Privacy Policy for CookZeal

At CookZeal, accessible from our website, we value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website and engage with our content, including recipes and cooking tips. By using our website, you consent to the terms outlined in this policy.

1. Information We Collect

When you visit CookZeal, we may collect the following types of information:

• Personal Data: Information that can be used to identify you, such as your name, email address, and any other information you voluntarily provide when subscribing to our newsletter or contacting us.
• Usage Data: Information about how you use our website, including your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages viewed, and the dates/times of your visits.
• Cookies: Small data files that are placed on your device when you visit our website to enhance your user experience. For more information on cookies, refer to our Cookie Policy.

2. How We Use Your Information

We may use the information we collect for the following purposes:

• To provide, maintain, and improve our website and services.
• To communicate with you, including sending newsletters, updates, and promotional materials.
• To respond to your comments, questions, and requests.
• To analyze usage patterns and improve the website’s functionality and user experience.
• To detect, prevent, and address technical issues or fraudulent activities.

3. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data

We process your personal data based on the following legal grounds:

• Consent: You have provided consent for us to process your personal data for specific purposes.
• Contractual Necessity: The processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract.
• Legitimate Interests: We may process your data for our legitimate interests, provided that such interests do not override your rights and interests.

4. Disclosure of Your Information

We may share your information in the following situations:

• Service Providers: We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our website (“Service Providers”), provide the service on our behalf, perform website-related services, or assist us in analyzing how our website is used.
• Legal Requirements: We may disclose your personal data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a legal obligation, protect and defend our rights or property, prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the service, protect the personal safety of users of the service or the public, or protect against legal liability.

5. Data Security

The security of your data is important to us, and we strive to implement and maintain reasonable, commercially acceptable security procedures and practices appropriate to the nature of the information we store to protect it from unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification, or disclosure.

6. Retention of Data

We will retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your personal data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

7. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following data protection rights:

• The right to access - You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
• The right to rectification - You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or incomplete.
• The right to erasure - You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to restrict processing - You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to object to processing - You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to data portability - You have the right to request that we transfer the data we have collected to another