Privacy Policy

Last updated: May 2026

This Privacy Policy describes how KitchenLink (hereinafter, "the Application", "we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, stores, and shares user information when you use our mobile application available on the Google Play Store. We are fully committed to protecting your personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the privacy guidelines required by Google.

1. Data Controller

The data controller responsible for processing the personal data collected through the Application is the independent development team of KitchenLink. If you have any questions, claims, or requests regarding the management of your privacy, you can contact our technical support team directly via email: support@kitchenlink.es.

2. Information We Collect

To ensure proper operation, code stability, and real-time synchronization of your culinary management tools, KitchenLink collects the following data:

  • Registration & Authentication Data: Email address, security hashed password, and/or encrypted access tokens from third-party providers (such as Google Sign-In) when creating your corporate or personal account.
  • Optional Profile Information: Display name or alias, and a profile picture uploaded voluntarily by the user.
  • Culinary & Operational Data: All business logic directly entered into the app ecosystem (pantry inventories, local provider databases, ingredient market prices, commercial brands, complex recipes organized in hierarchical folders, and the financial structure of sub-recipes or costing breakdowns).
  • Automated Technical Information: IP address, mobile device hardware model, operating system version (Android/iOS), and unique device advertising identifiers (such as the Google Advertising ID).
  • Diagnostic Logs: Technical error reports (*crash logs*) managed automatically to audit system performance and software stability.

3. How We Use Your Information

The collected data is processed strictly under the following legitimate purposes:

  • To provide and maintain the core features of KitchenLink, including automated costing and unit conversions.
  • To ensure instant synchronization and availability of your data across multiple devices via our cloud infrastructure.
  • To monitor, diagnose, and resolve technical bugs, optimizing the fluid performance of the native interface.
  • To manage future culinary social network features, allowing voluntary publication and discovery of recipes within the community.
  • To display non-intrusive advertisements through integrated monetization platforms.

4. Third-Party Service Providers & Cloud Infrastructure

We delegate technical storage and processing to mature infrastructure platforms, which act as data processors under strict confidentiality terms:

Google Firebase

Handles secure user authentication (Firebase Auth), non-relational database for recipes and costs (Firebase Firestore), secure storage for profile images (Firebase Cloud Storage), and automated performance/crash auditing (Firebase Crashlytics).

Google AdMob

Advertising network integrated within the app to support the financial viability of the service's free tier.

*All these providers comply with industry-standard encryption practices (encryption in transit via TLS/HTTPS and encryption at rest using AES-256 algorithms).*

5. Data Retention & Account Deletion

In strict compliance with current Google Play Store policies, we guarantee the right to absolute and permanent data deletion:

How to delete your data?

Users can request the complete deletion of their account and all associated data at any time. This can be done autonomously from the Settings menu within the mobile app by tapping the "Delete Account" button, or by sending a formal request via email to support@kitchenlink.es.

Once the request is processed, all data stored in Firebase Auth, Firestore, and Storage linked to your unique user identifier (UID) will be irreversibly erased within a maximum period of 30 days.

6. Your Data Rights (GDPR & International Users)

You have the right to fully control your personal data. At any time, you may exercise your rights of access and portability (requesting a structured copy of your recipes or inventories), immediate rectification of your credentials, absolute erasure (the right to be forgotten), or objection to analytical data processing by revoking device permissions.

KitchenLink Studio

Legal & Technical Support: support@kitchenlink.es