Last updated: June 9, 2025
1. Introduction
Welcome to Crumb Cost ("us", "we", or "our"). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about our policy, or our practices with regards to your personal information, please contact us.
2. Information We Collect
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you register on the Service, express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and services, when you participate in activities on the Service or otherwise when you contact us.
The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the Service, the choices you make and the products and features you use. The personal information we collect may include the following:
- Personal Information Provided by You: We collect names; email addresses; passwords; contact preferences; and other similar information.
- Recipe Data: We collect ingredients, instructions, and other recipe-related data you input into the Service. This data is used to provide the core functionality of Crumb Cost.
- Uploaded Images: If you use the image upload feature, we collect and store the images you upload. These images may be associated with your account and used within the application as per its features (e.g., for recipes, profile pictures).
- Payment Data (Placeholder): We may collect data necessary to process your payment if you make purchases, such as your payment instrument number (such as a credit card number), and the security code associated with your payment instrument. All payment data is stored by our payment processor and you should review its privacy policies and contact the payment processor directly to respond to your questions.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use personal information collected via our Service for a variety of business purposes described below. We process your personal information for these purposes in reliance on our legitimate business interests, in order to enter into or perform a contract with you, with your consent, and/or for compliance with our legal obligations. We indicate the specific processing grounds we rely on next to each purpose listed below.
- To facilitate account creation and logon process.
- To manage user accounts.
- To provide and maintain our Service, including image hosting and display.
- To send administrative information to you.
- To protect our Services.
- To respond to user inquiries/offer support to users.
- To analyze usage trends and improve our Service.
- For other business purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, marketing and your experience.
4. Will Your Information Be Shared With Anyone?
We only share information with your consent, to comply with laws, to provide you with services, to protect your rights, or to fulfill business obligations.
- Third-Party Service Providers: We may share your data with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. Examples include: payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services (like Supabase for database and storage), customer service and marketing efforts.
- AI Model Providers: Data you input for AI features (e.g., ingredient lists for substitution) may be sent to our AI model providers (e.g., Google AI) to generate responses. This data is processed according to their respective privacy policies and terms.
5. How Long Do We Keep Your Information?
We keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy policy unless otherwise required by law. For uploaded images, they are retained as long as your account is active or until you choose to delete them, subject to our data retention policies.
6. How Do We Keep Your Information Safe?
We aim to protect your personal information through a system of organizational and technical security measures. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.
7. Your Privacy Rights
In some regions (like the EEA, UK, and Canada), you have certain rights under applicable data protection laws. These may include the right (i) to request access and obtain a copy of your personal information, (ii) to request rectification or erasure; (iii) to restrict the processing of your personal information; and (iv) if applicable, to data portability. You may also have the right to delete content you have uploaded, subject to the Service's functionality.
8. Updates to This Policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Last updated" date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible.
9. Contact Us
If you have questions or comments about this policy, you may email us at support@crumbcost.com (placeholder).