CCPA Privacy Notice

Welcome to progutkitchen.com/! This CCPA Privacy Notice applies exclusively to residents of California, USA (“consumers” or “you”) under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) and any subsequent amendments. This notice describes your privacy rights under the CCPA and how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your personal information.

If you are not a California resident, please refer to our main Privacy Policy for information about how we handle your data.

1. Information We Collect

Under the CCPA, “personal information” means any information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular California resident or household.

In the last 12 months, progutkitchen.com/ has collected the following categories of personal information:

We do not collect sensitive personal information categories such as social security numbers, driver’s license numbers, financial account information, precise geolocation, or biometric data.

2. Sources of Personal Information

We collect personal information from the following sources:

• Directly from you: When you subscribe to our newsletter, leave comments, or contact us via email at Contact@oatrecipe.com.
• Automatically from your device: Through cookies, web beacons, and similar tracking technologies when you browse our Website.
• Third-party services: Analytics providers (such as Google Analytics) that help us understand how visitors use our site.

3. Business Purposes for Collection

We collect and use your personal information for the following business purposes:

• 🌸 To operate, maintain, and improve progutkitchen.com/.
• 🌸 To send you newsletters, recipe updates, and oat-spiration (only if you’ve subscribed).
• 🌸 To respond to your questions, comments, or feedback.
• 🌸 To analyze website usage and understand which recipes are most loved.
• 🌸 To detect, prevent, and address technical or security issues.
• 🌸 To comply with legal obligations.

4. Sharing & Disclosure of Personal Information

We do not sell your personal information in the traditional sense. However, under the broad CCPA definition, certain data sharing with advertising partners for targeted advertising purposes may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of personal information.

In the last 12 months, we have disclosed the following categories of personal information for business purposes:

• Service Providers: We share information with third-party vendors who help us operate our website (e.g., email newsletter platforms, analytics providers). These providers are contractually obligated to protect your data and use it only for the services they provide to us.
• Legal Compliance: We may disclose information if required by law or in response to valid legal requests.

5. Your Rights Under the CCPA

If you are a California resident, you have the following rights regarding your personal information:

🔹 Right to Know (Access)

You have the right to request that we disclose what personal information we have collected, used, disclosed, or sold about you in the past 12 months. This includes:

• The categories of personal information collected.
• The categories of sources from which we collected the information.
• The business purpose for collecting or selling the information.
• The categories of third parties with whom we shared the information.
• The specific pieces of personal information we hold about you.

🔹 Right to Delete

You have the right to request that we delete any personal information we have collected from you, subject to certain exceptions (e.g., if we need to retain the information to complete a transaction, detect security incidents, or comply with legal obligations).

🔹 Right to Opt-Out of Sale/Sharing

You have the right to direct us to stop “selling” or “sharing” your personal information with third parties. We will honor your request within 15 days as required by the CCPA.

🔹 Right to Non-Discrimination

We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights. This means we will not:

• Deny you goods or services.
• Charge you different prices or rates.
• Provide a different level or quality of services.
• Suggest that you may receive a different price or level of service.

Your oat recipes will remain just as delicious, regardless of your privacy choices! 🥣

6. How to Submit a CCPA Request

To exercise any of your CCPA rights, please contact us using either of the following methods:

• Email: Contact@oatrecipe.com with “CCPA Request” in the subject line.
• Mail: progutkitchen.com/, Attn: Privacy Officer (CCPA Requests), [Your Business Address]

When submitting a request, please provide sufficient information to allow us to verify your identity (such as your email address and any other information we have associated with you). We may need to request additional details to prevent fraud or unauthorized access.

We will respond to verifiable consumer requests within 45 days of receipt. If we need more time (up to 90 days total), we will notify you of the extension in writing.

7. Authorized Agent

You may designate an authorized agent to submit CCPA requests on your behalf. To do so, you must provide the agent with written permission to act on your behalf, and we may require you to verify your identity directly with us. The agent must also provide proof of your written authorization.

8. California’s “Shine the Light” Law

California’s “Shine the Light” law (Civil Code Section § 1798.83) permits California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. We do not share personal information with third parties for their own direct marketing purposes.

If you have any questions about this, please contact us at Contact@oatrecipe.com.

9. Information About Minors Under 16

We do not knowingly collect or sell the personal information of consumers under 16 years of age without affirmative authorization. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 16 without parental consent, we will delete that information promptly. If you believe we have collected such information, please contact us immediately.

10. Changes to This CCPA Notice

We reserve the right to update this CCPA Privacy Notice at any time. When we make changes, we will revise the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page. If we make material changes to how we handle your personal information, we will provide a more prominent notice (such as a banner on our website or an email notification).

We encourage you to review this notice periodically to stay informed about your privacy rights.