Recipe Book — Privacy Policy
Recipe Book is a personal-use mobile app that turns the cooking videos you save on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube into structured, cookable recipes. This page describes the limited data the app collects, how it is used, and how you can request its deletion.
Information we collect
| What | Why | Where it's stored |
|---|---|---|
| Email + display name from your Google account | Account identity, share-recipient lookup | Supabase Auth |
| Recipes you save: source URL, AI-extracted ingredients and steps, any edits | Your library | Supabase database |
| Device push token (when you grant notification permission) | Deliver in-app notifications when a friend shares a recipe with you | Supabase database |
| Recipe-share history: which recipes you shared with whom and when | Recents row on the share modal; inbox of pending shares | Supabase database |
We do not collect: phone number, contacts, location, device identifiers beyond what Google's push system needs, analytics, crash telemetry, or advertising IDs. The app does not show ads.
Third parties
- Google — for sign-in (OAuth) and delivering push notifications via Firebase Cloud Messaging.
- Supabase — managed Postgres and authentication backend.
- Google Gemini API — used at recipe-creation time to read a public video URL you submit and return the structured recipe. Only the URL and the resulting text pass through; the video bytes are fetched directly by Google and discarded after extraction.
- yt-dlp — open-source tool used to resolve public video metadata. Runs on our server; no third-party service is involved.
What we never do
- Sell or rent your personal data.
- Send marketing emails or push notifications. The only push you receive is when another Recipe Book user explicitly shares a recipe with you.
- Track you across the web or other apps.
Encryption
All traffic between the app and our servers uses HTTPS. Stored data sits in Supabase's encrypted-at-rest Postgres database. Authentication uses Google's industry-standard OAuth.
Account deletion
You can request deletion at any time by emailing admin@recipebook.net.in from the address you used to sign up. Within 7 days we remove your account, your recipes, your share history, and your push tokens. The deletion cascades through the database and is irreversible.
Children
Recipe Book is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone in that age group. If you believe a child has used the app, please contact us at the email above and we will remove the account.
Changes
Material changes to this policy are dated above and announced in-app at the next sign-in. Previous versions are available on request.