Privacy Policy
Effective Date: November 25, 2024

At Macro Friendly Food, we are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your data when you use our website, app, and services.

1. Information We Collect and Why We Collect It

a. Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service’s privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

b. Media
If you upload images to the website, avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract location data from uploaded images.

c. Contact Forms
When you submit a contact form, we collect the data you provide to respond to your inquiry and improve our services.

d. Cookies

• Comments Cookies: If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience. These cookies last for one year.
• Login Cookies: If you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. It contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. When you log in, additional cookies save your login information (lasting two days) and screen display preferences (lasting one year). If you select “Remember Me,” your login persists for two weeks.
• Editing/Publishing Cookies: When you edit or publish an article, a cookie containing the post ID of the article you edited is saved. It expires after one day.

e. Embedded Content
Articles on our site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves the same as if you visited the third-party website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with their content, including tracking if you are logged into their website.

f. Analytics
We use analytics tools to better understand our audience and offer products and services tailored to their needs.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use your information to:

• Provide and personalize our services (e.g., meal plans, recipes, shopping lists)
• Communicate updates, offers, and relevant content
• Process payments securely
• Enhance our app and website functionality
• Detect and prevent spam and other harmful activity
• Comply with legal obligations

3. How Long We Retain Your Data

• Comments: Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.
• User Profiles: For registered users, personal information provided in their profiles is retained indefinitely. Users can view, edit, or delete their information at any time, except for their username. Website administrators can also view and edit user data.

4. Your Rights Over Your Data

Depending on your location and applicable laws, you may have the following rights:

• Access, correct, or delete your personal data
• Request an exported file of your data
• Request data erasure (excluding data we are obligated to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes)
• Object to data processing or withdraw consent (GDPR)
• Opt-out of data sales (CCPA)

To exercise your rights, contact us at [email protected]. Visitor comments may also be checked through an automated spam detection service.

5. Data Security

We implement industry-standard security measures to protect your information. However, no online system is 100% secure, and we encourage you to protect your login credentials.

6. Third-Party Links

Our website or app may contain links to third-party sites. We are not responsible for their privacy practices.

7. Children’s Privacy

Our services are not directed at individuals under 16, and we do not knowingly collect data from minors.

8. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be effective upon posting, and we encourage you to review this page periodically.

9. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Email: [email protected]