Privacy Policy

1. Operator

The operator of your personal data is ChefID, which operates chefid.ru. For any question about this Policy or to exercise your rights, contact us at privacy@chefid.ru.

Full operator registration details are available on request at privacy@chefid.ru.

2. What data we collect

We collect only what the Service needs:

• Account data — your email address, display name, and password (stored only as a cryptographic hash, never in plain text).
• Content you contribute — information you add about chefs, restaurants, bars, tenures, and related professional records, including text and images.
• Identity documents — only when you claim a profile, and only to verify your identity (see “Identity verification and passport data” below).
• Technical data — IP address, browser type, and privacy-friendly, aggregate analytics (page views). We do not use advertising or cross-site tracking.

3. Identity verification and passport data

When you claim a ChefID profile, we may ask you to submit an identity document (for example, a passport page) for the sole purpose of confirming that you are the person you claim to be.

Passport and identity-document data are used only to evaluate and confirm your identity. As soon as the verification decision is made — whether successful or not — the submitted document is discarded and is not retained. We do not build or keep a database of passport data.

We retain only the fact and outcome of verification (for example, “identity verified on <date>”). We never store the document image, the passport number, or other document details.

Providing an identity document is voluntary. Without it we cannot grant verified or claimed status, but you may still use the rest of the Service.

4. Purposes of processing

We process personal data to:

• operate the Service and maintain the public professional record;
• create and secure your account;
• verify identity for profile claims;
• moderate contributions and prevent abuse;
• comply with our legal obligations.

5. Legal basis

We process personal data on the basis of your consent, the necessity to perform our agreement with you (the Terms of Use), and our legitimate interest in maintaining a public professional record, as permitted by 152-FZ.

Public professional information (name, workplaces, roles, accolades) about chefs, bars, and restaurants is processed as part of a publicly significant professional record. Data subjects may request correction or removal as described below.

6. Storage and localization

In accordance with 152-FZ, the personal data of citizens of the Russian Federation is recorded, systematized, accumulated, stored, and processed using databases located within the Russian Federation.

We apply organizational and technical measures to protect personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.

7. Retention

Account data is kept while your account is active and for as long as necessary for the purposes above, or as required by law.

Identity documents are not retained (see “Identity verification and passport data”).

You may request deletion of your account and associated personal data at any time.

8. Disclosure

We do not sell personal data. We may disclose data only where required by law or to protect our rights. Public professional records are, by design, publicly viewable.

9. Your rights

Under 152-FZ, you have the right to:

• obtain information about the processing of your personal data;
• request rectification, blocking, or deletion of data that is incomplete, outdated, inaccurate, or unlawfully processed;
• withdraw your consent to processing;
• appeal to the authorized body for the protection of data subjects’ rights (Roskomnadzor) or to a court.

10. Cookies and analytics

We use strictly necessary cookies for authentication, and privacy-friendly, aggregate analytics that do not profile individuals.

11. Changes to this Policy

We may update this Policy from time to time. The “Last updated” date reflects the latest revision; material changes will be indicated on this page.

12. Contact

Questions about this Policy or requests to exercise your rights: privacy@chefid.ru. We respond within the timeframes required by applicable law.