Privacy Policy

Personal Information We Gather

When you join Kitchen‑Recipe, we collect certain information to create your account and personalize your learning experience. Some of this data is essential for the platform to function, while other information is optional but helps us tailor content to your interests. Let's break down what we collect and why it matters.

Your journey with us starts with account creation, and that's where the most basic data collection happens. We need fundamental details to set up your profile and ensure you can access your courses securely.

• Registration information includes your name, email address, and a secure password you create. We use this to identify you, send important notifications about your courses, and protect your account from unauthorized access.
• Profile details such as your culinary skill level, dietary preferences, and cooking interests help us recommend courses that match your goals. You can skip these during signup, but they really do improve your experience.
• Payment information is processed when you enroll in premium courses or subscribe to advanced content. We collect billing details through secure payment processors, though we don't store complete credit card numbers on our servers.
• Learning activity data tracks your progress through courses, including videos watched, recipes completed, quizzes taken, and certificates earned. This helps you pick up where you left off and shows instructors which topics resonate with students.

Beyond the basics, we also gather usage data that shows how you interact with our platform. This includes the pages you visit, the time you spend on different sections, and the features you use most frequently. Think of it as understanding traffic patterns — it helps us know which parts of the kitchen (so to speak) need better organization.

Technical information comes to us automatically through your device and browser. We collect IP addresses, browser types, operating systems, and device identifiers. This isn't about tracking you personally — it's about making sure our platform works smoothly on whatever device you're using, whether that's a laptop in your kitchen or a tablet propped up by your cutting board.

How We Process Your Data

Collecting information is one thing, but what we actually do with it matters more. At Kitchen‑Recipe, every piece of data serves a specific purpose in delivering and improving your culinary education. We don't collect anything we don't need, and we certainly don't sell your information to third parties.

We analyze learning patterns across our student base to understand which teaching methods work best. If most students rewatch a particular technique video multiple times, that signals we might need to supplement it with additional angles or slower demonstrations. Your individual progress data helps us identify where students typically struggle and where they excel.

• Communication purposes cover everything from course announcements to security alerts about your account. We'll send you emails about new courses matching your interests, updates from instructors you follow, and reminders about incomplete lessons — though you control most of these notification preferences.
• Platform security relies on analyzing login patterns and detecting unusual activity. If someone tries to access your account from a new country minutes after you logged in locally, our systems flag that as suspicious and may require additional verification.
• Content personalization uses your viewing history and stated preferences to recommend relevant courses. If you've completed three baking courses, we'll probably suggest pastry techniques over advanced knife skills — unless your profile indicates you want to branch out.
• Quality improvement involves reviewing how students interact with course materials to refine our educational approach. We look at completion rates, quiz scores, and student feedback to help instructors create more effective content.

Your data also supports our research and development efforts. We aggregate anonymized information to understand broader trends in culinary education — like which cuisines are gaining popularity or what skill levels are most underserved. This never involves identifying individual students; it's about seeing the forest rather than individual trees.

Data Collected Through External Tools

Running a modern educational platform means integrating various specialized services — each excellent at what they do. These third-party tools help us deliver video content, process payments, analyze platform performance, and provide customer support. While we carefully select our partners and ensure they maintain strong privacy standards, it's important to understand what data they collect.

Our video hosting services handle the streaming of cooking demonstrations and lectures. When you watch a course video, the hosting provider collects information about your viewing session, including video quality settings, playback statistics, and bandwidth usage. They need this to deliver smooth streaming and adapt video quality to your connection speed.

• Payment processors securely handle transactions when you purchase courses or subscriptions. These services collect your billing information, process your payment, and verify your financial institution's approval. We receive confirmation of successful payments but don't access your full credit card details.
• Analytics platforms track how visitors use our website and mobile apps. They collect data about page views, session duration, navigation paths, and user demographics. This helps us understand which features are intuitive and which need redesign.
• Email service providers manage our communications with you, tracking delivery rates, open rates, and click-through rates on course announcements and newsletters. This helps us understand what information students find valuable and when they prefer to receive updates.
• Cloud storage services host your uploaded content like recipe variations, cooking photos, and project submissions. These providers maintain the infrastructure that keeps your files accessible and backed up.

Each of these third-party services operates under their own privacy policies, which we encourage you to review. We enter into data processing agreements with our partners to ensure they handle your information responsibly and only use it for the specific purposes we've authorized.

