Privacy Policy

1. About this website

Grandma Helga Recipes hereinafter referred to as “this website”) is a recipe website that introduces family recipes handed down from my mother-in-law in Japanese, English and German.
This website processes your personal data in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other applicable data protection laws.

2. Data controller

The controller responsible for the processing of personal data on this website is:

Name: Asako Oberladstaetter
Address: 29 Op Der Heckmill L-6783 Grevenmacher, LUXEMBOURG
E-mail address: a.affilijapan@gmail.com
Website: helga-recipes.com/en/

If you have any questions or requests regarding the processing of your personal data, please contact us via Google Contact Form .

3. Personal data we collect

When you use this website, the following types of personal data may be collected:

Information about your browser and device (IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, etc.)
Access logs such as the date and time of access, pages viewed, referring URLs, etc.
Information submitted via contact forms (including Google Forms), such as your name or nickname, e-mail address and message
Information generated and stored by cookies and similar technologies

For contact forms, we use Google Forms provided by Google LLC.
Data you submit via the form will be temporarily stored on Google’s servers and then forwarded to the website owner by e-mail.

4. Purposes and legal bases of processing

We process the personal data we collect for the following purposes and on the following legal bases:

To operate and maintain this website (legitimate interests, Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR)
To analyse usage and improve our content and services (legitimate interests, Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR)
To prevent misuse, such as unauthorized access or spam, and to ensure the security of the website (legitimate interests, Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR)
To respond to enquiries and to communicate with you as necessary (steps prior to entering into a contract or performance of a contract, Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR)
- Personal data collected via contact forms is used only to respond to your enquiry and to communicate with you where necessary.
To display, measure and improve advertising (your consent, Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR)

5. Google Analytics

This website uses “Google Analytics”, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC (or Google Ireland Limited within the EU).
Google Analytics uses cookies to collect traffic data. These data do not include information that directly identifies an individual, such as your name or postal address.

The information generated by the cookies about your use of this website is used to analyse usage and improve our content, and is managed by Google in accordance with its privacy policy.
You can disable the collection of data by Google Analytics by changing your browser settings or by installing the opt-out add-on provided by Google.

6. Google Search Console

We use Google Search Console to monitor and improve the search performance of this website.
Google Search Console mainly provides aggregated statistics (such as search queries, impressions and clicks) to the site owner and does not identify individual users.

7. Contact forms (Google Forms)

We use Google Forms, a service provided by Google LLC, for our contact forms.
The information you enter in the form is temporarily stored on Google’s servers and then forwarded to the website owner by e-mail.

For details on how Google processes data, please refer to Google’s Privacy Policy.
Personal data collected through our contact forms is used solely for the purpose of responding to your enquiry and for related communication, and is not used for any other purpose.

8. Advertising (Google AdSense and others)

In the future, this website may use “Google AdSense”, an online advertising service provided by Google LLC / Google Ireland Limited, to display advertisements.

Google and other third-party vendors may use cookies to serve ads based on your visits to this website and other websites.
The information collected via these cookies may be used to display ads that are more relevant to your interests.
You can disable personalized advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings page or other opt-out mechanisms provided by Google. For details, please see Google’s Privacy Policy.

If we participate in other advertising or affiliate programs, such as Amazon Associates, we will provide additional information about the services and the data they collect in this Privacy Policy or on a separate page.

9. Cookies and similar technologies

This website uses a consent management platform (CMP) called Complianz to manage cookie consent.

In addition to strictly necessary cookies, we may use cookies for analytics and advertising purposes.
For users in the EU/EEA and other regions where required by law, analytics and advertising cookies will only be stored and used after you have given your explicit consent (opt-in).
For details about the types, purposes, retention periods and third-party recipients of cookies, please refer to our Cookie Policy page.

You can change or withdraw your consent at any time via the cookie banner or the cookie settings panel provided on this website.

10. Retention period

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes described above, and delete or anonymise it without undue delay when it is no longer needed.
Access logs and similar technical data may be retained for a certain period (normally up to 【24 months】) where necessary for security or operational reasons.

11. Disclosure to third parties

We do not disclose your personal data to third parties without your consent, except in the following cases:

Where required by law
Where necessary to protect the life, body or property of a person and it is difficult to obtain the individual’s consent
Where particularly necessary for improving public health or promoting the sound growth of children
Where necessary to cooperate with government authorities or similar bodies

In addition, when using services such as Google Analytics or Google AdSense, data may be transferred to Google or other service providers.
For details, please refer to the privacy policies of the respective service providers.

12. Your rights under the GDPR

If you are in the EU/EEA, you have the following rights with respect to your personal data under the GDPR:

Right to be informed
Right of access
Right to rectification
Right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”)
Right to restriction of processing
Right to data portability
Right to object
Right to withdraw consent at any time

To exercise these rights, please contact us using the contact details provided in section 2 above.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

13. Children’s privacy

This website is not primarily intended for children under the age of 【16】.
If we become aware that we have collected personal data from a child under 16 without verifiable parental consent, we will take steps to delete such data as soon as reasonably possible.

14. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in laws, regulations or our services.
Any important changes will be notified on this website.