Privacy Policy

This policy explains how A Fish in the Kitchen(“we”, “us”) handles your information when you use our family-cookbook app. We keep this short and plain. If anything is unclear, email us at admin@afishinthekitchen.com.

What we collect

• Account details— your name and email address, and either a password or your Google/Apple sign-in identity.
• Content you add— recipes, photos and videos, kitchen tips, meal plans, shopping lists, family-member profiles, notes, and your cookbook’s name and members.
• Basic technical data— standard logs and device information from our hosting and infrastructure providers, used to run and secure the service.

How we use it

• To provide the app — storing and showing your cookbook to your household.
• To sign you in and keep your account secure.
• To send necessary emails, such as invitations (and, in future, billing notices).
• To maintain, improve, and protect the service.

We do not sell your personal information, and we don’t use it for advertising.

AI recipe import

If you use the “import from photo” feature, the image you upload is sent to Anthropic (the Claude API) to read the recipe and turn it into structured text. This only happens when you choose to use that feature.

Who we share it with

We use a small number of trusted providers to run the service, acting on our instructions:

• Google Firebase — sign-in, database, and file storage.
• Vercel — application hosting.
• Twilio SendGrid — sending transactional emails.
• Anthropic — AI recipe import (only when you use it).

Your cookbook is private: only you and the family members you invite can see its contents. We don’t make it public or searchable.

Where your data is stored

Your information is stored on our providers’ servers, which may be located outside Jersey (for example in the EU or United States). These providers maintain appropriate safeguards for international data transfers.

How long we keep it

We keep your content while your cookbook is active. If a subscription lapses, access steps down over time (to read-only, then suspended), and the cookbook’s data is deleted roughly one year after it is suspended. You can delete your account and cookbook at any time from your account settings.

Your rights

Under the Jersey Data Protection Law you can ask to access, correct, delete, or receive a copy of your personal data, and you can object to certain uses. To make a request, email admin@afishinthekitchen.com.

Children

The app is intended for adults running a family cookbook. Accounts are for adults, though the recipes and profiles an adult adds may mention family members, including children, by name or photo. The app is not directed at children creating their own accounts.

Cookies and local storage

We use your browser’s local storage for essential sign-in and session purposes (for example, remembering which cookbook is active). We don’t use third-party advertising or tracking cookies.

Security

Sign-in and passwords are handled by Google Firebase Authentication; we never store your raw password. No system is perfectly secure, but we take reasonable measures to protect your information.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. If we make a material change, we’ll update the date above and, where appropriate, let you know in the app.

Contact

Questions about your privacy? Email admin@afishinthekitchen.com. This service is operated from Jersey and governed by Jersey law.