WhatDo Privacy Policy

Effective Date: March 18, 2026

Operated by: DeadBeet LLC

1. Overview

This Privacy Policy describes how DeadBeet LLC ("WhatDo," "we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and protects information when you use the WhatDo mobile and desktop applications (the "App") and associated community features.

By using the App, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

2. Information We Collect

A. Information You Provide

• Account information (such as Sign in with Apple identifiers)
• Email address or display name if you choose to share them through Sign in with Apple or your profile
• Kitchen inventory data
• Recipes and user-generated content
• Uploaded images
• Community profile information (display name, biography)
• Recipe reviews and ratings
• Recipe collection names and descriptions
• Purchase and entitlement status needed to unlock paid features
• Support communications sent to [email protected]

B. Automatically Collected Information

• Device type
• Operating system version
• App version
• Push notification device tokens and notification preferences, if notifications are enabled
• Basic usage diagnostics
• Crash logs (if applicable)

C. Community Analytics (Anonymized)

When you use the App, certain cooking, inventory, and waste activity may be aggregated into anonymized community insights. This data is:

• Aggregated at the weekly level (no precise timestamps)
• Identified only by a non-reversible hash (not linked to your identity)
• Used to generate community-wide trends (e.g., popular ingredients, waste patterns)

This anonymized data cannot be used to identify you or reconstruct your personal kitchen activity.

We do not collect precise location data unless explicitly enabled by you.

3. AI Processing

The App may use automated systems to generate recipe suggestions and related content.

Information you input (such as ingredients, recipes, kitchen context, preferences, search text, or image prompts) may be processed by third-party AI service providers for the purpose of generating responses.

AI features remain off until you allow AI data processing in the App. You can change that choice later in Settings.

We do not store long-term AI conversation logs beyond what is necessary to provide and improve the service.

4. Nutrition Information

The App may display estimated nutrition information derived from automated calculations or third-party data sources.

Such information is processed to provide functionality but is not stored for external profiling or advertising purposes.

5. Cloud Storage and Sync

Kitchen data, recipes, and images are stored using secure cloud services operated by DeadBeet LLC (hosted on Cloudflare) to enable synchronization across your devices and shared kitchens.

Data is associated with your Apple account identifier and is transmitted and stored using encryption.

6. Shared Kitchens

If you use shared kitchen functionality, information you add to a shared kitchen may be visible to invited members.

You are responsible for managing who you invite to shared kitchens.

7. Community Features and Public Information

A. What Is Public

When you use community features, the following information is publicly visible to all users:

• Your community profile display name and biography
• Recipes you publish to the community (title, ingredients, steps, images, tags)
• Reviews and ratings you post on community recipes
• Public recipe collections you create
• Aggregate engagement statistics (recipe view counts, save counts)

B. What Is Not Public

The following information is never shared publicly:

• Your Apple account identifier
• Your email address
• Your private kitchen inventory, shopping lists, or meal plans
• Private recipe collections
• Your personal recipes (unless you choose to publish them)

C. Other Users' Content

When you save or fork a community recipe to your personal collection, a copy is created in your private data. The original author's display name is preserved as attribution but is not linked to their ongoing activity.

8. How We Use Information

We use information to:

• Operate and improve the App
• Generate recipe suggestions
• Synchronize data across devices
• Provide customer support
• Maintain security and prevent abuse
• Display community profiles, recipes, reviews, and collections
• Generate anonymized community trends and insights
• Moderate community content and enforce our Terms of Use

We do not sell your personal information.

We do not use your data for advertising or third-party marketing.

9. Third-Party Services

We may use third-party services including:

• Apple (for authentication and payments)
• RevenueCat (for purchase and subscription entitlement management)
• Cloudflare (for cloud hosting, data storage, and content delivery)
• OpenAI and Cloudflare AI services (for recipe generation, semantic search, nutrition assistance, and related AI features)
• Spoonacular and public food databases (for recipe import, recipe search, and nutrition data)
• Sentry or similar observability providers (for crash reports and diagnostics when enabled)

These providers may process limited information as necessary to provide their services.

We do not share your personal data with third parties for their own marketing or advertising purposes.

Any third party with whom we share user data must provide the same or equal protection of user data as stated in this Privacy Policy and required by applicable App Store rules.

10. Data Retention

We retain your data as long as your account remains active or as needed to provide the App's functionality.

Community content (published recipes, reviews, profiles) is retained until you delete it or request deletion of your community data.

Anonymized community signals (trends data) do not contain personal information and may be retained indefinitely for aggregate analysis.

11. Data Deletion

You may delete your community data at any time through the App's Settings. This removes:

• Your community profile
• Your published recipes (from community view)
• Your reviews and ratings
• Your recipe collections

To request complete deletion of all account data, including private kitchen data, contact [email protected]. We will process deletion requests within 30 days.

Copies of your recipes that other users have saved to their personal collections are independent and will not be affected by your deletion request.

12. Security

We implement reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect your information, including encryption in transit and at rest.

However, no method of transmission or storage is completely secure.

13. Children's Privacy

The App is not directed to children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, contact [email protected] and we will promptly delete it.

14. Your Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have rights to access, correct, or delete your personal information. This may include rights under the GDPR (for EU/EEA residents), CCPA (for California residents), or other applicable data protection laws.

You may exercise these rights by:

• Using the in-app data deletion features
• Contacting [email protected]

We will respond to verified requests within 30 days.

15. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Updates will be reflected in the Effective Date above. For material changes, we will make reasonable efforts to notify you through the App.

16. Contact

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, contact:

[email protected]