Privacy Policy

Food Fusion

Effective Date: October 19, 2025

Last Updated: October 19, 2025

**[Food fusion]** ("we," "us," or "our") is a food blog committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and share information about you when you use our website, **[Food fusion]** (the "Site").

Our Commitment:

We are dedicated to maintaining the privacy and security of your personal information. This policy is designed to comply with applicable data protection laws, including the **EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)** and the **California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA)**.

1. Information We Collect

We collect information that falls into the following categories:

Category of Information	Details
Personal Information	Information you directly provide, such as your name, email address, and postal address, typically when you subscribe to a newsletter, leave a comment, or participate in a contest.
Technical Information	Information about your device and software, including your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, operating system, and device identifiers.
Usage Information	Information about how you interact with our Site, such as the pages you visit, the time and date of your visit, the links you click, and the referring website addresses.

2. How We Use Your Information (Legal Basis)

We use the information we collect about you for the following purposes, based on the corresponding legal grounds as required by GDPR:

Purpose of Processing	Legal Basis (GDPR)
To Provide Requested Services (e.g., displaying recipes, processing comments).	Contract (Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you or to take steps to enter into a contract).
To Improve Website Content and functionality, including analyzing user behavior and optimizing performance.	Legitimate Interest (Our interest in continually improving our website and offering a better user experience).
To Send Periodic Emails with updates and relevant information (newsletters).	Consent (You have explicitly opted-in to receive these emails). You may opt out at any time via the "unsubscribe" link.
To Comply with Legal Requirements and respond to legal process (e.g., court orders).	Legal Obligation (Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject).

3. Sharing Your Information

We do not sell, rent, or share your personal information with third parties for their independent marketing purposes without your consent. We may disclose your information in the following circumstances:

**Service Providers:** To third-party service providers who perform essential services on our behalf, such as website hosting and maintenance, email distribution, and data analysis. These providers are contractually required to keep your information confidential and use it only for the purposes we specify.
**Legal Requirements:** To comply with legal obligations, such as a court order or subpoena, or when necessary to protect the rights, property, or safety of **[Food fusion]**, our users, or others.

Your Right to Opt-Out of Sale or Sharing (CCPA/CPRA)

If you are a California resident, the CCPA/CPRA grants you the right to opt-out of the "sale" or "sharing" of your Personal Information. We may share certain data (like usage and technical information) with advertising partners to deliver targeted advertising, which may constitute a "sale" or "sharing" under California law.

**To exercise your right to opt-out, please contact us at:** Varaprasadjada@gmail.com.

4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and other tracking technologies to enhance your browsing experience and understand how you use the Site.

A cookie is a small text file stored on your device when you visit our Site.
**Third-Party Advertising:** We partner with third-party networks, including Google, to display advertisements on our Site. These partners may use cookies (such as the DART cookie) to serve ads based on your visit to our Site and other websites on the Internet.

To **opt-out of Google's** use of the DART cookie, visit the Google Ad and Content Network Privacy Policy.

To generally **opt-out of interest-based advertising**, visit the NAI Opt-Out Page or www.aboutads.info/choices.
**Cookie Management:** You can decline or remove cookies by adjusting your browser settings, but doing so may limit your ability to use certain features of our Site.

5. Data Subject Rights (Your Rights)

Depending on your location (e.g., EU, California), you have specific rights regarding your personal data. To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at **Varaprasadjada@gmail.com**.

Right	Description
Right to Access/Know	The right to request confirmation of whether we process your personal data and to receive a copy of that data.
Right to Rectification	The right to have inaccurate personal data corrected or completed.
Right to Erasure ("Right to Be Forgotten")	The right to request the deletion of your personal data under certain circumstances (e.g., the data is no longer necessary for the purpose it was collected).
Right to Restrict Processing	The right to limit our processing of your personal data under certain conditions.
Right to Data Portability	The right to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
Right to Object	The right to object to the processing of your personal data based on legitimate interests or for direct marketing purposes.
Right to Non-Discrimination (CCPA/CPRA)	The right not to receive discriminatory treatment for exercising your privacy rights.

6. Data Security

We implement reasonable technical and organizational security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of your personal data.

We use **encryption (SSL/TLS)** to secure data transmitted between your browser and our Site.
We limit access to your personal information to employees who need to know that information to provide services to you.

However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

7. Data Retention Policy

We will retain your Personal Information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy:

**Subscriber Data (Email Address):** Retained until you unsubscribe (withdraw consent).
**Comment Data:** Retained indefinitely or until you request its removal, as it is integral to the blog's content.
**Technical/Usage Data:** Retained for a limited period (typically 12-24 months) necessary for analytics and Site improvement, unless a longer period is required by law.

8. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices and services. If we make any material changes, we will notify you by email (if we have your email address) or by posting a prominent notice on our Site before the changes take effect. Your continued use of our Site following any changes indicates your acceptance of the new Privacy Policy.