Privacy

The KitchenPause Android app is a service of Merito Media LLC. This section covers the native app; features opened in a browser are also governed by this website’s privacy information.

No account is required. Saved recipes, meal plans, shopping lists, preferences, timers and cooking progress are stored on your device. The app includes no advertising or analytics SDKs and does not request access to your location, contacts, camera or microphone.

To search and load recipes, articles, guides and images, the app sends HTTPS requests. Servers receive your IP address, technical connection information and requested addresses, which may include searches and filters. Technical logs may retain this information to provide the service, resolve issues and protect security, and are deleted through the hosting service’s log rotation. They are not used to build advertising profiles.

Notification, alarm, vibration and device restart permissions support local cooking timers and alerts. They do not subscribe you to marketing messages. Backups and device transfers depend on Android settings and services; they do not create a KitchenPause account or synchronize data with KitchenPause.

You can remove your cooking data using Borrar datos locales in the app or KitchenPause’s storage settings in Android. External links open in your browser, and website forms only receive information you choose to submit.

For questions about technical data or requests to access, correct or delete information you have submitted, use the website’s contact form or the official email address below. Avoid sending passwords or information that is unnecessary for your request.

editorial@kitchenpause.com

Subscriptions are stored in the KitchenPause database by email, language and edition, together with consent and its version, confirmation and unsubscribe dates, and delivery history. We use derived IP and browser identifiers to prevent abuse. Subscriptions become active only after email confirmation. Every newsletter offers an unsubscribe option; we retain the unsubscribe record to prevent further sends without fresh confirmation.

The server processes request and security data. Google Analytics receives browsing and technical information only after audience measurement permission; we do not describe it as anonymous. Google Maps requires separate permission. The Cookie policy explains technologies, providers, duration and withdrawal.

A newsletter request stores the email, language and a derived identifier to prevent duplicates; the request remains pending. Contact submissions store name, email, reason, message, language and consent time.

Google Maps loads only after allowing External map in Cookie settings. Google then receives connection data. Following the external link visits Google under its own terms.

• Without an account, tools are stored in your browser. When signed in, favourites, shopping and planner data sync to your account on the server; importing local data requires your confirmation.
• Session and form protection: necessary technical cookies or identifiers.
• Usage metrics: Google Analytics.
• Newsletter: email, language, status and deduplication hash.
• Contact: voluntarily supplied data, encrypted in the database.

• Cookie policy

We use data to provide the requested feature, maintain security, answer enquiries, manage corrections and understand in aggregate which parts of the site are useful. We do not sell personal information.

Requests are retained while pending or needed for their handling and may then be administratively archived or deleted. Hosting and technical providers may process data to provide their services; Google Analytics is an external measurement service.

• Contact messages are not used to subscribe you to communications.
• Received email addresses are not published.
• External source links only take you to another site when you choose to open them.
• No transmission or storage can promise absolute security; we apply encryption and controls proportionate to the risk.

You can clear local data in your browser. This does not delete synced account data. Use Contact to request access, correction or deletion. Unsubscribing from newsletters does not delete your account.

To ask about, correct or request deletion of data sent through contact or newsletter forms, use the contact form and state the email used and the type of request. We may ask for minimal information to verify that the request concerns the right person.

• Request access to or information about submitted data.
• Correct inaccurate information.
• Ask for deletion where applicable.
• Object to or restrict certain uses where applicable.
• Report a privacy or security concern.

Accounts store your name, verified email, hashed password, language, servings, privacy acceptance, collections and kitchen data. Newsletter preferences and confirmations are recorded separately.

Emails are optional and require confirmation. Unsubscribing does not delete your account.