# Privacy Policy — Mean Cuisines

Effective: August 31, 2026

This policy describes how Mean Cuisines ("we", "the site") handles information when you use https://meancuisines.com. The site is operated by the operator of meancuisines.com. We do not publish a personal email address here; contact the operator of meancuisines.com through the site if you have a privacy request.

## Information we process

- **Planner input you provide.** Recipes, equipment choices, cook schedules, and similar content you enter into the app may be stored so the planner can function.
- **Technical data.** Like most websites, our host (currently Railway) and the browser automatically process IP address, user-agent, timestamps, and request URLs in server logs for security, uptime, and debugging.
- **No account required to browse.** If sign-in or similar features are added later, credentials and profile data associated with an account would also be processed to provide that feature.

## Cookies and similar technology

The planner itself does not exist to profile you for advertising. Third parties we load or link to may set their own cookies when you interact with them, including:

- Font delivery (Fontshare) when pages load brand fonts.
- Amazon.com when you follow an affiliate product or ingredient link (tag `meancuisines-20`). Amazon's own privacy policy applies once you are on Amazon.
- Advertising partners if/when Google AdSense or similar units are enabled. Those partners may use cookies or device identifiers to serve and measure ads.

## Amazon Associates

Mean Cuisines is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Affiliate links use the tracking tag meancuisines-20. Clicking those links may allow Amazon to know you came from this site. We do not receive your Amazon account password or full order details from Amazon beyond standard affiliate reporting.

## How we use information

- To run the meal planner and remember content you save on the site.
- To keep the service secure and diagnose outages.
- To measure affiliate referrals in aggregate (Amazon Associates reports).
- To comply with law if we are legally required to do so.

## Sharing

We do not sell your personal information. Hosting, font, and (if enabled) advertising or analytics providers process data as processors or independent controllers under their own terms. Amazon processes data when you visit Amazon via our links.

## Retention

Planner content remains until you delete it or the operator removes it. Server logs are kept only as long as needed for operations and security. Affiliate reports follow Amazon's retention practices.

## Your choices

You can stop using the site at any time, use browser controls to block cookies, and decline to click affiliate links. To request deletion of content you saved on Mean Cuisines, contact the operator of meancuisines.com.

## Children

Mean Cuisines is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

## Changes

We may update this policy as the site changes. The effective date above will be revised when we do. Continued use after an update means you accept the revised policy.

## Contact

Privacy questions go to the operator of meancuisines.com. Please do not send passwords or payment card numbers. Related: [Terms of Use](https://meancuisines.com/terms.md).