FoodPadi

Privacy

This page describes, in plain language, what FoodPadi actually collects and why. It has not yet been reviewed by a lawyer and should not be relied on as a finished UK GDPR privacy notice — see docs/PRIVACY_DATA_MODEL.md in the project repository for the fuller design-time analysis this page is based on.

What we collect, and why

• Account data — email, password (hashed, never stored in plain text) or Google sign-in, display name, country. Needed to run your account.
• Guest data — a short-lived, anonymous session token if you try FoodPadi without an account. Nothing you say as a guest is saved once the session ends.
• Food preferences & goals — cuisines you like, ingredients you'd rather avoid, and any goals you choose to set. We ask what you'd like to avoid, not why — FoodPadi does not ask about medical conditions or allergies.
• Saved recipes, cooking history & plans — recipes you save, meals you've cooked, and any meal plans or shopping lists you create, so FoodPadi can be useful across visits.
• Location — only requested when you use “Find Nearby”, used for that search, and never tracked continuously in the background.
• Usage/analytics events — which features you use (e.g. a recipe was opened, cooking was completed), stored as structured events, not free-text content.
• Waitlist signups — an email address, and, only if you tick the box, whether you agreed to receive marketing email and the exact wording you agreed to.
• Marketing consent — kept as a separate record from any account or waitlist signup. Using FoodPadi, creating an account, or joining a waitlist never implies marketing consent on its own.
• Referral data — if you invite someone or arrive via an invite link, a referral code and rough attribution (who invited whom), not stored alongside message content.
• Notification preferences — the meal times you'd like to be reminded about. Reminders are scheduled and fire locally on your own device; times are not treated as precise location or activity tracking.

What we don't do

• We don't ask for or attempt to infer medical conditions, allergies, pregnancy, religion, or other sensitive characteristics.
• We don't sell personal data, and don't share it with third parties beyond what's operationally necessary to run the service (e.g. a payment processor).
• We don't track precise location in the background.
• We don't treat any signup (account, waitlist, app download) as marketing consent by itself.

Your rights

You can view, edit, export, or delete your account and food data at any time from your Profile. If you can't sign in, or have a question about your data, contact us via our contact page.

Cookies

See our Cookie Policy for what we store in your browser and why.