Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by Cooking Journal and how we use it.

If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.

Who makes Cooking Journal

Cooking Journal and its services are provided by Mad Code Studios in Romania.

Data collected by Cooking Journal directly

Cooking Journal does not collect or store information directly but uses services (described below) for keeping and managing your information.

Services collecting data

Based on legitimate interests (in the sense of Art. 6 lit. f. GDPR) Cooking Journal uses third-party services provided by Google LLC ("Google") to collect and store data.

Data collected by the Google services is transferred to, stored and processed in the Europe, United States and other countries where the services operate.

Google Cloud Firestore and Google Storage

This Google service collects:

  • Your profile information
  • Your recipes together with the photos you select for each recipe
  • Any other information that you enter or is automaticaly collected and Cooking Journal decides to store the information.

Firebase Crashlytics

This Google service collects:

  • Device-specific information (like model and operating system version)
  • Unique identifier of app installation (Installation UUID)
  • Crash logs

Crash and error traces and their associated identifiers are kept for 90 days.

This data is used to get app log information in case of a crash or bug and check if multiple devices are affected

For more details have a look at:

Users can opt out at any time from the settings page

Google Analytics

This Google service collects:

  • Device-specific information (like model and operating system version)
  • Unique identifier of app installation (Installation UUID)
  • GPS Aproximate location
  • Events from withing the app, what buttons are clicked the most, what sections of the apps are used the most

Data is used to see user behaviour while using the apps and helps us decide what areas of the app we should improve first or what other possible features we should implement

For more details have a look at:

Users can opt out at any time from the settings page

Google Pay

Used to facilitate the in app payments.

For more details have a look at:

Contacting Cooking Journal

If you contact Mad Code Studios (such as via Email/Reddit/Discord etc), I may keep a record of your communications to help solve any issues you might be facing. I may use your email address or contact data to inform you about Cooking Journal, such as letting you know about upcoming changes or improvements.

You can contact me if you want your contact data and sent messages to be deleted.

Your Rights

You can request access to and rectification or erasure of your personal data, or the restriction of processing concerning you or to object to processing. You have a right to portability of your personal data. You can lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority regarding the processing of personal data.

Personal data means any information relating to you. Where you can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to your physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity.

Exporting your data

You can export your recipes only if the advanced export feature is purchased. If you delete Cooking Journal from your phone, your data is not removed and can still be accesed from your browser.

Deleting your data

You can delete your own data by navigating to settings page and presing the delete option. In case a subscription was not payed withing 60 days since your subscription expired, your data will be deleted automaticaly.

App permissions

What follows are explanations of why Cooking Journal requires certain permissions.

Google Play billing service
Required to provide the in-app purchase to unlock additional features. This is handled by Google Play.
Full network access
View network connections
Required to send data to and receive data from the internet and to behave well if the connectivity of your device changes.