Official Policy Statement
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Privacy Policy for PR Recipe Hub

Application: PR Recipe Hub Package: com.prrecipehub.app Effective Date: August 16, 2026 Version: 1.0.0 (Build 6)

🛡️ 1. Overview & Privacy Commitment

Welcome to PR Recipe Hub ("we," "our," or "us"). We provide a comprehensive culinary recipe discovery, meal planning, pantry ingredient management, and smart cooking timer application for Android and iOS devices.

Privacy-First Principle: PR Recipe Hub is architected with a strict privacy-first foundation . Your personal recipes, saved favorites, grocery shopping lists, weekly meal calendars, custom tags, and pantry stock are saved exclusively on your local device. We do not maintain user accounts, require logins, or store your private culinary data on remote cloud databases.

By installing, accessing, or using the PR Recipe Hub mobile application (the "Application"), you acknowledge and agree to the data collection and usage practices described in this Privacy Policy.

💾 2. Information Collection & Storage Architecture

A. Local Device Storage (AsyncStorage)

All user-generated activities and customizations remain 100% on your device, including:

B. Public Recipe Data API (TheMealDB) & CDN Images

The Application fetches public culinary recipes, category catalogs, and ingredient imagery from TheMealDB API (https://www.themealdb.com) via secure HTTPS requests. No personal identification data (PII) is transmitted in these requests.

C. Anonymous Diagnostics & Stability Metrics

To ensure high application reliability, non-identifying technical crash reports and system metrics (such as operating system version, device model, and fatal error stack traces) may be processed transiently. These logs contain no personal user data.

⚙️ 3. Specific Feature Privacy Protections

A. 19-Language Localization & Dynamic Translation

PR Recipe Hub supports 19 languages (English, Hindi, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Arabic, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Turkish, Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Gujarati, Kannada). Recipe translation and dictionary lookups operate using locally bundled language dictionaries and client-side translation caching without profiling your identity.

B. Smart Pantry Ingredient Matcher

The algorithmic matching engine that identifies recipes you can cook based on your available pantry items executes entirely on your device's local CPU. No pantry ingredient inventories are uploaded to cloud servers.

C. Smart Local Notifications & Alarms

All reminders (meal prep alarms, breakfast/lunch/dinner scheduling, and cooking timer chimes) are scheduled strictly through local device notification queues. We do not operate remote push servers or track notification engagement for advertising profiling.

D. Cooking Mode & Screen Keep-Awake

During active step-by-step cooking, the app may request temporary screen-wake locks to keep your recipe visible while your hands are busy. No ambient audio or visual recordings are captured during cooking sessions.

📢 4. Advertising & Third-Party SDKs (Google AdMob)

To support ongoing development and keep PR Recipe Hub free for users worldwide, the Application displays advertisements through Google AdMob and authorized partner networks.

A. Google Ad Formats Served

B. Google User Messaging Platform (UMP) & GDPR/CCPA Compliance

Safety Context Protection: PR Recipe Hub enforces strict safety rules that block interstitial ads during active Cooking Mode, active countdown timers, and kitchen safety sessions to prevent distraction during hot meal preparation.

C. Ad-Free Premium Experience

Users who prefer an ad-free experience can upgrade to Premium status in the app settings, which completely suppresses all Google AdMob ad requests and SDK initialization.

👶 5. Children's Privacy & COPPA Compliance

PR Recipe Hub is designed for a general audience and strictly complies with the Google Play Families Policy and the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA):

🔑 6. System Permissions Requested

PR Recipe Hub requests only the minimal set of operating system permissions required for core culinary features:

Permission Platform Technical Purpose & Necessity
INTERNET Android Fetches public recipes, category data, and displays sponsor ads via Google AdMob.
ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE Android Detects network connectivity to manage image and data caching.
POST_NOTIFICATIONS Android 13+ Delivers local cooking timer alerts and user-scheduled meal reminders.
VIBRATE Android Provides tactile feedback when a cooking timer completes.
RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED Android Restores user-scheduled local meal reminders after a device reboot.
com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID Android Permits Google AdMob to deliver relevant advertisements in compliance with Google Play policy.

Sensitive Permissions Not Requested: We do not request or require access to your camera, microphone, device contacts, fine/coarse GPS location, or personal photo library.

⚖️ 7. User Rights, Data Portability & Deletion

In accordance with global privacy regulations (including GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, and LGPD), you have complete control over your data:

📬 8. Contact Information & Policy Updates

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect new features, SDK upgrades, or regulatory requirements. Any modifications will be posted to this page with an updated Effective Date.

PR Recipe Hub Privacy & Support Team

If you have any questions, suggestions, or data requests regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact our team:

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Email Support
prrecipehub@gmail.com
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