Privacy Policy

1. Information We Collect

The information we collect depends on how you use the Services. We may collect the following categories of data:

• Account Information: Name, email address, authentication credentials, and profile details when you create or update an account.
• User Content: Recipes, comments, photos, ratings, and any other material you submit.
• Usage Data: Interactions with the Services, such as viewed pages, search queries, and feature usage.
• Device and Technical Data:IP address, browser type, operating system, device identifiers, language settings, and referral URLs.
• Cookies and Similar Technologies:We use cookies, local storage, and similar technologies to remember your preferences, understand engagement, and support analytics.

2. How We Use Information

We process information for purposes including:

• Providing, maintaining, and improving the Services.
• Customizing your experience and surfacing relevant recipes.
• Communicating with you about updates, security alerts, or support requests.
• Analyzing usage trends to develop new features and enhancements.
• Complying with legal obligations and enforcing our Terms of Service.

If you are located in the European Economic Area or United Kingdom, we process personal data only where we have a valid legal basis, such as your consent, performance of a contract, compliance with legal obligations, or our legitimate interests.

3. How We Share Information

We may share information in the following circumstances:

• Service Providers: With vendors who provide hosting, analytics, customer support, email delivery, or other services on our behalf.
• Legal Compliance: To comply with applicable law, regulation, legal process, or enforceable governmental request.
• Protection of Rights: When necessary to protect the rights, property, or safety of Family Recipes, our users, or the public.
• Business Transfers: In connection with a merger, acquisition, financing, or sale of all or part of our business.
• With Your Consent: With third parties when you direct us to do so or otherwise consent.

4. Cookies and Similar Technologies

We use first- and third-party cookies to keep you signed in, remember your preferences, measure traffic, and deliver relevant content. You can adjust your browser settings to refuse cookies or alert you when cookies are being sent, but some features of the Services may not function properly without them.

5. Data Retention

We retain personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. We may anonymize data for research or statistical purposes, at which point it is no longer considered personal information.

6. Your Choices and Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the right to request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal information, to object to or restrict certain processing, or to withdraw consent where we rely on consent. You may also have the right to data portability and to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

To exercise these rights, please contact us using the information in the "Contact Us" section below. We may ask you to verify your identity before responding to requests.

7. Children's Privacy

The Services are not directed to children under the age required by applicable law (typically 13 or 16). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child without verified parental consent, we will delete that information.

8. International Data Transfers

We may process and store information in countries other than the country where you reside, including the United States. When we transfer personal information internationally, we rely on appropriate safeguards such as standard contractual clauses or other lawful mechanisms.

9. Security

We implement administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, or misuse. However, no method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. We will revise the "Last updated" date and, when appropriate, provide additional notice (such as via email or in-product notification). Your continued use of the Services after the effective date of an updated Policy constitutes acceptance of the changes.

11. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, contact us at privacy@familyrecipes.com