Privacy Policy

Effective October 20, 2026

Dinner Plates (“we”, “us”) is a meal planning app made by an independent developer in Georgia, USA. This policy explains what information the app collects, why, and the choices you have. In short: we collect only what the app needs to work, we don’t sell your data, and we don’t show ads or track you across other apps or websites.

Information you give us

Account: your email address and password (stored securely by our sign-in provider, never readable by us), or your Apple ID sign-in if you choose “Sign in with Apple”. Apple may share your name and an email address (which can be a private relay address you control).
Profile: your first name or display name, shown to the people in your household.
Household: your household name, number of people, default servings, planning day, weekly budget, dietary preferences and favorite cuisines.
Meals and plans: meals you create (names, ingredients, instructions, optional photos), favorites, weekly plans, grocery lists, prices you record, receipts you add (store, date, total and any prices you type), optional receipt photos, leftovers and actual spending.
Reminders: whether your weekly planning reminder is on, and its day and time. Reminders are scheduled on your phone; we don’t send push notifications from our servers.
Support: anything you send us by email.

Information collected automatically

Your device’s time zone, so reminders and weeks line up with your local time.
Standard technical logs kept by our hosting providers (such as IP address and request time) for security and reliability.

We do not collect your location, contacts, or advertising identifiers, and the app contains no advertising or third-party analytics.

How we use information

To run the app: save your meals and plans, build grocery lists, estimate costs, and keep everything in sync between household members.
To send account emails: sign-up confirmation codes and password reset codes.
To keep the service secure and fix problems.

Who can see your information

Your household: members of your household can see and edit the household’s meals, plans, lists, budget, receipts and leftovers, and see each other’s display names. Your reminder settings and favorites are yours alone.
Your calendar link: if you turn on the calendar link, anyone who has that link can see the names of your planned dinners (nothing else). You can turn it off or replace it at any time.
Service providers who process data on our behalf, only to run the app: Supabase (database, sign-in, file storage and server functions) and Resend (sending account emails). Apple handles “Sign in with Apple”.
Legal reasons: if required by law, or to protect the safety and rights of users or the public.

We do not sell or rent your personal information, and we don’t share it for advertising.

Photos

Meal and receipt photos are optional. They’re stored privately and are visible only to your household. You can remove a receipt photo at any time and keep the prices you confirmed.

How long we keep information

We keep your information while your account is active. When you delete your account, your account and profile are deleted immediately. Household data (meals, plans, lists and so on) stays available to the remaining members of your household; when the last member leaves or deletes their account, the household and its data are deleted. Backups held by our providers are removed on their normal schedule.

Your choices and rights

Delete your account in the app: More → Delete account.
Leave a household at any time: More → Leave household.
Access or correct your information in the app, or email us for a copy.
Depending on where you live (for example California or the EU/UK), you may have additional rights such as access, deletion or objection. Email us and we’ll respond within the time the law requires.

Security

Data is sent over encrypted connections, and the database only lets members of a household read or change that household’s data. Your sign-in session is stored in your phone’s secure storage. No system is perfectly secure, but we work to protect your information.

Children

Dinner Plates is not directed to children under 13, and we don’t knowingly collect information from them. If you believe a child has given us information, contact us and we’ll delete it.

Changes

If we change this policy, we’ll update the date above and, for significant changes, let you know in the app.

Contact

Email support@mydinnerplates.com.