PRIVACY POLICY
Last updated April 11, 2026
This Privacy Notice for Chefs Food Cost Calculator (“we,” “us,” or “our“) explains how and why we may collect, use, store, disclose, and otherwise process personal information when you access or use our services, including our public website, web application, desktop-access experience, mobile application, and related services that link to this Privacy Notice (collectively, the “Services“).
This Privacy Notice applies when you:
- Visit our public website, including https://chefsfoodcostcalculator.com/
- Use our web application or desktop-access experience that links to this Privacy Notice
- Download or use our mobile application, Food Cost Calculator
- Communicate with us for support, billing, privacy, or other service-related matters
If you have questions regarding this Privacy Notice, you may contact us at
[email protected] for website and web app matters, or
[email protected] for mobile app matters.
SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS
This summary highlights key points from this Privacy Notice. You can review the full Privacy Notice below for additional detail.
What personal information do we process? We may process information that you provide directly, information created through your use of the Services, limited information received from certain third parties, and certain technical, diagnostic, and usage information collected automatically.
Do we process sensitive personal information? We do not intentionally require sensitive personal information for ordinary account use. However, if you choose to enter information such as allergy notes, dietary restrictions, or similar information into the Services, we may process that information as part of the content you submit.
Do we receive information from third parties? Yes. Depending on how you use the Services, we may receive limited information from Google, Stripe, Google Play, and OpenFoodFacts.
How do we use your information? We use personal information to provide and administer the Services, authenticate users, store and sync content, manage subscriptions and entitlements, respond to support requests, improve reliability and security, and comply with legal obligations.
When do we share personal information? We may share information with service providers and platform partners that help us host, secure, authenticate, bill, support, advertise within the mobile app, or otherwise operate the Services, as well as where required by law or in connection with a business transaction.
What rights do you have? Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or obtain a copy of certain personal information, or to object to or restrict certain processing.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
Personal information you disclose to us
In Short: We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us or that is created through your use of the Services.
Depending on how you use the Services, we may collect the following categories of personal information:
- Account information, including your name, username, email address, and other profile details you choose to provide
- Authentication information associated with account registration, sign-in, password reset, and Google sign-in
- User-generated business and operational content, including ingredients, recipes, batches, inventory records, costing data, pricing data, settings, and related notes
- Event, client, and planning information that you choose to store, including client names, event names, guest counts, allergy notes, dietary restrictions, and related notes
- Photos, images, and files you choose to upload or import
- Support requests, feedback, and other communications you send to us
Sensitive Information. We do not intentionally require sensitive personal information in order to create or maintain an account. If you elect to enter information such as allergy or dietary information into the Services, we will process that information only as part of the content you choose to provide.
Information received from third parties. Depending on the features you use, we may receive limited information from third parties, including:
- Google, if you sign in using Google
- Stripe, in connection with web-based subscriptions, billing portal access, customer linking, and subscription status
- Google Play, in connection with mobile app subscriptions or in-app billing
- OpenFoodFacts, if you use product or barcode lookup features
Information automatically collected
In Short: We automatically collect certain technical, device, diagnostic, and usage information when you use the Services.
When you visit or use the Services, we and our service providers may automatically collect information such as:
- Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, device type, operating system, app or browser version, timestamps, referring URLs, and similar technical information
- Service logs, error logs, diagnostic information, and security-related information used to maintain and protect the Services
- Mobile app crash and reliability information used to diagnose issues and improve performance
Browser, application, and device storage. On the website and web app, we may use cookies, local storage, service worker technologies, and related browser-based storage to support core functionality, remember preferences, retain limited recent activity, and improve performance. On the mobile app, we may use on-device storage to save settings, login preferences, subscription or access state, and other service-related preferences.
Notifications. If you grant permission on your mobile device, we may send service-related notifications, including notifications relating to downloads, exports, or similar application functions. You may manage notification settings through your device settings.
Information about other individuals. If you enter personal information relating to another person into the Services, such as client information or dietary or allergy information, you represent that you are authorized to provide that information and to permit us to process it in accordance with this Privacy Notice.
2. HOW DO WE PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?
In Short: We process personal information as necessary to provide, operate, secure, support, improve, and administer the Services.
We may process your information for the following purposes:
- To create, authenticate, maintain, and secure user accounts
- To provide the website, web application, desktop-access experience, and mobile application
- To store, sync, display, and organize the content you create within the Services
- To store and manage uploaded recipe and batch photos or other files you choose to use with the Services
- To process subscriptions, manage billing, link purchases to the correct account, restore access, and administer entitlements
- To facilitate user-initiated exports, downloads, sharing, and similar functionality
- To respond to customer support requests, service communications, and feedback
- To detect, investigate, prevent, and respond to fraud, abuse, security incidents, and technical issues
- To comply with applicable law, lawful requests, and our contractual or legal obligations
3. WHAT LEGAL BASES DO WE RELY ON TO PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
In Short: Where applicable law requires a legal basis for processing, we process personal information only where we have a valid legal basis to do so.
Depending on your jurisdiction, the legal bases on which we may rely include:
- Performance of a contract. Processing necessary to provide the Services you request and to perform our obligations to you.
- Legitimate interests. Processing reasonably necessary for service administration, security, fraud prevention, support, and improvement.
- Consent. Processing based on your consent, where consent is required or where we request it.
- Legal obligations. Processing necessary to comply with applicable law, regulations, or lawful governmental requests.
In Short: We disclose personal information only in limited circumstances and only as reasonably necessary for the operation of the Services or as otherwise permitted or required by law.
