Privacy Policy
Last updated: January 2025
Privacy First
ReelToMeal is designed with privacy as a core principle. Your recipe data is stored locally in your browser and is never transmitted to external servers except when you voluntarily choose to share recipes with our community.
Data Collection
We collect minimal data necessary to provide our services:
- Recipe extraction requests are processed using cloud-based AI services
- Your personal recipe collection is stored locally in your browser only
- Community-submitted recipes are stored in our database with attribution to the original creator
- We use Google AdSense for advertising, which may use cookies for personalized ads
- We participate in the Amazon Associates affiliate program for product recommendations
- We do not sell your personal data to third parties
External Services
When you use certain features, connections may be made to external services:
Recipe URLs
We fetch recipe pages from the websites you provide to extract recipe data. This is processed through our cloud service.
Video Processing
Social media videos are processed to extract recipe information using AI. Video content is processed temporarily and not permanently stored.
AI Processing
Recipe extraction uses cloud-based AI services. Recipe data is processed securely and is not used for training AI models.
Advertising
We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our website. Google AdSense uses cookies and similar technologies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other websites on the internet.
How AdSense Works
- Personalized Ads: Google uses cookies to show relevant ads based on your interests
- Non-Personalized Ads: You can opt out of personalized advertising
- Cookie Usage: Third-party vendors use cookies to track visits and serve ads
Your Ad Choices
You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings.
Third-Party Advertising
Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website. Learn more about how Google uses data when you use our partners' sites or apps at www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners.
Ad Partners
We partner with Google AdSense to monetize our website. These partners may collect information about your visits to our website and other websites to provide relevant ads.
Affiliate Links
ReelToMeal participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
When you click on Amazon affiliate links on our site and make a purchase, we may earn a commission at no additional cost to you. This helps support the operation and development of ReelToMeal.
We only recommend products that we believe will be useful for cooking and recipe preparation. All affiliate links are clearly marked with a disclosure notice.
Community-Submitted Content
ReelToMeal allows users to submit recipes to our community section. All community submissions:
- Are reviewed by our moderation team before publication
- Must credit the original recipe creator
- Include source attribution links where available
- Are subject to our content policy
We take copyright seriously and will remove any content that violates intellectual property rights upon notification.
Data Retention
Community-submitted recipes are stored in our database and include:
- Recipe title, ingredients, and instructions
- Attribution to the original creator (name or handle)
- Source URL linking to the original content
- Category and metadata for organization
- Submission timestamp
Submitted recipes become part of our public community collection. If you need a recipe removed, please contact us with details about the content in question.
Your Rights
You have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- Access: You can request information about what data we hold about you
- Deletion: You can request deletion of community recipes you submitted
- Correction: You can request corrections to recipes or attribution
- Opt-Out: You can opt out of personalized advertising via Google's Ads Settings
- Local Data: Your personal recipe collection is stored locally in your browser and you have complete control over it
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. Any changes will be reflected on this page with an updated date.
Questions?
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us.
Your privacy matters. Cook with confidence.