Privacy Policy
Better Recipes is a recipe app, not a data business. We collect what the service needs to work, we ask before collecting anything optional, and we don't sell your data or show you ads.
Who we are
Better Recipes is provided by [[COMPANY LEGAL NAME]], a Norwegian company (org.nr [[ORG NUMBER]]) at [[POSTAL ADDRESS]], Norway. We are the data controller for the personal data described here. You can reach us at support@better-recipes.app.
The data we handle
Your account
When you create an account we store your email address, your display name, and — only if you choose to add and verify one — your phone number. Sign-in is handled by Auth0 (an Okta service) on a European tenant; your password is managed by Auth0 and never reaches our servers.
Your recipes and activity
We store the content you create: recipes, photos, tags, and your favorites. We also record service activity tied to your account — which recipes you view, favorite, and rate, and which authors you block. This activity powers features every user sees (trending recipes, discovery ranking, engagement counts) and helps prevent abuse, so it is collected whenever you use the service. Legal basis: performing our contract with you, and our legitimate interest in keeping the service safe.
Optional analytics and crash reports
With your consent — asked once at first launch, changeable any time in Settings › Privacy & Data — we use Google Firebase Analytics and Crashlytics to collect app-usage events, device information, and crash traces. This is off until you say yes, and declining costs you no features. Legal basis: consent, which you can withdraw at any time.
Support
If you email us, we keep the correspondence so we can help you and improve the service.
What we don't do
No advertising, no cross-app tracking, and no selling or renting of personal data. If that ever changes, we will ask for separate consent first and update this policy.
Where your data lives
The service runs on Google Cloud (Cloud Run, Cloud SQL, and Cloud Storage) in European data-center regions, and authentication runs on Auth0's EU region. Google and Okta are US companies, so limited processing in the United States can occur; those transfers are covered by the EU–US Data Privacy Framework and standard contractual clauses.
Camera and photos
The app uses your camera or photo library only when you choose to attach a photo to a recipe. Photos are uploaded and stored with the recipe; photos on recipes you publish are visible to other users.
How long we keep it
We keep your account data and content until you delete your account, which you can do yourself in Settings › Security. Deletion removes your profile and content from our live systems; residual copies are purged from backups within [[BACKUP WINDOW, e.g. 30 days]].
Your rights
Under the GDPR you can ask for access to your data, correction, deletion, restriction of processing, a portable copy, and you can object to processing based on legitimate interest or withdraw consent at any time. Most of this you can do directly in the app; for the rest, email us. You can also complain to the Norwegian Data Protection Authority (Datatilsynet) or your local supervisory authority.
Children
Better Recipes is not directed at children under 13, and you may not create an account if you are under 13.
This website
better-recipes.app serves static pages only: no cookies, no analytics, no tracking.
Changes
We'll post any changes here and update the date above. If a change is material, we'll flag it in the app.
Contact
support@better-recipes.app · [[COMPANY LEGAL NAME]], [[POSTAL ADDRESS]], Norway.