Sweet Treats Recipe Privacy Policy
Effective Date: September 25, 2025
This Privacy Policy describes how Sweet Treats Recipe (hereinafter referred to as “we,” “our,” or “us”), operated by Jessica Carter, collects, uses, protects, and shares the personal information of its users (hereinafter referred to as “you” or “your”) via the website https://sweettreatsrecipe.com/.
We are committed to protecting your privacy and personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) and French data protection law (“Informatique et Libertés”).
1. Identity of the Data Controller
The data controller for your personal data is Jessica Carter, publisher of the Sweet Treats Recipe website. For any questions regarding this policy or your personal data, you can contact us via the contact section of the website.
2. Personal Data Collected
We may collect the following categories of personal data:
•Identification Data: Name, email address (when you contact us via a form, leave a comment, or subscribe to a newsletter, if available).
•Connection and Navigation Data: IP address, browser type, operating system, pages visited, visit duration, referrer (website you came from), timestamp. This data is collected via cookies and similar tracking technologies.
•Interaction Data: Content of messages sent via the contact form, comments left on recipes.
•Preference Data: Language preferences, cookie consent settings.
We do not collect sensitive data such as racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, health data, or genetic data.
3. Purposes of Data Collection and Processing
Your personal data is collected and processed for the following purposes:
•Provision and Improvement of Services: To allow you to access and use the website, view recipes, and improve your browsing experience.
•Communication: To respond to your requests via the contact form, manage your comments, and, if you have consented, send you newsletters or information about new recipes.
•Audience Analysis: To understand how users interact with our website, analyze trends, administer the site, track user movements, and gather demographic information. This helps us optimize the content and performance of the site.
•Site Security: To maintain the security of our website, prevent fraud, and protect our rights.
•Legal Compliance: To comply with our legal and regulatory obligations, particularly regarding data protection.
4. Legal Bases for Processing
We process your personal data on the following legal bases:
•Your Consent: For sending newsletters or using certain non-essential cookies. You can withdraw your consent at any time.
•Legitimate Interest: For improving our services, site security, and audience analysis, provided that your interests and fundamental rights do not override our legitimate interests.
•Performance of a Contract or Pre-contractual Measures: To respond to your contact requests or manage your comments.
•Legal Obligation: To comply with applicable laws and regulations.
5. Recipients of Data
Your personal data may be shared with the following categories of recipients:
•Third-Party Service Providers: We may use third-party companies to help us operate our website, such as hosting services, audience analytics tools (e.g., Google Analytics), cookie consent management platforms, or comment management services. These providers are obligated to respect the confidentiality of your data and to process it only according to our instructions.
•Business Partners: If we have partnerships for the promotion of kitchen utensils or other products, your data will only be shared with them with your explicit consent.
•Legal Authorities: We may disclose your information if required by law or if we believe in good faith that such action is necessary to comply with a legal obligation, protect and defend our rights or property, prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the service, protect the personal safety of users of the service or the public, or protect against legal liability.
6. Transfer of Data Outside the European Union
Your personal data may be transferred to and stored on servers located outside the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA), particularly if some of our third-party service providers are based there. In such cases, we ensure that the transfer is carried out in accordance with the GDPR, by implementing appropriate safeguards (e.g., standard contractual clauses of the European Commission, adequacy decision).
7. Data Retention Period
We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, or to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations. The retention periods are as follows:
•Contact Data (form, comments): Retained as long as correspondence is active, then archived for a limited period for evidentiary purposes or deleted.
•Navigation Data (cookies): In accordance with the policies of the third-party services used (e.g., Google Analytics), generally 13 months for audience measurement cookies.
•Newsletter Subscription Data: Retained as long as you remain subscribed.
After these periods expire, the data is either deleted or irreversibly anonymized.
8. Your Rights
In accordance with the GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
•Right of Access: Obtain confirmation that your data is being processed and, if so, access it.
•Right to Rectification: Request the correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
•Right to Erasure (“Right to be Forgotten”): Request the deletion of your data under certain conditions.
•Right to Restriction of Processing: Request the suspension of processing of your data under certain conditions.
•Right to Data Portability: Receive your data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, and transmit it to another data controller.
•Right to Object: Object to the processing of your data for reasons relating to your particular situation, or for direct marketing purposes.
•Right to Withdraw Consent: Withdraw your consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
•Right to Lodge a Complaint: File a complaint with the French National Commission for Informatics and Liberties (CNIL) if you believe your rights have not been respected.
To exercise these rights, please contact us at the email address or via the contact form available on the website. We may ask for proof of your identity to process your request.
9. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Our website uses cookies and similar technologies to improve your experience, analyze traffic, and personalize content. Cookies are small text files stored on your device. You can manage your cookie preferences via our cookie consent banner or your browser settings. For more information, please consult our Cookie Policy.
10. Links to Third-Party Sites
Our website may contain links to other websites not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the privacy policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
11. Changes to the Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Effective Date” at the top of this policy. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
12. Contact
For any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us via the contact form available on the website: https://sweettreatsrecipe.com/contact.