Fridge Recipes — Privacy Policy

1. Who we are

Fridge Recipes ("we," "our," or "us") is published by AI Conveyor Inc. We make a recipe-discovery iOS app that takes a photo of your fridge, freezer, and pantry and matches what you have to what you're craving. This Privacy Policy explains what we collect, why, and how it's protected.

2. Information we collect

• Account info. When you continue as a guest, Firebase Authentication issues a unique anonymous user ID and no email is collected. When you sign in with email/password, Apple, or Google, your email address is stored against that user ID. We never see or store your password.
• Photos of your kitchen. Photos you take of your fridge, freezer, or pantry are sent to our backend so AI vision can identify ingredients. We retain these photos for up to 30 days to support corrections and re-analysis, after which they are automatically deleted.
• Inventory + cravings + recipes. The list of ingredients identified, the cravings you describe, the recipes generated for you, and your "I cooked this" history are stored against your account so you can return to them.
• Subscription status. If you subscribe to Fridge Recipes Plus, Apple tells our server which plan you're on so we can unlock features. We do not see your payment method or card details.
• Server operational logs. Backend access logs include timestamps, the API route called, the AI model invoked, and request IDs — the same operational records every web service keeps for security and reliability. They do NOT contain photo contents.

3. Information we do NOT collect

• No third-party analytics SDKs (no Mixpanel, Amplitude, Segment, etc.)
• No advertising SDKs and no ads
• No location tracking
• No microphone or contact-list access
• No App Tracking Transparency / IDFA collection

4. Third-party services we use

• Firebase Authentication (Google) — issues and verifies your sign-in token. Subject to Google's Firebase privacy terms.
• Google Gemini API — runs AI vision on your fridge, freezer, and pantry photos and interprets your craving text. Photos and craving text are sent for inference only and are not used by Google to train its models, per the Gemini API terms.
• OpenAI API — generates recipe candidates and extracts structured ingredient lists from web recipe pages. Receives your craving text, identified inventory, and selected recipe URLs. Per the OpenAI API data usage policy, API inputs are not used to train OpenAI models.
• Third-party web search provider — when web recipe search is enabled, your craving and ingredient query strings are sent to a search API to find recipes on cooking sites. Your identity is not attached to the query.
• Third-party stock image provider — for meal-plan thumbnails, recipe titles (e.g. "lamb stew") are sent to a stock image API to fetch a dish photo. No personal data is sent.
• Apple App Store / StoreKit — manages subscriptions and App Store Server Notifications.

5. Where data lives

All account data lives in a Postgres database on a private VPS we operate. Photos live on the same VPS's filesystem (encrypted at rest by the host). We do not sell, rent, or share your data with third parties for marketing or analytics.

6. Your choices

• You can delete your account and all associated data at any time from the in-app Profile screen.
• You can revoke camera or photo-library access in iOS Settings > Fridge Recipes.
• You can manage or cancel your subscription in iOS Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions.
• To request data export, email [email protected].

7. Children

Fridge Recipes is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect personal information from them. The age rating is 4+ because the content (recipes, food photos) is appropriate for general audiences, not because the app targets kids.

8. Changes to this policy

We'll update the "Last updated" date above and notify users in-app for material changes.

9. Contact

Questions or requests: [email protected].