GDPR Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 17/01/2025

1. Introduction

Welcome to ThrivingRecipes.com. This Privacy Policy is designed to help you understand how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your personal information and your rights regarding your data under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other applicable data protection laws. By using the Website, you consent to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect and process various types of personal information, including but not limited to:

  • Contact Information: Name, email address, and other contact details you provide when subscribing to newsletters, submitting feedback, commenting on recipes, or creating an account.
  • Usage Data: Information about how you interact with the Website, including pages visited, recipes viewed, search queries, comments made, clicks, and other actions taken.
  • Cookies and Similar Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience, gather information about your usage patterns, and understand your preferences.
  • User-Generated Content: Recipes, comments, ratings, reviews, and any other content you submit to the Website.
  • Device and Browser Information: IP address, browser type, operating system, and other technical information about the device you use to access the website.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use your personal information for various purposes, including:

  • Providing and improving the Website’s functionality, content, and user experience.
  • Personalizing your experience on the website, including suggesting relevant recipes.
  • Sending you updates, newsletters, and promotional materials about recipes and related products (with your consent where required).
  • Responding to your inquiries, comments, or feedback.
  • Analyzing user behavior and trends to enhance our content and services.
  • Administering contests and promotions.
  • Protecting the security and integrity of our Website and its users.

We process your personal information based on various legal grounds, including:

  • Your Consent: We will obtain your explicit consent before processing your data for specific purposes, such as direct marketing communications.
  • Performance of a Contract: Processing your data is necessary to provide you with the services you request on our website, such as user accounts and access to content.
  • Legitimate Interests: We process data based on our legitimate interests in providing, improving, and promoting our website and its content, while considering the privacy rights of our users.
  • Compliance with Legal Obligations: We may need to process your personal information to comply with applicable laws and regulations.

5. Sharing and Disclosure

We may share your personal information with:

  • Service Providers: Third-party vendors who help us operate and improve the Website (e.g., hosting, analytics, email marketing). We ensure these providers have adequate data protection measures in place.
  • Legal and Regulatory Authorities: When required by law or in response to a legal process.
  • Other users: User-generated content, like recipes, comments, ratings, and reviews, will be visible to other users of the website.

6. Your Rights

Under the GDPR, you have certain rights related to your personal data, including the right to:

  • Access: Request a copy of your personal information we hold.
  • Rectify: Correct inaccurate or incomplete information we hold about you.
  • Erase: Request deletion of your personal information under certain circumstances.
  • Restrict Processing: Limit how we process your data under certain circumstances.
  • Object: Object to processing of your data in certain situations, such as direct marketing.
  • Data Portability: Request your data in a portable format.
  • Withdraw Consent: Withdraw your consent for data processing at any time, where consent is the basis for processing.
  • Lodge a Complaint: Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you believe we have violated data protection regulations.

To exercise these rights, please contact us using the information provided below.

7. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. These measures include but are not limited to encryption, access control, and regular security assessments. While we take these measures seriously, no data security system can guarantee 100% security.

8. Data Retention

We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. This period will vary based on the type of data and its use case. For instance, we will retain user account data as long as your account remains active.

9. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any significant changes by posting the updated policy on the Website and updating the “Effective Date” at the top. We encourage you to review this Policy regularly.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests related to this Privacy Policy or your personal information, please contact us at [email protected].

By using ThrivingRecipes.com, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy and consent to the practices described herein.