Introduction 

Here at Periuk, we believe strongly in the rights of our users over their data and privacy, therefore we have created this Privacy Policy in the interest of creating transparency into what data we collect, and how it is used. Our policy has been created in response to not only the laws and regulations of Malaysia—in particular, the Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (including the 2016 amendments)—but also industry best practices, and the principles of transparency, accessibility, sanity, and usability. 

This document should be read alongside Periuk’s Terms of Use. By using periuk.my (the “Site”) and related services, you agree to abide by the terms of this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use. 

In this Policy, you will find information on what data collection tools are used by Periuk, what data is collected by those tools, and how that data is used and protected in connection with the services provided through this Site. We are likely to make updates to this Policy in the future, so please check back from time to time. 

We would like to acknowledge the work done by New Naratif, whose privacy policy principles have informed our own approach. 

This policy was last updated 16 January 2021.

Our Privacy Principles 

• Transparency: We will always clearly state what data is collected, the purpose of the collection, and how the data is used. 

• Consent: Users should, where possible, have control over their data, so we will never collect your data without your express consent and permission. You have the right to withdraw your consent and/or permission to having your data collected and/or used. 

• Lawfulness: We only collect data that is required by the law, or which is required for the proper functioning of our Site and services. 
• Non-commercialisation of data: Any sensitive information, or information that has identifying details that is collected will never be sold to third parties. 
• Protection of data: We will endeavour to put in place the necessary precautions and safety measures to protect your personal data and information to the best of our ability. 

In accordance with these principles, we will only collect, store and use your personal data if: 

• it is necessary to run the Site or comply with the law; 
• we are able to more than adequately explain the purpose to our users; 
• obtain your consent to collect, store and use your data; and 
• securely store your data.

Laws and Regulations 

Periuk’s Privacy Policy is primarily governed by Malaysia’s Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) 2010, which allows for certain types of data to be collected, and prohibits the sale of user data containing identifying information. To access the PDPA, click through to this page. To understand more about the PDPA, you may refer to the following link. 

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Our Privacy Policy 

What information do we collect? 

Generally speaking, Periuk may collect information in a number of ways, including when you subscribe to our newsletter(s), fill in and submit forms relating to our services, register for anything on our Site or via services on our Site, when you interact with any Periuk contact person(s), or a number of other reasons. 

We advise you to read this policy in full to ensure you are aware of what information is being collected, as well as how it is used. 

We would like to note that by continuing to use our Site, you agree to abide by the terms set out in our Terms of Use, and grant us permission to collect your data in accordance with the aforementioned principles. Where possible, we have included information below to help you limit the data we collect through your use of the Site. If you do not wish to grant us such permission, please do not continue to access or use our Site or services. 

Cookies

What are cookies?

A cookie is a small bit of information with a unique identifier that gets stored on your computer, mobile device, and/or tablet. Cookies are sent to your browser from our Site, and helps inform us what pages on our Site you visited, and how long you spent on them. Periuk may rely on cookies, especially those used by our analytics vendor, to learn more about how users engage with our Site, and possibly to support future plans for advertising. 

If you do not wish to allow cookies in relation to our Site, you may instruct your browser to refuse all cookies (more on this below) or to let you know when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of the Site. To block cookies on Chrome visit this page, and to do the same on Safari, visit this page.  

Why do we use cookies? 

Many sites, including ours, use cookies for a number of reasons: technical ones (some pages won’t run without cookies!); personalisation (cookies can help save information so you don’t have to type in your name over and over again); and for future advertising. 

Periuk uses services from a number of third party providers, including Google Analytics, Mailchimp, Disqus (our commenting system), Polylang (our multilingual support plugin), AirTable (our form management system) and Akismet (our anti-spam protection). Each of these services sends cookies for different reasons, as we’ve detailed below, but we use them primarily to ensure we are able to run our Site properly.  

Email addresses 

If you use certain services on our Site, you may be asked to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact and/or identify you. This may include, but is not limited to, your name and email address. This information will be maintained securely by us, and may be used to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials, and other information that may be of interest to you. We will never sell this information to third parties. 

