Privacy Policy

Effective Date: March 16, 2026

Welcome to Eaten (accessible at eaten.recipes) ("we," "our," or "us"). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and share your information when you visit our website and use our recipe management services.

1. Information We Collect

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you register on the website, as well as information that is collected automatically when you use our services.

• Account Information: To create an account and save your recipes, we require an email address. We use Firebase Authentication (a Google service) to securely manage your sign-in process.
• Usage and Device Data: We use Google Analytics to collect information about how you interact with our website. This may include your IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, referring URLs, and pages viewed.
• User-Generated Content: Any recipes, images, notes, or other content you upload to your account. You have the option to make individual recipes public or keep them private.
• Payment Information (Future): As we introduce paid subscriptions, payment processing will be handled by a secure third-party payment processor. We will not store your full credit card details on our servers.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect or receive for the following purposes:

• To facilitate account creation and the logon process.
• To provide, operate, and maintain our recipe management features.
• To improve our website's functionality and user experience based on analytical data.
• To respond to user inquiries and offer customer support.
• To process subscription payments and manage your account status (when applicable).
• To ensure the security of our website and prevent fraudulent activity.

3. Cookies and Third-Party Services

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our service and hold certain information.

• Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the site. Google Analytics uses cookies to track visitor interactions. You can read more about how Google uses your personal information here: https://policies.google.com/privacy. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
• Firebase: We use Google Firebase for authentication and database hosting. Firebase may collect IP addresses and user-agent strings to provide added security and prevent abuse during the sign-up and authentication processes.

4. How We Share Your Information

We do not sell your personal information to third parties. We only share information in the following situations:

• Publicly Shared Recipes: If you actively choose to share a recipe publicly, that specific recipe and associated content will be visible to other users and visitors of the site.
• Service Providers: We share information with third-party vendors, service providers, or contractors who perform services for us (such as Google for hosting, authentication, and analytics) and require access to such information to do that work.
• Legal Obligations: We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process.

5. Data Retention and Your UK GDPR Rights

We are based in the United Kingdom. We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), you have the right to:

• Access: Request a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
• Rectification: Request the correction of inaccurate information.
• Erasure: Request the deletion of your account and associated personal data (including your recipes and email address).
• Restriction & Objection: Restrict or object to our processing of your personal data.
• Data Portability: Request the transfer of your data to another organization.

To exercise these rights, please contact us at the email address provided below.

6. Children's Privacy

Eaten is available to users of all ages. However, if you are under the age of 13 in the UK, we require that you have the consent of your parent or legal guardian to create an account and provide us with your email address. If we learn we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without appropriate consent, we will take steps to delete that information.

7. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Effective Date" at the top of this page.

8. Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this policy or your data, please contact us at: Email: support@eaten.recipes