other media.
Embedded content from third-party websites behaves as if you visited those websites directly. These third parties may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, especially if you are logged into their services.
Your interactions with social media platforms and embedded content are governed by the privacy policies and terms of those third parties.
17. How We Use Personal Information
We may use personal information for the following purposes:
- to operate and maintain the website;
- to provide recipes, content, products, and services;
- to send newsletters and email communications;
- to respond to messages and support requests;
- to process purchases, payments, refunds, and digital product access;
- to manage comments, reviews, ratings, and user-submitted content;
- to improve website performance, content, and user experience;
- to understand website traffic and reader interests;
- to personalize content and advertising, where permitted;
- to measure advertising, analytics, and affiliate performance;
- to prevent fraud, spam, abuse, and security incidents;
- to comply with tax, accounting, legal, and regulatory obligations;
- to enforce our Terms and protect our rights;
- to maintain records;
- for any other purpose disclosed at the time information is collected.
18. Legal Bases for Processing Personal Information
If you are located in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, Switzerland, or another region that requires a legal basis for processing personal information, we may rely on one or more of the following legal bases.
Consent
We may process personal information when you have given consent, such as for email marketing, non-essential cookies, personalized advertising, certain analytics, or other processing activities where consent is required.
You may withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent.
Contract
We may process personal information when necessary to provide products or services you request, such as processing purchases, delivering digital products, managing accounts, handling subscriptions, or providing customer support.
Legitimate Interests
We may process personal information for legitimate business interests, such as operating the website, improving content, protecting security, preventing fraud, responding to inquiries, maintaining records, understanding website usage, and supporting our business, provided those interests are not overridden by your rights and freedoms.
Legal Obligations
We may process personal information when necessary to comply with legal obligations, including tax, accounting, consumer protection, regulatory, and legal request obligations.
19. How We Share Personal Information
We do not sell your name or email address to third parties for their own direct marketing.
However, we may share personal information or allow certain third parties to collect information in the following circumstances.
Service Providers
We may share information with service providers that help us operate the website and business, including hosting providers, email service providers, analytics providers, security services, spam detection tools, payment processors, ecommerce platforms, customer support tools, technical service providers, and website management tools.
Advertising Partners
We may share or allow the collection of certain information by advertising partners, including Raptive, Google, and other advertising technology partners, to serve, measure, personalize, and improve advertisements.
Depending on applicable law, this may be considered “sharing” or “selling” personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.
Affiliate Partners
Affiliate partners may receive information when you click affiliate links or make purchases through affiliate links.
Payment Processors
Stripe, PayPal, and other payment processors may process information necessary to complete payments, prevent fraud, process refunds, and comply with financial and legal obligations.
Legal and Safety Purposes
We may disclose information when required or permitted by law, including to comply with legal process, enforce our Terms, protect our rights, prevent fraud, respond to security issues, or protect the safety of users or others.
Business Transfers
If LowCarbSpark is involved in a merger, sale, acquisition, restructuring, transfer of assets, or similar transaction, personal information may be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to applicable law.
20. How Long We Keep Personal Information
We keep personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and the reason it was collected.
For example:
- newsletter information may be kept until you unsubscribe or request deletion;
- purchase records may be kept as needed for tax, accounting, legal, and fraud prevention purposes;
- contact form messages may be kept for customer support and recordkeeping;
- comments may remain on the website unless removed;
- analytics and advertising data may be retained according to the policies of the relevant providers;
- security logs may be kept for a limited period to protect the website.
When information is no longer needed, we may delete, anonymize, or securely retain it as required by applicable law.
21. International Data Transfers
LowCarbSpark may use service providers located in different countries. As a result, personal information may be transferred to, stored in, or processed in countries outside your place of residence.
These countries may have data protection laws that differ from the laws in your location.
Where required, we rely on appropriate safeguards for international transfers, such as contractual protections, standard contractual clauses, adequacy decisions, or other lawful transfer mechanisms.
22. Data Security
We use reasonable technical, administrative, and organizational measures to help protect personal information from unauthorized access, misuse, loss, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.
However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security.
You are responsible for using secure devices, protecting your passwords, and avoiding sharing sensitive information through insecure channels.
23. Your Privacy Choices
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have choices regarding your personal information.
These choices may include:
- unsubscribing from marketing emails;
- managing cookie preferences;
- opting out of personalized advertising;
- requesting access to your personal information;
- requesting correction of inaccurate information;
- requesting deletion of personal information;
- requesting restriction or objection to certain processing;
- requesting data portability;
- withdrawing consent where processing is based on consent;
- opting out of certain sales, sharing, or targeted advertising, where applicable;
- limiting the use of sensitive personal information, where applicable.
