Privacy Policy for Kitchen Chef
Effective Date: July 10, 2026
Kitchen Chef respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how Kitchen Chef collects, uses, stores, and protects information when you use the app.
1. App Overview
Kitchen Chef is a kitchen inventory and meal planning app. The app helps users track food in their fridge, pantry, and freezer, view low-stock or expiring items, get meal ideas, and manage grocery lists.
2. Information We Collect
Kitchen Chef may collect or use the following types of information:
Kitchen Inventory Information:
Users may enter food items, quantities, expiration dates, storage locations, grocery list items, and meal planning details. This information is used to help organize your kitchen and suggest meals.
Camera Access:
Kitchen Chef may request access to your device camera for features such as scanning barcodes, receipts, or food items. Camera access is used only to provide scanning features inside the app.
App Activity:
The app may use basic app activity information, such as feature usage, crashes, or performance data, to improve app stability and user experience.
Advertising Data:
If ads are shown in the app, third-party advertising services such as Google AdMob may collect certain information, such as device identifiers, ad interactions, and approximate usage data, to provide and measure ads.
3. How We Use Information
Information is used to:
• Track food inventory
• Manage grocery lists
• Suggest meal ideas
• Show low-stock or expiring food reminders
• Improve app performance and reliability
• Display ads, if ads are included in the app
4. Information Storage
Kitchen Chef may store your kitchen inventory, grocery list, and meal planning information on your device. If the app does not require an account or online login, this information is generally stored locally on your device.
If you uninstall the app or clear app data, locally stored information may be deleted.
5. Sharing of Information
Kitchen Chef does not sell your personal information.
Kitchen Chef may share limited information with third-party services only when needed for app functionality, advertising, analytics, crash reporting, or legal requirements.
Third-party services may include:
• Google Play Services
• Google AdMob, if ads are enabled
These third-party services may collect information according to their own privacy policies.
6. Children’s Privacy
Kitchen Chef is not designed to knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information through the app, please contact us so we can review and delete the information if needed.
7. Data Security
We take reasonable steps to protect user information. However, no app, website, or electronic storage method is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.
8. Data Deletion
Users can delete app data by clearing the app’s storage in device settings or uninstalling the app.
If you contact us with a data deletion request, we will review and respond when applicable.
9. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any updates will be posted on this page with a new effective date.
10. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or the Kitchen Chef app, contact us at:
[Your support email here]