Account information
When you create an account, we collect your first name, last name, email address, and country. If you sign in with Google or Apple, we receive an authentication token from those services. Apple Sign-In may also provide your name and email address if you choose to share them.
Usage and preference data
We collect information about how you use the app, including screens viewed, features used, searches performed (length and result count only; your search text is not stored in analytics), cheeses and wines you save as favorites, cheese and wine analysis results you save, your taste profile and preferences, saved gourmet boards, and Cheese Journal entries. Journal entries may include cheeses you want to try or have tried, your feedback, and notes you choose to write. Uploaded scan photos are not stored as part of your history.
Inputs for AI-powered features
When you use AI-powered recipe or gourmet board features, we process the choices needed to create the requested result. Depending on the feature, these may include a recipe or cheese name, beverage preference, number of guests, style or budget, venue, region or country, grape variety, non-alcoholic drink type, and favorite cheeses. These inputs are sent through our servers to Google Gemini to generate the requested content.
Device and technical data
We collect crash reports including stack traces, device model, and OS version for the purpose of fixing bugs. If you enable notifications, we process a push notification token together with technical and preference information such as platform, locale, time zone, app version, and notification preferences. An installation identifier is stored on your device and may be used in a hashed form for limited guest usage, abuse-prevention, and AI-reporting functions.
Purchase and subscription data
If you subscribe to Cheesepedia Premium, your Firebase user ID and purchase transaction data are processed by RevenueCat to manage your subscription and entitlements.
AI-generated content reports
If you report an AI result using the in-app flag feature, we store the feature type, a content identifier, and your selected reason. For signed-in users, the report is linked to the user ID. For guest reports, we use a one-way hash of the installation identifier rather than the raw identifier.
The app requests access to your camera or photo library only when you choose to scan a cheese or wine. The image you take or select is sent to our server and then to Google Gemini to identify or analyze the cheese or wine. Wine analysis results may then be matched with cheeses using Cheesepedia's pairing algorithm.
Uploaded photos are processed in memory by our server and are not saved by Cheesepedia after the analysis is completed. If you save an analysis, the result may be stored in your history, but the uploaded photo is not included. Google processes images and feature inputs under its applicable service terms and privacy commitments. Cheesepedia does not keep a permanent account record of the uploaded photo.
Cheesepedia displays ads provided by Google AdMob, including rewarded, interstitial, and native ad formats. Depending on your consent, device settings, and applicable law, ads may use your device's advertising identifier (IDFA on iOS or GAID on Android) for personalization or measurement.
On iOS, you may be asked for permission to track your device for advertising purposes via Apple's App Tracking Transparency prompt. You can change this permission at any time in your device settings.
We use Firebase Analytics to understand how the app is used. This includes events such as screen views, feature interactions, scan results, and subscription activity. We also set user properties such as subscription status, app language, and bucketed usage counts.
Your search query text, journal note text, and uploaded scan photos are not sent to Firebase Analytics. Crashlytics automatically collects crash and error reports to help us improve stability.
With your permission, Cheesepedia may send local or remote notifications. To deliver and tailor them, we may process your push token, platform, locale, time zone, app version, notification preferences, recent feature activity, and limited recommendation information such as a recommended cheese ID and name. You can turn notifications off in the app or in your device settings. When remote notifications are disabled, the app requests removal of the registered push token from our notification service.
The following third-party services may process your data:
Each of these services operates under its own privacy policy.
Your account profile, favorites, taste profile, journal, and other saved account content are generally retained until you remove them or delete your account. Cheese scan history is limited to the most recent 100 entries and entries older than 30 days are removed. Saved wine analyses are limited to the most recent 100 entries and remain until you remove them or delete your account. Uploaded scan photos are not retained by Cheesepedia after analysis.
Notification registration data is retained while notifications are enabled or until you sign out or delete your account. Limited system logs and crash reports may be retained for up to 90 days. Subscription and billing records managed through the App Store or Google Play are retained according to those platforms' policies. We may retain limited security, fraud-prevention, support, backup, or legal records for as long as reasonably necessary or required by law.
You can manage notification permissions and advertising tracking choices in the app or your device settings. You can remove favorites, journal entries, saved histories, and other saved content through the relevant app screens. You may also request help with your privacy choices by contacting support@cheesepedia.app.
You can delete your account directly from the Settings screen in the app. The deletion process removes your sign-in account and attempts to delete account-linked profile data, favorites, taste profile, Cheese Journal entries and taste events, cheese and wine history, saved boards, recommendation data, notification registrations, and locally stored account data on that device. Account-linked backend entitlement, usage, report, and notification records are also removed as part of the process.
Deleting your Cheesepedia account does not cancel an App Store or Google Play subscription. You must manage or cancel the subscription separately through your store account. Limited security, billing, fraud-prevention, support, backup, or legally required records may remain for a limited period. Guest AI reports that use a one-way installation hash are not linked to a Cheesepedia account and may not be removed through account deletion.
Cheesepedia is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children.
We may update this policy from time to time. The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised date.