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Privacy policy

How information is used across the ChefScribe website, public recipe library, web app, Chrome extension and iPhone app.

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Your privacy

ChefScribe helps you create new recipes inspired by cooking videos, save your own recipes, and plan meals. This policy explains what data is collected, how it is used, which service providers may process it, and the choices available to you.

Who We Are

ChefScribe is an independent service created to help home cooks create new recipes inspired by cooking videos, save their own recipes, and plan meals.

Information We Collect

We collect and process information that is reasonably necessary to provide, secure and improve ChefScribe.

A) Account Information

If you create or use a ChefScribe account, we may process:

  • Email address
  • Account identifier and authentication information
  • Basic profile information supplied by your chosen sign-in provider, where available
  • Your subscription plan and account status

ChefScribe offers third-party sign-in options such as Google and Apple, as shown on the sign-in screen. If you use Sign in with Apple and choose Hide My Email, Apple may provide ChefScribe with a private relay email address instead of your personal email address.

B) Recipe and App Data

When you use ChefScribe, we may process information needed to provide its features, including:

  • YouTube video IDs, URLs, titles and descriptions used when you choose to make an inspired-by recipe
  • Recipe titles, ingredients, steps, servings, timing and nutrition information created or saved through ChefScribe
  • Folders, favourites, meal-planning information and other organisational data
  • Recipe source information such as the original video URL and creator/channel name

The recipe-generation flow uses the video title and description plus the preferences you provide. It does not fetch or analyse the video’s actual ingredient list, steps, captions, subtitles or transcript. Your recipes in the app are private unless you choose to share or publish them. Public recipe pages may show a ChefScribe-generated recipe and a link to the video that inspired it. ChefScribe should not be used to store sensitive personal information in recipe fields.

C) Information You Provide Voluntarily

  • Contact details if you email us
  • Comments or form submissions if enabled on the site
  • Information you provide when requesting support or reporting a problem

D) Automatically Collected Website and Technical Data

When visiting the ChefScribe website or using the service, standard technical information may be processed by ChefScribe or its service providers, such as:

  • IP address
  • Browser, operating system and device type
  • Pages or features used
  • Approximate timestamps and referring URLs
  • Basic diagnostic, security and error information

This information is used to keep the service secure, understand usage, diagnose faults and improve reliability and performance.

E) Data Processed by the Chrome Extension

The ChefScribe Chrome Extension is designed to operate only when you choose to use it. It does not need to build a general history of your browsing activity.

  • It processes the YouTube video URL or page that you actively choose to make a recipe from
  • Relevant information may be sent to ChefScribe servers and AI service providers to create and save a new inspired-by recipe
  • It is not intended to collect unrelated browsing history
  • Your signed-in ChefScribe account may be used to sync recipes, folders and subscription access

F) Data Processed by the iPhone App

The ChefScribe iPhone app may process the same account and recipe information as the website and Chrome Extension so that your library can stay synchronised across devices. When you use the iOS Share Sheet or paste a video URL, the URL you choose to share may be sent to ChefScribe to generate a new inspired-by recipe.

G) Media Uploads

If you upload images to the website or service, please avoid uploading files containing unnecessary embedded location (GPS) data.

How We Use Information

We use information for purposes such as:

  • Creating, saving and synchronising recipes
  • Providing account sign-in and account security
  • Providing folders, meal planning, nutrition and other ChefScribe features
  • Managing Free and Pro access
  • Processing and verifying subscription status
  • Providing customer support
  • Preventing abuse, fraud and security incidents
  • Monitoring reliability and improving the service
  • Meeting legal, tax, accounting or regulatory obligations where applicable

Sign in with Apple and Google

If you choose a third-party sign-in method, the relevant provider processes your authentication request under its own privacy policy. ChefScribe receives only the account information the provider makes available and that is needed to establish or access your ChefScribe account.

  • Apple: Sign in with Apple may provide an Apple account identifier, your name on first authorisation where available, and either your email address or an Apple private relay address.
  • Google: Google Sign-In may provide an account identifier, email address and basic profile information that you permit Google to share.

ChefScribe does not receive your Apple ID or Google password.

Apple App Store Purchases and Subscriptions

If you purchase ChefScribe Pro through the iPhone app, payment is processed by Apple through the App Store. ChefScribe does not receive your full payment-card details from Apple.

ChefScribe may receive and store information needed to verify and manage your subscription, such as product identifiers, transaction or purchase identifiers, subscription status and expiry information. Apple may separately process billing, purchase and account information under Apple's own privacy terms.

Cookies & Similar Technologies

Cookies and similar technologies may be used on the website to keep the service functioning correctly and, where applicable, understand usage.

