DinnerClarity Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how JesterMedia ("we," "us") handles information when you use DinnerClarity (the "App").

1. Information Stored on Your Device

DinnerClarity stores your household setup, meal plans, pantry inventory and history, grocery-list state, favorites, meal feedback, and family recipes locally on your device. This information is used to operate the App and personalize plans. It is not sent to us unless you enable optional backup or sharing, or include it in a support message.

2. Optional Account, Backup, and Household Sharing

You may use the App without an account. If you choose backup or sharing, you may sign in with Apple, Google, or an email address and password. Firebase Authentication processes the credentials needed to sign you in. We receive an account identifier and, where provided by the sign-in method, your email address.

When backup or sharing is enabled, the following may be stored in Google Firebase services and linked to your account identifier: household settings, meal plans, pantry data, ratings and meal feedback, favorites, and family recipes. This data is used only to restore your kitchen or keep an invited household device in sync.

3. Analytics

We use Google Firebase Analytics to understand whether core features work and how the App is used. Analytics may collect product-interaction data, device identifiers, app version, device and operating-system information, approximate region, and diagnostics. When you are signed in, the App sets a Firebase User ID, so analytics events are linked to your account.

Our custom analytics events use counts and general outcomes, such as how many days were planned or whether a grocery list was shared. We do not intentionally send recipe names you type, pantry item names, allergen selections, email addresses, or household invite codes in custom analytics events.

4. Advertising and Tracking

The free version uses Google AdMob only, without mediation, to show banner, interstitial, and optional rewarded ads. Google may process device identifiers, product interactions, approximate location derived from your IP address, and advertising information to deliver, measure, prevent fraud in, and where permitted personalize ads.

Advertising identifiers are shared with Google AdMob to build cross-app and cross-site profiles; Apple's App Tracking Transparency permission and your device advertising settings control whether this tracking is allowed. Contextual or non-personalized ads may still appear. DinnerClarity+ removes ads while the subscription is active.

5. Purchases

Apple processes iOS purchases and Google Play processes Android purchases. We do not receive your full payment-card details. We receive platform purchase status, product, entitlement, renewal, and expiration information needed to unlock and maintain Plus features.

6. Catalog and Network Requests

The App includes a bundled recipe catalog and may request newer or corrected recipe and ingredient information from Firebase. Recipe images may be loaded from Google-hosted storage. These requests can expose standard network information, including IP address and device/browser connection details, to the service provider.

7. Information You Send to Support

If you contact us, we receive the information you choose to provide, such as your email address, message, screenshots, and device details. We use it to respond, investigate issues, protect the service, and keep necessary support records.

8. Service Providers

We use service providers only for operating and supporting DinnerClarity:

• Google Firebase — authentication, optional cloud storage and synchronization, catalog updates, analytics, and diagnostics.
• Google AdMob — advertising, measurement, and fraud prevention in the free version.
• Google Sign-In — optional account authentication.
• Apple — Sign in with Apple, App Store distribution, purchases, subscriptions, and related transaction records.
• Google Play — Android distribution, purchases, subscriptions, and related transaction records.

These providers process information under their own privacy terms and may process it in the United States or other countries.

9. Retention and Deletion

Local data remains until you delete it in the App or remove the App, subject to device backups controlled by you or your platform provider. Optional cloud data remains while backup or sharing is enabled and for a reasonable period needed for restoration, security, dispute resolution, and legal compliance.

To request deletion of your DinnerClarity account and associated cloud data, email support@jestermedia.app from the address used for the account. We may verify the request before deletion. Some limited transaction, security, or legal records may be retained where required.

10. Your Privacy Choices

• Use DinnerClarity without creating an account.
• Turn off backup or sharing and sign out in the App.
• Manage iOS tracking permission or Android advertising settings.
• Manage or cancel DinnerClarity+ through the Apple or Google Play account used to purchase.
• Reset or limit advertising identifiers through device settings.
• Request access to or deletion of account-linked cloud data by contacting us.

If you are in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, Switzerland, or another region where consent is required, Google's User Messaging Platform presents a consent prompt before eligible advertising storage or personalization. You can change your choice by reopening Privacy Options in the App's Settings and can separately change tracking permission in iOS Settings or advertising choices in your device settings.

Depending on where you live, including under the CCPA/CPRA and VCDPA, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or obtain a copy of personal information, and to opt out of targeted advertising or the sale or sharing of personal information. To opt out of sharing for cross-context behavioral advertising, deny tracking, reset or limit the device advertising identifier, use the App's Privacy Options, or email support@jestermedia.app. We will not discriminate against you for exercising a privacy right.

11. Children

DinnerClarity is intended for general household use and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information, contact us so we can delete it.

12. Security

We use reasonable administrative and technical safeguards, including authenticated access to optional cloud data. No system is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

13. Changes

We may update this policy as DinnerClarity or applicable requirements change. We will post the revised policy here and update the date above.

Website visits, retention, and additional choices

This notice describes the app. Website hosting and optional website analytics are described in the JesterMedia website privacy notice. Website choices do not change app settings. Data retention depends on the feature, account status, your deletion requests, provider processing, and necessary security, transaction, or legal records. You may contact us to ask about retention, exercise applicable access, correction, deletion or advertising opt-out rights, or appeal our response. Material changes will be notified and consent requested where required; this notice does not retroactively authorize a new data use.

14. Contact

JesterMedia
support@jestermedia.app
jestermedia.app