Privacy Policy

Effective Date: January 19, 2026

Welcome to Merci Chief ("we," "our," or "us"). We are committed to protecting your privacy to ensure a secure and enjoyable experience while using our AI-based food recipe generator application.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our mobile application. Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the application.

1. Information We Collect

Personal Data

We may collect personally identifiable information, such as your phone number and Locality preferences (Country and Language). This information is used to manage your account and provide personalized recipe suggestions.

Mobile Device Access

We may request access or permission to certain features from your mobile device, including:

Camera & Photo Gallery: To allow you to upload images of ingredients for our AI to analyze ("AI Ingredient Recognition").
Storage: To save generated recipes or images to your device.

You can manage these permissions in your device's settings.

2. How We Use Your Information

Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. We may use information collected about you via the application to:

Create and manage your account.
Generate personalized recipes using AI.
Enable user-to-user communications (e.g., referral sharing).
Improve the functionality and performance of the application.
Respond to product and customer service requests.

3. Disclosure of Your Information

We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:

Third-Party Service Providers

We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including:

Supabase: For backend services, authentication, and database management.
Google Gemini (Generative AI): We share your uploaded images (photos of ingredients) along with your selected Country and Language preferences with Google Gemini to generate culturally relevant recipes. We require your explicit consent before sending any personal data to Google Gemini. For more details, see our AI Data Consent Policy.

4. Security of Your Information

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.

5. Policy for Children

We do not knowingly solicit information from or market to children under the age of 13. If you become aware of any data we have collected from children under age 13, please contact us using the contact information provided below.

6. Your Rights

Depending on your location (e.g., GDPR, CCPA), you may have the right to:

Access the personal data we hold about you.
Request the correction of inaccurate data.
Request the deletion of your account and personal data.

You can delete your account directly within the application settings.

7. Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

InnovatedY Support Team
Email: support@innovatedy.com