Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Welcome to Tangy Twist Tales. We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website.

If you have any questions or concerns about our policy, or our practices with regards to your personal information, please contact us at privacy@tangytwisttales.com.

2. Information We Collect

Personal Information You Disclose to Us

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you register on the website, express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and services, when you participate in activities on the website, or otherwise when you contact us.

The personal information we collect may include the following:

• Name and Contact Data: Your first and last name, email address, postal address, and phone number.
• Credentials: Passwords, password hints, and similar security information used for authentication and account access.
• Profile Data: Your username, profile picture, culinary preferences, dietary restrictions, and recipe ratings.
• User Content: Recipes, comments, photos, and other content you submit to our website.

Information Automatically Collected

We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the website. This information does not reveal your specific identity but may include device and usage information, such as:

• IP address, browser and device characteristics
• Operating system, language preferences, referring URLs
• Device name, country, location information
• Pages viewed, links clicked, time spent on pages
• Information about how and when you use our website

3. How We Use Your Information

We use personal information collected via our website for a variety of business purposes described below:

Purpose	Description
To provide our services	To create and manage your account, provide customer support, and personalize your experience.
To send administrative information	To send you product, service and new feature information and/or information about changes to our terms, conditions, and policies.
To send marketing communications	We and/or our third-party marketing partners may use your personal information for our marketing purposes if this is in accordance with your marketing preferences.
To protect our services	To keep our website safe and secure, including fraud monitoring and prevention.
To analyze and improve our services	To review usage and operations, and to improve our website, products, and services.

4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to access or store information. Specific information about how we use such technologies and how you can refuse certain cookies is set out in our Cookie Policy.

5. How We Share Your Information

We only share information with your consent, to comply with laws, to provide you with services, to protect your rights, or to fulfill business obligations.

We may process or share your data that we hold based on the following legal basis:

• Consent: We may process your data if you have given us specific consent to use your personal information for a specific purpose.
• Legitimate Interests: We may process your data when it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business interests.
• Performance of a Contract: Where we have entered into a contract with you, we may process your personal information to fulfill the terms of our contract.
• Legal Obligations: We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process.

6. Data Retention

We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

7. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:

• Access and Portability: Request access to or a copy of your personal information.
• Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal information.
• Erasure: Request deletion of your personal information.
• Restriction: Request restriction of processing of your personal information.
• Objection: Object to processing of your personal information.
• Withdraw Consent: Withdraw your consent at any time where we rely on consent to process your personal information.

8. Children's Privacy

Our website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13, please do not provide any information on this website.

If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at privacy@tangytwisttales.com.

9. Updates to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Last Updated" date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible.

We encourage you to review this privacy policy frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

10. Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this policy, you may contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO) at:

Tangy Twist Tales
Attn: Privacy Officer
123 Flavor Street
Tasteville, TC 90909
Email: privacy@tangytwisttales.com