Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

This Privacy Policy explains what personal data Arora's Recipe ("we," "our," or "us") collects when you visit arorasrecipe.com (the "Site"), why we collect it, who it may be shared with, and what choices you have. We keep the amount of data we collect small: you can read every recipe without creating an account or giving us any personal details.

By using the Site you acknowledge the practices described below. If you disagree with them, please stop using the Site. For questions, use our Contact Us page.

2. What Information We Collect

A. Information you give us

• Contact form: if you write to us through the form on our Contact Us page, we receive your name, email address and the message you type. We use this only to reply to you.
• Ratings and comments: if you rate or comment on a recipe, we receive your name and the text you submit. Comments may be displayed publicly beneath the recipe, so please do not include anything you want to keep private, such as your email address or phone number.

B. Information collected automatically

• Server logs: like most websites, our web server records your IP address, browser type and the pages requested. We use these logs for security and troubleshooting.
• First-party visit statistics: we count visits on our own server, recording the page viewed and the referrer (the page that led you to us). Raw visit records are kept for 7 days; after that only daily totals remain.
• Cookies and similar technologies: set by us and by the third-party services listed in sections 3 and 4.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information described above to:

• Operate, secure and maintain the Site, and fix technical problems;
• Reply to messages you send through the contact form;
• Display and moderate ratings and comments, and prevent spam and abuse;
• Understand, in aggregated form, which recipes and pages are read so we can improve the Site;
• Show advertising that helps cover the costs of running the Site.

We do not sell your contact-form messages or comment details, and we do not use them for marketing.

4. Cookies, Analytics and Advertising

Cookies are small text files stored on your device. The services below may set cookies or read similar identifiers when you visit the Site. Each provider handles that data under its own privacy policy.

• Google Analytics: provides aggregated statistics about how visitors use the Site (pages viewed, approximate location, device type). It uses cookies for this purpose.
• Google AdSense: displays advertising on the Site and uses cookies. Personalized ads are shown only with your consent. Visitors in the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom and Switzerland see a Google consent message and can accept or decline personalized advertising there.
• HB Agency: our programmatic advertising partners, who may also use cookies to deliver and measure ads.
• Cloudflare: provides content delivery and security for the Site and may set technical cookies needed for those functions.

You can control advertising and cookies in several ways:

• Manage Google ad personalization at adssettings.google.com.
• Learn how Google uses data from sites that use its services at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
• Block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Note that the Site may not work as intended if all cookies are blocked, and you may see non-personalized ads rather than no ads.

5. Sharing Your Information

We share data only in these situations:

• Service providers: the analytics, advertising and security providers named in section 4 receive technical data (such as IP address, device and browser details, and cookie identifiers) as needed to provide their services.
• Legal reasons: we may disclose information if required by law or to protect the rights, safety and security of the Site, our visitors or others.

We do not sell personal information in exchange for money. Please see section 9 for how California law treats advertising-related data sharing.

6. Links to Other Websites

The Site links to our Pinterest profile, and recipes or pages may link to other websites. Once you leave the Site, the privacy policy of that website applies, not this one. We recommend reading the privacy policy of every site you visit.

7. Data Retention

• Raw first-party visit records: kept for 7 days, after which only daily totals remain.
• Contact-form messages: kept for as long as needed to answer you and handle any follow-up, then deleted.
• Ratings and comments: kept while they remain displayed on the Site, or until you ask us to remove them.
• Server logs: kept only as long as needed for security and troubleshooting.
• Third-party data: cookies and data held by Google, HB Agency and Cloudflare follow those providers' own retention periods.

8. Your Rights if You Are in the EEA, UK or Switzerland

If the GDPR or similar data-protection law applies to you, we process your data on these legal bases: your consent (for personalized advertising and non-essential cookies), our legitimate interests (running and securing the Site, aggregated analytics, preventing abuse) and, where relevant, steps you ask us to take, such as answering your message.

You have the right to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you;
• Correct inaccurate data;
• Request deletion of your data;
• Restrict or object to certain processing;
• Receive your data in a portable format;
• Withdraw consent at any time, without affecting processing that took place before withdrawal;
• Lodge a complaint with your local data-protection authority.

To exercise these rights, contact us through our Contact Us page. We may need to verify your identity before acting on a request.

9. Your Rights if You Are a California Resident (CCPA/CPRA)

If you are a California resident, you have the right to:

• Know what personal information we collect, use and disclose, as described in this policy;
• Request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal information;
• Opt out of the "sale" or "sharing" of personal information. Advertising cookies from our ad partners may count as sharing for cross-context behavioral advertising under California law. You can opt out by blocking cookies in your browser or by using the Google ad settings linked in section 4;
• Not be discriminated against for exercising any of these rights.

To make a request, contact us through our Contact Us page. You may also use an authorized agent to submit a request on your behalf.

10. Children's Privacy

The Site is intended for a general audience and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us and we will delete it.

11. Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect the information we hold, including the security services provided by Cloudflare and limiting how long raw visit records are kept. No method of transmission over the internet or of electronic storage is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this policy from time to time, for example when we add or change a service listed above. The "Last updated" date at the top of the page shows when the current version took effect. Please review the page periodically.

13. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or want to exercise any of your rights, please reach us through our Contact Us page. You can also read our Terms of use and learn more on the About Us page.