Last Updated: May 2026
At Leena Spices, accessible from leenaspices.co.nz, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by Leena Spices and how we use it. If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, please reach out to our team directly through our Contact Us Page
1. Who We Are
We are culinary creators and independent publishers dedicated to providing educational content, artisanal recipe resources, and premium digital culinary books. Our website address is: https://leenaspices.co.nz. For any official inquiries, please submit a message via our secure online Contact Form.
2. Information We Collect and Why
- Comments: When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to assist with spam detection.
- Order & Transaction Data: When you purchase a digital product or download a free recipe resource on our site, we collect billing information including your name, email address, and billing address. This data is strictly used to process your order, deliver your digital assets, and issue transaction invoices.
- Contact Forms: If you contact us directly via our Contact page, we receive your name, email address, and the contents of the message you send us.
3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Like any other website, Leena Spices uses “cookies”. These cookies are used to store information including visitors’ preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users’ experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and/or other information.
- If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies for your convenience.
If you visit our login or checkout pages, temporary cookies are set to determine if your browser accepts cookies and to securely hold your cart items.
4. Payment Security and Processing
We value your financial data security. All financial transactions on Leena Spices are processed securely through encrypted third-party payment gateways (such as WooCommerce, Stripe, or PayPal). Leena Spices never sees, stores, or handles your raw credit card details on our local web servers.
5. How Long We Retain Your Data
- If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely so we can recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.
- For users that purchase digital books or register an account on our website, we securely store the personal information they provide in their user profile indefinitely for order redelivery history. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time.
6. What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site, have purchased digital products, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
7. Third-Party Links & Embedded Content
Our website may include links to third-party platforms (like Facebook or YouTube) or display embedded content. Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website directly, and they may collect data or use cookies independent of Leena Spices.