Privacy Policy

Last Updated: March 8, 2026

RecipMe (“we,” “our,” or “us”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use the RecipMe platform, including our website, applications, and services (collectively, the “Service”).

1. Information We Collect

Personal Information

When you create an account, we collect information provided through our authentication provider, Clerk, which may include:

  • Name and display name
  • Email address
  • Profile photo
  • Username
  • Social login identifiers (if you sign in via Google, GitHub, or other social providers)

Recipe and Kitchen Data

When you use the Service, we collect content you create and store, including:

  • Recipes you create, import, or save
  • Articles and comments you write
  • Pantry inventory and equipment lists
  • Meal plans and shopping lists
  • Cooking session data (when using hands-free cooking)
  • Photos you upload

Usage Data

We automatically collect certain information when you use the Service, including:

  • Pages visited and features used
  • Search queries
  • Device information (browser type, operating system)
  • IP address and approximate location
  • Error logs and performance data

2. How We Use Your Data

We use the information we collect to:

  • Provide the Service: Create and manage your account, store your recipes and kitchen data, and deliver core platform functionality.
  • Power AI Features: Process recipe text, images, and queries through Google Gemini AI to provide recipe parsing, substitution suggestions, meal planning, semantic search, and image generation.
  • Personalize Your Experience: Recommend recipes based on your preferences, dietary needs, pantry contents, and cooking history.
  • Improve the Service: Analyze usage patterns to improve features, fix bugs, and develop new functionality.
  • Communicate with You: Send account-related notifications, feature updates, and respond to support requests.
  • Ensure Safety: Detect and prevent fraud, abuse, and security threats through content moderation and access controls.

3. Data Storage

Your data is stored across the following infrastructure:

  • Convex: Our primary database for recipes, articles, user profiles, and all application data. Convex provides real-time synchronization and data persistence.
  • Clerk: Authentication data, session tokens, and login credentials are managed and stored securely by Clerk.
  • Convex File Storage: Images you upload (recipe photos, profile pictures) are stored in Convex's integrated file storage system.

4. AI Data Processing

RecipMe uses Google Gemini AI to power various features. When you use AI-powered features:

  • Recipe text, URLs, and images you submit are sent to Google Gemini for processing.
  • Voice data during hands-free cooking sessions is processed in real-time by Gemini and is not stored by Google for model training purposes.
  • AI processing uses ephemeral tokens with limited time-to-live (2 hours) for hands-free cooking sessions, ensuring secure and temporary access.
  • We use Langfuse for AI observability and tracing to monitor quality and performance of AI features. Traces include request metadata but do not contain your personal information.

5. Cookies and Tracking

We use the following cookies and tracking technologies:

  • Clerk Session Cookies: Essential cookies required for authentication and maintaining your login session. These are strictly necessary for the Service to function.
  • Sentry Error Tracking: We use Sentry to capture error reports and performance data. Sentry may collect technical information about errors you encounter, including stack traces and browser information, to help us fix bugs.
  • Analytics: We may use analytics services to understand how the Service is used, which helps us improve features and user experience.

6. Third-Party Services

We share data with the following third-party services to operate the platform:

  • Clerk — Authentication, user management, and session handling.
  • Convex — Database, backend functions, and file storage.
  • Google Gemini — AI processing for recipe parsing, search, substitutions, meal planning, image generation, and hands-free cooking.
  • Sentry — Error tracking and performance monitoring.
  • Langfuse — AI observability and trace logging.

Each third-party service operates under its own privacy policy and data handling practices. We encourage you to review their respective privacy policies.

7. Data Sharing

We do not sell your personal data. We share your information only in the following circumstances:

  • Service Providers: With the third-party services listed above, solely to operate and improve the platform.
  • Public Content: Recipes and articles you choose to publish publicly are visible to other users and may be indexed by search engines.
  • Legal Requirements: When required by law, legal process, or governmental request, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of RecipMe, our users, or others.
  • Business Transfers: In connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your data may be transferred as part of the transaction.

8. Your Rights

You have the following rights regarding your data:

  • Access: Request a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
  • Correction: Update or correct inaccurate personal information through your profile settings.
  • Deletion: Request deletion of your account and associated data through your profile settings or by contacting us.
  • Export: Export your recipes and other content. We provide functionality to download your recipe data.
  • Withdraw Consent: Where we rely on consent for processing, you may withdraw it at any time.
  • Restrict Processing: Request that we limit how we use your data in certain circumstances.

9. Data Retention

  • Active Accounts: Your data is retained for as long as your account is active and you continue to use the Service.
  • Deleted Accounts: When you delete your account, we provide a 30-day grace period during which you can recover your account. After 30 days, your personal data is permanently purged from our systems, including recipes, articles, profile information, and uploaded images.
  • Anonymized Data: We may retain anonymized, aggregated data that cannot be used to identify you for analytics and service improvement purposes.

10. Children's Privacy

The Service is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we discover that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will delete that information promptly. If you believe a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, please contact us at privacy@recipme.io.

11. International Transfers

Your information may be transferred to and processed in countries other than the country where you reside. Our service providers, including Convex, Clerk, and Google, may process data in the United States and other jurisdictions. By using the Service, you consent to the transfer of your information to these jurisdictions, which may have different data protection laws than your country of residence.

12. Security Measures

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data:

  • Encryption in Transit: All data transmitted between your device and our servers is encrypted using TLS/SSL.
  • Authentication Security: Clerk handles authentication security, including password hashing, session management, and multi-factor authentication support.
  • Access Controls: Our backend enforces role-based access controls, ensuring users can only access their own data and publicly shared content.
  • Error Monitoring: Sentry captures and monitors security-relevant events to help us detect and respond to potential security issues.

While we strive to protect your data, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security.

13. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of material changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Last Updated” date. For significant changes, we will provide additional notice through email or an in-app notification. Your continued use of the Service after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.

14. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:

Email: privacy@recipme.io