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Privacy Policy

Last updated: May 08, 2026 — Compliant with GDPR (EU) 2016/679 and CCPA

1. Data Controller

The data controller for personal data collected through the Mijotia service is:

  • Name: Johann Girboux
  • Status: Self-employed entrepreneur, SIRET 941 511 206 00018
  • Email: contact@mijotia.com
  • Website: mijotia.com

For any questions regarding the protection of your personal data or to exercise your rights, you can contact us at the address indicated above.

2. Data Collected

In providing the Mijotia service, we collect and process the following categories of personal data:

Identification and Contact Data (upon registration):

  • Email address (required)
  • First name (optional)
  • Password (stored in hashed and salted form, not readable)

Service Usage Data (during use):

  • Generated recipes and their content
  • Ingredients entered in personal pantry
  • History of viewed and prepared recipes
  • Recipes marked as favorites
  • Recipe generation options and preferences

Technical and Security Data (automatically):

  • IP address (server logs, for security purposes)
  • Date and time of login
  • Browser type and operating system (server logs)
  • JWT authentication tokens (stored client-side in localStorage)

We do not intentionally collect sensitive data as defined in GDPR Article 9 (racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, health data, etc.). Should health information appear in free text entered by the user (e.g., "I am gluten intolerant"), it would be processed solely for recipe generation purposes and would not be subject to secondary analysis or exploitation.

3. Purposes and Legal Bases for Processing

We process your personal data for the following purposes and on the following legal bases:

  • User account management (creation, authentication, deletion) — Legal basis: contract performance (GDPR Article 6.1.b)
  • Provision of recipe generation service — Legal basis: contract performance (GDPR Article 6.1.b)
  • Sending transactional emails (email verification, password reset) — Legal basis: contract performance (GDPR Article 6.1.b)
  • Security and fraud prevention (login logs, abuse detection) — Legal basis: legitimate interest (GDPR Article 6.1.f)
  • Compliance with legal obligations — Legal basis: legal obligation (GDPR Article 6.1.c)

We do not use your data for commercial prospecting, targeted advertising, marketing profiling, or sale to third parties.

4. Data Retention

We retain your personal data for the duration strictly necessary for the purposes for which it was collected:

  • Account and usage data: retained for the entire duration of active user account.
  • After account deletion: data is deleted or anonymized within a maximum of one (1) year following deletion, except where longer retention is legally required.
  • Technical logs: retained for a maximum duration of twelve (12) months from creation.
  • Password reset tokens: valid for 24 hours then automatically invalidated.

Upon expiration of these periods, your data is permanently deleted from our systems or securely archived if legal obligation requires it.

5. Data Recipients and Sub-processors

Your personal data is processed by the following sub-processors, strictly within the scope of providing the Mijotia service:

IONOS SE (hosting application and databases) — Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur, Germany. Established within the European Union, subject to GDPR. Data is hosted on servers located in Europe.

Anthropic Inc. (recipe generation by artificial intelligence) — Company established in the United States. Free text input by users and ingredients are transmitted to Anthropic's API to generate recipes. This transfer to a third country (USA) is governed by Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission, in accordance with GDPR Article 46. Anthropic contractually commits not to use your data to train its models without explicit consent.

Brevo (sending transactional emails) — SMTP relay service operated by Brevo SAS, established in France (EU). Only your email address and transactional email content are transmitted. GDPR compliant.

Stripe Payments Europe Ltd (payment processing) — Company established in Ireland (EU), subsidiary of Stripe Inc. Payment data is processed directly by Stripe and never passes through our servers. GDPR compliant through the Irish entity. Privacy Policy: stripe.com/privacy

No other sharing of your data with third parties not mentioned above is performed, except where required by law (court order, etc.).

Anonymized Training Data: Generated recipes and associated food preferences (ingredients, allergies, diets) may be retained in anonymized form for service improvement and training of our generation algorithms. No identifying data (name, email, user ID) is associated with this training data.

6. Data Transfers Outside the European Union

Some of our sub-processors (Anthropic Inc.) are established in the United States. Data transfers to these providers are carried out within appropriate safeguards under GDPR, namely Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) adopted by the European Commission.

For hosted data (database, files), hosting is provided by IONOS SE, a company established in Germany (EU). Your account and usage data remain within European Union territory for storage purposes.

For California Residents (CCPA): Under the California Consumer Privacy Act, you have the right to know what personal information is collected, used, and shared. You also have the right to request deletion of your personal information (subject to certain exceptions) and to opt-out of the "sale" of personal information. Mijotia does not sell personal information and does not engage in targeted advertising.

7. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Mijotia does not use advertising cookies or profiling cookies. No behavioral profiling for commercial purposes is performed.

Matomo Analytics: The Mijotia website uses Matomo Analytics, a self-hosted open source solution on our own servers (IONOS SE, Germany). No data is transmitted to third parties. Cookies are disabled and IP addresses are anonymized — this configuration is exempt from consent requirements according to data protection authority guidelines.

localStorage is used to store your authentication token (JWT), necessary for maintaining your login session. This token contains only your identifier and email, is digitally signed, and has limited validity duration.

8. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, loss, destruction, or disclosure:

  • HTTPS encryption (TLS) for all communications
  • Password hashing with bcrypt (adaptive hashing algorithm)
  • Authentication via JWT tokens with limited validity
  • Restricted and secure database access
  • Rate limiting on login attempts
  • Infrastructure hosted by IONOS SE, compliant with ISO 27001 standards

In the event of a personal data breach likely to result in high risk to your rights and freedoms, we commit to notifying you as soon as possible, in accordance with GDPR Article 34.

9. Your GDPR Rights

In accordance with GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • Right of access (Article 15): obtain a copy of the data we hold about you.
  • Right to rectification (Article 16): correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
  • Right to erasure (Article 17): request deletion of your data ("right to be forgotten").
  • Right to data portability (Article 20): receive your data in structured, machine-readable format.
  • Right to object (Article 21): object to processing based on legitimate interest.
  • Right to restriction (Article 18): request temporary suspension of data processing.

To exercise any of these rights, send your request by email to contact@mijotia.com, specifying your identity. We commit to responding within one (1) month of receiving your request.

You can also directly delete your account from the application's Profile page, which results in immediate deletion of all your account and usage data.

10. Right to File a Complaint

If you believe the processing of your personal data violates applicable law, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

For EU Residents: You may file a complaint with your national data protection authority. For France, this is the CNIL (Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés): www.cnil.fr

For US Residents: You may file a complaint with your state's Attorney General or the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) at reportfraud.ftc.gov.

We encourage you to contact us first at contact@mijotia.com to resolve your concern amicably.

11. Privacy Policy Changes

This privacy policy may be modified at any time, including to comply with legal, regulatory, or technical changes. Any material modifications will be notified to users by email before taking effect.

The current version is the one accessible on the website, identified by its update date at the top of this document.