Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy outlines how Recipe Revelation (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, and discloses your personal information when you visit and use our website, Recipe Revelation (the “Service”). Our mission is to provide culinary inspiration, powered by our AI chef, Mason Carter.

We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring transparency in our data practices. This policy is designed to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and the Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados (LGPD) of Brazil, as well as the requirements of Google AdSense and other advertising partners.

1. Information We Collect

We collect information in several ways:

Information You Provide Voluntarily: This includes any information you choose to submit through contact forms or other interactive features on our Service.
Automatically Collected Information: Like many websites, we use cookies and similar technologies to collect certain information automatically when you interact with our Service. This may include your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages viewed, and timestamps.
Information from Third Parties: We may receive information about you from third-party sources, such as advertising partners.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the collected information for the following purposes:

To provide, maintain, and improve our Service.
To personalize your experience on Recipe Revelation.
To communicate with you, including responding to inquiries and providing updates.
To display advertisements (as described in Section 3).
To analyze usage patterns and trends to enhance our content and user experience.
To comply with legal obligations.

3. Advertising and Third-Party Vendors

We utilize Google AdSense to display advertisements on Recipe Revelation. Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our site. Google’s use of the advertising cookie enables it and its partners to serve ads based on users’ visits to our site and other sites on the internet.

Cookies and Tracking Technologies:

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit a website. We, along with our advertising partners like Google AdSense, use cookies and similar technologies for various purposes, including:

Personalized Advertising: To show you ads that are more relevant to your interests based on your browsing history on our site and other sites.
Ad Performance Measurement: To understand how our ads are performing and to gather statistics about ad impressions and clicks.
Website Analytics: To understand how users interact with our website, which helps us improve its functionality and content.

You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google’s Ad Settings. You can also manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings. Please note that opting out of cookies may affect your experience on our Service.

For more information on how Google uses data, please visit Google’s Privacy & Terms.

4. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal data:

4.1. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – European Union

If you are a resident of the European Union, you have the following rights:

Right to Access: You have the right to request access to your personal data that we hold.
Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten): You have the right to request the deletion of your personal data under certain conditions.
Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we limit the processing of your personal data.
Right to Data Portability: You have the right to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, and to transmit that data to another controller.
Right to Object: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data, particularly for direct marketing purposes.
Rights Related to Automated Decision-Making and Profiling: You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects or similarly significantly affects you.

To exercise these rights, please contact us at [email protected].

4.2. California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) – California

If you are a resident of California, you have the following rights:

Right to Know: You have the right to request that we disclose the personal information we collect, use, disclose, and sell about you.
Right to Delete: You have the right to request the deletion of your personal information that we have collected from you.
Right to Opt-Out of Sale: You have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information. We do not currently sell personal information.
Right to Non-Discrimination: You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising your CCPA rights.

To exercise these rights, please contact us at [email protected].

4.3. Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados (LGPD) – Brazil

If you are a resident of Brazil, you have the following rights:

Right to Confirmation and Access: You have the right to confirm the existence of processing and to access your data.
Right to Correction: You have the right to request the correction of incomplete, inaccurate, or outdated data.
Right to Anonymization, Blocking, or Deletion: You have the right to request the anonymization, blocking, or deletion of unnecessary, excessive, or processed data that does not comply with the LGPD.
Right to Data Portability: You have the right to the portability of your data to another service provider, upon express request.
Right to Deletion: You have the right to request the deletion of your personal data processed with your consent, except in cases provided by law.
Right to Information: You have the right to be informed about the public and private entities with which your data has been shared.
Right to Refuse Consent: You have the right to be informed about the consequences of not giving consent and to refuse consent.
Right to Revoke Consent: You have the right to revoke your consent at any time.

To exercise these rights, please contact us at [email protected].

5. Data Security

We implement reasonable security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

6. Children’s Privacy

Our Service is not intended for use by individuals under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will take steps to delete that information.

7. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

Email: [email protected]