Chefenie (“we”, “our”, or “us”) operates the website chefenie.ai — an AI-powered recipe generator. This Privacy Policy explains what personal data we collect, why we collect it, and how we protect it.
2. How we use your data
To provide and improve the Chefenie recipe generation service.
To authenticate you and maintain your session.
To save your preferences, pantry, and favourite recipes across devices.
To enforce rate limits and protect against abuse.
To analyse aggregate usage patterns and improve product features.
To send transactional emails (password reset, account verification) — no marketing without consent.
We do not sell your personal data to third parties. We do not use your ingredients or recipe history to train AI models.
3. Data retention
Account data is retained until you delete your account.
Generated recipes stored in our database are retained for 12 months after last access.
Rate-limit records (IP only, no content) are purged within 60 minutes.
Server/access logs are retained for 30 days by our hosting provider (Vercel).
4. Your rights
Depending on your location (EU/EEA, UK, California, etc.) you may have the right to:
Access the personal data we hold about you.
Request correction of inaccurate data.
Request deletion of your account and associated data.
Object to or restrict processing.
Data portability (receive your data in a machine-readable format).
Withdraw consent for analytics cookies at any time.
To exercise any of these rights, . We will respond within 30 days.
5. Children
Chefenie is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe a child has provided us data, contact us and we will delete it promptly.
6. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy. We will notify you of material changes by updating the effective date and, for significant changes, by posting a notice in the app. Continued use after changes constitutes acceptance.