Legal notice
Last updated: 2026-10-10. This English version is provided for information only: the French version is the only legally binding one.
1. Publisher
The CookMateBook website (https://book.cookmate.io) is published by Maadinfo Services (“CookMate”), [À COMPLÉTER] with a share capital of [À COMPLÉTER], whose registered office is at 2 allée des ormeaux, 06130 Grasse, France, registered with the Trade and Companies Register under number 788 421 311 - R.C.S. Grasse ([À COMPLÉTER]).
Intra-community VAT number: FR37788421311.
Publication director: [À COMPLÉTER].
Contact: contact@cookmatebook.com.
CookMateBook is part of the CookMate ecosystem (https://www.cookmate.online).
2. Hosting
The site is hosted by [À COMPLÉTER], [À COMPLÉTER].
Files (images, PDFs) are stored with Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL (S3 storage), 38 avenue John F. Kennedy, L-1855 Luxembourg.
3. Printing, shipping and payment
Printed books are manufactured and shipped by our provider Lulu Press, Inc. (print on demand). Payments are processed by Stripe Payments Europe, Ltd. (1 Grand Canal Street Lower, Dublin 2, Ireland). CookMate does not store bank card data.
4. Intellectual property
The structure of the site, its page templates, logos, trademarks, texts, graphics and software are the property of CookMate or its licensors and are protected by the French Intellectual Property Code. Any unauthorised reproduction or use is prohibited.
Recipes, texts and images imported by the user remain the property of their owners; the user guarantees that they hold the necessary rights (see the General Terms and Conditions of Sale, article 4).
5. Personal data
CookMate is the data controller for the data collected through CookMateBook (identity, email, billing and delivery addresses, orders, book content), in order to fulfil orders, handle invoicing and support, and comply with its legal obligations. The legal bases are performance of the contract, legal obligation and legitimate interest (security, fraud prevention).
Data is shared only with the processors that are necessary: printing and shipping (Lulu), payment (Stripe), hosting and storage, and artificial-intelligence services for the features you enable. Some processors may be located outside the European Union, with appropriate safeguards (standard contractual clauses or adequacy decision).
Retention periods: account data while the account is active; order and invoicing data for 10 years (accounting obligations); delivery data for as long as needed to handle claims.
Under the GDPR and the French Act of 6 January 1978, you have the rights of access, rectification, erasure, objection, restriction, portability and to define post-mortem directives, which you can exercise at contact@cookmatebook.com. You may lodge a complaint with the CNIL (3 place de Fontenoy, TSA 80715, 75334 Paris Cedex 07, France, www.cnil.fr).
7. Consumer mediation
After a written complaint that has not been satisfactorily answered within 2 months, any consumer may refer the matter free of charge to the mediator: [À COMPLÉTER], [À COMPLÉTER], [À COMPLÉTER].
8. Liability
CookMate endeavours to keep the information on the site accurate but does not guarantee the absence of errors or interruptions. Links to third-party sites do not engage its liability.
9. Governing law
This site is governed by French law. French courts have jurisdiction, subject to mandatory rules protecting consumers.