Privacy Policy

Introduction

This Privacy Policy explains what personal data Kitchen20 (kitchen20.com) collects when you visit the site, why we collect it, how long we keep it and what choices you have. We keep data collection to what is needed to run a recipe website: answering your messages, showing your comments and ratings, keeping the site secure, understanding how it is used and paying for it through advertising.

By using kitchen20.com you acknowledge this policy. If you do not agree with it, please do not use the site. For related rules, see our Terms of use.

Information We Collect

Contact form

When you write to us through the contact form, we collect your name, email address and the message you type. We use this information only to reply to you. We do not add you to a mailing list and we do not use your message for marketing.

Recipe ratings and comments

If you rate a recipe or leave a comment, we collect the name you enter and the text you submit. Comments may be displayed publicly on the recipe page, so please do not include sensitive personal information such as your address, phone number or health details. You can ask us to remove a comment you have posted (see "Contact Us" below).

Server logs

Like most websites, our web server automatically records standard log data: your IP address, browser type and the pages requested. We use these logs for security and troubleshooting, for example to detect abuse or to find the cause of an error.

First-party visit statistics

We also run simple visit statistics on our own server that record the page viewed and the referrer (the page or site that sent you to us). Raw visit records are kept for 7 days. After that, only daily totals are kept, which do not identify individual visitors.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

Cookies are small text files stored on your device. Kitchen20 and the services we use may set the following:

• Advertising cookies (Google AdSense): used to show ads and to measure them. Personalized ads are shown only with your consent.
• Analytics cookies (Google Analytics): used to produce aggregated statistics about how visitors use the site.
• Technical cookies (Cloudflare): Cloudflare provides content delivery and security for the site and may set cookies that are needed for these functions.

You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Blocking some cookies may affect how parts of the site work.

Advertising and Analytics Providers

Google AdSense

We display ads served by Google AdSense. Google and its partners use cookies to serve ads based on your visits to this and other websites. Personalized advertising is used only when you have given consent. You can manage or turn off personalized ads at https://adssettings.google.com. More information on how Google uses data from sites that use its services is available at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to understand, in aggregate, which recipes and pages are read and how visitors find the site. This helps us decide which recipes and topics to improve or add. The information collected is used for statistics and not to identify you personally.

Cloudflare

Cloudflare delivers our pages quickly and helps protect the site from malicious traffic. In doing so, it processes technical data such as your IP address and request details.

Social profiles

The site links to our profiles on Pinterest, Facebook, YouTube and X (Twitter). If you follow these links, you leave Kitchen20 and the privacy policy of that platform applies. We do not control how those services handle your data.

Visitors from the EEA, UK and Switzerland

If you visit from the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, a Google consent message asks for your choice before cookies are used for personalized advertising. You can accept, decline or adjust your choices, and the site remains available to you either way. If you decline personalized ads, you may still see ads that are not based on your browsing history.

Our legal bases for processing under the GDPR are: your consent (personalized advertising and advertising cookies), our legitimate interests (site security, troubleshooting and aggregated statistics) and, for contact messages, our legitimate interest in replying to the person who wrote to us.

How We Use Your Information

• To reply to messages sent through the contact form.
• To display ratings and comments you submit.
• To keep the site secure and to find and fix technical problems.
• To understand, in aggregate, how the site is used so we can improve it.
• To show advertising that helps cover the costs of running the site.

We do not sell your personal information, and we do not use your contact details for marketing.

Data Retention

• Contact messages: kept only as long as needed to answer you and handle any follow-up, then deleted.
• Ratings and comments: kept for as long as the recipe page is published, or until you ask us to remove them.
• First-party visit records: raw records are kept for 7 days; afterward only daily totals remain.
• Server logs: kept for a limited period needed for security and troubleshooting.
• Google and Cloudflare data: retained according to the retention settings and policies of those providers.

Your Rights Under the GDPR

If the GDPR or the UK GDPR applies to you, you have the right to:

• access the personal data we hold about you;
• have inaccurate data corrected;
• have your data erased;
• restrict or object to certain processing;
• receive your data in a portable format;
• withdraw your consent at any time, without affecting processing that took place before withdrawal;
• lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

To exercise these rights, contact us using the details below. We will respond within the time limits required by law.

California Residents (CCPA/CPRA)

If you are a California resident, you have the right to know what personal information we collect, use and disclose; to request deletion of your personal information; to request correction of inaccurate information; to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising; and to not be discriminated against for exercising these rights.

We do not sell personal information in exchange for money. Advertising cookies from Google AdSense may be considered "sharing" for cross-context behavioral advertising under California law. You can limit this by adjusting your settings at https://adssettings.google.com or by blocking cookies in your browser. To make a request, contact us using the details below. We may need to verify your identity before acting on it.

Children's Privacy

Kitchen20 is a general-audience recipe website and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has sent us personal information through the contact form or a comment, please contact us and we will delete it.

Security

We take reasonable steps to protect the personal data we hold, including the security services provided through Cloudflare. No method of transmission or storage over the internet is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security. Please avoid sharing sensitive information in comments or messages.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy when our practices or the services we use change. When we do, we will revise the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. Please check back from time to time.