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Privacy & Personal Data Protection

Last Updated: October 14, 2026 · Version 2.1 (GDPR & KVKK Compliant)

1. Data Controller

Under the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Turkish Law No. 6698 (KVKK), and relevant privacy statutes, İyi Bir Yemek Publishing & Culinary Technologies Inc. ("İyi Bir Yemek") acts as the data controller and processes your personal data lawfully, transparently, and fairly.

2. Personal Data We Collect

  • Identity & Contact Details: Full name, display username, email address, profile picture.
  • Culinary & Activity Data: Saved recipes, private kitchen notebook entries, bookmarks, collections, and live cook-mode sessions.
  • Security & Technical Log: IP addresses, authentication sessions, salted/hashed passwords (PBKDF2/SHA-256), device environment, and browser user agent.

3. Purposes of Processing

Your personal data is processed strictly for the following purposes:

  • Creating user accounts and managing secure authentication sessions,
  • Powering recipe archives, digital notebooks, and interactive cooking timers,
  • Delivering seasonal gastronomic letters and dispatches to newsletter subscribers,
  • Ensuring platform security, fraud prevention, and mitigating unauthorized access.

4. Cookies & Local Browser Storage

Our platform relies on essential session cookies configured with httpOnly, secure, and SameSite attributes. Distraction-free workflows like active cooking mode persist exclusively within your local browser storage (localStorage) and are never shared with third parties.

5. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction (GDPR / KVKK), you possess the right to access, rectify, port, or erase your personal information, as well as object to or restrict specific processing activities.

You may submit privacy inquiries directly to kvkk@iyibiryemek.com, or export and delete your entire account history at any time from your account settings.