Privacy Policy

Last updated November 14, 2026

Recipe Box is made by Sandy Hotdog. This page explains what we collect, why we collect it, and who sees it.

What we collect

• Your account: your name, your email address and your password. Our sign-in provider stores the password in scrambled (hashed) form, and we never see it.
• What you add: recipes, recipe photos, comments, and the names of your recipe boxes.
• Invites: the email addresses you invite to a recipe box.
• Safety: reports you send about recipes or comments, and the people you block.
• Recipes you import: the web links and photos you give the recipe reader.
• Technical data: a check that requests come from the real app (Firebase App Check), plus the short-lived server logs every web service keeps, which include IP addresses. We use these to keep the service running and to stop abuse.

We don't use analytics or advertising tools, and we don't collect your location or contacts.

Who sees it

• Your family: the members of a recipe box see your name and everything you add to that box. People you invite see your name in the invite email.
• Us: we look at your content only when you report it, when someone reports it, when you ask us for help, or when the law requires it.
• The companies that run our service, only to do that job for us:
  • Google Firebase and Google Cloud store your account and recipes and run our servers, in the United States.
  • Google's Gemini AI reads the links and photos you import and turns them into recipes. We use Google's paid service, and Google doesn't use what we send it to train its models.
  • Resend delivers our emails, such as invites.

We'll share information if the law requires it, or to protect someone's safety.

How long we keep it

• Your account stays until you delete it. See what's deleted and what stays.
• Invites are deleted 30 days after they're sent, whether or not they were used.
• A recipe box is permanently deleted 30 days after its last member leaves.
• The recipe reader doesn't keep the links or photos you import after it has read them.

Your choices

You can change your name, edit or delete what you added, leave a recipe box, or delete your account, all in the app. To get a copy of your information, or with any other privacy request, email support@sandyhotdog.com. We'll reply within 30 days. Depending on where you live, you may have other rights, such as to correct your information or to complain to a data protection authority.

Children

Recipe Box isn't for children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect their information. If you think a child under 13 has an account, tell us and we'll delete it.

Security

Your information is encrypted in transit and when stored. Only members of a recipe box can open it. No system is perfectly secure, but we work to protect your information.

Changes

If we change this policy, we'll update the date at the top. If a change is significant, we'll tell you in the app or by email first.

Contact

Sandy Hotdog · support@sandyhotdog.com