Essential Cookies

  • Session and login cookies
  • Security and spam-prevention cookies
  • Core website and WordPress functionality cookies

Optional Cookies

  • Analytics cookies, if enabled and where consent is required
  • YouTube or other embedded-content cookies
  • Comment convenience cookies

You can manage or disable cookies using your browser settings. If a cookie-consent control is displayed, use it to manage optional choices. Browser settings can also clear stored cookies; doing so may sign you out. Permission for optional tracking is separate from accepting the terms of service.

Embedded Content and External Links

ChefScribe may display or link to content from third-party services such as YouTube. When you open or interact with third-party content, that provider may process information such as your IP address, device information, cookies and interaction data.

Third-party privacy policies apply to your interactions with those services. ChefScribe is not responsible for the privacy practices of external websites or services.

Service Providers and Data Sharing

We do not sell or rent personal data. We may share or make data available to trusted service providers where reasonably necessary to operate ChefScribe.

These may include:

  • Supabase: authentication, database, account and backend infrastructure
  • Apple: Sign in with Apple, App Store distribution and iOS subscription processing
  • Google: Google Sign-In where selected by the user
  • YouTube / Google: source videos, external links and embedded or linked video content
  • Stripe: website payment processing and subscription administration, including transaction references and billing status; ChefScribe does not receive full card details
  • AI service providers: processing selected video IDs, titles, descriptions, user preferences and recipe output to generate new inspired-by recipes
  • Website hosting and infrastructure providers
  • Security and spam-prevention services
  • Email services used to respond to enquiries
  • Analytics or diagnostic providers, if enabled

We may also disclose information where required by law, to protect our rights or users, or to investigate fraud, abuse or security incidents.

Data Retention

User Accounts

Account information is generally stored for as long as your ChefScribe account remains active and for any additional period reasonably required for security, fraud prevention, dispute resolution or legal obligations.

Recipes and Saved App Data

Recipes, folders and meal-planning data associated with your account may be retained while your account is active. Some recipe information based on publicly available source videos may remain in the public ChefScribe recipe library even after an individual user's account data is deleted, where that recipe is maintained as public source content rather than private account data.

Subscription Records

Limited purchase and subscription records may be retained where needed for account administration, fraud prevention, accounting, tax or legal purposes.

Comments and Contact Messages

Comments and related metadata may be retained for moderation. Emails and support messages may be retained for customer support or administrative purposes.

Account Deletion

ChefScribe users can initiate deletion of their account from within the iPhone app where that feature is available. You can also contact hello@chefscribe.com for help with an account or privacy request.

Account deletion is intended to remove or anonymise personal account data that ChefScribe is not required to retain. Some information may be retained where required for legal, security, fraud-prevention, accounting or dispute-resolution purposes.

Deleting a ChefScribe account does not automatically cancel an Apple App Store subscription. App Store subscriptions should also be managed or cancelled through your Apple account or the App Store subscription settings.

Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live, including under UK or European data-protection law where applicable, you may have rights such as:

  • ✔ Access your personal data
  • ✔ Correct inaccurate personal data
  • ✔ Request deletion of personal data
  • ✔ Request restriction of certain processing
  • ✔ Object to certain processing
  • ✔ Request portability of certain data where applicable
  • ✔ Withdraw consent where processing relies on consent

Requests can be made by emailing hello@chefscribe.com. We aim to respond within the time required by applicable law.

You can complain to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office or your local data-protection authority. You do not have to contact us first.

Right to object: where we rely on legitimate interests, you can object to processing based on your circumstances. You can object to direct marketing at any time.

Legal Bases for Processing

Where UK GDPR, EU GDPR or similar law applies, ChefScribe may rely on one or more lawful bases depending on the activity, including:

  • Contract: to provide the ChefScribe service you request
  • Legitimate interests: to secure, maintain and improve ChefScribe, prevent abuse and provide support
  • Consent: where consent is required, for example for certain optional cookies or marketing activities
  • Legal obligation: where information must be retained or disclosed to comply with law

Where Data Is Processed

ChefScribe and its service providers may process information in countries other than your own. Where required by applicable data-protection law, appropriate safeguards are used for international transfers.

Contact hello@chefscribe.com for information about the destinations and transfer safeguards relevant to your data, and how to obtain a copy of applicable safeguards.

Children’s Privacy

ChefScribe is not intended for children under the age of 13 and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13.

If you believe a child has provided personal information to ChefScribe, please contact us so that we can review and, where appropriate, delete it.

Data Security

We use reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect data, which may include:

  • HTTPS encryption
  • Managed authentication and access controls
  • Restricted administrative access
  • Security monitoring and abuse prevention
  • Software maintenance and security updates

No internet service can be guaranteed to be completely secure, but we take reasonable steps to protect ChefScribe and its users.

Policy Updates

This policy may be updated from time to time as ChefScribe, its apps or its service providers change. Any changes will be published on this page with a revised date.

Contact

If you have questions, concerns, account-deletion requests or other privacy requests, please contact: