GDPR

📅 Effective Date: October 26, 2024

At MyRecipesMade.com, we are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This GDPR Compliance Statement explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal data while ensuring transparency and user rights.

1. Data Controller Information

MyRecipesMade.com
📩 Email: [email protected]

We are responsible for processing your personal data and ensuring compliance with GDPR regulations.

2. Personal Data We Collect

We collect the following personal data to improve our services and enhance your user experience:

✅ Personal Information: When you subscribe to our newsletter or contact us, we collect your name and email address.
✅ Usage Data: We collect information on how you access and interact with our website, including IP address, browser type, pages visited, and session duration.
✅ Cookies & Tracking Technologies: We use cookies and similar technologies to personalize content, improve website functionality, and analyze visitor interactions.

3. Purpose of Data Collection

We process your personal data for the following purposes:

  • To provide, operate, and maintain our website.
  • To send newsletters, updates, and promotional offers (only if you opt in).
  • To analyze website traffic and improve user experience.
  • To detect, prevent, and address technical or security issues.

Under GDPR, we process personal data based on the following legal grounds:

✔ Consent: We request your clear and informed consent for certain types of data processing, such as newsletters and cookies.
✔ Legitimate Interests: We process data to improve our services while balancing user privacy.
✔ Legal Compliance: We may process data to comply with legal and regulatory obligations.

5. Your Rights Under GDPR

As a user based in the European Union (EU), you have the following rights:

🔹 Right to Access – Request a copy of your personal data.
🔹 Right to Rectification – Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
🔹 Right to Erasure (“Right to be Forgotten”) – Request deletion of your personal data, subject to certain conditions.
🔹 Right to Restriction – Request limited processing of your data.
🔹 Right to Data Portability – Request transfer of your data to another service provider.
🔹 Right to Object – Object to data processing for direct marketing or other purposes.

How to Exercise Your Rights

To request access, correction, deletion, or restriction of your personal data, contact us at:
📩 Email: [email protected]

We will respond within 30 days, as required by GDPR.
If you believe your data is being misused, you have the right to file a complaint with the Data Protection Authority in your country.

If you have previously given consent for data collection (e.g., subscribing to our newsletter or accepting cookies), you may withdraw it at any time by:

✔ Clicking “Unsubscribe” in our emails (for newsletters).
✔ Adjusting your browser settings to disable cookies.
✔ Contacting us directly at [email protected].

Withdrawing consent will not affect the legality of processing before your request.

7. Data Retention Policy

We retain personal data only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy or as required by law.
✔ If you unsubscribe from our services, your personal data will be deleted unless legally required otherwise.

8. Data Security Measures

We implement strict security measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, modification, or disclosure. Our security measures include:
✔ Encryption of sensitive data.
✔ Regular security audits.
✔ Access control and data minimization practices.

9. International Data Transfers

Your personal data may be stored or processed outside the European Economic Area (EEA). To ensure compliance with GDPR, we implement appropriate safeguards such as:

✔ Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) approved by the European Commission.
✔ Data Processing Agreements (DPAs) with third-party service providers to ensure GDPR compliance.

If you have any concerns about international data transfers, contact us at [email protected].

10. Third-Party Service Providers

We may engage third-party companies to provide services such as:

🔹 Google Analytics – To track website performance and visitor behavior.
🔹 Email Marketing Services – For newsletters and updates (only for subscribed users).

These providers only process your data on our behalf and are obligated to keep it confidential.

11. Cookies Policy & User Control

We use cookies to:
✔ Personalize content and ads.
✔ Provide social media features.
✔ Analyze website traffic and performance.

How to Manage Cookies

You can control or disable cookies in several ways:

✅ Adjust your browser settings to block or delete cookies.
✅ Opt out of personalized ads via Google Ad Settings:
👉 https://adssettings.google.com/
✅ Use our Cookie Consent Banner to manage preferences.

For more details, visit our Privacy Policy.

12. Updates to This GDPR Compliance Statement

We may update this GDPR Compliance Statement to reflect legal changes or improvements in our practices. Any updates will be posted on this page with a revised date.

📅 Last Updated: October 26, 2024

13. Contact Information

For any GDPR-related questions or requests, contact us at:

📩 Email: [email protected]