AIcocina ("we," "us," or "our") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your data when you use our platform.
1. Information We Collect
We collect the following categories of information to provide and improve our services:
- Account information — name, email address, and authentication credentials when you create an account.
- Taste preferences — your Taste DNA profile, dietary restrictions, allergens, cuisine preferences, and quiz responses.
- Location data — city-level location when you use travel planning or nearby venue features. We do not continuously track your location.
- Dining history — group dining sessions, meal plans, saved venues, ratings, and recipe interactions.
- Usage data — device type, browser information, and general interaction patterns to improve performance.
2. How We Use Your Information
- Personalization — building and refining your Taste DNA to deliver relevant recipe, restaurant, and meal plan recommendations.
- Group dining — computing group taste profiles and facilitating collaborative venue selection among session participants.
- Recommendations — powering AI-driven suggestions for travel itineraries, dishes, and dining experiences.
- Service improvement — analyzing aggregate usage patterns to enhance features and fix issues.
- Communications — sending transactional notifications related to your account and, with your consent, product updates.
3. Information Sharing
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties. We share data only in the following limited circumstances:
- Dining group members — your name and taste preferences may be visible to other participants in a group dining session you join.
- Service providers — trusted infrastructure partners (hosting, payment processing) who process data on our behalf under strict confidentiality agreements.
- Legal compliance — when required by law, regulation, or valid legal process.
4. Data Security
We implement industry-standard security measures including encrypted data transmission (TLS), hashed passwords, and secure cloud infrastructure. While no system is completely immune to risk, we continuously monitor and improve our security practices to protect your data.
5. Your Rights
You have the right to:
- Access — request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Delete — request deletion of your account and associated data.
- Export — receive your data in a portable, machine-readable format.
- Correct — update or correct inaccurate personal information.
- Opt out — withdraw consent for non-essential data processing at any time.
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at the address below.