Privacy Policy
Last Updated: January 2025
1. Introduction
Welcome to Iguana Recipes ("we," "our," or "us"). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and what rights you have in relation to it.
If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy policy or our practices with regard to your personal information, please contact us.
2. Information We Collect
2.1 Personal Information You Provide to Us
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you:
- Register for an account
- Submit recipes, blog posts, or images
- Post reviews or comments
- Subscribe to our newsletter
- Contact us for support
This information may include:
- Name
- Email address
- Username
- Password (encrypted)
- Profile information
- Content you submit (recipes, blog posts, images, comments, reviews)
- Image metadata (file name, size, format, upload date)
- Attribution information for images (photo credit, source information)
- Contributor points and leaderboard rankings
2.2 Information Automatically Collected
When you visit our Website, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including:
- IP address
- Browser type and version
- Operating system
- Referring URLs
- Pages viewed and time spent on pages
- Device identifiers
- Cookies and similar tracking technologies
3. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect or receive:
- To provide, maintain, and improve our Website and services
- To create and manage your account
- To process and display your submitted content (recipes, blog posts, images, reviews, comments)
- To calculate and display contributor points and leaderboard rankings
- To review and moderate user-submitted content before publication
- To display images with proper attribution as you specify
- To send you administrative information and updates
- To respond to your inquiries and provide customer support
- To send you marketing and promotional communications (with your consent)
- To analyze usage trends and improve user experience
- To detect, prevent, and address technical issues and security threats
- To enforce our terms, conditions, and policies
- To comply with legal obligations
4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Website and hold certain information. Cookies are files with small amounts of data that are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device.
Types of cookies we use:
- Essential Cookies: Required for the Website to function properly
- Analytics Cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with our Website
- Preference Cookies: Remember your preferences and settings
- Marketing Cookies: Track your activity to deliver relevant advertisements
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Website.
5. How We Share Your Information
We may share your information in the following situations:
- With Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party service providers who perform services on our behalf (e.g., hosting, analytics, email delivery)
- For Business Transfers: We may share or transfer your information in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets
- With Your Consent: We may share your information for any other purpose with your consent
- For Legal Purposes: We may disclose your information where required by law or to protect our rights
- Public Information: The following information you submit is publicly visible:
- Recipes, blog posts, reviews, and comments
- Images you submit with associated attribution information
- Your username and contributor profile
- Your leaderboard ranking and points
- Recipe ratings and reviews you provide
6. Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure.
7. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:
- Access: Request access to your personal information
- Correction: Request correction of inaccurate data
- Deletion: Request deletion of your personal information
- Data Portability: Request a copy of your data in a portable format
- Withdraw Consent: Withdraw consent for data processing where consent is the legal basis
- Opt-Out: Opt out of marketing communications
To exercise these rights, please contact us using the information provided below.
8. Data Retention
We will retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
9. Children's Privacy
Our Website is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you become aware that a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us.
10. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this 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 "Last Updated" date.
11. Contact Us
If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us.