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privacy policy

Last updated: April 17, 2026

1. Who we are

Chowy (“Chowy”, “we”, “us”) is a household kitchen and grocery-management app operated by Delirium Dev (“Delirium”). Contact: privacy@chowy.app.

2. Data we collect

We only collect what we need to run the app. Nothing is sold to third parties.

  • Account data: email address, display name, and authentication tokens. Provided by you at sign-up.
  • Household data: household name, members you invite, and invite emails. Visible to everyone you share a household with.
  • User content: shopping lists, pantry items, recipes, ingredients, cooking steps, photos you upload, meal polls, ratings, and swipe preferences.
  • Purchase data (if you subscribe): product identifier, purchase timestamp, subscription status. Handled by Apple / Google and our billing provider.
  • Device data: crash logs, app version, device model, and operating system. Used to keep the app stable.

3. How we use your data

  • To run the app and sync your kitchen across devices.
  • To send invite emails when you invite a new household member.
  • To send account-related emails (email verification, password reset).
  • To process subscription purchases and restore them.
  • To diagnose crashes and fix bugs.

4. Service providers

We share data with the following processors. They act on our behalf.

  • Supabase — database, authentication, and file storage. Data resides in the EU.
  • Brevo — transactional email delivery (invite, verify, reset).
  • RevenueCat — subscription management. Receives a pseudonymous user ID.
  • Apple / Google — payment processing if you subscribe.
  • Vercel — web hosting for chowy.app. Receives standard request logs (IP, user agent) subject to their retention policy.

5. Public content

Recipes you explicitly mark as public are visible to other Chowy users in the Discover feed. Your display name is attached. Everything else (shopping lists, pantry, private recipes) is visible only within your household.

6. Your rights

You can exercise all of the following from inside the app, in Settings:

  • Access / export: download a copy of your data.
  • Delete: permanently delete your account and content.
  • Correct: update your display name and recipe content at any time.

If you live in the EU/UK you also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data-protection authority. If you live in California, you have rights under the CCPA; see privacy@chowy.app.

7. Data retention

Account data is kept while your account exists. Deletion is permanent and propagates to all household shared content you authored within 30 days, subject to backup retention windows at our providers.

8. Children

Chowy is not directed to children under 13 (or 16 in the EU). We do not knowingly collect data from minors.

9. Security

Data is encrypted in transit (TLS) and at rest. Access is restricted to household members via row-level security. Passwords are hashed server-side by Supabase.

10. Changes to this policy

We'll post updates on this page and, for material changes, notify you by email or in-app before they take effect.

11. Contact

Questions? privacy@chowy.app.