We may disclose personal information to the following categories of recipients:
- Cloud hosting, database, authentication, and storage providers that enable account access, data synchronization, and file storage
- Google in connection with Google sign-in and, in the mobile application, advertising or related consent-management functionality where applicable
- Stripe in connection with web subscription checkout, billing portal access, customer linking, subscription verification, and billing administration
- Google Play in connection with mobile subscriptions and in-app billing administration
- OpenFoodFacts if you elect to use product or barcode lookup features that send lookup data to that service
- Professional advisers, regulators, law enforcement authorities, or courts where disclosure is required by law or reasonably necessary to protect rights, property, safety, or the integrity of the Services
- Successors, acquirers, or affiliated entities in connection with a merger, financing, acquisition, asset sale, or similar business transaction
5. WHAT IS OUR STANCE ON THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES?
In Short: We are not responsible for the privacy or security practices of third-party websites, services, or applications that are not controlled by us.
The Services may contain links to third-party websites, sign-in pages, app stores, payment pages, external lookup services, or other third-party properties. Any personal information collected by such third parties is governed by their own privacy notices and policies, and not by this Privacy Notice.
In Short: Yes. We use cookies, local storage, device storage, service-worker technologies, and similar technologies as reasonably necessary to operate and support the Services.
On the website and web app, we may use cookies and similar browser technologies to:
- Enable sign-in and other essential functionality
- Remember preferences and limited recent activity
- Improve performance through caching and service-worker or PWA functionality
On the mobile app, we may use on-device storage and similar technologies to retain settings, app state, login preferences, subscription or access status, and other service-related preferences.
The mobile app may also display advertisements through Google AdMob and related Google services. In that context, Google and its partners may collect or receive certain device, application, network, or usage information in accordance with their own policies and applicable settings.
We do not represent in this Privacy Notice that the website or web app presently uses separate remarketing, advertising pixels, or analytics products beyond the technologies specifically described herein.
In Short: If you choose to sign in with Google, we may receive limited profile information from Google for authentication and account administration purposes.
If you sign in using Google, we may receive information such as your name, email address, and other information that you authorize Google to share. We use that information to create or authenticate your account and to provide the Services. We do not control how Google independently processes your information, and you should review Google's own privacy policy for additional details.
8. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?
In Short: We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Notice, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
In general, we may retain personal information:
- For so long as your account remains active
- As necessary to provide support, security, subscription, billing, access-restoration, backup, and fraud-prevention functions
- As required to comply with tax, accounting, legal, and regulatory obligations
When we no longer have a legitimate need to retain personal information, we will delete it, de-identify it, or retain it only as necessary for lawful backup, compliance, dispute resolution, or enforcement purposes.
9. HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?
In Short: We implement reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information.
Although we use safeguards designed to protect personal information, no method of electronic transmission, storage, or processing can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Accordingly, we cannot guarantee absolute security, and you provide information to the Services at your own risk.
10. DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM MINORS?
In Short: No. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18 years of age.
The Services are not directed to children under 18, and we do not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from children under 18. If you believe that a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us promptly at the applicable address listed in this Privacy Notice so that we may take appropriate action.
11. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?
In Short: Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have legal rights relating to your personal information.
Subject to applicable law, you may have the right to:
- Request access to personal information we hold about you
- Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal information
- Request deletion of personal information
- Request a copy of certain personal information
- Object to or request restriction of certain processing
- Withdraw consent, where processing is based on consent
If you are located in the EEA, UK, or Switzerland, you may also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.
Account Information
You may be able to review or update certain account information through the Services. If you wish to request account deletion or other account-related changes, please contact us directly using the applicable email address below.
To exercise applicable rights, please contact us by email at [email protected] for website or web app matters and [email protected] for mobile app matters.
12. CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES
Some web browsers and mobile environments offer a Do-Not-Track (“DNT”) setting or similar mechanism. Because there is not yet a uniform standard governing how DNT signals should be interpreted, we do not currently respond to such signals.
13. DO UNITED STATES RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS?
In Short: If you reside in a US state that provides specific privacy rights, you may have additional rights under applicable state law.
Depending on applicable US state law, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or obtain a copy of personal information, or to opt out of certain targeted advertising, sharing, or profiling activities.
We do not sell personal information for monetary consideration. However, certain mobile app advertising-related disclosures or processing associated with third-party advertising services may be treated as “sharing” or “targeted advertising” under certain state laws.
The categories of personal information we may collect include:
- Identifiers, such as name, username, email address, online account identifiers, and IP address
- Customer-record information, such as basic account and contact details
- Commercial or subscription-related information, such as limited transaction, subscription, and customer-linking metadata
- Internet or similar network activity information, such as logs, device, usage, and diagnostic information
- Uploaded files or images that you choose to store in the Services
- Sensitive information only to the extent you voluntarily submit content such as allergy or dietary notes
If applicable law provides you with the right to appeal a decision regarding a privacy request, you may do so by contacting us at the applicable address listed in this Privacy Notice.
14. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE?
In Short: Yes. We may revise this Privacy Notice from time to time to reflect changes in our Services, legal obligations, or business practices.
When we update this Privacy Notice, we will revise the “Last updated” date shown above. If we make material changes, we may also provide additional notice where required or appropriate.
15. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?
If you have questions or comments regarding this Privacy Notice, you may contact us as follows:
Chefs Food Cost Calculator
Website and web app matters: [email protected]
Mobile app matters: [email protected]
16. HOW CAN YOU REVIEW, UPDATE, OR DELETE THE DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU?
Subject to applicable law, you may request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information we collect about you by contacting us directly by email. Please contact [email protected] for website or web app matters and [email protected] for mobile app matters.
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