Effective Date: April 19, 2026
MacroChef (“MacroChef,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, store, and protect information when you use the MacroChef mobile application, website, services, and related features.
By using MacroChef, you agree to the collection and use of information described in this Privacy Policy.
MacroChef is a nutrition, meal planning, food logging, grocery, and AI-assisted macro coaching application.
Contact:
[MacroChef]
[macrocheffounder@gmail.com]
If you are located in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, or Switzerland, MacroChef is the data controller for personal information processed under this Privacy Policy unless stated otherwise.
We may collect the following categories of information.
This information may be considered sensitive personal information in some jurisdictions because it can relate to health, dietary restrictions, or wellness goals.
If you choose to use food photo scanning, nutrition label scanning, or kitchen ingredient scanning, MacroChef may process images you provide. Images may be used to estimate nutrition, identify food items, or suggest ingredients.
You control whether you upload or capture these images.
When you use AI-powered features, we may process:
We may collect limited technical information, including:
Purchases are processed through Apple in-app purchase and/or subscription infrastructure. We do not directly collect or store your full payment card information.
Subscription status may be processed by Apple and our subscription management provider.
We use information to:
If GDPR applies, we rely on the following legal bases:
We process information necessary to provide MacroChef features you request, including account access, meal generation, logging, saved meals, and subscription access.
We may rely on consent when you choose to provide optional information, upload images, use camera-based features, or enable certain preferences. You may withdraw consent where applicable.
We may process information to improve app functionality, prevent fraud or abuse, secure our services, troubleshoot errors, and understand feature performance.
We may process information when required by law, tax, accounting, consumer protection, or app marketplace rules.
We may share information with service providers that help us operate MacroChef.
We may use providers for:
These providers may include Supabase, OpenAI, Adapty, Apple, and similar vendors.
We may disclose information if required to comply with law, enforce our terms, protect rights, investigate abuse, or respond to lawful requests.
If MacroChef is involved in a merger, acquisition, financing, or sale of assets, information may be transferred as part of that transaction.
MacroChef uses AI-powered features to generate meal ideas, nutrition estimates, recipe instructions, coaching insights, and related recommendations.
AI-generated content may be inaccurate, incomplete, or unsuitable for your needs. You are responsible for reviewing all generated meals, ingredients, allergens, and nutrition information before relying on them.
Do not submit information you do not want processed by AI services.
MacroChef may allow you to store allergy information so the app can try to avoid generating meals with those ingredients. However, AI systems and food databases can make mistakes.
You are solely responsible for verifying that meals, ingredients, restaurants, and food suggestions are safe for your allergies and dietary restrictions.
This section applies to California residents.
We may collect the following categories of personal information:
| Category | Examples | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Identifiers | Email, user ID, username | Account creation, authentication, support |
| Customer records | Account details, subscription status | App access and subscription management |
| Protected characteristics | Age, gender if provided | Macro calculations and personalization |
| Commercial information | Subscription status, purchase events | Payment and access management |
| Internet or device activity | App usage, diagnostics, feature events | Security, debugging, app improvement |
| Geolocation | Approximate region/storefront if available | Subscription and localization support |
| Sensitive personal information | Health-related profile details, allergies, dietary data | Meal planning, safety preferences, macro recommendations |
| Inferences | Fitness goal, meal preferences, coaching insights | Personalization and app functionality |
We collect this information for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
We do not sell personal information for money. We do not knowingly sell or share personal information of users under 16.
If we use analytics or advertising tools in the future that qualify as “sharing” under California law, we will update this policy and provide applicable opt-out rights.
California residents may have the right to:
To exercise these rights, contact us at:
[macrocheffounder@gmail.com]
We may need to verify your identity before completing a request.
Depending on your location, you may have the right to:
To exercise these rights, contact us at:
[macrocheffounder@gmail.com]
We retain information for as long as needed to provide MacroChef, maintain your account, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, and maintain security.
Account, profile, food log, saved meal, grocery, and goal data may be retained while your account remains active. We may retain limited records after deletion where required for legal, security, tax, fraud prevention, or backup purposes.
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information. However, no method of transmission or storage is completely secure.
Your information may be processed in countries other than where you live. These countries may have different privacy laws. Where required, we use appropriate safeguards for international transfers.
MacroChef is not intended for children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
If you believe a child has provided personal information, contact us so we can take appropriate action.
You may:
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Updates will be posted on this page with a new effective date.
For privacy questions or requests, contact:
[macrocheffounder@gmail.com]