Effective Date: January 20, 2025
At Trendinrecipes, we are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal data is handled securely and in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other applicable privacy laws. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and protect your personal information when you visit our website.
1. Data We Collect
We may collect the following types of personal data:
- Personal Identification Information: Name, email address, and contact details (only if voluntarily provided by you, e.g., signing up for our newsletter or contacting us).
- Usage Data: Information about your interaction with our website, including IP address, browser type, referral sources, pages visited, and the time spent on our site.
- Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies and similar technologies to enhance user experience, serve personalized ads, and gather analytics. Cookies are small text files stored on your device that help us understand user behavior and preferences.
2. How We Use Your Data
We use the collected data for the following purposes:
- To operate and maintain our website.
- To display personalized advertisements through services like Google AdSense.
- To send newsletters and updates (only with your explicit consent).
- To respond to inquiries and provide customer support.
- To analyze and improve our website’s performance and user experience.
- To comply with legal obligations.
3. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data
We collect and process your personal data based on:
- Your consent (when subscribing to our newsletter, accepting cookies, or using contact forms).
- Legitimate interests (website analytics, improvements, and ad personalization).
- Legal obligations (where required by law).
4. Data Sharing & Third-Party Services
We do not sell or rent your personal data. However, we may share your information with:
- Service Providers: Third-party vendors, including Google AdSense, that help us operate our website and serve advertisements. These providers may use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our site or other sites on the internet.
- Legal Authorities: If required to comply with legal obligations.
- Advertisers: Third-party ad networks and partners who may use cookies and similar technologies to collect information about your activities on our website and other sites to provide you with personalized advertising.
5. Cookies & Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies for the following purposes:
- Essential Cookies: Necessary for the website to function correctly.
- Performance and Analytics Cookies: To analyze website usage and improve performance.
- Advertising Cookies: To deliver personalized advertisements based on your interests.
Google AdSense: We utilize Google AdSense to display ads on our website. Google may use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our site or other websites.
Managing Cookies: Upon your first visit to our website, you will be presented with a cookie consent banner requesting your consent to use cookies. You can manage your cookie preferences through this banner or adjust your browser settings to refuse cookies. However, disabling cookies may affect the functionality of our website.
6. Your Data Protection Rights
Under GDPR, you have the following rights:
- Right to Access: Request a copy of your personal data.
- Right to Rectification: Request corrections to inaccurate or incomplete data.
- Right to Erasure (“Right to be Forgotten”): Request deletion of your personal data, subject to legal obligations.
- Right to Restrict Processing: Request limitation on data processing under certain conditions.
- 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.
To exercise your rights, contact us at [email protected].
7. Data Security & Retention
We take appropriate security measures to protect your data. We retain personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes stated in this policy or as required by law.
8. International Data Transfers
If we transfer personal data outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we ensure adequate protection measures are in place, such as Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs).
9. Third-Party Links
Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for their privacy practices and encourage you to review their policies before providing personal data.
10. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. Any changes will be posted on this page with the updated effective date.
11. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this GDPR & Privacy Policy or how we handle your data, you can contact us at:
Email: [email protected]