GDPR Compliance

Last updated: June 10, 2026

Recipes For You respects the privacy rights of visitors from the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, and other regions where data-protection laws apply.

This GDPR Compliance Notice explains how visitors may exercise their privacy rights when using:

https://recipesforyou.el-maarifa.com

This notice should be read together with our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy.

  1. Data Controller

For the purposes of applicable data-protection law, the website operator is responsible for determining how and why personal information collected through Recipes For You is processed.

Website: Recipes For You

Website URL:
https://recipesforyou.el-maarifa.com

Contact email:
abarjate@gmail.com

  1. Personal Data We May Collect

Depending on how you use the website, we may collect:

  • Your name.
  • Your email address.
  • Information included in comments or messages.
  • Your IP address.
  • Browser and device information.
  • Operating-system information.
  • Pages visited and website interactions.
  • Referring website information.
  • Approximate location based on IP address.
  • Cookie identifiers.
  • Advertising and analytics information.
  • Cookie-consent preferences.

Please do not submit sensitive personal information through this website.

  1. How We Collect Personal Data

Personal information may be collected when you:

  • Visit the website.
  • Accept or manage cookies.
  • Leave a comment.
  • Complete a contact form.
  • Subscribe to email communications.
  • Contact us directly.
  • Interact with advertisements or embedded third-party content.

Some technical information may be collected automatically through cookies, server logs, analytics tools, security services, and advertising technologies.

  1. Purposes of Processing

We may process personal information to:

  • Operate and maintain the website.
  • Respond to messages and requests.
  • Publish and manage comments.
  • Protect the website against spam, fraud, and security threats.
  • Understand website traffic and performance.
  • Improve recipes, articles, and visitor experience.
  • Remember cookie-consent preferences.
  • Display and measure advertisements.
  • Meet legal obligations.
  • Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.
  1. Legal Bases for Processing

Where the GDPR applies, we process personal data under one or more of the following legal bases:

Consent

We may rely on consent for optional analytics cookies, personalized advertising, newsletters, and certain marketing activities.

You may withdraw your consent at any time.

Legitimate Interests

We may process limited information when reasonably necessary to operate, secure, maintain, and improve the website, provided that these interests do not override your rights and freedoms.

Contractual Necessity

We may process information when necessary to provide a service or respond to a request initiated by you.

Legal Obligation

We may process or disclose information when required to comply with applicable laws, regulations, court orders, or lawful government requests.

Legal Claims

Information may be processed when necessary to establish, exercise, or defend legal rights.

  1. Cookies and Consent

Recipes For You may use necessary, analytics, preference, and advertising cookies.

Necessary cookies may operate without consent when they are required for basic website functions, security, or remembering privacy choices.

Where required by law, optional analytics and advertising cookies will not be activated until the visitor provides consent.

Visitors may be able to:

  • Accept optional cookies.
  • Reject optional cookies.
  • Manage individual cookie categories.
  • Change or withdraw consent later.

Visitors may also manage or delete cookies through their browser settings.

  1. Google AdSense and Advertising

Recipes For You may use Google AdSense and other advertising services.

Google and its advertising partners may process information such as:

  • IP addresses.
  • Cookie identifiers.
  • Device and browser information.
  • Advertisement interactions.
  • Approximate location.
  • Website activity.

Where legally required, consent will be requested before cookies or personal information are used for personalized advertising.

Depending on the visitor’s preferences and location, advertisements may be personalized or non-personalized.

Google requires AdSense publishers serving ads to users in the EEA, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland to make certain disclosures and obtain consent where required. Google may also require the use of a Google-certified consent-management platform.

  1. Google Analytics

We may use Google Analytics or similar services to understand website traffic and usage.

Analytics information may include:

  • Pages visited.
  • Time spent on the website.
  • Browser and device information.
  • Approximate geographic location.
  • Referring pages.
  • General website interactions.

Where consent is legally required, analytics cookies will only be used after consent has been provided.

  1. Data Sharing

We may share limited personal information with service providers that assist with:

  • Website hosting.
  • Analytics.
  • Advertising.
  • Cookie-consent management.
  • Spam detection.
  • Security.
  • Email delivery.
  • Website maintenance.

These providers may process information according to their own privacy notices and contractual obligations.

Information may also be disclosed when required by law or when necessary to protect legal rights, visitors, or website security.

We do not sell personal information for money.

  1. International Data Transfers

Some service providers may process or store information outside the European Economic Area.

Where required, international data transfers may rely on safeguards such as:

  • European Commission adequacy decisions.
  • Standard Contractual Clauses.
  • Other legally approved transfer mechanisms.
  1. Data Retention

Personal information is retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.

Retention periods may depend on:

  • The nature of the information.
  • The reason it was collected.
  • Security requirements.
  • Legal obligations.
  • Dispute-resolution needs.
  • The need to prevent spam or abuse.

Contact messages may be retained until the inquiry has been resolved and for a reasonable period afterward.

Comments may be retained to maintain discussion history and detect future spam.

  1. Your GDPR Rights

Subject to applicable conditions and exceptions, you may have the right to:

Right to Be Informed

You have the right to receive clear information about how your personal data is collected and used.

Right of Access

You may request confirmation of whether we process your personal data and request a copy of that information.

Right to Rectification

You may request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data.

Right to Erasure

You may request deletion of your personal data in certain circumstances.

Right to Restriction

You may request that the processing of your personal data be limited in certain circumstances.

Right to Data Portability

Where applicable, you may request personal data you provided in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.

Right to Object

You may object to certain processing based on legitimate interests and to the use of personal data for direct marketing.

Right to Withdraw Consent

When processing is based on consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time. Withdrawal does not affect processing that occurred before consent was withdrawn.

Rights Related to Automated Decision-Making

Where applicable, you may have rights relating to decisions made solely through automated processing that produce legal or similarly significant effects.

These rights do not apply in every situation and may be subject to legal exceptions. GDPR rights include access, correction, deletion, restriction, portability, objection, and withdrawal of consent. oai_citation:0‡European Commission

  1. How to Exercise Your Rights

To submit a privacy request, email:

abarjate@gmail.com

Please include:

  • Your name.
  • The email address associated with your interaction.
  • The right you wish to exercise.
  • Enough information to identify the relevant data.
  • A clear description of your request.

We may request reasonable proof of identity before processing the request.

We will respond within the timeframe required by applicable law. In certain complex cases, the response period may be extended where legally permitted.

  1. Complaints

You have the right to submit a complaint to the data-protection authority in the country where you live, work, or believe a violation occurred.

We encourage you to contact us first so that we can review and try to resolve your concern.

  1. Data Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information against:

  • Unauthorized access.
  • Accidental loss.
  • Misuse.
  • Alteration.
  • Disclosure.
  • Destruction.

However, no internet-based system can guarantee complete security.

  1. Children’s Data

Recipes For You is a general-audience recipe website and is not designed to intentionally collect personal information from young children.

If a parent or guardian believes that a child has submitted personal information, they may contact us to request review and deletion.

  1. Changes to This Notice

We may update this GDPR Compliance Notice when website practices, services, technologies, or legal obligations change.

The updated notice will appear on this page with a new “Last updated” date.

  1. Contact Us

For GDPR questions or requests, contact:

Website: Recipes For You

Website URL:
https://recipesforyou.el-maarifa.com

Email:
abarjate@gmail.com