Privacy Notice

1. Contact us

We are the controller of the information described in this notice. For privacy questions, requests or concerns, email info@otherpeoplesrecipes.co.uk.

2. Information we collect

Information comes directly from you when you use OPR. Depending on what you choose to do, this can include:

• your name, email address and town or region;
• the recipe, ingredients, method and personal story or memory you share;
• photos of a finished dish or an original handwritten recipe card;
• an optional audio story;
• your Founding Table details and marketing choices; and
• anonymous, aggregated website-usage information.

Please avoid including anyone else's private information in a recipe, photo or story unless you have permission to share it.

Recipe submissions are currently for adults aged 18 and over. We do not knowingly collect recipe submissions from children. If you believe a child's information has been sent to us, please contact us and we will investigate and remove it where appropriate.

3. How and why we use it

• To receive, assess, manage and, where agreed, publish recipe submissions and contributor stories.
• To contact you about your submission or a possible feature.
• To send OPR news, events and invitations only where you have opted in. You can unsubscribe at any time.
• To operate, protect and improve the website, including understanding which pages are useful to visitors.

We rely on our legitimate interests in running and improving OPR for submission administration and site operation. We rely on your consent for marketing emails and for the optional Founding Table communications you choose to receive. You may withdraw consent at any time.

4. Optional AI recipe reader

If you select “Read my recipe with AI”, we send the image you choose to our AI provider, OpenAI, solely to create an editable recipe draft. You must check and correct the draft before submitting. The reader does not publish your image or recipe; an original recipe image is retained only if you choose to include it in your recipe submission.

5. Who helps us run OPR

We use trusted providers to host the site, store submissions and send emails:

• Vercel for hosting and privacy-focused website analytics;
• Supabase for our secure database and form processing;
• Resend for email delivery and unsubscribe management; and
• OpenAI for the optional recipe-card transcription helper.

Some providers may process information outside the UK. Where this happens, we use providers that apply appropriate safeguards for international transfers. We do not sell your personal information.

6. How long we keep it

• Published recipes and their accompanying stories are kept as part of the living OPR archive unless we agree to remove them.
• Unpublished submissions are reviewed and normally deleted within 24 months unless we need to keep them longer to resolve a query or meet a legal obligation.
• Founding Table and marketing details are kept until you unsubscribe or ask us to remove them.
• We keep a minimal record of your marketing choice and unsubscribe request where needed to respect that choice.

7. Your rights

You may ask us to access, correct, delete, restrict or transfer your personal information, or object to our use of it. You can withdraw marketing consent at any time. Email info@otherpeoplesrecipes.co.uk and we will respond within the time required by law.

8. Complaints

Please contact us first so we can try to help. You can also complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint or on 0303 123 1113.

9. Cookies and analytics

OPR uses Vercel Web Analytics to understand aggregated page visits. It does not use cookies or track you across websites. Read our Cookie Notice for more.