GDPR Compliance

GDPR Compliance Statement

Effective Date: January 8, 2025

At Hearty Recipes, we are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal data is processed in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which is a regulation in EU law that governs data protection and privacy for all individuals within the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA).

This page outlines how we collect, store, use, and protect your personal data, as well as your rights under the GDPR.

1. Who We Are

Hearty Recipes is a recipe blog dedicated to sharing delicious, healthy, and easy-to-make recipes. We are based at www.myheartyrecipes.com.

2. Data We Collect

We collect the following types of personal data when you visit our website or interact with us:

  • Personal Identification Information: This includes your name, email address, and other details you voluntarily provide to us (such as when you subscribe to our newsletter, leave comments, or contact us).
  • Non-Personal Data: We collect anonymous data, such as IP addresses, browser types, device types, and page views, to help improve user experience and site performance.
  • Cookies: We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website, remember your preferences, and analyze traffic. For more information, please refer to our Cookies Policy.

3. How We Use Your Data

We use the personal data we collect for the following purposes:

  • To Provide Services: To send you newsletters, respond to inquiries, and provide the recipes and content you request.
  • To Improve Our Website: To monitor website traffic, analyze user behavior, and optimize content.
  • To Personalize Your Experience: To offer tailored content, such as recipes and recommendations, based on your preferences.
  • To Comply with Legal Obligations: If required by law or in response to legal processes, we may need to share your personal data.

4. Lawful Basis for Processing Your Data

Under the GDPR, we must have a lawful basis for processing your personal data. The lawful bases we rely on include:

  • Consent: You provide us with your personal information voluntarily, such as when you subscribe to our newsletter or comment on a post.
  • Contractual Necessity: Processing your data is necessary to fulfill the services we provide (for example, delivering content or responding to queries).
  • Legitimate Interests: We may process your data in ways that are in our legitimate interests, provided these interests do not override your rights and freedoms (e.g., improving user experience or analyzing website usage).
  • Legal Obligation: We may process your data if required to do so by law (e.g., to comply with a legal request).

5. How We Share Your Data

We do not sell or rent your personal data to third parties. However, we may share your data in the following circumstances:

  • With Service Providers: We may share your personal data with trusted third-party service providers who help us with website hosting, email marketing, analytics, and other business operations.
  • With Legal Authorities: We may disclose your data if required to do so by law or in response to a legal request (e.g., a subpoena or court order).

All third-party service providers are required to comply with applicable data protection laws and treat your data with the utmost confidentiality.

6. Your Rights Under GDPR

Under the GDPR, you have several rights regarding your personal data. These include:

  • Right to Access: You have the right to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
  • Right to Rectification: You have the right to correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal data we hold about you.
  • Right to Erasure: You have the right to request that we delete your personal data, subject to certain conditions (e.g., if the data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected).
  • Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we limit the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances (e.g., if you contest the accuracy of the data).
  • Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer your personal data to another organization or to you in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
  • Right to Object: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data based on legitimate interests or for direct marketing purposes.
  • Right to Withdraw Consent: If we are processing your data based on consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

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

7. Data Retention

We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. When we no longer need your data, we will securely delete or anonymize it.

8. Security of Your Data

We take the security of your personal data seriously. We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your data from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. However, please be aware that no method of data transmission or storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your data.

9. International Data Transfers

If you are located outside of the European Economic Area (EEA), please note that your personal data may be transferred to and processed in countries outside the EEA. These countries may not have data protection laws equivalent to those in the EU. However, we ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your personal data in accordance with GDPR standards, such as using Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) approved by the European Commission.

10. Third-Party Links

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, services, or products. These third parties may collect and process your data independently. We encourage you to read their privacy policies to understand how they handle your data.

11. Children’s Privacy

Hearty Recipes is not intended for children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If we discover that we have inadvertently collected data from a child under the age of 13, we will take steps to delete such data as soon as possible.

12. Complaints

If you believe that we are not complying with the GDPR or you have concerns about how we process your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. The supervisory authority in the UK is the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), and for EU residents, you can file a complaint with your local data protection authority.

For more information, please visit the ICO’s website: https://ico.org.uk/.

13. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests related to your personal data or this GDPR compliance statement, please contact us at:

Hearty Recipes
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.myheartyrecipes.com

We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal data is handled in a responsible and transparent manner.

Thank you for trusting Hearty Recipes with your personal information. We are dedicated to respecting your rights and maintaining the privacy and security of your data.