Privacy controls
Cookies & device storage
We use the minimum device storage needed to run Rita’s Recipes. Optional uses are your choice.
This page covers cookies and similar technologies such as local storage, IndexedDB and service-worker caches. These technologies can store or access information on your device.
Last updated: 22 September 2026.
What is used today
| Purpose | Technology | How long | Choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sign-in and account security | Browser storage used by our authentication service | Until sign-out or expiry | Essential when you sign in |
| Remembering these privacy choices | Local storage | Up to 180 days | Essential preference storage |
| Offline recipes and Cooking Mode state you ask us to save | IndexedDB / local storage / service-worker cache | Until removed, or the short Cooking Mode session expires | Feature-led and necessary for the feature you request |
| Referral attribution | Local storage key ritas-referral | Up to 60 days | Optional — marketing/referral choice |
| Analytics | Not used today | Not active today | No choice requested today. If analytics is introduced later, we’ll explain the provider and purpose and ask you then. |
Your choices
Analytics
Not active today. If analytics is introduced later, we’ll explain the provider/purpose and ask you then. No analytics choice is stored for future use today.
No advertising cookies
Rita’s Recipes does not currently use advertising cookies, cross-site behavioural advertising trackers or device fingerprinting.
Changing your mind
You can return here at any time. Rejecting optional storage does not stop the core service working. Essential storage is still used for sign-in, privacy preferences, recipes you ask to save offline and short-lived Cooking Mode state. Your browser can also clear site data, although that may sign you out and remove recipes you deliberately saved for offline use.