Effective Date: October 9, 2026
Welcome to Zestora Recipe! We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and protect information when you visit our website, https://zestorarecipe.com.
Zestora Recipe is a food and recipe blog that provides cooking inspiration, easy-to-follow recipes, baking ideas, kitchen tips, and culinary content featuring Zara, our AI chef persona.
By using our website, you acknowledge that you have read this Privacy Policy. Where required by law, we will request your consent before processing personal information for specific purposes.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect information when you visit or interact with our website.
Information You Provide
When you contact us, leave a comment, or send us a message, you may provide:
- Your name or display name.
- Your email address.
- The contents of your messages, questions, or comments.
- Any other information you voluntarily provide.
You can browse our recipes without creating an account.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit our website, our hosting provider, WordPress, or other services may automatically collect technical information, including:
- Your IP address.
- Your browser type and version.
- Your device and operating system information.
- The pages you visit and the date and time of your visit.
- Referring website addresses.
- Website usage and performance information.
The information collected depends on the features and services active on our website.
2. How We Use Your Information
We may use your information to:
- Operate, maintain, and improve Zestora Recipe.
- Respond to your questions, messages, and feedback.
- Manage and moderate comments on our recipes and articles.
- Understand how visitors use our website and improve our content.
- Protect our website against spam, fraud, and unauthorised access.
- Display advertisements and measure their performance, where applicable.
- Comply with legal obligations and protect our rights.
We will not use your personal information for incompatible purposes without an appropriate legal basis.
3. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Zestora Recipe may use cookies and similar technologies to improve your browsing experience, remember preferences, analyze website traffic, and support advertising where applicable.
Cookies are small text files stored on your device by websites you visit.
Depending on the services enabled, cookies may be used for:
- Essential Functions: Supporting website security and basic functionality.
- Preferences: Remembering certain settings and choices.
- Analytics: Understanding website traffic and visitor interactions.
- Advertising: Measuring advertisements or displaying personalized ads, where applicable.
You can manage or delete cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect some website features.
4. Third-Party Services
We may use third-party services to operate, maintain, and improve our website. Depending on our configuration, these services may include:
- Website Hosting: Our hosting provider may process technical information to deliver website pages, maintain security, and resolve technical issues.
- Analytics Services: We may use analytics tools to understand visitor behavior and improve our recipes and content.
- Advertising Partners: If advertising is enabled, advertising partners may use cookies or similar technologies to deliver, personalize, or measure advertisements, subject to applicable consent requirements.
- Social Media and Embedded Content: Our articles may contain links or embedded content from external platforms that collect information under their own privacy policies.
These third-party services operate under their own terms and privacy policies. We encourage you to review those policies before interacting with their services.
Not all services described in this section are necessarily active on our website at all times.
5. How We Share Information
We do not sell your personal information for money.
We may share limited information in the following circumstances:
- With hosting providers and technical service providers that help operate our website.
- With analytics or advertising providers, where those services are enabled.
- When necessary to protect our website, visitors, or legal rights.
- When required by law or a valid legal process.
- In connection with a business transfer, where applicable and permitted by law.
We take appropriate steps to ensure that personal information is shared and processed lawfully.
6. Data Retention and Security
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including responding to messages, managing comments, maintaining website security, and meeting legal obligations.
Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and the services involved.
We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or disclosure. However, no method of internet transmission or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
7. Children’s Privacy
Zestora Recipe is intended for a general audience. We do not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from children under the age of 13 without the required legal authorization.
If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 in circumstances where such collection is not permitted, we will take appropriate steps to delete that information as quickly as possible.
Parents or guardians who believe that a child has provided personal information to us may contact us for assistance.
8. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have the right to:
- Access the personal information we hold about you.
- Request the correction of inaccurate information.
- Request the deletion of certain personal information.
- Object to or restrict certain processing activities.
- Withdraw your consent when processing is based on consent.
- Request a copy of certain information in a portable format.
- Opt out of certain targeted advertising or data-sharing activities, where applicable.
To exercise these rights, please contact us using the email address provided in the Contact Us section. We may need to verify your identity before processing your request.
Additional rights may apply to residents of the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, California, and other jurisdictions with applicable privacy laws.
You may also have the right to lodge a complaint with your relevant data protection authority.
9. International Data Transfers
Zestora Recipe is accessible to visitors around the world. Our hosting provider or third-party service providers may process information in countries other than your country of residence.
Where required by applicable law, we will take appropriate measures to ensure that international transfers of personal information are carried out lawfully and protected by suitable safeguards.
10. External Links
Our website may contain links to other websites, including recipe resources, social media platforms, product pages, and third-party services.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, or content of these external websites. When you visit an external website, its own privacy policy and terms of use will apply.
We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party websites you visit.
11. AI-Generated and AI-Assisted Content
Zestora Recipe features Zara, our AI chef persona, who helps present recipe inspiration, cooking suggestions, and culinary content.
Some articles, recipes, or other materials may be generated or assisted by artificial intelligence. Reading this content does not, by itself, mean that your personal information is collected.
If third-party AI tools are used to process information you submit, the processing will depend on the tools involved and the information provided.
Please avoid sharing sensitive personal information through our website forms or email unless it is necessary.
12. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our website, services, or applicable legal requirements.
When we make changes, we will publish the updated policy on this page and revise the “Last Updated” date at the top.
We encourage you to review this page periodically to stay informed about how we protect your privacy.
13. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, wish to exercise your privacy rights, or have concerns about how your information is handled, please contact us:
Website: https://zestorarecipe.com
Email: [email protected]