To exercise privacy rights, please contact us through our contact page.
We may need to verify your identity before responding to certain requests.
24. Rights for Users in the EEA, UK, Switzerland, and Similar Regions
If you are located in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, Switzerland, or another jurisdiction with similar privacy laws, you may have the right to:
- be informed about how your personal information is processed;
- access the personal information we hold about you;
- request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information;
- request deletion of your personal information;
- request restriction of processing;
- object to certain processing;
- request data portability;
- withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent;
- lodge a complaint with a data protection authority.
To exercise these rights, please contact us through our contact page.
If you are in the EEA, UK, or Switzerland, you may also have the right to contact your local data protection authority.
25. Notice for California Residents
If you are a California resident, you may have rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act, and related regulations.
Depending on how you interact with LowCarbSpark and whether the law applies to us, these rights may include:
- the right to know what categories of personal information we collect;
- the right to know the purposes for which personal information is collected, used, disclosed, sold, or shared;
- the right to know the categories of third parties to whom personal information is disclosed, sold, or shared;
- the right to access personal information;
- the right to request deletion of personal information;
- the right to request correction of inaccurate personal information;
- the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information;
- the right to limit the use and disclosure of sensitive personal information, where applicable;
- the right not to be discriminated against for exercising privacy rights.
For purposes of California law, “sharing” may include disclosure of information for cross-context behavioral advertising.
LowCarbSpark may allow advertising partners to collect identifiers, internet activity, device information, and similar information for advertising and analytics purposes. This may be considered “sharing” or “sale” under California privacy law.
You may manage applicable choices through the privacy settings, cookie banner, “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” link, “Your Privacy Choices” link, or similar privacy tool available on the website, where provided.
You may also contact us through our contact page to exercise privacy rights.
26. Notice for Other U.S. State Residents
Residents of certain U.S. states may have additional privacy rights under applicable state privacy laws.
Depending on your state and whether the law applies to LowCarbSpark, you may have rights to:
- access personal information;
- correct inaccurate personal information;
- delete personal information;
- obtain a copy of personal information;
- opt out of targeted advertising;
- opt out of the sale of personal information;
- opt out of certain profiling, where applicable;
- appeal a privacy rights decision, where required by law.
To exercise applicable rights, please contact us through our contact page or use any available privacy preference tool on the website.
27. Sensitive Personal Information
LowCarbSpark does not intentionally request sensitive personal information unless it is necessary for a specific feature or request.
Sensitive personal information may include health information, precise geolocation, government identification numbers, financial account information, racial or ethnic origin, religious beliefs, biometric data, or other protected categories.
Because LowCarbSpark provides food, nutrition, low-carb, keto, and macro-related content, you may choose to submit dietary or health-related information through comments, forms, calculators, quizzes, or messages.
Please avoid sharing sensitive health information publicly.
If sensitive information is processed, we use it only for the purpose for which it was provided or as otherwise permitted by law.
28. Children’s Privacy
LowCarbSpark is not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
If you are under 13, please do not use this website or provide personal information.
If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will take reasonable steps to delete it.
If you believe a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us through our contact page.
29. Email Marketing Choices
You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link included in the email.
Even if you unsubscribe from marketing emails, we may still send non-marketing messages when necessary, such as purchase confirmations, customer support replies, legal notices, or security-related communications.
30. Browser and Device Controls
You may control cookies and tracking technologies through your browser or device settings.
Depending on your browser, you may be able to:
- block cookies;
- delete cookies;
- receive alerts before cookies are stored;
- limit cross-site tracking;
- use private browsing modes;
- manage advertising identifiers.
Please note that blocking cookies may affect website functionality.
31. Do Not Track and Global Privacy Controls
Some browsers and devices provide privacy signals, such as “Do Not Track” or Global Privacy Control.
Where required by applicable law and supported by our systems or service providers, we will honor legally recognized opt-out preference signals.
Because standards and legal requirements continue to evolve, our response to these signals may depend on your location, browser, and the tools available through our website and service providers.
32. Third-Party Websites
LowCarbSpark may contain links to third-party websites, retailers, advertisers, affiliate partners, social media platforms, payment processors, or other services.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, policies, products, or services of third parties.
When you leave LowCarbSpark, you should review the privacy policy and terms of the website or service you visit.
33. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our website, business, services, advertising partners, legal requirements, or privacy practices.
When we update this Privacy Policy, we will revise the “Last updated” date at the top of this page.
Your continued use of the website after an updated Privacy Policy is posted means that you acknowledge the updated policy.
34. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, your personal information, or your privacy choices, please contact us through our contact page:
Contact page: https://www.lowcarbspark.com/contact/
You may also contact us by email at:
Email: [email protected]
