Last Updated: March 19, 2025
Introduction
Welcome to TheKitcheen (“we,” “our,” or “us”). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website www.thekitcheen.com, including any content, functionality, and services offered.
Information We Collect
Information You Provide to Us
- Contact Information: When you subscribe to our newsletter, contact us, or comment on our posts, we collect your name and email address.
- Account Information: If you create an account, we collect your username, email address, and password.
- User Content: Any recipes, comments, or other content you submit to our site.
Information We Collect Automatically
- Usage Data: Information about how you interact with our website, including pages visited, time spent, and referring websites.
- Device Information: Browser type, operating system, device type, and internet connection.
- Cookies and Similar Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our website and hold certain information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to:
- Provide, maintain, and improve our website
- Process and respond to your inquiries
- Send newsletters, updates, and marketing communications (if you’ve opted in)
- Monitor and analyze usage patterns and trends
- Protect against, identify, and prevent fraud and other illegal activity
- Comply with our legal obligations
Legal Basis for Processing (for EEA Users)
If you are in the European Economic Area (EEA), we process your personal data when:
- We need to perform a contract with you
- You have given us consent to do so
- We have a legitimate interest in processing your data
- We need to comply with legal obligations
Data Sharing and Disclosure
We may share your information with:
- Service Providers: Third-party vendors who help us operate our website (e.g., hosting providers, email service providers)
- Analytics Partners: Google Analytics and similar services to understand how users interact with our site
- Advertising Partners: We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our site
- Legal Requirements: When required by law or to protect our rights
Third-Party Links
Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
Cookies Policy
We use cookies to improve your browsing experience, serve personalized ads or content, and analyze our traffic. You can control cookies through your browser settings.
Types of Cookies We Use:
- Essential Cookies: Necessary for the website to function properly
- Analytical/Performance Cookies: Allow us to recognize and count visitors
- Functionality Cookies: Remember choices you make
- Targeting Cookies: Record your visit, pages visited, and links followed
Children’s Privacy
Our website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
Data Retention
We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which we collected it, including legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
Your Data Protection Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the following rights:
- Access: Request access to your personal data
- Correction: Request correction of inaccurate data
- Erasure: Request deletion of your data
- Restriction: Request restriction of processing
- Data Portability: Request transfer of your data
- Withdrawal of Consent: Withdraw consent at any time
- Objection: Object to processing of your data
To exercise these rights, please contact us at [email protected].
California Privacy Rights
California residents have specific rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), including:
- Right to know what personal information is collected
- Right to know if personal information is sold or disclosed
- Right to opt-out of the sale of personal information
- Right to request deletion of personal information
- Right to non-discrimination for exercising CCPA rights
International Data Transfers
Your information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where data protection laws may differ.
Data Security
We implement appropriate security measures to protect your personal information. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Last Updated” date.
Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Email: [email protected]