Last updated: 25 September 2026
Chefs Mate respects your privacy. This policy explains what information we collect when you use www.chefs-mate.com, why we use it and the choices available to you.
Information we collect
We may collect the information you provide when you contact us, submit a recipe, leave a comment or create an account. This can include your name, email address, username and the content of your message, submission or comment.
If you choose to sign in with Facebook, our social-login service may receive the basic profile information that you authorise Facebook to share, such as your name, email address and Facebook account identifier. We use this only to create or link your Chefs Mate account and to provide sign-in.
Like most websites, we and our service providers may receive technical information such as your IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited and cookie preferences.
How we use information
- to operate, secure and improve Chefs Mate;
- to respond to enquiries and manage accounts, comments and recipe submissions;
- to prevent spam, fraud and misuse;
- to meet legal obligations; and
- where advertising is enabled, to support and measure advertising in accordance with the applicable settings and choices.
Cookies, advertising and third parties
Chefs Mate uses cookies and similar technologies for essential site functions, preferences, security and, where enabled, advertising. Google AdSense may use cookies or similar technologies to show and measure advertisements. You can learn more about how Google uses information from sites and apps at Google’s partner-sites policy.
When you use Facebook Login, Facebook’s own privacy policy applies to information handled by Facebook. We do not receive your Facebook password.
How long we keep information
We retain account and contact information for as long as it is needed to provide the service, resolve enquiries, maintain security or meet legal obligations. Comments and their metadata may be retained so that follow-up comments can be recognised and moderated.
Your choices and data rights
You may ask us to access, correct, export or delete personal information associated with your Chefs Mate account, subject to any information we need to retain for legal, security or administrative reasons. To request account or Facebook-login data deletion, use our contact page and include the email address associated with your account and the words “data deletion request”. We may need to verify your identity before acting on a request.
Changes and contact
We may update this policy when our services or legal obligations change. The current version will always be published on this page. If you have a privacy question, please use our contact page.