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Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 24, 2025

1. Introduction

SnapChef ("we", "us", "our") cares about your privacy and wants to protect your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and how we keep it safe when you use our recipe and cooking app (the "Service").

2. What Information We Collect

We collect a few types of information when you use our Service, including:

  • Your basic info (name, email address)
  • Account and authentication information
  • Recipe preferences and dietary restrictions
  • Saved recipes, meal plans, and cooking history
  • Usage data (such as how you interact with our platform, recipes viewed, and search queries)
  • Your device info (what browser you use, your internet address)
  • Photos you upload of your cooking creations (if you choose to share them)

3. How We Handle Your Recipe Data

Your cooking and recipe data privacy is important to us. Here's what we promise:

  • Your recipes are yours: Any recipes you save, create, or modify remain your personal property. We store them securely to provide you with access across devices.
  • We don't sell your data: Your recipe preferences, dietary information, and cooking habits are never sold to third parties.
  • Optional sharing: You control what recipes and cooking photos you choose to share with the SnapChef community.
  • Everything is secure: All your personal cooking data is encrypted and protected with industry-standard security measures.
  • You're in control: You can download, modify, or delete your recipe data at any time through your account settings.

4. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

  • Provide personalized recipe recommendations
  • Save and sync your recipes across devices
  • Help you create meal plans and shopping lists
  • Keep your account safe and working
  • Answer your questions and provide customer support
  • Send you important updates about our app
  • Make our app better and add new features
  • For compliance purposes, including enforcing our Terms of Service or other legal rights
  • To comply with applicable laws and regulations

5. Third-Party Services

SnapChef may integrate with third-party services to enhance your cooking experience. When we share data with these providers:

  • Data sharing is limited to what's necessary to provide the requested service
  • All data sharing occurs through secure, encrypted channels
  • Third-party providers are contractually prohibited from using your data for training purposes
  • We ensure all providers meet our privacy and security standards
  • Recipe and cooking data shared with partners is processed securely and not retained

6. Keeping Your Data Safe

We use strong security to protect your information. Here's how we keep your data safe:

  • All data is encrypted when sent between your device and our servers
  • We use secure login systems with your email providers
  • We regularly check our security to find and fix problems
  • We use extra protection for our own systems
  • Principle of least privilege access controls
  • We keep our security up to date with the latest protection

7. How Long We Keep Your Data

We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. Specifically:

  • Recipe and cooking data is kept while you have an active account with us
  • We keep your account info while you have an account with us
  • We keep some usage data to make our app better
  • We keep data if the law requires us to
  • When you delete your account, we delete all your personal data quickly

8. Your Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have these rights:

  • The right to access personal information we hold about you
  • The right to request correction of inaccurate data
  • The right to request deletion of your data
  • The right to withdraw consent
  • The right to data portability
  • The right to object to processing of your data
  • The right to restrict processing of your data

9. Cookies and Similar Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our service and hold certain information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.

10. Children's Privacy

Our service is not intended for use by children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

11. International Data Transfers

Your information may be transferred to and processed in countries other than your own. We ensure that all such transfers are conducted in accordance with applicable data protection laws and with appropriate safeguards in place.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date.

13. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at [email protected].