Privacy Policy

LAST UPDATED · 20 MAY 2026

TL;DR: Chef Evelyn doesn't collect any personal information. No name, email, location, ads ID, photos, contacts — nothing. We send your recipe selections (e.g. "Italian, vegetarian, 30 minutes") and any free-text notes you type to our AI partner to make the recipe. That's it.

What this policy covers

This policy explains how the Chef Evelyn Android app, iOS app, and the website at chef-ev.online (together, "the Service") handle data. It is written in plain English because part of our audience is children.

Personal information we collect

None. Specifically:

No name, email address, phone number, postal address, or birthday.
No precise location, GPS coordinates, or map data.
No photos, microphone audio, camera access, or contacts.
No advertising identifier, device fingerprint, or install tracking.
No account or login — there is no sign-up.
No third-party analytics, no Google Analytics, no Firebase Analytics, no Crashlytics, no Facebook SDK, no ad networks.

What gets stored on your device

The app keeps a few things on your phone or tablet, not on any server:

Your last form choices (course, cuisine, diet, etc.) so the app remembers them next time.
Any short note you typed into the Notes field.
Recipes you tap Save on — they live on your device only.

Removing the app deletes everything. There is no cloud backup or sync of this data (unless your phone's own settings back it up via iCloud or Google Drive — that's your device, not us).

What we send to our server when you tap "Generate"

When you ask for a new recipe, the app sends our server (chef-ev.online) the choices you made — for example: "course=main, cuisine=italian, diet=vegetarian, time=30–60 min, complexity=medium" — plus any short free-text notes you typed.

Our server then asks an AI service to write a recipe based on those choices. The AI service we use is MiniMax (minimaxi.com), operated by Shanghai Xiyu Technology Co., Ltd. Their privacy policy governs what they do with the prompts our server sends them.

Our server does not log your IP address. We do briefly use the connection's IP to look up which country you're in (so the recipe suggests ingredients you can actually buy locally), but the IP itself is thrown away immediately — only the country code is used and only in memory.

We log a unique request ID (a random number), the country code (e.g. "GB"), the cuisine chosen, and how long the request took. Nothing that identifies you personally.

Children's privacy

Chef Evelyn is designed to be safe for children, including those under 13.

We do not collect personal information from anyone, child or adult.
There is no chat, no social features, no comments, no user accounts.
There is no advertising of any kind.
The Notes field is sent to our AI partner — please remind children not to type personal details (names, addresses, school names) into it. We have no way to filter those server-side.

This Service is intended to comply with the US Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), the UK age-appropriate design code, and the EU GDPR-K provisions for children's data. If you are a parent and have any question, contact us at the email below.

Cookies and tracking

The website at chef-ev.online does not set any cookies, does not use any tracking pixels, and has no third-party analytics scripts. The mobile apps follow the same standard.

Your rights

Because we do not collect any personal data, there is no personal data for you to request, correct, or delete. If you want to wipe everything the app stored locally, uninstall the app — that removes it all.

If you have a question, suggestion, or concern about this policy, email us at apps@crawford.me.uk and we will respond within 14 days.

Changes to this policy

If we ever change what data the Service collects or processes, we will update this page and bump the "Last updated" date at the top. Significant changes will also be flagged on the homepage.