Privacy Policy

1. Who is responsible for your data

The website is operated by Veronika Kharitonovich, a private individual based in Portugal (“we”, “us”). We are the controller of your personal data.

Contact for any privacy question or request: [email protected].

2. What data we collect

• Your email address, when you sign up.
• Sign-up details: the date and time you signed up and confirmed your email, your early access number, the language of the page, and whether you agreed to receive marketing emails (with the date and the version of the consent text).
• Where you came from: the code of the link you used to reach the website (for example, a link we posted in a particular group or chat) and whether it was shared by another user. We do not know who shared it.
• Technical data: your IP address and browser information are processed by our server to deliver the website and protect it from abuse. Server logs are kept for up to 14 days.
• Website statistics: we use Umami, a privacy-friendly analytics tool hosted on our own server. It does not use cookies and does not identify you; it only gives us aggregate numbers (visits, pages, devices, countries).
• Survey answers: the optional survey is anonymous. Your answers are stored separately and are not linked to your email.

3. Why we use your data and on what legal basis

• To add you to the early access list and send you related emails (confirmation, welcome email, invitation and launch updates) — because you asked us to (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, steps taken at your request).
• To send you product news and offers — only if you ticked the box (your consent, Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). You can withdraw consent at any time by clicking “Unsubscribe” in any email.
• To understand which channels work and to protect the website from spam and abuse — our legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

We do not sell your data, and we do not use it for automated decision-making or profiling.

4. Who we share your data with

We use trusted service providers that process data on our behalf:

• Brevo (Sendinblue SAS, France) — to send emails. Your email address and language are stored in Brevo.
• OVHcloud (France) — hosting of the website, database and statistics.

Your data is stored in the European Union. If a provider transfers data outside the EU, it does so under the safeguards required by the GDPR, such as the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses.

5. Cookies

The website does not use tracking or advertising cookies. See our Cookie Policy for details.

6. If YourCheff becomes a company

If a company is set up to develop YourCheff, the early access list may be transferred to that company. It will use your data under the same terms as this Privacy Policy, and we will inform you by email.

7. How long we keep your data

• If you don’t confirm your email, we delete your sign-up within 30 days.
• If you confirm, we keep your data until 12 months after the launch of YourCheff, or until you unsubscribe or ask us to delete it — whichever comes first.
• We keep a record of your marketing consent for as long as we need to prove it.
• Server logs are deleted after 14 days.

8. Your rights

You have the right to access your data, correct it, delete it, restrict or object to its use, receive it in a portable format, and withdraw your consent at any time. To exercise any of these rights, email [email protected]. We will reply within one month.

9. Complaints

If you believe we are not handling your data properly, you can contact us first or file a complaint with the data protection authority: Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados (CNPD), www.cnpd.pt. You can also contact the authority in the EU country where you live.

10. Children

The website is not intended for people under 16, and we do not knowingly collect their data.

11. Changes to this policy

If we make important changes, we will update the date at the top of this page and, where appropriate, let you know by email.