Cusikay — Privacy policy

At Cusikay we look after your data the way we look after a recipe: just what's needed, nothing more. Here's what we keep and why, in plain words.

Optional usage data

Only if you turn on "Share optional usage data", we record pseudonymous usage events — specifically: what you search (and, when a search finds nothing, how many results your filters hid and how many items your pantry holds), which recipes you open and which you mark as cooked, which ingredients you add to or consume from the pantry, which Library cards you read, which world cuisines you open, which diet or style filters you tap, which pantry suggestions you tap, which kitchen tools you set in your profile and, when something breaks, which part of the app broke and what kind of failure it was (never the error message, never what you were typing) — together with approximate country, timezone, app language, device platform, app version, hour and month. A random installation code keeps events together over time, but is never linked to your account, email or name. We never collect GPS location. Turning this off stops new collection and deletes the code and unsent queue from this device. We always read this data in groups, never one by one: by country or region —and at most by something as broad as a city or an age range—, never one person's trail. Trends come out of that: what gets cooked, what people look for and can't find, what breaks. It tells us what to improve, and it is also part of what keeps Cusikay going: those trends, once aggregated, we may publish, share or sell. What never leaves are your raw events or anything that says who you are, and if a slice were small enough to point at you, we don't publish it. There may also be sponsored content —a brand or a recipe paying to appear, always labelled as such—, chosen at most by country or region, never by what you did. There is never personalized advertising, and never a profile of you behind it. And it stays optional: you turn it off in Profile whenever you want.

What we keep

If you create an account, we keep your email. If you fill in your profile, we keep what you choose: your name (optional), allergies, diet preferences, and which kitchen tools you have. Also your favorite recipes. Your recent recipes stay on your own phone.

What we use it for

Only to recommend better and save your progress: hiding what could harm you (allergies), sorting recipes to your taste, and letting you find what you saved. Nothing else. The basis is simple: we process your account and profile data because it’s needed to give you the service, and usage events only with your consent, which you can withdraw in Profile anytime. Your allergies and diet are sensitive data and we treat them that way: they only filter recipes and never leave your profile.

Where it lives

Your account, profile and favorites are stored with our infrastructure provider (Supabase). If you opt in, optional usage events are sent there too without your account identity. Your pantry, recent recipes, and reading and cooking progress live on your phone; if you turned on optional usage data, pseudonymous events about those actions are also sent, as the first section explains. The servers are in the European Union (Ireland), and our provider handles the data with equal or equivalent protection to this policy, only on our behalf. We don't publish them or show them to other people.

What we DON'T do

We don't sell your personal data or your raw events. The only thing we can sell is aggregated trends —how many people cook what, by country or region—, which say nothing about who you are. There are no third-party ad trackers. We don't share who you are with anyone to sell you things.

Your rights

You can view and edit your profile anytime. Profile → Delete my account permanently deletes the account and account-linked data after the server confirms it, then clears personal data on this device. Optional usage events cannot be selected by email because they were never linked to the account; switching them off deletes the local code and anything not yet sent, and what was already sent carries nothing that leads back to you and is only used as group statistics. Your account data is kept for as long as the account exists, and deleted when you delete it. To request a copy of your data, correct it, or object to a use, write to info@cusilabs.com and we’ll answer.

Minors and alcohol

Cusikay isn't meant for minors. Cocktails stay hidden until you confirm you're of drinking age where you live, and you can hide them again in Profile whenever you want.

Changes

If this policy changes, we'll update the date above. We'll let you know about important changes inside the app.