Who this policy covers
This policy applies to the Cookta mobile application and cookta.app. “Cookta”, “we”, and “us” refer to the developer and operator of the Cookta app.
Data Cookta collects
Cookta collects only the information needed to provide accounts and personalized cooking guidance:
- Account information: your name, email address, Cookta user ID, and sign-in provider information supplied by Google or Apple.
- Cooking preferences: dietary preference, allergy exclusions, experience level, and preferred measurement system.
- Saved content: identifiers for recipes you save.
- Cooking history: the recipe identifier and the date and time a cook was completed.
- Optional deletion feedback: a selected reason or free-form comment. This is stored without your user ID or email and cannot be connected back to the deleted account.
Cookta does not collect advertising identifiers, precise location, payment details, contacts, photos, microphone recordings, or health data. Cookta does not sell personal data or use it for third-party advertising.
Information kept on your device
An active cooking session, checklist progress, serving choice, and running timer state are stored locally so a cook can resume after navigation or an app restart. Timer notifications are scheduled by your device. This local state is removed when you delete your Cookta account.
How Cookta uses data
- To create, authenticate, secure, and manage your account.
- To apply dietary and allergy filters and personalize recipe suggestions.
- To synchronize preferences, saved recipes, and cooking history across sessions.
- To restore cooking progress and deliver timer alerts you request.
- To maintain, troubleshoot, protect, and improve Cookta.
Services that process data
Cookta uses Supabase for authentication and database hosting, Google and Apple for sign-in, and Vercel to host cookta.app. These providers may process limited network and security information, such as an IP address and request logs, under their own service terms and privacy commitments. We share data only with service providers acting on our behalf, when required by law, or as part of a business transfer subject to appropriate safeguards.
Retention and deletion
Account-linked preferences, saved recipe identifiers, and cooking history are kept while your Cookta account exists. You can permanently delete the account from Settings → Delete account or through our web deletion page. Deletion removes the account and associated database records. Anonymous deletion feedback may remain because it contains no account identifier.
Your choices and rights
You can update cooking preferences in Settings, remove saved recipes individually, and delete the complete account at any time. Depending on where you live, you may also have rights to access, correct, object to, restrict, or receive a copy of personal data. Use the support page to make a privacy request.
Security and international processing
Cookta uses encrypted HTTPS connections, provider-managed authentication, row-level database access controls, and restricted server credentials. No system is perfectly secure. Our providers may process information in countries other than your own using the safeguards required by applicable law.
Children
Cookta is not directed to children below the minimum age required to consent to online services in their country. If you believe a child has provided personal data without appropriate consent, contact us so it can be removed.
Policy changes and contact
We may update this policy as Cookta evolves. Material changes will be reflected by a new date on this page. For privacy questions, contact privacy@cookta.app or visit Cookta support.