Privacy Policy (GDPR Compliant)

Website Name: Fambake.com
Contact Email: [contact@fambake.com]
Effective Date: [November 28, 2025]

At Fambake.com (“we”, “us”, “our”), we are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal data in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

1. Data Controller

For the purposes of the GDPR, the Data Controller is Fambake.com.
If you have any questions about how your data is handled, you may contact us at [Insert Email Address].

2. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data

Under the GDPR, we must have a legal basis to process your personal data. We rely on the following legal bases:

• Consent: You have given us clear permission to process your personal data for a specific purpose (e.g., subscribing to our newsletter or accepting cookies).
• Contractual Necessity: Processing is necessary for a contract we have with you (e.g., if you purchase a digital cookbook).
• Legitimate Interests: Processing is necessary for our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of a third party, provided those interests are not outweighed by your rights and interests. (e.g., ensuring website security, fraud prevention, and analyzing website performance).

3. Information We Collect

A. Information You Provide to Us

• Newsletter: When you sign up for our emails, we collect your email address and occasionally your first name.
• Comments: When you leave a comment, we collect your name, email address, and IP address to help with spam detection.
• Contact Forms: If you contact us directly, we collect the data you provide (Name, Email, Message content).

B. Information Collected Automatically

• Log Data: IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, and device information.
• Cookies: Small data files stored on your device (see Section 5).

4. How We Use Your Data

We use your data to:

1. Provide and maintain our Service.
2. Notify you about changes to our Service.
3. Allow you to participate in interactive features (like comments) when you choose to do so.
4. Provide customer support.
5. Gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our Service (via Google Analytics).
6. Monitor the usage of our Service.
7. Detect, prevent, and address technical issues.

5. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information.

• Essential Cookies: Necessary for the website to function.
• Analytics Cookies: We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with the site.
• Advertising Cookies: If we display ads, third-party vendors (like Google AdSense or Mediavine) use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other websites.

Your Choice: When you first visit Fambake.com, you will be presented with a Cookie Consent Banner. You have the right to accept or reject non-essential cookies. You can withdraw this consent at any time via your browser settings or our cookie settings link.

6. Third-Party Service Providers

We may employ third-party companies to facilitate our Service (“Service Providers”). They have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

• Analytics: Google Analytics (USA).
• Email Marketing: [Insert Provider, e.g., Mailchimp, ConvertKit] (USA).
• Spam Protection: Akismet (USA).

7. International Data Transfers

Fambake.com is located in [Insert Your Country]. If you are accessing our website from the European Economic Area (EEA), please note that your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in a country outside the EEA (such as the United States).

We take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and GDPR requirements.

8. Your Data Protection Rights (Under GDPR)

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have the following data protection rights:

1. The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
2. The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
3. The right to erasure (“Right to be forgotten”): You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
4. The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data.
5. The right to object to processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data (specifically for direct marketing).
6. The right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, in a machine-readable format.
7. The right to withdraw consent: If we are processing your personal data based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [contact@fambake.com]. We will respond to your request within one month.

9. Data Retention

We will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.

• Newsletter Data: Retained until you unsubscribe.
• Comment Data: Retained indefinitely to recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically.
• Analytics Data: Retained for [e.g., 26 months] based on Google Analytics settings.

10. Links to Other Sites

Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us (e.g., Amazon, affiliate links). If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

11. Complaints

You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your Personal Data. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority in the European Economic Area (EEA).