Privacy Policy

Your privacy matters. Learn how EatAffordably collects, uses, and protects your personal information and food data.

Last Updated: March 2026

At EatAffordably ("we," "us," or "our"), we are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website at eataffordably.com and use our food cost optimization tools. Please read this policy carefully. By using our platform, you agree to the practices described below.

1. Information We Collect

Personal Information You Provide

We may collect personally identifiable information that you voluntarily provide to us, including but not limited to:

  • Account information: Name, email address, and password when you create an account.
  • Contact information: Name, email address, and message content when you contact us through our contact form.
  • Profile preferences: Household size, location (city or postal code), dietary style, and cooking frequency that you provide to personalize your experience.
  • Payment information: If you subscribe to premium features, payment details are processed securely through third-party payment processors. We do not store your full payment card information on our servers.

Food Log Data

When you use our meal analysis and food cost optimization tools, you may provide:

  • Meals eaten (daily or weekly food logs)
  • Grocery items purchased and their costs
  • Takeout and restaurant meal details
  • Beverage and snack consumption data

Automatically Collected Information

When you access our website, we may automatically collect certain information, including:

  • Browser type and version
  • Operating system
  • IP address (anonymized where possible)
  • Pages visited, time spent on pages, and navigation paths
  • Referring website addresses
  • Device type (desktop, tablet, mobile)

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

  • Provide and improve our services: To operate our food cost optimization tools, generate personalized savings suggestions, and display regional pricing data relevant to your location.
  • Personalize your experience: To customize recommendations based on your dietary preferences, household size, cooking habits, and local grocery pricing.
  • Communicate with you: To respond to your inquiries, send service-related updates, and provide information about new features or guides you may find useful.
  • Aggregate analytics: To analyze usage trends, improve our platform, and develop new tools. Aggregated data is anonymized and cannot identify individual users.
  • Maintain security: To detect and prevent fraud, abuse, or other harmful activity on our platform.

3. Food Log Data Privacy

We recognize that food logs are deeply personal information. Your meal data, spending patterns, and dietary preferences reflect intimate aspects of your daily life. We treat this data with the highest level of care and adhere to the following commitments:

  • Your data belongs to you. You can export, download, or delete your food log data at any time from your account settings.
  • We never sell your food log data to advertisers, data brokers, or any third parties.
  • We never use your individual food data for targeted advertising or to serve ads based on your eating habits.
  • Aggregated insights only. If we use food data for research, product improvement, or content creation, it is always anonymized and aggregated so that no individual user can be identified.
  • Account deletion. When you delete your account, all associated food log data is permanently removed from our servers within 30 days.

4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience on our platform. Cookies are small data files stored on your device that help us understand how you use our website.

Types of Cookies We Use

  • Essential cookies: Required for core functionality such as maintaining your login session, saving your preferences, and enabling our food analysis tools to function properly. These cannot be disabled.
  • Analytics cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with our website, which pages are most popular, and where users encounter issues. This data is collected anonymously.
  • Functional cookies: Remember your preferences, such as your location, household size, and dietary style, so you do not need to re-enter them each time you visit.

We do not use advertising or retargeting cookies. You can manage cookie preferences through your browser settings. Please note that disabling essential cookies may affect the functionality of our tools.

5. Third-Party Services

We may use third-party services to support the operation of our platform. These services have their own privacy policies, and we encourage you to review them:

  • Analytics providers: We use privacy-focused analytics tools to understand website usage patterns. Data collected is anonymized and does not include personal identifiers.
  • Payment processors: If you purchase premium features, your payment is processed by a certified PCI-compliant payment processor. We do not have access to or store your full credit card information.
  • Content delivery networks (CDNs): We use CDNs to deliver our website content quickly and reliably. These services may log basic access data such as IP addresses, which are handled according to their own privacy policies.
  • Font services: We use Google Fonts to display typography on our website. Google may collect usage data as described in their privacy policy.

We carefully vet all third-party services to ensure they meet our privacy standards. We never share your personal food log data with third-party services for their own independent use.

6. Data Security

We take the security of your information seriously and implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect it, including:

  • Encryption of data in transit using TLS/SSL protocols
  • Encryption of sensitive data at rest
  • Regular security audits and vulnerability assessments
  • Access controls that limit employee access to personal data on a need-to-know basis
  • Secure password hashing for account credentials
  • Regular backups with encrypted storage

While we strive to protect your personal information, no method of electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security, but we are committed to promptly addressing any security incident and notifying affected users as required by law.

7. Children's Privacy

EatAffordably is not directed to children under the age of 13 (or under the age of 16 in certain jurisdictions). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us at privacy@eataffordably.com. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child without parental consent, we will take steps to delete that information promptly.

8. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including:

  • Access: You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
  • Correction: You can request correction of inaccurate personal data.
  • Deletion: You can request deletion of your personal data, including all food log data.
  • Portability: You can request an export of your data in a commonly used, machine-readable format.
  • Objection: You can object to the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.
  • Withdrawal of consent: Where processing is based on your consent, you can withdraw that consent at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at privacy@eataffordably.com. We will respond to your request within 30 days.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technologies, legal requirements, or other factors. When we make material changes, we will:

  • Update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page
  • Post a prominent notice on our website
  • Send an email notification to registered users for significant changes

We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we protect your information.

10. Contact Information

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us:

We are committed to resolving any complaints about your privacy and our collection or use of your personal information. We aim to respond to all inquiries within 30 business days.