Privacy Policy
Last updated: 28 May 2026
Eatbook ("we", "our", "us") is an AI-powered meal planning app. Our app helps you plan weekly menus, manage your pantry, create shopping lists, and personalise meals for your family.
Contact: support@eatbookfamily.com
When you register we collect your name, email address, and date of birth (to verify you are 13 or older as required by law). You can also sign in with Google or Apple, in which case we receive your name and email from those providers.
Authentication is handled by Firebase Authentication (Google). Firebase manages your credentials, passwords, and login sessions. We do not store passwords on our servers.
To personalise meal plans you may optionally provide: weight, height, age, gender, activity level, dietary restrictions, religious restrictions, taste preferences, cooking time constraints, and eating habits for yourself and family members.
Recipes you save, weekly menus you generate, pantry items, shopping lists, staple items, meal ratings, cooking history, water intake, and scan history are stored so your data syncs across devices.
When you use the fridge scan feature, your photo is sent to Anthropic Claude AI for ingredient detection. You can take a new photo or choose one from your photo library — in both cases the photo is processed in real time and discarded immediately after analysis; it is not stored on our servers.
If you enable Apple Health integration, the app reads your weight and activity level from HealthKit and writes nutrition data (calories, protein, fat, carbs) back to HealthKit. This data stays on your device and is never sent to our servers.
Subscription payments are processed by RevenueCat via Apple App Store, Google Play, or Stripe (for web). We never store your card number. We only receive a subscription status confirmation.
We use Firebase Analytics to track app usage (screen views, feature engagement) and Firebase Crashlytics to collect crash reports and error logs. This data helps us improve app stability and performance. It does not include personally identifiable information.
If you allow notifications, we store your device push token (via Firebase Cloud Messaging) to send meal reminders, shopping reminders, and family sync notifications.
We use Anthropic PBC (anthropic.com) — the maker of the Claude AI model — to power AI features. Before any data leaves your device for the first time, the app shows an in-app consent dialog that names Anthropic, lists exactly what categories of data will be sent, and asks for your explicit permission. AI features are disabled until you accept; you can revoke consent at any time in Settings.
What we send to Anthropic:
What we never send to Anthropic:
How Anthropic handles the data: All requests go through our server proxy over HTTPS. Anthropic processes the data under their Commercial Terms: your inputs and the AI's outputs are not used to train Anthropic's models and are retained for at most 30 days for abuse monitoring before deletion. Anthropic provides protections equivalent to those described in this policy.
Firebase provides authentication, analytics, crash reporting, performance monitoring, and push notifications. Firebase processes device identifiers, usage data, and crash logs under Google's Data Processing Terms, which provide protections equivalent to those described in this policy. Firebase Analytics is configured as a first-party product analytics tool only — IDFA collection is disabled and no data is shared with advertising networks.
RevenueCat manages subscription billing across App Store, Google Play, and web (via Stripe). RevenueCat receives only your internal user ID (a random UUID, not your email or name) and subscription status. RevenueCat handles this data under their Data Processing Addendum, which provides protections equivalent to those described in this policy.
If you subscribe via the App Store or Google Play, payment is handled by Apple or Google respectively.
We never sell, rent, or trade your personal data to any third party for marketing or advertising purposes.
Eatbook does not perform any cross-app or cross-website tracking as defined by Apple's App Tracking Transparency framework. Specifically:
GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_IDFA_COLLECTION_ENABLED = NO).com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID permission is blocked.Eatbook includes an optional household feature that lets people in the same home share meal planning data. Household sharing is opt-in and never enabled automatically.
The first member creates a household and receives an invite code. Other members enter that code to join. Before either action completes, the app shows an explicit consent dialog enumerating exactly what becomes visible to other members. You can decline at any point, and you can leave the household later from the same screen.
Households are invite-only and private. There is no public discovery, friend graph, or chat. Only people who hold the current invite code can join. The household administrator can remove any member at any time, after which that member's device stops syncing with the household. Leaving a household keeps your data on your device — it is not deleted.
Your data is stored on our servers (PostgreSQL database hosted on a secure VPS) and locally on your device. All data is transmitted over encrypted HTTPS connections.
Your data is stored for as long as your account is active. If you delete your account, all your personal data is permanently deleted from our servers within 30 days, except where we are required by law to retain it longer.
You can export all your data at any time from Settings in the app. The export includes your profile, recipes, meal plans, pantry items, ratings, and all other stored data in JSON format.
Eatbook requires users to be at least 13 years old. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13. If you believe a child under 13 has registered, please contact us at support@eatbookfamily.com and we will delete their account immediately.
Depending on where you live (including under GDPR, CCPA, and similar laws), you may have the right to:
To exercise these rights, contact: support@eatbookfamily.com
All data is transmitted over encrypted HTTPS connections. Authentication is handled by Firebase with industry-standard security. We use rate limiting, input validation, and server-side authorization to protect your data.
We may update this policy from time to time. We will notify you of significant changes by displaying a notice in the app. The latest version is always available in Settings and at eatbookfamily.com/privacy.
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Email: support@eatbookfamily.com
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