Privacy and your data
Updated: 10 November 2026. yes chef is an app in development for discovering recipes and places.
Recipes you share
Your recipe photo, selected video, text, display name and review status are stored with your account. Uploads are resized and photo location metadata is removed. Videos are stored in the format you select; location or other metadata in the video file is not automatically removed. Remove it before sharing. Drafts are visible to you and authorized reviewers. Approved recipes and your display name become available at a public sharing link. Reports and block preferences are stored with your account. Clearing app data or deleting your account removes your uploaded recipes, photos and videos.
Store access and purchase data
You can browse the recipe catalogue for free without signing in. Opening recipe ingredients and cooking steps requires a verified Premium subscription. When you purchase or restore Premium, verification uses store and installation information and the subscription product ID, status and expiry. Recipe country, language and GPS preferences do not confer Premium access.
To verify or restore a purchase, an Apple transaction ID or Google Play purchase token is checked with the relevant store service. The store handles payment. yes chef does not receive your card number or security code. yes chef does not retain raw purchase tokens, transaction IDs, storefront country or installation proofs.
Successful verification grants short-lived app access. The server keeps one-way digests of temporary codes and access sessions, their validity periods and expiring request counters to limit abuse. To recognize an Apple installation on later requests, it stores the attestation key ID, public key, counter and last-use time. Unused keys become eligible for cleanup 180 days after last use. Access must be verified again when it expires.
Sign in to your Yes Chef account before starting a new subscription. When signed in, we link your store-verified subscription to your Yes Chef account using pseudonymous identifiers. This link remains after account deletion to prevent another account from claiming the subscription. An unlinked subscription from an older version is linked when the store verifies it while you are signed in.
Using the app without an account
You can use your kitchen profile and preferences without signing in. Your name, ingredient and cuisine preferences, equipment, servings, cooking time, language, country and measurement choices are kept in this browser. They do not sync to other devices. Saving can fail if browser storage is unavailable; the app reports that failure.
Signing in
When you sign in with Google or Apple, the name and email you choose to share are processed by Supabase Auth to create and verify your Yes Chef account. Yes Chef does not receive your Google or Apple password. Sign in to the same Yes Chef account on another device to access your saved kitchen profile. Signing in does not purchase Premium.
For Sign in with Apple, we keep Apple’s refresh token encrypted in Supabase Vault so we can revoke Yes Chef’s sign-in authorization when you delete your account. It is not added to the app database, browser storage or your data export. During account deletion it is sent only to Apple’s revocation service and then removed. If it is missing from an earlier sign-in, we ask you to verify with Apple again before deletion.
After signing in, your saved kitchen profile, language and measurement choices, favourite recipe IDs and completed recipe IDs are stored in the app database under your account. Your browser profile is not imported automatically; you can import it into the form and save it in My profile. We ask about missing equipment again in the app after about 30 days; we do not send emails or notifications for this.
Your lists
We save your weekly plan, shopping and travel lists in this browser on this device. It also holds your personal notes, guest favourites and up to 40 recently opened recipe IDs. These records do not sync between devices. OpenStreetMap stops include the place’s name, address, coordinates and source details in your travel list. These are the place’s coordinates, not your precise location. For Google Maps stops saved in earlier versions, only the place ID and your own choices such as day, meal and note are retained.
Downloading and deleting data
Download my data in My profile exports your saved profile, account ID, name and email if signed in, and this browser’s app lists as a JSON file. The file contains no session tokens or passwords. Any usage counters remaining from earlier versions are included with account data. Unsaved form edits are not included.
Clear browser data removes only this device’s yes chef records. Clear my app data also clears the kitchen records saved to your account and signs you out; it leaves your sign-in account in place. Delete my yes chef account also deletes the saved kitchen records and Supabase sign-in account; this browser’s records are cleared after success. Your Google or Apple account is not affected. If deletion is only partly completed, the app explains which step completed so you can retry. Local lists in other browsers must be cleared in those browsers.
An empty deletion marker is retained to prevent delayed requests from recreating deleted data. It contains only the app user ID, deletion status and operation time, with no name, email or kitchen preferences.
Deleting your yes chef profile or app data does not delete your Apple or Google store purchase history or stop subscription renewal. Manage the subscription in the settings of the store where you purchased it. Subscription terms
Recipe language and country
Discovery collection covers are generated in advance and loaded from the Yes Chef server.
To sort recipes on a first visit, we may use the country code our hosting service estimates from your connection. If that hint is unavailable, we use your device’s language and region settings. The interface starts in English. A saved language choice or a language selected in an opened link takes precedence. We do not save your IP address in your profile for recipe recommendations. You can change your language and recipe country independently.
When you search for recipes, we send your search terms, selected ingredients, recipe country, language and filters to our server. Preferences such as cooking time, equipment and excluded ingredients shape the results you see. Our hosting provider records request URLs and browser information for troubleshooting. These URLs can include your search terms, ingredients and filters.
Location and searches
Nearby accesses your precise location with your permission. If you previously granted permission, opening Nearby can start a search for places around you. We do not save your precise location to your travel lists. Our server sends city and neighbourhood searches to Photon and, when needed, sends coordinates to look up a place name. Photon keeps request logs for a limited time to operate its service.
Our server sends the selected coordinates and radius to Photon for nearby restaurants, cafés and bars and to Overpass for categories requiring additional map tags. Both use OpenStreetMap records. Our server can cache map results for up to 30 minutes to reduce repeated queries. The app shows the date when it uses a saved city map.
Goals and cooking history
If you choose a fitness goal, it is saved in your kitchen profile. We do not ask for your age, height or weight, and do not calculate personal calorie targets at this stage. Completing Cook Mode stores the recipe ID and date on this device and, if signed in, in your account. These are personal history records and do not calculate creator earnings. Timers stay on your device and can send local notifications with your permission. You can download or delete your goals and history in My profile. We do not currently read Apple Health or Health Connect data.
Voice and service providers
Where available, voice search uses your browser’s speech-recognition service and requires microphone permission. Opening map or place links takes you to the provider’s site, where that service’s terms apply.
Contact
Kozaman · yes chef · mustafa.belanli@kozaman.com