These communications are entirely opt-in, and you may unsubscribe from them via the instructions provided in any email we send. 

Periuk integrates Mailchimp with our mailing list. Mailchimp processes the information we upload into their system, though you have the opportunity to manage your preferences as to what information we or Mailchimp has access to. For more information on Mailchimp’s privacy policy, please refer to this page. 

Comments

We enable comments on our Site using the Disqus commenting system, which is paired with the Akismet anti-spam software. If/when you leave a comment on our Site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as your IP address and the browser agent string (this tells us what browser or operating system you’re using) in order to detect and prevent spam. 

Disqus is a third-party commenting system, and sends cookies to save your login information across pages if you consent to it. It is also possible to comment as a guest. For more information on how Disqus uses cookies, please visit this page. 

Akismet is one of the most widely-used services for catching and preventing spam comments, and only collects information to carry out this service. 

Social Media 

We may embed social media links into content on our Site (e.g. Facebook, Instagram, YouTube) or links to our social media pages on these platforms. If you decide to click on a piece of embedded social media or a link, the Site will send a cookie to your device which will track your use of the service. This data typically expires after two (2) years, though the time period will refresh if you revisit the link. 

Analytics 

We use Google Analytics to help us understand and measure how you interact with our Site. As you move through our Site, the cookies sent by Google Analytics helps us understand what pages you are looking at, how long you are spending on them, and so on. These cookies do not identify you, and the information is aggregated and anonymised. We currently only use the data gleaned from these cookies to improve our services, though in the future, we may use the information (aggregated and anonymised) to pitch Periuk to advertisers. This data will never be sold to third parties, and will expire one (1) month from the time the cookies are sent to your computer..  Cookies sent by Google Analytics will expire two (2) years from the time it is sent. However, if you re-visit a page, the time will reset from that point. 

For more information on Google Analytics’ cookies, visit this page. 

In order to prevent the use of Google Analytics in relation to your use of our Services, you can download and install this browser plugin.  

Form Management 

We use Airtable, a cloud collaboration system, to manage recipe submissions from our users and contributors. By submitting anything through our Airtable-enabled recipe submission form, you will be providing us with not only the content but also the information required by the form (email, name, etc.). We will never sell this information to third parties, and will only disclose it when required by law enforcement. 

Airtable will collect information on how the service is used, as well as meta-data about your actions with regards to their service, including IP addresses, the type of software and hardware you use (such as browser types, operating systems, ISPs, platform type, device type, mobile device identifiers such as make and model, mobile carrier), pages or features of Airtable used and associated dates and time stamps, search terms, links you click, whether you open messages sent to your account, and other statistics related the Services provided by them. For more information on how AirTable, please refer to their Privacy Policy. 

How do we use this information? 

The information that we have collected through the Site is used to help us create content, understand which articles are performing well, and how often certain pages or pieces of content are visited in order to improve the Site and tailor our offerings. This information may be used one day to support advertising on or off Periuk through the building up of the Site’s profile, though we will never sell any data with identifying details. Data will be anonymised and aggregated before it is shown to any third party. 

Protection of Data 

We will use reasonable precautions to ensure the security of your data, such as limiting access to the sources of information and making use of data security software. However, we will not be responsible or liable for any breach of security that may occur despite our reasonable efforts to protect your privacy. 

Content from other sites 

As a media Site, articles and content on Periuk may include embedded media (e.g. videos, images, podcasts, links, social media pages, etc.). Interacting with these pieces of embedded media may result in cookies being sent to your device from a third-party, or even additional third-party tracking. 

The Site may also include links to other sites that are not operated by us, and if you click through you will be redirected away to a third-party site. We have no control or responsibility for the content privacy policies, or practices of any third-party site or services. We strongly urge you to read the Privacy Policy of every site you visit and practice caution before clicking through. 

Contact 

If you have any questions relating to this Privacy Policy, please feel free to reach out to us at hello [at] periuk.my.