Privacy Policy

1. What Data We Collect

When you use DinnerDrop, we collect the following types of information:

• Account information: Name, email address, and password
• Profile preferences: Household size, weekly grocery budget, maximum cook time, cuisine preferences, and dietary needs or restrictions
• Meal history: Generated meal plans, saved recipes, favorited meals, and grocery lists
• Usage data: How you interact with the Service, including pages visited, features used, and meal swaps

2. How We Use Your Data

We use your information to:

• Generate personalized meal plans tailored to your preferences and budget
• Create accurate, consolidated grocery lists from your meal plans
• Improve meal recommendations over time based on your favorites and swaps
• Process payments and manage your subscription
• Send transactional emails (account verification, password resets, plan updates)
• Analyze aggregated, anonymized usage patterns to improve the Service

3. Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party services to operate DinnerDrop. Each service processes your data according to their own privacy policies:

• Supabase: Authentication, database, and data storage
• Anthropic (Claude): AI-powered meal plan and recipe generation — your dietary preferences and household information are sent to Anthropic to generate personalized plans
• Instacart: Grocery delivery integration — your grocery list is shared with Instacart when you choose to push your cart
• Kroger: Grocery pricing and product matching
• Stripe: Payment processing for paid subscriptions — we do not store your full credit card number

4. Data Retention

We retain your account data and meal history for as long as your account is active. If you delete your account, we will remove your personal data within 30 days, except where we are required to retain it for legal or compliance purposes.

Anonymized, aggregated data (such as overall usage statistics) may be retained indefinitely to improve the Service.

5. Your Rights

You have the right to:

• Access your data: View all personal data we store about you through your account settings
• Export your data: Request a copy of your meal plans, favorites, and profile in a machine-readable format
• Delete your account: Permanently delete your account and all associated personal data
• Correct your data: Update inaccurate personal information through your profile settings

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at info@dinnerdrop.app.

6. Cookies

DinnerDrop uses cookies to manage authentication sessions and remember your preferences. We do not use third-party advertising or tracking cookies. Essential cookies are required for the Service to function and cannot be disabled.

7. Children’s Privacy

DinnerDrop is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child under 13 has provided us with personal data, please contact us at info@dinnerdrop.app and we will promptly delete the information.

8. Data Security

We implement industry-standard security measures to protect your personal data, including encryption in transit (TLS) and at rest. However, no method of electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of material changes by posting the updated policy on this page and updating the “Last updated” date. Your continued use of the Service after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the revised policy.

10. Contact Us

If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at info@dinnerdrop.app.