Privacy Policy

Cooking Assistant · Last updated: April 24, 2026

This Privacy Policy describes what data the Cooking Assistant mobile application ("the app", "we", "us") collects, how it is used, and the choices you have. By using the app you accept the practices described below. This policy applies to the Android and iOS apps published under the package identifier com.cookingassistant.app.

1. What we DO collect

• Recipes you generate or save — stored on your device and, optionally, in our public Explore feed for the community to discover. You can delete them from the Saved screen at any time.
• An anonymous device identifier — used for analytics and to enforce free-tier quotas. Not linked to your real identity.
• Basic usage metrics — which screens you visit, how long actions take, and error reports. Used to fix bugs and improve the product. Aggregated, not personally identifying.
• Subscription status — whether you have an active Premium subscription, retrieved from RevenueCat / Google Play / Apple. We do not store payment details.
• Email address — only if you choose to sign in with Google. Used to identify your account across devices.

2. What we DO NOT collect

• Your real name (unless you sign in with Google)
• Your phone number, postal address, or precise location
• Health data, allergy profile, dietary profile, or body measurements
• Photos, videos, or audio recordings
• Contacts, calendar, or any other on-device personal data

3. Permissions explained

• Camera — used only when you tap the barcode scanner inside the Customize Recipe modal, to read product barcodes for ingredient lookup. The camera feed is processed on your device and never uploaded.
• Microphone — currently unused at runtime. The permission is declared so a future "voice-to-recipe" feature can be enabled without a new install. We will update this policy before the microphone is ever activated.
• Internet — required to fetch recipes from public URLs you submit and to call our AI service.

4. AI-generated content

Recipes, ingredients, cook times, nutritional values and allergen labels are generated by an artificial-intelligence (AI) model and may be incorrect, incomplete, outdated or unsafe. The app provides this information for general informational and entertainment purposes only — it is not professional culinary, nutritional, medical, dietary or food-safety advice. You are solely responsible for reviewing every recipe before purchasing ingredients, cooking, eating or serving food to others.

5. Third-party services

• Google Gemini (Google LLC) — processes the URLs you submit and your customization choices to generate recipes. URLs and customization payloads are sent to Google's API; raw recipe text is returned to the app. No personally identifying user data is forwarded.
• RevenueCat (RevenueCat, Inc.) — manages subscription entitlements. Receives an anonymous user identifier and your subscription transaction info from Google Play / Apple.
• Google Play / Apple App Store — handle billing for Premium subscriptions. We never see your card details.
• Cloudflare — hosts our backend Worker and may log request IP addresses for rate-limiting and abuse prevention. Logs are retained for up to 30 days.

6. Data retention

Recipes you save remain in our database until you delete them or close your account. Anonymous analytics events are retained for up to 13 months. Cloudflare request logs are retained for up to 30 days.

7. Data sharing

We do not sell, rent or trade your data. We share it only with the third-party processors listed in §5, strictly as needed to operate the service. We may disclose information if compelled by valid legal process.

8. Children

The app is not directed at children under 13 (or 16 in the EU). We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal data, contact us and we will delete it.

9. Your rights (GDPR / CCPA / LGPD)

You may request a copy of the data we hold about you, request correction or deletion, or withdraw consent, by emailing us at the address below. We respond within 30 days.

10. DMCA & takedown requests

If you are a content creator and want a recipe derived from your work removed, send an email to cooking.assitant.gaby@gmail.com with the subject "DMCA Takedown" and specify: (1) the channel/account to block (website, Instagram account, YouTube channel, etc.), (2) the link to the original content, (3) your name and role (creator, legal representative, etc.). Within 48 hours we will remove all recipes referencing that source and create a rule to block any future user submissions pointing to the same channel.

11. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top reflects the latest change. Material changes will be communicated inside the app.

12. Contact

Questions, data-subject requests or legal notices: cooking.assitant.gaby@gmail.com