Cookie Policy

Last updated: 21 September 2026

This Cookie Policy explains how Delia Smith Recipes (“we”, “us”, or “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website: deliasmithrecipes.com

We use cookies and similar technologies to help our website function, understand how visitors use our website, and improve your experience.

This Cookie Policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy.

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website.

They can be used for different purposes, including remembering preferences, helping websites function correctly, and understanding how visitors use a website.

Cookies may be either:

First-party cookies, which are set by the website you are visiting; or
Third-party cookies, which are set by a third party providing a service on the website.

2. How We Use Cookies

We may use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are required for certain essential website functions.

They may help with things such as website security, basic functionality, or remembering certain settings necessary for the website to operate.

Where a cookie is strictly necessary for a service you have requested, consent may not be required under applicable law.

Comment Cookies

If you leave a comment on a recipe and choose to save your details in your browser, WordPress stores your name, email address and website in cookies on your device so you do not have to enter them again next time. These cookies are only set if you tick the box beside the comment form.

3. Website Statistics

We use Jetpack Stats, a service provided by Automattic, to help us understand how visitors use our website. We do not use Google Analytics.

Jetpack Stats may collect information such as:

The pages you visit.
How you arrived at our website.
Your approximate location, such as your country.
Links you click to leave our website.

We use this information to understand website traffic, identify popular content, and improve our recipes and website.

Jetpack Stats collects this information using a small script or tracking image (sometimes called a web beacon). For details of any cookies that may be set by Jetpack or Automattic, please see Automattic’s cookie policy at automattic.com/cookies.

We do not use advertising cookies. If we add any non-essential cookies in future, we will update this Cookie Policy and ask for your consent where the law requires it.

4. Jetpack and Automattic

Automattic may process information collected through Jetpack Stats in accordance with its own policies.

For more information about how Automattic handles information, please refer to its privacy policy at automattic.com/privacy.

5. Your Cookie Choices

We do not currently show a cookie consent notice on our website.

You can control or block cookies at any time through your web browser, as described in the next section.

6. Browser Controls

You can also control cookies through your web browser.

Most browsers allow you to:

View cookies stored on your device.
Delete existing cookies.
Block cookies.
Block third-party cookies.
Set your browser to notify you when cookies are being used.

Please note that blocking or deleting certain cookies may affect how our website functions.

7. Other Cookies and Technologies

In addition to Jetpack Stats, our website may use other cookies, scripts, tags, pixels, local storage, or similar technologies.

These technologies may be provided by us or by third-party service providers.

If we introduce additional non-essential technologies, we will update this Cookie Policy and, where required, request appropriate consent before using them.

8. Third-Party Services

Some features of our website may rely on third-party services.

Third-party providers may place or access cookies or similar technologies when you interact with their services.

We will provide appropriate information about relevant third-party technologies and obtain consent where required by applicable law.

9. How Long Cookies Remain on Your Device

Cookies may be either:

Session cookies, which are deleted when you close your browser; or
Persistent cookies, which remain on your device for a specified period or until you delete them.

The length of time a particular cookie remains on your device depends on its purpose and the service that sets it.

10. UK Privacy Law

Our use of cookies and similar technologies is subject to applicable UK privacy and electronic communications requirements, including the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) and, where personal information is processed, applicable UK data protection law.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) states that organisations should tell users what cookies or similar technologies are used, explain their purposes, and obtain appropriate consent for non-exempt technologies.

11. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes to:

The cookies and technologies we use.
Our website.
Third-party services.
Applicable laws or regulatory guidance.

Any changes will be published on this page and the “Last updated” date will be revised.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us:

Website: https://deliasmithrecipes.com/

Email: support@deliasmithrecipes.com

13. More Information

For more information about how we collect and use personal information, please see our Privacy Policy