Privacy Policy

hopecooking.org is run by the non-profit BECHIRA LEDOROT R.A. (Nachal Katlav 5, Bet Shemesh, Israel, 9962029). This page explains what data about visitors the site collects, why, and who receives it.

Visit statistics

To know how many people visit the site and which recipes and stories they read, we use Google Analytics. When you visit, it stores the cookies _ga and _ga_2QBJ96V0GQ with a random identifier in your browser and receives from the browser which pages were opened and when, where the visitor came from, an approximate location (country, city), language, device type, browser and screen size. We do not pass the name and email from the form to Google Analytics; still, the statistics include a browser identifier and the addresses of the pages visited, so they are not fully anonymous. Google uses the IP address to estimate the location and does not store it.

We use this data only for visit statistics.

By default, Google Analytics cookies expire after two years, and the term is renewed on every new visit; your browser may delete them sooner. Google keeps detailed visit data for no longer than 14 months; aggregated reports have no time limit.

Who receives the data

The statistics are received and processed by Google (Google LLC, USA, and its affiliates), including on servers outside Israel. How Google handles them: the Google Privacy Policy and How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.

The site runs on Cloudflare's servers. Cloudflare receives the technical details of requests (IP address, browser) to deliver pages and protect the site from attacks, and may set technical cookies for that (for example __cf_bm). See the Cloudflare Privacy Policy.

It is voluntary

No law requires you to provide this data. If you don't want to be counted, install Google's Analytics opt-out browser add-on, if your browser supports it. Blocking cookies alone does not stop data being sent to Google Analytics. The site will work the same.

What stays in your browser

The site remembers in your browser (localStorage) the language you chose and that you have seen the cookie notice. These records are not sent anywhere; to remove them, clear the site's data in your browser.

The “Become an author” form

Your name, email, recipe, story (if you added one), the site language and your two consents are sent through Cloudflare to the site's editors by email, so they can decide whether to publish the recipe. Cloudflare and the editors' email service process the submission to deliver the message; Cloudflare may process this data outside Israel. No law requires you to fill in the form; it cannot be sent without a name, email, recipe and both consents, and the story is optional. How we use the data is set out in the consent to the processing of personal data you give when you send the form.

Your rights

You may ask to see the data the organisation holds about you, and to have it corrected or deleted. Write to us via our Telegram bot or by post to the organisation's address above.

Changes

If anything changes, we will update this page. Last updated: 10 November 2026.