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Welcome to Just One Donna, a lifestyle blog focused on food, home, and family.

Just One Donna's goal is to inspire readers who nurture those they care about.  They believe family dinners are important times for catching up and sharing what's important and that family recipes are meant to be shared.  Home is their oasis and a comfortable place for the family to regroup. Family is their joy.  They work hard to nurture, support, and help family members thrive.

Does this sound like you?  If yes, I hope you'll be a regular visitor to the blog and join me on YouTube, here.

Who Publishes Just One Donna?

I am Donna Urso, the owner, content creator, and publisher of this blog since 2011. I'm a wife, mother of two sons, grandmother to three granddaughters under six years old, a sister, and a friend. 

I'm a homebody and home cook, Taught by my mother and grandmother, who has worked hard to nurture my family with good food and warm surroundings, even while juggling a demanding career. 

Just One Donna

What Is the Just One Donna About?

Simple, easy, and family-friendly are three words that guide my approach.  You don't have to be a great chef, a gifted interior designer, or an experienced handyman to create a comfortable and nurturing home.

You'll find delicious, family-friendly recipes you can make after a busy day and how-tos for entertaining family and friends.  I'll also share practical tips for creating a home you'll love, tips for do-it-yourself decorating, and home improvement projects.

Gardening Inspiration. I enjoy growing both indoor and outdoor plants and look forward to my vegetable garden each year.  I'll be happy to share my gardening successes and failures with you as well.

Expertise

The advice, tips, and recipes from Just One Donna are often shared by other online resources and experts like eHow or mashed.com.

Connect

Just One Donna is written and published by me, Donna Urso.  You may contact me by email at [email protected]

I am a social media enthusiast who can be found on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, YouTube, and Instagram where I share recipes and tips for creating a nurturing home and well-lived life.  I'd love to connect with you through these links.

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YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/DonnaUrso


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Just One Donna's Disclosure and Privacy Policy

Last Updated June 9, 2022

This website (https://www.justonedonna.com) is a personal blog written and edited by me, for readers in the United States. This Disclosure and Privacy Policy is being updated to reflect the data privacy regulations being implemented on May 25. 2018 by the European Union known as the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR. Your privacy is important to me, no matter where in the world you live. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you what personally identifiable information we may collect and how it may be used.

WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT AND HOW IS IT USED?
Information You Voluntarily Submit to the Website: 
We may collect personal information from you such as your name or email address. For example, you may voluntarily submit information to the Website by leaving a comment, subscribing to a newsletter, or sending an email.

Automatically-Collected Information: We automatically collect certain information about you and the device with which you access the Website. For example, when you use the Website, we will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the Website. We may also collect information about actions you take when using the Website, such as links clicked.

Cookies: We may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by the Website. We may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalized experience on the Website.

HOW YOUR INFORMATION MAY BE USED
We may use the information collected in the following ways:
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  • To respond to your comments or inquiries;
  • To track and measure advertising on the Website.
THIRD-PARTY USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the Website. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies.

Just One Donna currently uses the following third-party service providers:
Google Analytics: This service tracks Website usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the Website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is captured by Google Analytics. Please refer to Google's Privacy Policy for further information.

Mail Chimp: This service is used for the delivery of email updates and newsletters. We store your name and email address for purposes of delivering such communications.  Newsletters sent may contain tracking pixels embedded in emails to allow an analysis of the success of online marketing campaigns. These tracking pixels capture when you open an email and which links within the email you click. This allows me to adapt the content of future newsletters to your interests. This information will not be passed on to third parties. Please refer to Mail Chimp’s privacy policy for further information.

Sumo.com: this service helps me to capture your email when you choose to sign up for the Just One Donna Community.  They forward your email address to Mail Chimp when you sign up using the pop-up window. Please refer to Sumo's Privacy Policy

 Feedburner:  This service, from Google, allows you to get notified in your email whenever a new Just One Donna post is published. Google's Privacy Policy

Except when required by law, we will not sell, distribute, or reveal your email addresses or other personal information without your consent; however, we may disclose or transfer personal information collected through the Website to third parties who acquire all or a portion of our business at some point in the future, as the result of a merger, consolidation, or purchase of all or a portion of our assets, or in connection with any bankruptcy or reorganization proceeding brought by or against us.

PUBLICLY VISIBLE INFORMATION
If you leave a comment on the website, certain information may be publicly visible.  Your email address will never be available publicly. Users may see your username, avatar, profile description, and website information.

COOKIES
Just One Donna uses cookies to store visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same banner ads, customize Website content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends. Cookies may also be used by third-party services, such as Google Analytics, as described above.

You may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies by using a corresponding setting of your internet browser and permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies may be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all popular Internet browsers. 

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Affiliate Program Participation
Just One Donna engages in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the Website. If you click on a link to an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions paid to me.

Just One Donna is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and links to Amazon.com.  As part of this Amazon Associates program, the Website will post customized links, provided by Amazon, to track the referrals to their website. This program utilizes cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commissions on these sales. 

RIGHTS RELATED TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
You may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in our emails. Contact me at [email protected] to have all of your personal data deleted.

SPONSORSHIPS AND COMPENSATION
Occasionally, and very selectively, Just One Donna accepts forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions, or other forms of compensation.   Product links within my posts may provide a few pennies of compensation. When I am compensated to provide an opinion on products, services, websites, or various other topics on this blog, the views and opinions expressed here are authentically mine alone and not influenced by compensation.

 If I claim or appear, to be an expert on a certain topic or product or service area, I will only endorse products or services that I believe, based on my experience or expertise, are worthy of such endorsement. This blog does not contain any content which might present a conflict of interest.

 If you'd like to advertise on this blog please contact me at [email protected]    If you would like me to review a product please contact me at [email protected]

Just One Donna Copyright Policy

© Donna Urso and Just One Donna, 2010-2022. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from Donna Urso, the site's author, and the owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts, photos, and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Donna Urso and Just One Donna with appropriate and specific direction to the original content's URL at https://www.justonedonna.com.

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