Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are

FuturoFood ("we", "us", "our") is a digital media publication covering food innovation in Latin America, operated from Alajuela, Costa Rica. Our website is futurofood.com. You can contact us at privacy@futurofood.com.

2. What Data We Collect

Information you provide to us

• Email address — when you subscribe to our newsletter
• Name — optional, if you provide it when subscribing
• Messages — if you contact us by email

Information collected automatically

• Usage data — pages visited, time spent, referring URL (via Cloudflare analytics, privacy-friendly, no cookies)
• Email engagement — opens and clicks on newsletters (via Ghost CMS)
• IP address — collected by our hosting infrastructure for security purposes, not used for profiling

3. How We Use Your Data

• Send you the FuturoFood weekly newsletter (the only reason we ask for your email)
• Send occasional announcements about FuturoFood (new features, special editions)
• Improve our content based on aggregate, anonymized engagement data
• Respond to your inquiries if you contact us
• Comply with legal obligations

We do not use your data for advertising targeting, profiling, or selling to third parties.

4. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), we process your personal data under the following legal bases:

• Consent — when you subscribe to our newsletter, you consent to receiving it. You can withdraw this consent at any time by unsubscribing.
• Legitimate interests — for analytics and security purposes, where these don't override your rights.

5. Data Sharing

We share your data only with the following service providers, who are contractually bound to protect it:

• Ghost (Ghost Foundation) — our newsletter and CMS platform. Ghost Privacy Policy
• Cloudflare, Inc. — CDN, DNS, and analytics. Cloudflare Privacy Policy
• Amazon SES / Mailgun — email delivery infrastructure

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to any third party.

6. Data Retention

We retain your email address for as long as you are subscribed to our newsletter. If you unsubscribe, your data is deleted from our active lists within 30 days. Backups may retain data for up to 90 days after deletion.

7. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights:

• Access — request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
• Correction — ask us to correct inaccurate data
• Deletion — request that we delete your personal data
• Portability — receive your data in a machine-readable format
• Objection — object to certain types of processing
• Withdraw consent — unsubscribe at any time using the link in any email

To exercise any of these rights, email us at privacy@futurofood.com. We will respond within 30 days.

8. Cookies

Our website uses minimal cookies. We do not use advertising cookies or third-party tracking cookies. We use:

• Essential cookies — for basic site functionality (session management)
• Analytics — via Cloudflare Web Analytics, which is privacy-respecting and does not use cookies or fingerprinting

9. Children's Privacy

FuturoFood is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us.

10. International Transfers

FuturoFood is operated from Costa Rica. Our service providers (Cloudflare, Ghost) may process data in the United States and other countries. Where data is transferred from the EEA, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place (Standard Contractual Clauses or equivalent).

11. Security

We implement reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data, including HTTPS encryption, access controls, and regular security reviews. No method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page and notify newsletter subscribers of material changes.

13. Contact Us

For any questions about this Privacy Policy or your personal data, please contact us: