At Lucinda Recipes, we are committed to protecting your personal data and ensuring that your privacy is respected in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This page outlines how we collect, use, and protect your personal data, as well as your rights under the GDPR.
1. What Information We Collect
We collect personal data when you interact with our website, such as when you:
- Subscribe to our newsletter or email updates
- Submit comments or feedback
- Contact us through forms or email
- Browse our website, where cookies and similar tracking technologies may collect information about your browsing behavior
The types of personal data we may collect include:
- Name
- Email address
- IP address
- Usage data (e.g., pages viewed, time spent on the site)
2. How We Use Your Data
We use your personal data to:
- Provide you with content and updates, including recipes and blog posts
- Respond to your inquiries and comments
- Send newsletters and marketing emails (with your consent)
- Analyze website traffic and usage to improve user experience
Your data will never be sold, rented, or shared with third parties unless required by law or necessary to provide the service (e.g., third-party hosting).
3. Legal Basis for Processing
Under the GDPR, we process your personal data based on the following legal grounds:
- Consent: When you subscribe to our newsletter or agree to receive marketing communications, you give us consent to process your data.
- Legitimate Interest: We may process data to improve website functionality, analyze traffic, and enhance user experience.
- Legal Obligation: In certain cases, we may process data to comply with legal obligations.
4. Your Rights Under the GDPR
As a user based in the European Union, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- Right to Access: You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Right to Rectification: You have the right to request corrections to any inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
- Right to Erasure (Right to Be Forgotten): You can request that we delete your personal data.
- Right to Restrict Processing: You can request that we limit the use of your data in certain circumstances.
- Right to Data Portability: You can request a copy of your data in a machine-readable format.
- Right to Object: You can object to the processing of your personal data for marketing or other purposes.
- Right to Withdraw Consent: If you have provided consent for data processing, you can withdraw your consent at any time.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at contact@lucindarecipes.com.
5. Data Retention
We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected. For example, if you unsubscribe from our newsletter, we will delete your contact information unless further retention is legally required.
6. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Our website uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance user experience and analyze site traffic. Cookies are small data files that are stored on your device. You can control your cookie preferences in your browser settings.
For more detailed information about our use of cookies, please refer to our Cookie Policy.
7. Third-Party Services
We may use third-party services (such as Google Analytics) to help us analyze website traffic and usage. These services may collect and process data according to their own privacy policies. We encourage you to review their GDPR compliance statements as well.
8. Data Security
We take appropriate security measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, loss, or misuse. However, no online data transmission or storage method is entirely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute protection.
9. Complaints
If you believe we are processing your personal data unlawfully, you have the right to file a complaint with a supervisory authority in your country.
10. Changes to This GDPR Policy
We may update this GDPR policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. We encourage you to review this page regularly for any updates.
11. Contact Us
If you have any questions about how we handle your data or wish to exercise your rights under the GDPR, please contact us at:
Email: contact@lucindarecipes.com