Privacy Policy

1. Data Controller

The data controller for AFTouch-Cuisine.com is:

• Company : EI Couet Ivan
• Owner : Ivan Couet
• Address : 66 rue de Bizy, 27200 Vernon, France
• Contact : Contact form

2. Data We Collect

We may collect the following personal data depending on how you use the site:

• Account registration: username, email address, password (hashed), registration date.
• Profile: optional biography, avatar photo.
• Forum & comments: messages posted, IP address at the time of posting, date and time.
• Newsletter: email address, subscription date, open and click tracking.
• Recipe submission: content submitted, author name, photos uploaded.
• Contact form: name, email address, message content.
• Server logs: IP address, browser type, pages visited, date and time — retained for security purposes.
• Advertising & analytics: see section 5 (Mediavine) and section 6 (Google services).

3. Purposes & Legal Basis

4. Data Retention

• Account data: retained for the duration of the account, then deleted within 3 years of the last login.
• Forum messages & comments: retained indefinitely as part of the editorial record; may be anonymised upon request.
• Newsletter subscriptions: retained until unsubscription.
• Contact form messages: retained for 3 years.
• Server logs: retained for 90 days.
• Advertising data: governed by Mediavine and Google's respective retention policies.

5. Advertising — Mediavine

Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)

The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a "device") by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.

First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, "Tags") may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser's cache. The "help" feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser's cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at All About Cookies.

Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please be aware that if you disable cookies, third-party ad serving will be disabled as well.

The following sets out how Mediavine, and third parties, may use such technologies and collect and use data in connection with ad serving. Mediavine and its technology partners may use the data listed below to help deliver targeted advertising on the website and other websites, to analyze traffic on the website and the online behavior of website visitors, optimize advertising, and for similar purposes.

• IP Address
• Operating System type
• Operating System version
• Device Type
• Language of the website
• Web browser type
• Email (in hashed form)

Mediavine and its technology partners may link such data with data from third-party data providers and data that Mediavine collects through other means. A list of technology partners with whom Mediavine works and links to their privacy policies can be found at Mediavine Partners.

Please visit the following links to opt out of having your online behavior recorded by cookies for interest-based advertising purposes.

• National Advertising Initiative
• Digital Advertising Alliance
• Network Advertising Initiative
• Download the AppChoices app

6. Google Services

This site uses the following Google services:

• Google Tag Manager: loads analytics and advertising tags without modifying site code. Google Privacy Policy.
• Google reCAPTCHA v3: protects forms against spam and abuse. It analyses user behaviour and may collect IP address and browser information. Google Privacy Policy.

7. Your Rights (GDPR)

If you are a resident of the European Union or European Economic Area, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Right of access: obtain a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
• Right of rectification: correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
• Right of erasure ("right to be forgotten"): request deletion of your data, subject to legal obligations.
• Right to restriction of processing: request that we limit how we use your data.
• Right to data portability: receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
• Right to object: object to processing based on legitimate interest or for direct marketing purposes.
• Right to withdraw consent: withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us via our contact form. We will respond within 30 days. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the French data protection authority (CNIL): www.cnil.fr.

8. California Consumer Privacy Rights (CCPA / CPRA)

If you are a California resident, you have the following rights under the CCPA and CPRA:

• Know what personal information is collected about you
• Know whether your personal information is sold or disclosed, and to whom
• Opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information
• Access and receive a copy of your personal information
• Request deletion of your personal information
• Not be discriminated against for exercising your privacy rights

To opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information for advertising purposes:

Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information

For more information: Mediavine's Privacy Policy.

For other privacy requests, contact us via our contact form.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The date of the last update appears at the bottom of this page. We encourage you to review this page periodically.