Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 27, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains what information 5 Mins Recipes ("we," "our," or "us") collects when you visit 5minsrecipes.com (the "Site"), why we collect it, and what choices you have. We keep data collection to what is needed to run a recipe website: answering your messages, publishing your comments, keeping the Site secure, understanding which pages are useful, and showing ads that help cover the cost of the Site.

1. Information We Collect

Information You Provide

• Contact form: If you write to us through the Contact Us page, we receive your name, email address and the message you type. We use this information only to reply to you.
• Ratings and comments: If you rate a recipe or leave a comment, we receive your name and the text you submit. Comments may be displayed publicly on the recipe page, so please do not include sensitive personal details in them.

Information Collected Automatically

• Web server logs: Like most websites, our server records standard technical data such as your IP address, browser type and the pages requested. We use these logs for security and troubleshooting.
• First-party visit statistics: We record basic visit data on our own server, namely the page viewed and the referrer (the page or site that sent you to us). Raw visit records are kept for 7 days and are then reduced to daily totals.
• Analytics and advertising data: Google Analytics and Google AdSense may collect information through cookies, as described below.

2. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Cookies are small text files stored on your device. On this Site they are used in the following ways:

• Google Analytics: Sets cookies that produce aggregated statistics about how visitors use the Site, such as which pages are read most.
• Google AdSense: Sets cookies to serve and measure ads. Personalized ads are shown only with your consent.
• Cloudflare: We use Cloudflare for content delivery and security. It may set technical cookies that help protect the Site and deliver pages reliably.

You can delete or block cookies in your browser settings. Blocking some cookies may affect how parts of the Site work.

3. How We Use Your Information

• To reply to messages sent through the contact form
• To publish and moderate ratings and comments
• To keep the Site secure and to diagnose technical problems
• To understand which pages and recipes are used, so we can improve them
• To display advertising that supports the Site
• To comply with legal obligations

4. Advertising, Analytics and Other Third Parties

Google AdSense

We show ads through Google AdSense. Google and its partners may use cookies to serve ads based on your visits to this and other websites. Personalized ads are shown only if you have given consent. You can manage how Google personalizes ads at adssettings.google.com, and you can learn how Google uses data from sites that use its services at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

Consent for Visitors in the EEA, UK and Switzerland

If you visit from the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, a Google consent message appears so you can accept or decline cookies used for personalized advertising. You can change your choice at any time through that message or by clearing your browser cookies, after which the message will appear again.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to obtain aggregated statistics about Site traffic. Google's handling of this data is described in the Google Privacy Policy.

Cloudflare

Cloudflare delivers the Site's content and provides security protection. As a result, your requests pass through Cloudflare's network, and it may set technical cookies.

Social Profiles

The Site links to our Pinterest profile. If you follow those links, Pinterest's own privacy policy applies to what happens on its platform.

Each of these third parties operates under its own privacy policy, and we encourage you to read them.

5. Sharing Your Information

We do not sell your personal information. We share information only with the service providers listed above as needed to operate the Site, when the law requires it, or when you have given us permission.

6. Data Retention

• Contact messages: Kept only as long as needed to reply and handle any follow-up.
• Ratings and comments: Kept while they remain published on the Site, unless you ask us to remove them.
• First-party visit records: Raw records are kept for 7 days; after that only daily totals remain.
• Server logs: Kept for a limited period for security and troubleshooting.
• Google Analytics and AdSense data: Retained according to Google's own policies and settings.

7. Your Privacy Rights

For All Visitors

You may ask us to tell you what personal information we hold about you, to correct it, or to delete it, for example to remove a comment you posted. Send your request through the Contact Us page.

GDPR Rights (EEA, UK and Switzerland)

If the General Data Protection Regulation or a similar law applies to you, you have the right to:

• Access your personal data
• Have inaccurate data corrected
• Have your data erased
• Restrict or object to certain processing
• Receive your data in a portable format
• Withdraw consent at any time, including consent to personalized advertising, without affecting processing that took place before withdrawal
• Lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority

CCPA/CPRA Rights (California Residents)

If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act, gives you the right to:

• Know what personal information we collect, use and disclose
• Request deletion of your personal information
• Request correction of inaccurate personal information
• Opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising
• Not be discriminated against for exercising these rights

We do not sell personal information for money. Because advertising cookies can count as "sharing" under California law, you can limit personalized advertising through Google's ad settings and your browser's cookie controls.

8. Children's Privacy

The Site is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, please contact us and we will delete it.

9. Data Security

We take reasonable steps to protect the information we handle, including serving the Site through Cloudflare's security services. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.

10. International Transfers

Google, Cloudflare and other providers process data on servers in various countries, which may differ from the country where you live. Their handling of that data is governed by their own policies and legal safeguards.

11. Changes to This Policy

If we change how the Site handles personal information, we will update this page and the "Last updated" date above. Please check back from time to time. You can also review our Terms of use and learn more about the Site on the About Us page.

12. Contact Us

For questions about this Privacy Policy, or to exercise any of the rights above, please use our Contact Us page. Tell us which right you would like to exercise and which page or message your request relates to, and we will reply as soon as we can.