Privacy Policy
Last updated: 5 July 2026
Who we are
Egusto (egusto.co) is a multilingual recipe website operated by Luminița Caliman, an individual based in the Republic of Moldova (“we”). We are the controller of the personal data described in this policy. For anything related to your data, write to us at privacy@egusto.co.
Hosting and technical data
The site runs on Cloudflare (Cloudflare, Inc.), whose global network delivers the pages and stores our database and images. Like any hosting provider, Cloudflare processes your IP address and related connection data strictly to deliver the site and protect it from attacks (legitimate interest, Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). We keep no visitor logs of our own and never use this data to identify you. Cloudflare is certified under the EU–U.S. Data Privacy Framework.
Analytics and cookies
With your consent, we use Google Analytics 4 and Microsoft Clarity to understand anonymously how the site is used. These tools set cookies only after you press “Accept” in the cookie banner. If you decline, no analytics cookies are set and no analytics scripts load.
Google Analytics 4 (Google Ireland Ltd. / Google LLC) gives us aggregate statistics such as page views and popular recipes; Microsoft Clarity (Microsoft Corporation) produces heatmaps and session recordings that show how pages are used, helping us improve usability. We use no advertising features: through Google Consent Mode, all advertising signals are permanently set to “denied”, and GA4 does not log or store your IP address.
Google and Microsoft may process analytics data on servers in the United States. Both companies are certified under the EU–U.S. Data Privacy Framework, which the European Commission recognizes as providing adequate protection.
Cookies set after you accept:
| Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|
_ga | Google Analytics | Distinguishes visitors | 2 years |
_ga_DXK682JFW1 | Google Analytics | Keeps session state | 2 years |
_clck | Microsoft Clarity | Recognizes returning visitors | 1 year |
_clsk | Microsoft Clarity | Groups the actions of one visit | 1 day |
CLID, MUID, ANONCHK, MR, SM | Microsoft (clarity.ms) | Browser identification and verification for Clarity | 10 minutes – 13 months |
Essential cookies and local storage
Regardless of your analytics choice, the site uses a few strictly necessary items that do not track you and need no consent:
| Name | Type | Purpose | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|
egusto-consent | localStorage | Your cookie-banner decision | until you delete or change it |
theme | localStorage | Light/dark theme preference | until you delete it |
user-subscribed | cookie | Prevents duplicate newsletter sign-ups | 1 month |
auth_session | cookie | Keeps you signed in (only after GitHub sign-in) | about 30 days, extended while you use the site |
Consent and how to withdraw it
Analytics runs only on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). Your decision is stored in your browser (the egusto-consent key in localStorage) and never leaves your device. You can change or withdraw it at any time via the “Cookie settings” link in the footer — after declining, analytics scripts stop loading from your next page view, and you can delete the already-set cookies in your browser settings. Declining does not limit any site functionality.
To measure the acceptance rate, we count banner decisions anonymously: only the decision (accept/decline), the site language, and the time are stored — never your IP address or any identifier. These counts are not personal data.
Newsletter
If you subscribe to the newsletter, we store your email address and language preference and use them solely to send you the newsletter (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). You can unsubscribe at any time by writing to privacy@egusto.co — we then delete your address. After subscribing, a technical cookie (user-subscribed) prevents duplicate sign-ups for one month.
Your account (sign-in with GitHub)
Signing in via GitHub is optional and used mainly by the site's editors. During sign-in, GitHub sends us your public profile — your GitHub user ID and username — which we store to create your account (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR). We never see your GitHub password. A session cookie keeps you signed in; signing out deletes it.
How long we keep data
Google Analytics event data is deleted automatically after 14 months at the latest. Clarity session recordings are kept for up to 30 days and aggregated heatmap data for up to 13 months.
Newsletter addresses are kept until you unsubscribe. Account data is kept until you ask us to delete your account. The anonymous consent counts are kept indefinitely, as they contain no personal data. Cookie lifetimes are listed in the tables above.
Your rights
You have the right to access, rectify, erase, and receive a copy of your data, to restrict or object to its processing, and to withdraw consent at any time with effect for the future (Art. 15–21 GDPR). Write to privacy@egusto.co and we will respond within one month.
You can also lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority: in the EU, the authority of your country of residence — in Romania that is the ANSPDCP (dataprotection.ro); in the Republic of Moldova, the CNPDCP (datepersonale.md).
Changes to this policy
We will update this page whenever our data practices change and revise the “Last updated” date above.
Contact
For any question about this policy or your personal data, contact Luminița Caliman at privacy@egusto.co.