Privacy Policy for RingChef.ai

Effective Date: 2 May, 2025

Welcome to RingChef.ai (the “Service”), operated by S.C. Rapid Dot Expert S.R.L., registered in Romania, Europe  (“we,” “us,” or “our”). We are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website RingChef.ai and use our services.

Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site or use our services.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect on the Service includes:

a) Personal Data

Personally identifiable information, such as your name, email address, and demographic information (like your location, preferences), that you voluntarily give to us when you register with the Service, create a profile, save recipes, interact with features, or when you choose to participate in various activities related to the Service, such as contacting us.

b) Usage Data

Information our servers automatically collect when you access the Service, such as your IP address, your browser type, your operating system, your access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the Service. We may also collect information about your interactions with the Service, such as recipes viewed, search queries, features used, and other actions taken.

c) Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We may use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies on the Service to help customize the Service and improve your experience. When you access the Service, your personal information is not collected through the use of tracking technology. Most browsers are set to accept cookies by default. You can remove or reject cookies, but be aware that such action could affect the availability and functionality of the Service.

For more information on how we use cookies, please refer to our [Link to Cookie Policy, if separate, otherwise remove this sentence or integrate cookie details here].

 

2. How We Use Your Information

Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the Service to:

• Create and manage your account.
• Provide, operate, and maintain our Service.
• Improve, personalize, and expand our Service (e.g., recommending recipes based on your preferences or history).
• Understand and analyze how you use our Service.
• Develop new products, services, features, and functionality.
• Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the Service, and for marketing and promotional purposes (where permitted by law and with your consent where required).
• Handle your transactions through third-party payment processors like Stripe.
• Find and prevent fraud and security issues.
• Comply with legal obligations.

3. How We Share Your Information

We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:

• By Law or to Protect Rights: If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation.
• Third-Party Service Providers: We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance (such as AWS, Google Analytics).
• Business Transfers: We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
• With your Consent: We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your consent.

We do not sell your personal information to third parties.

4. Data Security

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.

5. Data Retention

We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

6. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
• 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.
• The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• 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, under certain conditions.

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA) or California (CCPA), you have specific rights outlined under GDPR and CCPA respectively.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact information below.

7. Children’s Privacy

Our Service is not intended for use by children under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under this age. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from a child without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

8. Links to Other Websites

The Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. 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. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Effective Date” at the top. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

• By email: hello@ringchef.ai
• By visiting our contact page: https://www.ringchef.ai/contact