Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 23, 2026

Introduction

Easy Chef Ideas (easychefideas.com) is a recipe website. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect when you visit the site, why we collect it, who may receive it, how long we keep it, and what choices you have. We have tried to keep it short and specific: if a tool or service is not listed here, we do not use it.

By using the site you acknowledge this policy. If you do not agree with it, please do not use the site or submit information through it.

Information We Collect

We collect information in the following ways.

1. Information you give us

Contact form: your name, email address and the message you write. We use this only to read and reply to your message.
Recipe ratings and comments: your name and the text you submit. Comments may be displayed publicly beneath the recipe, so please do not include personal details you would not want others to see.

2. Information collected automatically

Server logs: like most websites, our web server records standard technical data such as your IP address, browser type and the pages requested. We use these logs for security and troubleshooting.
First-party visit statistics: our own server records which page was viewed and the referring page. These statistics help us see which recipes and categories readers use.
Cookies and similar technologies: set by the advertising, analytics and security services described below.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information described above to:

respond to messages sent through the contact form;
display ratings and comments you choose to submit;
keep the site secure, diagnose errors and prevent abuse;
understand, in aggregate, how the site is used so we can improve recipes, navigation and page speed;
show advertising, which helps cover the cost of running the site.

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

Advertising

Easy Chef Ideas is supported by advertising. Two sets of advertising providers may place or read cookies in your browser when you visit:

Google AdSense. Google and its partners use cookies to serve ads. Personalized ads are shown only with your consent. Visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland see a Google consent message, where you can accept or decline personalization and change your choice later.
HB Agency programmatic advertising partners. These partners may also use cookies to deliver and measure ads.

You can manage Google ad personalization at adssettings.google.com. To learn how Google uses data from sites that use its services, see policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites. You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings; note that you will still see ads, but they may be less relevant to you.

Analytics and Security Services

Google Analytics uses cookies to produce aggregated statistics about visits, such as popular pages and general traffic sources. You can opt out with the controls at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites and through your browser settings.
First-party visit statistics are collected on our own server. Raw visit records (the page viewed and the referrer) are kept for 7 days and then replaced by daily totals only.
Cloudflare provides content delivery and security for the site and may set technical cookies that are needed to keep the site fast and protected.

Social Media Links

The site links to our profiles on Pinterest, Facebook and YouTube. When you follow those links you leave Easy Chef Ideas, and the privacy policies of those platforms apply to anything you do there.

Who We Share Information With

We share information only as needed to run the site:

with the advertising, analytics and security providers named in this policy, which receive the technical data their cookies collect;
when required by law or to protect the site, our readers or others from fraud, abuse or security threats.

Some of these providers may process data outside your country of residence. Where the law requires safeguards for such transfers, we rely on the mechanisms those providers offer.

Legal Bases for Processing (EEA, UK and Switzerland)

If you are in the EEA, the UK or Switzerland, we process personal data on these bases: your consent (personalized advertising and non-essential cookies); our legitimate interests (site security, troubleshooting and aggregated statistics); and, for replying to your messages, our legitimate interest in answering you or steps you request before any agreement.

Your Rights Under the GDPR

If the GDPR or the UK GDPR applies to you, you have the right to:

access the personal data we hold about you;
ask us to correct inaccurate data;
ask us to delete your data;
restrict or object to certain processing;
receive your data in a portable format;
withdraw consent at any time, without affecting processing done before withdrawal;
lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

To use these rights, write to us through the Contact Us page. We may need to confirm your identity before acting on a request.

California Residents (CCPA/CPRA)

If you are a California resident, you have the right to know what personal information we collect and how it is used, to request deletion or correction of it, to opt out of the "sale" or "sharing" of personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising, and not to be treated differently for exercising these rights. Because advertising cookies from our ad partners may count as "sharing" under California law, you can opt out by declining personalized ads where a consent choice is offered, by visiting adssettings.google.com, by blocking cookies in your browser, or by contacting us through the Contact Us page. We do not knowingly sell personal information in exchange for money.

Data Retention

Contact form messages: kept only as long as needed to reply and handle any follow-up, then deleted.
Ratings and comments: kept with the recipe page they belong to until you ask us to remove them or we delete them as part of moderation.
First-party visit records: 7 days, after which only daily totals remain.
Server logs: kept for a limited period for security and troubleshooting.
Cookie data held by third parties: governed by the retention periods of Google, Cloudflare and our advertising partners.

Children's Privacy

Easy Chef Ideas is meant for a general audience and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has sent us personal data through the contact form or a comment, tell us through the Contact Us page and we will delete it.

Security of Your Information

We use Cloudflare security services and limit access to the data we hold to what is needed to run the site. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security, but we take reasonable steps to protect the information you give us.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy when our practices or the services we use change. The "Last updated" date at the top shows when the current version took effect. If a change is significant, we will highlight it on this page. Please check back from time to time. See also our Terms of use and the About Us page.

Contact Us

For questions about this policy or to exercise your privacy rights, please use our Contact Us page, or write to .