Privacy Policy

1. Our approach

The operator of Tabete values the privacy of people who use the app and official website. We handle the information we collect in accordance with this policy and applicable law.

2. Information we handle

• Account information: Your Tabete identifier, display name, chef badge and home memberships. If you sign up or sign in with Apple, we also handle your Apple identifier and information needed for authentication.
• Content you save or submit: Recipes, source URLs, photos, menus and cooking records.
• Purchase information: Product identifiers, purchase, renewal and cancellation status, and expiration dates. Apple handles payments; Tabete’s operator does not receive your credit card number.
• Usage records: Access times, network information such as IP addresses, and records of imports and errors.
• Support inquiries: Your message and the contact information needed to reply.

3. How we use information

We use information to import and save recipes, enable sharing within homes, sync across devices, support sign-in, and manage Pro access. We also use it to investigate problems, prevent abuse and respond to inquiries.

4. Sharing with home members

Your display name and chef badge, and the home’s recipes, photos and menus, are shared with other members of the same home. Before saving photos or notes, make sure you are comfortable sharing their content with those members.

5. External services

We use the following services to operate Tabete. Each processes the information needed for its role.

• Google Gemini：We send photos being imported and social post URLs, text, images and videos as needed to read recipes.
• YouTube・Instagram：We retrieve information, images and videos from the posts you select. We also use the YouTube Data API to retrieve YouTube information.
• Cloudflare・PlanetScale：We use these services to deliver the app’s services and website and to store recipes, photos and account information.
• Apple・RevenueCat：We use these services for Apple sign-in and payments, and to check and manage purchases linked to your account.

If you contact us on X, your direct messages and account information are handled on X. External services may process information on servers outside Japan. Their respective terms and privacy policies also apply.

6. Disclosure to third parties

We do not disclose personal information to third parties except for sharing within homes, engaging external services needed to provide Tabete, cases where you consent, cases required by law, and similar lawful circumstances.

7. Retention and account deletion

We retain information for as long as needed to provide and safely operate the service and to meet legal obligations.

You can delete your account from the account screen in the app. Once deletion is complete, we remove your account and sign-in information. Recipes, photos and other content in homes with remaining members are kept for their continued use and are no longer linked to the deleted account. The content of photos and notes remains, so please contact us if you have concerns about any information in them.

A home is deleted when its last member leaves or deletes their account. Backups and operational records follow their normal retention and update cycles, so not all copies disappear at the same time.

8. Protecting your information

We work to prevent information leaks and misuse through measures including encryption in transit and access controls. To request access to, correction or deletion of your information, or that we stop using it, please contact Support. We will verify your identity and respond in accordance with the law.

9. Contact and policy updates

If you have questions about this policy, please contact Support. When the policy changes, we will update this page and its date. We will announce important changes in the app or on the official website.