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Personal data protection and privacy policies
Last updated: 5/31/2026
Welcome to Luke's Kitchen. Protecting your privacy is a priority for us. This policy explains what personal data we collect, how we use it and what rights you have regarding your data.
1. Data controller
The controller of your personal data is the operator of the Luke's Kitchen website. For any questions regarding the processing of your personal data you can contact us through the contact form on our site.
2. What data we collect
2.1 Data you provide
- Registration data: When registering an account we collect your name, email address and password (which is securely encrypted).
- Profile information: You can create a profile with additional information, such as a profile picture and a short description.
- Content: Recipes, comments, forum posts and listings you publish on our site.
- Contact details: Information you provide through the contact form.
2.2 Automatically collected data
- Technical data: IP address, browser type, operating system, device information and access timestamps.
- Usage data: Information about how you use our website, including pages visited and interactions with content.
- Cookies: We use cookies to improve your user experience. See our Cookie Policy for more information.
3. How we use your data
We use your personal data to:
- Provide and improve our services
- Create and manage your account
- Enable posting of recipes, comments and other content
- Communicate with you about your account and our services
- Analyze website usage to improve user experience
- Protect against abuse and ensure the security of our platform
- Comply with legal obligations
4. Sharing data with third parties
4.1 Service providers
We use third-party services to operate our website:
- Firebase (Google Cloud): For user authentication and database storage. Firebase processes data in accordance with the Firebase privacy policy.
- Google AdSense: For displaying relevant advertisements. Google uses cookies to personalize ads. For more information see Google's advertising policies.
- Vercel: For website hosting and performance analysis.
4.2 Legal requirements
We may share your data if required by law or in response to valid legal proceedings.
5. Cookies and tracking technologies
We use cookies and similar technologies to:
- Keep you signed in
- Remember your preferences
- Analyze website traffic
- Display relevant ads via Google AdSense
Detailed information about cookies used can be found in our Cookie Policy. You can manage your cookie preferences in browser settings or through our cookie consent panel.
For details see our Cookie Policy.
6. Your rights
In accordance with GDPR and Slovak legislation you have the following rights:
- Right of access: You have the right to obtain information about the processing of your personal data.
- Right to rectification: You can request correction of incorrect data.
- Right to erasure: You can request erasure of your data ("right to be forgotten").
- Right to restriction of processing: You can request restriction of processing of your data.
- Right to data portability: You have the right to obtain your data in a structured, commonly used format.
- Right to object: You can object to the processing of your data for direct marketing purposes.
- Right to withdraw consent: If we process data based on consent, you can withdraw it at any time.
To exercise these rights please contact us through the contact form.
Contact us through the contact form.
7. Data security
We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, abuse, disclosure, alteration or destruction. Passwords are encrypted and data is stored on secure servers provided by Firebase (Google Cloud).
8. Data retention
We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including fulfilling legal, accounting or other legal requirements. After account deletion your data will be deleted or anonymized unless retention is required by law.
9. Data transfer outside the EU
Some of our third-party services (such as Firebase and Google AdSense) may transfer and process your data outside the European Union. In such cases we ensure that the data transfer complies with GDPR and that adequate safeguards are in place to protect your data.
10. Changes to this policy
We may occasionally update this policy. We will notify you of significant changes via a notice on our website or by email. We recommend checking this page regularly to stay informed about how we protect your data.
11. Contact
If you have any questions regarding this privacy policy or the processing of your data, please contact us through the contact form.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Office for Personal Data Protection of the Slovak Republic if you believe that the processing of your personal data violates applicable legislation.
Contact us through the contact form.