Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

This Privacy Policy explains what information Lyumart collects when you visit lyumart.com, why we collect it, how long we keep it and what choices you have. Lyumart is a recipe website: you can read recipes, send us a message, and leave a rating or comment. We do not ask you to create an account to use the site, and we collect only the information described below.

By using the site you acknowledge the practices described on this page. If you disagree with any part of it, please do not use the contact, ratings or comments features, and adjust your cookie settings as described in section 4.

2. Information You Provide to Us

Contact form

When you write to us through the contact page, we receive your name, your email address and the text of your message. We use this information only to read your message and reply to it. We do not add you to any mailing list and we do not use your address for marketing.

Recipe ratings and comments

When you rate a recipe or leave a comment, we receive the name you enter and the text you submit. Comments may be displayed publicly beneath the recipe, so please do not include sensitive personal details, your email address or any information you would not want others to read. If you would like a comment of yours removed, contact us and tell us which recipe it appears on.

3. Information Collected Automatically

Server logs

Like most websites, our web server records standard log data each time a page is requested: your IP address, your browser type and the pages you requested. We use these logs for security and troubleshooting, for example to detect abusive traffic or to find the cause of a technical error.

First-party visit statistics

We measure visits to the site with a statistics tool that runs on our own server. It records which page was viewed and the referrer (the page or site that led you to us). Raw visit records are kept for 7 days; after that, only daily totals remain, which do not identify individual visitors. We use these totals to see which recipes and categories readers find useful.

Content delivery and security

The site is delivered and protected through Cloudflare, a content delivery and security service. Cloudflare processes requests to our site on our behalf and may set technical cookies that help it deliver pages reliably and filter malicious traffic. Cloudflare handles this data under its own privacy policy.

4. Cookies and Advertising

Cookies are small text files stored on your device. On Lyumart they come from two sources:

• Technical cookies that may be set by Cloudflare for delivery and security.
• Advertising cookies set by Google AdSense, which displays ads on the site.

Google and its partners use cookies to serve ads based on your visits to this and other websites. Personalized ads are shown only if you consent. Without consent, you may still see ads, but they are not personalized based on your browsing behavior.

You can manage or opt out of personalized advertising here:

• Google Ads Settings: https://adssettings.google.com
• How Google uses information from sites that use its services: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Some parts of the site may work less smoothly if all cookies are disabled.

Consent for visitors in the EEA, UK and Switzerland

If you visit from the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, a Google consent message appears asking whether you agree to cookies used for ad personalization and measurement. You can accept, decline or adjust your choices, and you can change your decision later through the consent controls provided by that message or through your browser settings.

5. How We Use Your Information

We use the information described above to:

• Reply to messages sent through the contact form
• Display ratings and comments on recipe pages
• Keep the site secure and diagnose technical problems
• Understand which pages are read, using visit statistics and daily totals
• Show advertising that helps cover the costs of running the site
• Meet our legal obligations

We do not sell your personal information, and we do not use the details you send us to build marketing profiles.

6. Third-Party Services

The following third parties may process information when you use the site:

• Google AdSense: serves advertising and uses cookies, as described in section 4.
• Cloudflare: content delivery and security, which may set technical cookies.
• Pinterest: the site links to our Pinterest profile. If you follow that link, Pinterest's own privacy policy applies to what happens on its platform.

These providers have their own privacy policies, and we encourage you to read them. We are not responsible for the practices of other websites that you reach through links on Lyumart.

7. Data Retention

• Contact messages: kept for as long as needed to answer you and handle any follow-up, then deleted.
• Ratings and comments: kept with the recipe they relate to until you ask us to remove them or we delete them.
• Raw visit records: kept for 7 days, after which only daily totals remain.
• Server logs: kept only as long as needed for security and troubleshooting.

8. Your Rights Under the GDPR (EEA, UK and Switzerland)

If you are in the EEA, the UK or Switzerland, you have the right to:

• Request access to the personal data we hold about you
• Ask us to correct inaccurate data
• Ask us to erase your data
• Ask us to restrict how we process your data, or object to that processing
• Request a copy of your data in a portable format
• Withdraw consent you have given, such as consent to personalized ads, at any time
• Lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority

Where we rely on legitimate interests, such as keeping the site secure, we balance them against your rights. Where we rely on consent, such as personalized advertising, you may withdraw it at any time without affecting earlier processing.

9. Your Rights Under the CCPA/CPRA (California Residents)

If you are a California resident, you have the right to:

• Know what personal information we collect, use and disclose
• Request deletion of your personal information
• Request correction of inaccurate personal information
• Opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information
• Not be discriminated against for exercising these rights

We do not sell personal information in exchange for money. Advertising cookies from Google AdSense may count as "sharing" for cross-context behavioral advertising under California law. You can limit this through the opt-out links in section 4 and through your browser's cookie settings. To make a request, contact us as described in section 13. We may need to verify your identity before acting on it.

10. Children's Privacy

Lyumart is a general-audience recipe site and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has sent us personal information through the contact form or a comment, please contact us and we will delete it promptly.

11. Data Security

We take reasonable measures to protect the information we hold, including delivering the site through Cloudflare's security services and limiting how long raw visit records are kept. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security. Please avoid putting sensitive information in comments, which can be seen by other visitors.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy when our practices or the law change. The current version is always on this page, with the date of the latest revision at the top. If you keep using the site after a change, the updated policy applies to your use.

13. Contact Us

For privacy questions, or to exercise any of the rights described above, please use our contact page and mention that your message concerns privacy. Include the recipe page address if your request involves a comment or rating. You can also read our Terms of use and learn more about the site on the About Us page.