Privacy Policy

1. Overview

Babels Recipes is designed to help you create, discover, and organize your favorite recipes and cookbooks. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting any personal information you share with us.

2. Information We Collect

We only collect information necessary to provide and improve the service:

• Account Information: When you sign in (for example, through Google authentication), we receive your name, email address, and profile picture to create your account.
• Recipe Data: The recipes, cookbooks, notes, ingredients, and shopping lists you create or save in the app.
• Uploaded Images: Photos you choose to upload as recipe covers or step illustrations.

3. How We Use Your Data

Your data is used strictly to:

• Store and synchronize your recipes across your devices.
• Enable offline access through local caching on your device.
• Display recipes publicly only when you explicitly set their visibility to public.

4. Third-Party Services

We rely on trusted third-party providers to operate the platform:

• Authentication: Secure sign-in providers to verify your identity without storing passwords on our servers.
• Cloud Storage: Secure cloud infrastructure to host uploaded recipe images and database backups.
• Recipe Extraction: AI services used to parse instructions and ingredients when you import recipes from external URLs or images.

5. Data Control & Deletion

You retain full ownership of your content. You may edit, delete, or export your recipes and books at any time. If you wish to permanently delete your account and all associated data, you can do so through your account settings or by contacting us.