Links to Third-Party Websites

Throughout your learning journey on Kitchen‑Recipe, you might encounter links to external websites — perhaps a specialty ingredient supplier, a culinary equipment manufacturer, or a chef's personal blog. These links are provided for your convenience and additional learning resources, but here's something important: once you click through to another site, you're leaving our platform and entering their digital space.

We don't control these external websites, and we're not responsible for their content, functionality, or privacy practices. Each site maintains its own policies about collecting and using visitor information. Before sharing any personal details on a third-party website, take a moment to review their privacy policy and terms of service.

Cookie Usage

Like most websites, Kitchen‑Recipe uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to make your experience smoother and more personalized. Cookies are small text files stored on your device that remember your preferences and help us recognize you when you return. They're not harmful — think of them as digital bookmarks that help the platform remember where you left off.

We use several types of cookies for different purposes. Essential cookies are necessary for basic platform functionality like keeping you logged in as you navigate between pages and remembering your course progress. You can't fully disable these without breaking the platform experience.

• Preference cookies remember your choices about interface settings, video quality preferences, and language selections. These make the platform feel personalized without requiring you to reconfigure everything each visit.
• Analytics cookies help us understand how students use the platform by collecting information about page visits, feature usage, and navigation patterns. We aggregate this data to identify areas for improvement.
• Marketing cookies track your engagement with promotional content and help us show you relevant course recommendations. You can opt out of these through your browser settings or our cookie preference center.

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can block all cookies, delete existing ones, or receive warnings before cookies are stored. Just keep in mind that restricting cookies might limit some platform features or require you to log in more frequently.

Data Security and Privacy

Protecting your information isn't just a legal requirement for us — it's a fundamental responsibility we take seriously. We've implemented multiple layers of security measures to safeguard your data against unauthorized access, accidental loss, and malicious attacks. But let's be honest: no system is 100% impenetrable, which is why we also have protocols for responding to potential security incidents.

Our technical safeguards start with encryption technology that scrambles your data during transmission between your device and our servers. When you log in or enter payment information, that data travels through secure, encrypted channels that prevent interception. We also encrypt sensitive information stored in our databases, adding another layer of protection even if someone were to access our servers.

• Regular security audits and vulnerability assessments help us identify and address potential weaknesses before they become problems. We work with security professionals to test our defenses and stay ahead of emerging threats.
• Secure authentication systems protect your account with strong password requirements and optional two-factor authentication. We monitor login attempts for suspicious patterns and can automatically lock accounts showing signs of unauthorized access attempts.
• Data minimization practices mean we only retain information as long as necessary for legitimate educational and business purposes. When data is no longer needed, we have procedures for secure deletion.
• Backup and recovery systems protect against data loss from technical failures or disasters. Your course progress and uploaded content are regularly backed up to secure, geographically distributed servers.

We maintain detailed incident response procedures for handling potential security breaches. If we discover unauthorized access to personal information, we'll investigate the scope of the incident, take steps to secure our systems, and notify affected users as required by applicable laws. Transparency matters, especially when things go wrong.

Managing Your Data

Your personal information belongs to you, and we believe you should have meaningful control over it. Kitchen‑Recipe provides several ways to access, modify, download, and delete your data. These rights aren't just nice features — in many jurisdictions, they're legal requirements that we're committed to honoring.

Through your account settings, you can view and update most of your personal information at any time. Change your email address, update your dietary preferences, modify your skill level, or adjust your notification settings whenever they no longer reflect your current situation. You don't need to contact support for these routine updates.

• Data portability allows you to download your personal information and learning data in a commonly used format. This includes your profile details, course enrollment history, progress records, and any content you've uploaded to the platform.
• Account deletion is available if you decide to leave Kitchen‑Recipe. We'll remove your personal information from our active systems, though we may retain certain data for legal compliance, dispute resolution, or fraud prevention purposes. Deletion is permanent and can't be undone.
• Marketing opt-out gives you control over promotional communications. You can unsubscribe from marketing emails while still receiving essential account notifications and course updates. We respect your communication preferences.
• Access requests let you ask for detailed information about what personal data we hold about you and how we're using it. We'll respond to these requests within the timeframes required by applicable privacy laws.

Some limitations apply to these rights — for example, we can't delete information we're legally required to retain, and we might need to verify your identity before processing certain requests to prevent unauthorized access. But these restrictions are narrow and exist only to protect legitimate interests.

Support Contact Information

Questions about your privacy rights or how we handle your data? Our support team is here to help. You can reach out through the official channels described elsewhere on our website — we've centralized contact information there to keep it current and easy to find. Whether you want to exercise your data rights, report a privacy concern, or just understand something in this policy better, we're listening.