Privacy Policy

Effective Date: January 19, 2026

1. Overview (Plain-Language Summary)

Meal Craft is a recipe and shopping-list service. We collect the minimum amount of personal data required to operate the service.

Meal Craft is currently offered as a Beta service. During this Beta period, features, functionality, and data handling processes may evolve as the service is refined.

• Personal data collected: email address only
• Primary purpose: account access, service communication, and account recovery
• What we do not do: sell personal data, share data with advertisers, or create advertising profiles
• Future consideration: anonymous or aggregated usage data may be used to support advertising in the future, but no advertising or ad-related data sharing is active today

2. Information We Collect

Personal Information

• Email address (required to create and manage an account)

User-Generated Content

• Recipes, meal plans, and shopping lists you create or save while using the service
• This content is associated with your account and is not shared publicly unless you choose to do so

What We Do Not Collect

• No names, phone numbers, physical addresses, or payment information
• No precise location data
• No cross-site tracking data

3. How We Use Your Information

We use your email address only to:

• Create and manage your account
• Authenticate access to the service
• Send essential service communications (such as account notices or policy updates)
• Respond to support requests

User-generated content is used solely to provide core functionality within Meal Craft.

4. Advertising and Usage Data (Future-Facing)

Meal Craft does not currently display ads or share data with advertising partners.

In the future, we may use aggregated and anonymized usage data (for example, feature usage trends) to support advertising or sponsorships. If this occurs:

• Personal data such as email addresses will not be sold
• Identifiable personal data will not be shared with advertisers
• This policy will be updated before any material change takes effect

5. What We Do Not Do With Your Data

• We do not sell personal information
• We do not rent or trade user data
• We do not share personal data with third-party marketers
• We do not build advertising profiles based on personal identity
• We do not track users across unrelated websites

6. Data Retention

• Your email address and associated content are retained while your account is active
• When an account is deleted, personal data and user-generated content are removed from active systems within a reasonable period, unless retention is required for legal or operational reasons

As the Service is in Beta, data retention practices may change. While reasonable safeguards are applied, users should not rely on the Service as a permanent or archival storage solution during the Beta period.

7. Account Deletion and Data Requests

You may request account deletion at any time.

Deletion method: Email support@mealcraft.me from the address associated with your account.

Once processed:

• Your email address will be deleted
• Your recipes and shopping lists will be removed
• Residual backups may persist briefly but are not used for active processing

8. Data Security

We apply reasonable technical and organizational safeguards to protect user data against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. No system is guaranteed to be 100% secure, but data protection is treated as a core responsibility.

9. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the right to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you
• Request correction or deletion of your data
• Understand how your data is used

Meal Craft supports these rights regardless of jurisdiction.

California (CCPA/CPRA)

• Meal Craft does not sell personal information
• Requests to access or delete data may be submitted via email

European Union (GDPR)

• You may request access, correction, or erasure of your personal data
• You may withdraw consent by deleting your account

10. Changes to This Policy

If our data practices change, this policy will be updated. Due to the Beta nature of the Service, updates to data practices may occur more frequently. Any material changes will be reflected in this policy before taking effect.

11. Contact

For privacy-related questions or requests:

Email: support@mealcraft.me
Service Name: Meal Craft
Website: https://mealcraft.me