Privacy Policy
Information We Collect
Information You Provide
We collect information you provide directly to Wen Dinner, including:
- Recipe URLs, recipe text, uploaded recipe files, and recipe photos
- Public and private recipes you create or save
- Meal plans, calendars, meal times, notes, and cooking step completion
- Recipe lists and sharing settings
- Inventory and shopping list items, quantities, locations, and dates
- Feedback and chat messages you choose to send
- Account display names and passkey registration information
Automatically Collected Information
We collect information needed to operate and secure the service, including:
- Session information that keeps you signed in and maintains current app state
- Basic server logs for security, debugging, and performance monitoring
- Technical information needed to process requests and prevent abuse
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to:
- Provide recipe import, meal planning, cooking schedules, calendars, inventory, and shopping list features
- Create and manage user accounts and passkey sign-in
- Process recipes and chat requests with AI-assisted features
- Support sharing of calendars, recipe lists, inventories, and related resources when you choose to share them
- Maintain service reliability, security, and abuse prevention
- Improve Wen Dinner's functionality and user experience
AI Processing
Wen Dinner uses AI services to help parse recipes, extract recipe content from files or images, answer cooking and app questions, and assist with supported actions.
Recipe content, chat messages, and related context may be sent to AI service providers when needed to provide those features. Do not submit information you do not want processed for those purposes.
Sharing and Visibility
Some Wen Dinner content can be public, private, or shared with specific people.
- Public recipes and public recipe lists may be visible to other users and visitors.
- Private recipes are intended to be visible only to authorized users, but may be made available through a shared calendar or recipe list when you choose to share that resource.
- Shared calendars, recipe lists, inventories, and shopping lists may expose their contents to invited users according to the permissions you grant.
Review sharing settings before sending invite links or making content public.
Service Providers
We work with third-party service providers to operate Wen Dinner. These providers may process information only as needed to provide services to us:
- Heroku for hosting
- MongoDB for database storage
- OpenAI for AI-assisted parsing, extraction, and chat features
Data Security
We use technical and organizational measures designed to protect information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. No internet service can guarantee absolute security.
Data Retention
We retain information as long as needed to provide Wen Dinner, maintain security, comply with legal obligations, and improve the service. Session data may expire automatically. Recipes, calendars, lists, inventories, shopping lists, feedback, and related records may be retained while the service operates unless deleted or otherwise handled according to available product controls.
Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or object to processing of your information. Contact us to exercise applicable rights.
Children's Privacy
Wen Dinner is not intended for children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post updates on this page with a revised effective date.