Privacy Policy for COOKSY

At COOKSY, accessible from our online platform, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by COOKSY and how we use it.

Information We Collect

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and services, when you participate in activities on our site (such as publishing comments on recipes or tutorials, participating in online cooking classes), or otherwise when you contact us.

• Personal Data You Provide: This may include your name, email address, and any other information you choose to provide in forms or interactions on our platform.
• Usage Data: We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate our site. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our services, and other technical information. This is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our site, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.
• Information from Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies: We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to access or store information. Specific information about how we use such technologies and how you can refuse certain cookies is set out in our Cookie Policy.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect or receive for various business purposes, including:

• To Facilitate Account Creation and Log-in Process: If you choose to link your account with us to a third-party account (like your Google or Facebook account), we use the information you allowed us to collect from those third parties to facilitate account creation and log-in process.
• To Post Testimonials: We post testimonials on our site that may contain personal information. Prior to posting a testimonial, we will obtain your consent to use your name and the content of the testimonial. If you wish to update or delete your testimonial, please contact us.
• To Deliver Services and Products: Including providing recipe ideation and testing results, nutritional analysis, facilitating online cooking classes, publishing digital recipes, and providing culinary consulting.
• To Respond to User Inquiries/Offer Support to Users: We may use your information to respond to your inquiries and solve any potential issues you might have with the use of our services.
• To Send Administrative Information: We may use your personal information to send you product, service and new feature information and/or information about changes to our terms, conditions, and policies.
• For Marketing and Promotional Communications: We and/or our third-party marketing partners may use the personal information you send to us for our marketing purposes. You can opt-out of our marketing emails at any time.
• For Internal Business Analysis and Development: This includes data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and to evaluate and improve our services, products, marketing, and your experience.

Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data (GDPR)

For users in the European Economic Area (EEA), our legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it.

We may process your Personal Data because:

• You have given us permission to do so.
• The processing is in our legitimate interests and it's not overridden by your rights.
• For payment processing purposes.
• To comply with the law.
• To perform a contract with you.

Sharing Your Personal Information

We only share information with your consent, to comply with laws, to provide you with services, to protect your rights, or to fulfill business obligations.

• Vendors, Consultants and Other Third-Party Service Providers: We may share your data with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. Examples include: payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service and marketing efforts.
• Business Transfers: We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
• Affiliates: We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this privacy policy.
• Legal Obligations: We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process, such as in response to a court order or a subpoena (including in response to public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements).
• Vital Interests and Legal Rights: We may disclose your information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person and illegal activities, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.

Data Retention

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 (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

Security of Your Information

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.

Your Data Protection Rights (GDPR)

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. We aim to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data.

• 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.
• 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 that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
• The right to withdraw consent: You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where COOKSY relied on your consent to process your personal information.

If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact details provided below.

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. We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy. 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.

Contact Us

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

COOKSY
2847 Grandview Avenue, Suite 210
Seattle, Washington, 98121, USA