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Privacy Policy
Last updated: September 2026
Welcome to Recipio. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you use our mobile app, website (recipio.cc), and Chrome extension.
Contents
1. Information We Collect
We collect the minimum information needed to provide our services:
Account information: When you sign up with email, Google, or Apple, we collect your name and email address to create and identify your account.
User content: Recipes, meal plans, grocery lists, cook history, and any images you upload or save through the app, website, or Chrome extension.
Usage data: Anonymised information about how you interact with Recipio — features accessed, pages visited, and actions taken — to help us improve the product.
Device information: Device model, operating system version, and anonymous identifiers used for crash reporting and performance monitoring.
Recipe sources: When you save a recipe via URL import or the Chrome extension, we store the source URL alongside the recipe for attribution and duplicate detection.
2. How We Use Your Data
We use the information we collect to:
- Create and maintain your Recipio account
- Sync your recipes, meal plans, and grocery lists across your devices
- Power AI features (recipe extraction, dietary modification, meal suggestions)
- Detect duplicate recipes before saving
- Analyse aggregate usage patterns to improve the product
- Send transactional emails (OTP login codes, account notifications)
- Diagnose bugs and crashes
We do not sell your personal data. We do not use your data to train AI models.
3. Third-Party Services
We work with the following trusted providers to operate Recipio:
Appwrite (Cloud Backend)
Your account credentials, recipes, meal plans, grocery lists, and cook history are stored in our self-hosted Appwrite instance. Data is encrypted at rest and in transit using industry-standard TLS.
Self-Hosted AI
Recipe extraction, dietary modifications, smart scaling, and AI Chef responses are generated by an open-source language model that Recipio runs on its own hardware. This content is not sent to any third-party AI provider, and it is never used to train models.
OpenAI & Google (Editorial Imagery)
When our team produces illustrations or videos for a recipe — for the blog, or for Recipio's own marketing — that recipe's title, ingredients, and steps are sent to OpenAI and Google's image models to generate the artwork. This is initiated by our team, not by you, and never includes your account details. See OpenAI's Privacy Policy and Google's Privacy Policy.
Google Analytics (GA4)
We use Google Analytics 4 on recipio.cc and in the Chrome extension to understand aggregate usage patterns. Analytics data is anonymised and not linked to your account. See Google's Privacy Policy.
RevenueCat (Subscriptions)
In-app subscription management is handled by RevenueCat. Payment processing is done by Apple or Google — Recipio never sees your payment card details.
4. Chrome Extension
The Recipio Chrome extension runs a content script on web pages you visit to detect recipe structured data (schema.org/Recipe). It only reads page content — it does not read passwords, form inputs, browsing history, or any unrelated page data.
What it accesses: The active tab's URL and page content (to extract recipe data). Access to social media pages is used solely to extract recipe captions and transcripts.
Authentication: Your Appwrite session is stored in chrome.storage.local — it never leaves your browser except when communicating with our backend.
Analytics: The extension sends anonymous usage events to Google Analytics 4. No personally identifiable information is included.
5. Artificial Intelligence
Recipio uses AI to power recipe extraction, dietary modification, smart scaling, and the AI Chef chat.
These features run on an open-source language model hosted on Recipio's own infrastructure. When you use one, the relevant content is sent to that model over an encrypted connection and used only to generate your requested response. It is not stored beyond your session, it is not shared with any third-party AI provider, and it is never used to train models.
There is one exception, and it is not something you trigger. When our team creates illustrations or videos for a recipe — for the Recipio blog or our own marketing — that recipe's title, ingredients, and steps are sent to OpenAI and Google's image models to produce the artwork. Your name, email, and account details are never included. If you would prefer your recipes were never used this way, email us and we will exclude them.
Images you upload for recipe cover photos are stored in Appwrite Storage. They are not passed to any AI service.
6. Data Retention & Deletion
We retain your personal data only for as long as you have an active Recipio account.
You can delete your account at any time from Settings → Account → Delete Account. Deleting your account permanently removes all recipes, meal plans, grocery lists, cook history, and account credentials within 30 days.
7. Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- Access — request a copy of the data we hold about you
- Correction — ask us to fix inaccurate data
- Deletion — request removal of your personal data
- Portability — receive your data in a portable format
- Objection — object to certain types of processing
To exercise any of these rights, email us at support@recipio.cc. We will respond within 30 days.
8. App Tracking Transparency (iOS)
On iOS, we may request permission to track activity across other companies' apps and websites under Apple's App Tracking Transparency framework. This is used solely to measure the effectiveness of our marketing and improve our App Store presence.
You can decline this permission without affecting any feature of Recipio. Change your choice anytime in iOS Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking.
9. Contact Us
If you have questions about this privacy policy or how we handle your data, please contact us: